Saturday, October 30, 1999

The excursion to Browns Springs was a good one.  It had rained
off and on all morning.  But just before 2:00pm the rained stopped.
It did not start in again for 45 minutes, giving everyone time to
see the Springs and cemetery.  A total of 15 souls (including 2 year
old Alex) braved the dreary afternoon to make the venture.  We had
no more got into the cemetery proper and there was an axe embedded
in a tree with blood and some kind of meat attached.  This
really got everyone's attention.  Next we found another axe with
blood, then a knife on top of a tombstone in blood, then a grim
reaper curved type sycle implanted in a tree.  Needless to say the
45 minutes there was full of suspense, and then the rain started
and we were all ready to leave.

Up the steep path to the top of the hill, there were a couple of
places where the mud got kind of deep and slick, but we all made
it to the top.  So it is advisable to wear rubber boots.