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After our adventure, we had a 1.2 mile walk back to the cars.. Walking past a Deli, Charlie used to frequent during his High School days, charlie directed me to look in the window at the bottles in the glass case at the end. It was like a scene in a movie as one bottle stood alone from the rest. They have JOLT Cola!. Finally! I saved the location on my GPS so I can get back there and pick some up later in the week.

We continued on and stopped in at a local bar. I can only imaging what people thought as 2 guys, both dirty and sweaty, walk in carrying various bags, a lantern, kneepads, etc… I’m sure we stirred things up a bit. Even the cute bartended seemed to be content at the far end of the bar. lol. Was it us? who knows.. I tried to clean myself up a bit in the restroom, but it was no luck. I needed a shower, not a splash of water from a sink.

After our rest we headed out. Stopped at a gas station to pick up some powerade. Since I really havent had anything to eat since lunch, I was starved, so as we passed the Bagel place (yes, it was open at almost 1 AM! nice!) I picked up a Bagel and CC.. very good! I believe it was A&S Bagels, I recommend it to anyone in the Franklin Square area.

We finally made it back to the cars. I sped home and went directly to the Hot Tub! My whole body was (and still is now) aching, so the hot tub was sooooooooooooo nice.. I can only imagine the shape I’d be in now without it.

Well, I’m off to work.

I was hesitant to go out, but after some computer work, Charlie gave me a call and said, yo, I’m near the cache. come find it now! It took a bit of convincing, but I had napped and needed a break, so I figured, why the hell not. He warned me that I would want a good pair of rubber boots as he couldn’t guarantee how deep the water was, so I stopped at Wal-Mart and picked up boots and batteries for the lantern. The adventure has begun…

We headed into the storm drain in search of a Geocache he left quite a ways in. Allowing me to lead the way, I searched for and found his Cache! It was a 5 gallon bucket hidden with in the tunnels. Very cool spot, but the fun didn’t end here. Charlie had grown up in this neighborhood and there were a lot of “legends” about these tunnels having drop-offs, or large caverns, rats, serial rapists, etc… so he decided to traverse the entire length of the tunnels.

We headed on through the tunnels, and realized that it was not going to be an easy trip. We had to remain hunched over as the tunnels were only about 4 feet tall (maybe a bit more, but not much).. Every chance we got we stopped to sit and stretch our legs. We utilized every manhole opening as a point to stand up. The tunnels seemed to go on and on forever…

There was graffiti written for quite a large distance through the tunnel, but eventually we hit the end and the walls became bare. It was almost apparent that nobody had ever been in some of the parts we were in, unless like us, someone else has make the adventure.

About halfway on our trip, somewhere under Hempstead Tpke. we found a larger area where we could stand up freely. This was our first major resting point as we could sit or stand and really stretch out. Even here, there was some graffiti. Thinking that we had passed all the writings, perhaps someone came down a manhole near this point, or maybe someone else had been through what we’ve done so far.

By now, my legs were hurting. Turning back seemed to be the best option, but we moved on forward. Continuing through the tunnels. We had to be careful not to bump the top of the tunnels as there was a lot of condensation, and bumping the top meant dirty water dripping down our heads.

The tunnel changed from the square tunnels that we had been traveling to lard round pipes one could walk through if they were, say, 4 feet tall. I think that the tunnel was taller but the round unlevel surface made for an interesting walk, especially while hunched over still. The pipes went on forever and seemed to get smaller and smaller. Had I been claustrophobic (sp?) I don’t think I would have been able to manage this part of the trip. But I went on.

There came one point that the tunnel took a change for the worse! The width remained, but the actual tunnel went from maybe 4.5 feet tall to about 3.5 feet tall. I was concerned. My legs were already hurting and If those tunnels did not lead out, I would not want to be stuck somewhere I couldn’t even attempt to stand in.

Being in better shape than me, Yoshi went ahead and I followed behind, resting at any dry spots along the way. It was only a few hundred feet, but it seemed like another mile. Finally, we exited onto a private golf course… Exhausted, Hungry, but Satisfied. We had traversed the entire drain, all 1.2 miles (give or take) of it! and it only took around 3 hours!

While through the tunnels we found various items including a 6 sided-die, a golf club and even a switchblade knife… Charlie took the knife and the die, we just left the golf club propped up, a sure sign for anyone else who tries the quest that someone was there. It’s not a quest for the weak, or the weak minded, but the satisfaction of the accomplishment is great!

Lol. No this post isn’t what you think…

Last night was great. I met up with Kerri and we went for some late night Geocaching. We first attempted a cache set by a friend of mine, but the park was locked and Kerri wasn’t up for fence hopping… Too bad, but I will be back! Our second attempt took us to a field with nothing but a handfull of trees, but unfortunately, The cache seems to be missing. Reading the logs, nobody’s found it for quite a while. On our third attempt, we were successfull in finding the cache! and just in time. As I sat down to sign the log book, the lantern died. We were out of light. Thank god we weren’t stuck in the middle of the woods somewhere. We started around Midnight and I got home about 4:30 or so in the morning. Quite a fun evening!

If a tree falls in the forest, but there’s nobody there to hear it…

If there is someone on your friends list you would like to take, strip naked, tie them to a bed post, lick them until they scream, then screw them until both of you are sensless and unable to screw anymore, then wait about five minutes and do it all over again, then post this exact sentence in YOUR journal.