Spindle Quest: Chasing Lost Creek Gold. - Slumach

DuRING the following years the Pitt Lake took a
backseat, but there is nothing in daily life comparable
to the thrills of adventure I had felt. There was no adventure
in high school and nothing that I wanted to know. I
was so bored that sometimes I would skip school and go to
the library and read my own favourite books such as those
by Robert Marx on sunken treasure that would spawn
future adventures for me in far away lands such as Central
America.
But Pitt Lake found its way back into my life one afternoon
when I came home from school lost in my doldrums.
“Daryl, a letter came for you today,” my mom said to me
as I walked into the house.
“Where is it?”
“The one on the counter in front of you!”
I picked up the small envelope with no return address. I
opened it and to my surprise found myself staring at a map
of Pitt Lake with all kinds of locations marked on it. On
the side of the map was some very old looking handwriting
that was hard to read.
18
Mystery letter
“Well did you open it?” my mom asked.
“Yes. It’s some weird map of Pitt Lake.” My mom had a
look at the strange document not saying much as I went to
my room to have a closer look and also to read the strange
text written on the side of the map.
The first thing I did after I looked at the map was to take
it to my friend Rob Causley.
“Look what I got in the mail today, man” I said showing
Rob the map. “Isn’t that the closest thing to a treasure map
you have ever seen or what?”
Rob looked at the map with curiosity.
“Where did you get this anyway?”
“It came in the mail today with no return address. It just
showed up on my doorstep.
“Look at the site here,” I said, pointing at the X marked
near Crawford Creek, “that’s where the guy thinks the Lost
Mine of Pitt Lake is. I don’t know if it’s true, but it’s interesting.
We should take a trip in there this summer.”
“Sure I am up for that!” Rob agreed
© Daryl Friesen 2009