daylight, they discovered their own special place, their remote forest clearing in a place called belton bridge park. though park is much too grand a word for their little pull-out beside the chattahoochee river north of atlanta, georgia. >> i knew them both very well. >> reporter: they were richard and stacey schoeck. and it was another love, their love of scouting, that won the admiration of greg gaugler. >> reporter: how'd you meet them? >> both of our sons were cub scouts. >> reporter: with kids, boys especially, they were naturals. >> stacey was a ball of energy, full of ideas, would literally drag us to do things. >> reporter: the go-getter? >> the go-getter. and we also jokingly called her :mama spreadsheet," because everything that she did had to be laid out in a spreadsheet and -- >> reporter: what a planner. >> she was. >> reporter: scouting is how bill fanning got to know them, too. >> richard was a good motivator and i saw how much fun he was having. and so i kind of asked if i could tag along and got involved with scouts myself. >> reporter: stacey was a den leader for the c