Lake St. Clair Boat Caches

I had just finished a bunch of chores when I got a phone call from Bob around 2:30.  He wanted to know if I wanted to go grab the two newish boat caches at Lake St. Claire.  I said sure.  He went on to tell me that he had gotten a small aluminum boat recently from a yard sale.  He said he wanted to try it out today.  He came and got me a little less than a half hour later.

I grabbed my gps, water and keys and jumped in the truck.

We got to the boat launch and got the boat out of the back, parked the truck and wheeled the boat into the water, yes it had wheels, lol.  I got in first and Bob shoved off, we were now floating on the lake.  He said he sure hopes this thing floats.  You never know what you get when you get something like this at a yard sale.  He said the guy that owned it really enjoyed the little boat but needed something bigger because he had friends that wanted to fish with him.  Bob rowed the entire way there.

We got to the first cache...one by "stump lady" just off the shore.  We had to battle with downed trees and branches when we tried to land.  The cache was just a few feet inside the landing tucked away in a stump.  We signed the log and put it back. 

We paddled onto the next one, which was on one of the two islands on the lake.  The cache page described the cache to be difficult to get to if you have a bigger boat than a kayak.  We'll see when we get there I guess.  Apparently there is a dilapidated dock we need to be looking for.  We got closer and closer and found a spot on the bank to park.  We both got out and explored.  I guess there are a few broken down looking homes...we weren't sure if anyone was living in them or not.  We tiptoed around and towards the dock.  I saw the white lattice and Bob decided to go back to the boat and paddle is way towards where I was.  I climbed onto a tree to retrieve the cache.  He made his way over and I told him I already signed the cache.  I hopped into the boat. 

I paddled about half way back when he took over.  It was a gorgeous day on the lake...temperatures reaching at least 85.  We got back to the truck and had some help by a guy getting the boat back in the truck.  Bob dropped me off at home.  It was a good outing.

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