I dont know about the Black Lab story but I have a story of my own about an unusual cache hunt. I noticed a cache on a lake on a small island. I dont have a boat or canoe but want this one for a long time. I thought about buying a rubber raft but didnt want to spend a whole lot of money doing so. I frequent Wal-Mart a lot and love the outdoors so I at lease drop-in the sporting good section to see what is on sale. I noticed a one-man inflatable raft on clearance for around $5 and couple of weeks later ran into a pair of oars for $4.50 (also on clearance). I gear up and drive my Jeep to the closest spot to hike in to my launch area. I park, hike about 1/4 mile gear up and start paddling out. I get drenched in a bad thunderstorm so I terminate my adventure and head back. It is about 1/4 mile of a hike to the launch area, and over 1/4 of a mile to the island. I thought about the "what if" factor of the possibility of my inflatable becoming deflatable. It seemed like a bad possibility. I found an inflatable air mattress in another cache and decided to take it along as a back-up floatation device. I set out and started paddling. It was a long way to paddle out. I was also in the inflatable raft the wrong way and was overpaddling the whole way out. I spend 30 plus minutes getting there and seriously thought about coming back. I eventually made it. Spent about 3 minutes finding the cache. It was a let down. I thought about taking the marbles inside because I thought that I had lost mine. I get in the raft and make it back. Even thought the cache was a let down, the challenge alone was worth it. I guess us cachers are a different breed. The name of the cache is "thicket island" near zip code 76543