Pac-Man’s Return

We are east of Alum Creek Lake, where Route 36 meets I-71. Here Long_Lost_Cacher has placed a city cache. Wendys, Starbucks, and McDonalds raise their colorful signs, luring the hungry traveler. The careful cultivation of commercial kitchens and food supply chains has resulted in a bountiful crop of whoppers, chicken nuggets, and iced coffee.

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A field of asphalt leads us to that man-made tree, the light pole. Across the parking lot, human dwellings rise in comfortable gray siding, topped with stylishly peaked roofs.

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We are looking for Pac-Man’s Return, calling us back to the yellow pie chart gobbling up white dots in an ancient video arcade, as legendary as a T-Rex. With grateful ease, we locate the old Atari case in the skirt of the light pole and sign the log.

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When we read the sign on the light pole, it says that when things look upside down, they probably are.