the beginning

Hopefully the Olympic Peninsula won't be too hard on us. It's often cold and wet this time of year but that’s nothing we can't handle. I get a pit in my stomach every time I say goodbye to my family to go wander around the woods for days at a time but the excitement of the hunt and the closeness and comradery Josh and I share quickly pulls me out of it. We spend a lot of time in the car, traveling from location to location which gives me ample opportunities to second guess, stress and feel the guilt of not being home. We're not journalists or seasoned investigators but the further we dive into this, the more I love and believe in what we're doing. 

We started this with the exciting idea that doing something we love could actually help other people. We get to go camping and find new information in cold missing person cases, win win. So far, it’s been a lot of research and staring at a computer. 

The highways and backroads of Washington State are highlighted with endless pullouts, trails, lakes and rivers that look good for a cache location, narrowing the search will be the biggest task we face. Israel's caches are out there somewhere.

Over the last year we’ve studied maps of the Peninsula but being there in person is a far different experience altogether. 

We’ve compiled a list of locations that are top priority to search and the list is long. Port Angeles, Olympic Hot Springs, Lake Ozette, Crescent Lake and the Northern coastline of the Peninsula are all attractive possibilities. Now if I can figure out how to use this metal detector, that would be helpful.