Part Two ... Finding BASE 1092 ... The Search

This is part two , if you have not read part one then please read that first or not, either way I am writing this for me and as a healing process. After the total nervous breakdown that was building up, Roger from Delta Sheriff Dept seemed to get the word out that it was becoming un-wise to call us. I had been driving so long that it took everything I had to stay awake. We start seeing signs for Delta and going along with the possible AWOL theory we spend more time scanning for hiding places, or some sign that LeRoy was near then we did on the road. Yes smart considering the state I was in. A good friend made sure there was a hotel room ready for us when we arrived, but sleep was the last thing on our mind. We were due to meet our hero Les at 6 pm, which gave us about 30 mins to get ready a bit and leave our room. Me and Tiff already established that we would NOT meet with the Sheriff today if we could avoid him. Granted we were worried that the size of the town would make that difficult. We had plans to do what we needed to do , to bring LeRoy home and that was our only concern. We did not want to hear the bullshit Decker was passing around.

We head to the Rancher to meet with Les, and I must say , the first comforting and safe moment we felt was seeing this man who has been our lifeline to the search and hugging him was a breath of fresh air. Sitting in what became "our booth" and talking with Les and his lovely wife made things seem more real...we may find him alive...we may find him dead but WE WILL FIND HIM. Les is a very brilliant man and we decide to go over all the theories. If LeRoy went AWOL what would he do? Where would he hide out? Would he stick close to town waiting for a chance to come out? We decide to go with this theory. We write his nickname on my rear window and when we separate from Les and we scour the town for hiding places. We see all types of places LeRoy could choose to stay during the day , and we are hopeful. So hopeful in fact that we are back to smiling and laughing. We decide to head to the hotel and get some sleep, for tomorrow we head to the mountain to search for him. At the hotel sleep eluded us for a bit, Tiff finally got to have a long conversation with LeRoy's favorite Aunt Lisa and I got to get online and try to catch up with stuff. Tiff was setting her alarm at about 10 pm and actually fell asleep while doing that. I followed soon after. Night terrors kept her from having anything solid but anything is better then the nothing we have had up to this point.

We wake up, Tiff has fresh clothes, I do not, but yay for showers. We wake up rather early, we had to go see Sheriff Decker to get the details on the tow for LeRoy's car and to find out about the search. We go over what we are NOT going to say , which is mostly that we plan to search today and that we think he is a dick head. We get to the station and are led back. The Sheriff asks us "So what do you need to know?" , and right off the bat, I jump into bad territory by jumping his ass for calling off the search for a man, including the helicopters that were coming in. And he IGNORES me, thats right folks, he ignores my questions and turns to Tiff and starts talking about the tow bill. After some time he warms back up to me and we stress that IF he went AWOL something is wrong mentally and he is a in danger and that we have to find him. He makes a phone call and gets the helicopter on it's way, then we take two steps back when I ask for more information on the lie detector test... Sheriff Decker flat out says to me and Tiffany "I lied about him failing the test". Im so stunned that I can not even talk, and I think I stopped breathing for just a moment. He lied about one of my friends that has helped me get through Shannons death and I was going to need to help get through the eventual outcome of LeRoys death. All this anger I felt towards a friend vanished and I feel foolish. We finish up with the Sheriff as he has to go meet the helicopter and we head to the Rancher to eat before going to the peak.

At our booth , me and Tiff find it in us to eat a huge and awesome meal. The food at this place is heaven, everythings fried and huge servings. We go over our plan, and call Les to let him know exactly what we are going to do and where we are going. We decide that LeRoy is alive and we plan to check the caves and mines. We know we are planning to do things that are not wise but we felt that if he was alive he would hide out in a cave and wait till things smoothed over and we needed someone to know what we planned just in case we got lost, or hurt. Les tried to talk us out of it, but I know enough about what I am doing to go against his wishes. As we are walking out I see Stitch in the parking lot, ohhhh my Stitch, he starts walking faster and we meet in the middle for a much needed hug on both sides. His voice is filled with tears he can't allow out and my tears explode and I apologize over and over again for my anger towards him and tell him everything the Sheriff told us. We all, Stitch, Tiff, Brenda (LeRoys Mom) and her friends plan to go to the base camp and so we start to load up. I brought Tiff's gear because I had multiple everything and I start explaining safety, gear, and well everything I can to her.

To Be Continued ... my heart is to heavy to go on from here. Please check back for more later.