[greyhounder]

And that is one mighty beautiful coin! Once you see the actual product, it’s quite breath-taking!

Bec

[greyhounder]

TA-DA!!!!

Thanks so much to CB&MB for the generous donation (you’re way too nice. I owe you) and thanks to LightningBugs Mum for making my day.

If only I could count it as a find…..(JUST KIDDING!!)

Bec

[greyhounder]

An imposter!!

[greyhounder]

I must investigate further…..

(yes, I know I need to repaint my front steps)

[greyhounder]

Hmmmm….what’s this here?

[greyhounder]

I noticed some strange footsteps in the snow when I got home from work….but I chose to ignore them.

Until I got a little clue from LightningBugs Mum to check out the forums.

[greyhounder]

quote:

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Originally posted by Bushwhacking Queen:
And this time, at band camp…

Sorry, Bec, I just had to add that after reading your logs; it was the first thing that came to mind.

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Okay — you’ve uncovered my secret identity…..

Bec

[greyhounder]

Oh yeah, and my very first cache every (Wild Turkey Roost, or something like that). I decided to hunt my first cache the day after an evening ice storm. I slipped on ice twice on the trail to the cache. The cache itself was down a bit of a slope, an icy one now. I knew I would fall, so I tried to do it with grace. I extended one leg towards the cache, with some now unknown bright plan in mind. The leg slid out and down the slope. The rest of the body followed in a split fashion (OW!)

I had my dog, Peanut, with me. She was much more graceful and sledded down the hill on her fanny, demonstrating the approach I should have taken.

I have more…..I will stop now.

Bec

[greyhounder]

Oh, and the time that I was trying to get to some cache or other at Devil’s Lake (no clue which one anymore, I never even got close).

I had been fighting some sort of bug for the previous few days. I had a temperature of around 100 right before I left for Devil’s Lake (please note that I am a person who typically has a subnormal temp of about 96.5 degrees). The previous night while at the campground I tripped TWICE over the cooking grate attached to the campfire ring. In the process I tore open my leg (On Sunday when I finally went to the ER I had a hairline crack — not a true break, and a bone bruise. I was also told by the ER staff that I should have had stiches but two days later was too late). But I wanted to try at least one of those hard Devil’s Lake caches — at least make the attempt to find it.

I don’t think I got very far up the bluff. I started seeing bright splashes of white light in my vision and the periphery was getting very dark. I needed to stop for a while. I sort of flopped on a rock. Every time I tried to get up, I came REALLY close to passing out. So I just stayed there — for a really long time. After a million people passed me by, some asking if I was okay, I was able to get up and slowly go back down the bluff.

As I was laying on the bluff, there was this vulture circling me — seriously! I saw him look down at me a few times to see if I was dead yet.

No DNF or nothing for that cache. I figure if you get no where near, it’s pretty much like not going at all.

Lesson learned — I’m sure not.

Bec

[greyhounder]

I too have stepped onto ice that looked thick enough at the time, only to have it break when I was 3/4 across. I plunged into the water up to the bottom of my hips. I think it was February, but I remember being surprised at how warm the water actually felt.

Had to tromped into a local Kohl’s with wet pants, socks and shoes and buy all new stuff. Then proceeded to change into the new clothes in the car.

Edit to add: this was actually Caimeg’s Cache. I was not using the trails, as the cache page stated several times. When I came back much later to find this cache, I used the trails and found the cache without further problem.

Bec

[This message has been edited by greyhounder (edited 12-03-2005).]

[greyhounder]

Emily’s Cache VII (the newest one) has a geocoin headed to Florida in it.

Bec

[greyhounder]

quote:

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Originally posted by pcfrog:
OUCH

I spent several days trying to draw a badger that did not look like a skunk and even stated that I had no luck on making one.

Sorry you felt that way.

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Please know that I was only joking with my comment. (I’m very rarely serious when it comes to my artwork.)

The actual WI geocoin is beautiful. I’m just feeling remorse that I didn’t buy one.

Anyone want to put a geocache in my front yard with an unactivated WI geocoin in it?

And if all of you were wondering, since you haven’t received my Christmas list yet, I do have a WI geocoin on it.

(again — take everything I say in jest. Coming off of a blue period and I tend to be extremely silly for a few days.)

Bec

[greyhounder]

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=dc249e06-8faa-46ac-9340-05cfdf3a85a8&log=y&decrypt=

About 30 miles from you.

Bec

[greyhounder]

I cache because I can. In a world where I feel pointless and out of place, I can forget everything that makes me sad or angry and find something that makes me happy. While geocaching I can spend time with myself and not feel alone — I am going and seeking what others have done before me. I feel a part of something larger than myself. I love the out of doors anyways, but that can be a very desolate and solitary thing — geocaching makes me part of the bigger picture.

Geocaching is not a R.A.S.H (although I like the term a lot) for me — it’s just what I do.

Bec

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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going

[greyhounder]

I think the most correct answer is: whatever the cache owner decides.

Myself, I would have posted a note, and let the cache owner decide if it should be counted as a find. If so, then I would change it.

But ultimately, whatever you choose to do, and as long as the cache owner is okay with, that’s fine by me. I’ve stopped worrying about what other people count or don’t count. As long as we are all having fun.

Bec

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