People lose things, like cell phones, keys, glasses and cameras. We, as well as most shops and restaurants on the Hill, store found objects people drop off in a lost and found basket.<\/p>\n
Some orphaned items hang out for years in that basket and locating their owners likely won\u2019t occur, even with the classified ads we place.<\/p>\n
Recently, Jack and I thought some of the more valuable items \u2014 cameras and phones \u2014 needed to find their owners. So we undertook a bit of sleuthing, starting with a fairly nice Nikon camera found on the side of Fern Valley Road about three weeks ago.<\/p>\n
We downloaded the photos from the memory card and explored each one for clues. They mostly contained images of a couple on the Ernie Maxwell Trail and a few of Idyllwild shops.<\/p>\n
Then a couple of photos showed the pair in individual photos sitting before a fireplace with a partial view of a painting above the mantle. Knowing we probably were seeing tourists on vacation, this scene likely portrayed a motel room.<\/p>\n
Luckily for us, innkeepers like to show the inside of each room on their websites.<\/p>\n
We started with Fireside Inn, then Creekstone Inn, then Mile High Lodge and it was there, at the last photo, that we viewed the same fireplace and painting above the mantle.<\/p>\n
We dashed over to Mile High, Mary was able to locate the name and phone number of the couple who had stayed in that room on the photo dates.<\/p>\n
I spoke to a very excited owner whose poor orphaned camera is back in her hands, along with photo memories of a wonderful trip to Idyllwild.<\/p>\n
Having lost many important things over the years, we were so happy to find the Nikon\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
Becky Clark, <\/strong> People lose things, like cell phones, keys, glasses and cameras. We, as well as most shops and restaurants on the Hill, store found objects people drop off in a lost and found basket. Some orphaned items hang out for years in that basket and locating their owners likely won\u2019t occur, even with the classified ads […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":35428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,680],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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