This story isn't as exciting as others, but it does has a nice sentiment.

Background: The Mr is always in charge of packing up the camera and gear. There are lens and a tripod and flash and who knows what else.

So onto the story - the Mr is at work packing up the camera gear as I am packing up the rest of the stuff. As I get stuff packed, he is taking to the Suburban (aka the 'burb) to be loaded. He is setting everything next to the 'burb for me to load in. The dog crates have to go on the bottom of the pile, but since the dogs are in them until we leave, they are the last thing we pack up. So, the Mr gets everything in a pile while I get the boys harnessed up. He takes them for one last potty call while I load everything up. We load up the dogs, my friend and her dogs and head home.

We unload all the stuff at home and I am at work hanging up wet stuff and unpacking a bit. And then we have the following conversation -

Mr: Where is the camera?
Me: I don't know (long pause) I don't remember bringing it in. Check the 'burb.
Mr: (checks and comes back) It isn't there.
Me: You know I don't remember packing it in the 'burb. Did you put it in the pile?
Mr: Um, I'm not sure.
Me: Where was the last place you had it?
Mr: I was packing it up on Rajah's (another competitors dog) crate.
Me: And . . . . .
Mr: I think I left it there

We had the other competitor's cell phone number and called. They were still at the event. The camera was still there, they just figured whoever left it was coming back. They took it home for us that night and the Mr was going to go back for it on Sunday.

I got thinking some other friends of ours might still be there and called them. They were. I asked if they could just bring the camera back with them on Sunday and we would pick it up from them. They said of course and only live 15 miles from us.

On Sunday, the camera makes the 2 1/2 hour trek back to us and our friends call. They are 10 minute from the house, if we are home, they will drop it off. And they do. Camera delivery complete!

The moral if this story, kids, is that there are still honest and good people in this world. The camera wasn't stolen - it wasn't even moved. And then people went out of their way to keep it safe and return it to us. I always knew the people we competed with were good people and this story just illustrates it.

Thank you Rajah and family and Casey Lynn and family!