Preparation For The Heat

I wiggled out of some work today in order to recheck coordinates for my caches along the W&OD in advance of the Hot, Hot, Hot! event coming on Sunday. Everything was looking ship shape, and I had some company at one of my favorite cache placements: One For Dave.

As I rode up, a black rat snake peeped out of the stone face and regarded me with interest. We both agreed that the summer had been a hot one, which he didn't mind so much, and he watched as I climbed right next to him for the cache check. We visited a bit longer, and then I had to hit the road for home while he continued to relax in the shade. It's always a nice surprise when you have company at a cache, know what I mean?