April 15th The Epilogue

Just because we left Heathrow for Portland didn't mean the adventure was over.  We arrived in our driveway at 11:30pm Sat only to find that Clarence's keys (house, truck, garage) were missing.  We dumped out both backpacks on the front porch and were searching through everything with flashlights but no luck. They must have fallen out somewhere between home and Colchester, UK during the last couple of weeks. What to do? All the neighbor's lights were out. We went to a 24hr cafe to get something to eat. I called my sister who lives 60 miles away but has a key to our house. Her phone was off or she was out of range. I left her a message. We went back home and dozed in the car in the driveway. I left another message for my sister. At 7am Sunday we drove to my sister's house to try and get a spare key.  She wasn't home.  I left her another message. Drove back to Oregon City and called a locksmith.  $229 later, we finally got into our house at 9:30am on Sunday. My sister finally called back.  She was out of town, and out of cell range, visiting friends and our extra key was on her keyring. We have now been up for 39 hrs and are a little rummy in the head. This last little episode was just an exclamation mark ending for our latest fantastic detecting trip. Thanks to all who came along through this blog. It was a blast!