PYLE!

With cannotreadgps wanting to attend the case lot sale at Ft. Campbell, I negotiated a deal where I could drop her off at the sale when she wanted to be there and I would go out and cache.  I had been to the case lot sale once before and had no desire to stand for three hours again.

I picked out some caches that I wanted to find and to also stay away from the park and grabs since morning rush hour would be a hazard.  My first choice was Gomer Pyle USMC.  The cache is located near the grave of Frank Sutton who played the part of Gunnery SGT Vince Carter in the 1960's TV show.  I recall the show when it was syndicated on local television and was amused by the relationship between Gunny Carter and Pvt. Pyle.  While the show had a military setting, its creators avoided the controversial topic of the Vietnam War.

After finding the cemetery cache and paying my respects to Frank Sutton I went to the nearby Rotary Park.  Again, I wanted to avoid the park and grabs due to traffic and being this was a weekday, there would be few muggles in the park.  Arrived at the park and except for a few people I had the park to myself.

My first find was MTCSBA Cog Dist Adventures of Scouting #9.   At first I intended to stay on the trails but soon learned the trails were not taking me in the direction of my arrow and bushwhacked to the cache.  Took  a little effort to find the cache since the coordinates were not tight.  Next find was Down by the Old Creek Cache, another one that required bushwhacking due to my ignorance of the park's trail system and my time was running low.  Last find in the park was Off the beaten path.  This one was just across an open field.

I hope to return to Rotary Park and find some of the remaining caches, I really had a good time.  During my first year or two of caching, I had noticed a cluster of caches in the park and later a tornado hit the park and the caches were placed on the inactive listing.