Lost Keys and The Power of Numbers

Mike and his new buddy J.D.

After our very happy reunion, we were cleaning up and getting ready to go when Mike realized that his keys were missing.  He looked, Tia looked, we looked, but there were no keys.  So, everyone gathered to share good memories from past reunions and afterwards Mom C. announced that it was time to find some keys.  The Hideaway Lodge where we stayed was huge, and the keys could have been in a lot of places, including outside in the grass.

As soon as the announcement was made I followed a group of girls into our "cabin" and watched them calling for the keys as they searched the kitchen (which made me giggle).  Then I followed a group outside.  I hadn't even decided where to start searching before there was a yell that the keys were found.  After the announcement one of my nephews immediately went to search a couch he knew Mike had been on -- and there they were!  Mike had searched the other couch in the room that he remembered sitting on, forgetting he had been on both couches during the reunion.

I was pretty impressed with the power of numbers.  It only took one person to find them, but with over 60 determined searchers, even though the place was huge, there was a good chance they would have been found, even outside.