Trip to Weston Bend and KCI

I have received several complaints about our Cache Site at Weston Bend State Park. They said an animal had chewed the rubbermaid container and it was leaking. I decided this morning was the time to go change out the container. I drove an hour to the park and decided to try a closer approach from the Missouri River side of the park. BIG MISTAKE. My GPS said I was about 500 feet from the cache. The other approach from the other side of the park would have been a 2 mile hike. Jungle, vertical 100 foot cliff, and very loose footing made this nearly impossible. I wish I had studied a topo map before trying this little adventure. I finally found a gully that allowed me to go around the cliff. It took me over an hour to go that 500 feet.

Ft. Leavenworth viewed from Cache Site(click for larger view)
Tonight I went with Robby and Alison to pick up Mary and Lee at the airport. They were scheduled to arrive at 7:55 p.m., but because of bad weather did not show up until about 1:30 a.m. The worst part was Lee having to sit in an uncomfortable wheel chair at the St. Louis Airport. He was really hurting by the time he got to bed about 3:00 a.m.