Junior Scouts Seal Time Capsule with Wax and Good Intentions

LOWER ARROYO— Troop leader Quail supervised placement of baseball cards, sunflower seeds, a mimeographed lunch menu, and a letter beginning "Dear Future Neighbors, Please Water Something."

Metal box rests below a limestone marker carved by the high-school shop class—slight wobble, perfect heart. Dig date: 2070, God willing and the creek don’t rise.

Ice cream sandwiches melted faster than speeches; childhood stayed briefly undefeated.