I was on a Caching ROLL!
19 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in found, geocaching, gps, milestone Tags: found, geocaching, goals, gps, milestones
I had this nice little streak going. In my quest to reach 500 before the end of the year, I decided to start by finding a cache a day. From November 25th to December 15th, I did just that. I found a cache either on my way into work, or my way home. This brought me to within 19 of my goal. Jajast and I decided to head up to the Bow Town Forest on December 10th. With the plethora of caches in that area we figured we be able to knock out that 19 caches easy. HA! Fate as always conspired against us, and we just couldn’t get into a good caching groove. We found 13. Let’s talk about 13. I do NOT suffer from triskaidekaphobia, but I really HATE ending the day on 13. So much so that Jajast and I were scrambling around in the dark for one last park and grab to make me feel better.
I was bummed that we didn’t find the 19 that we needed because I wasn’t going to be able to cache on Sunday — family day you know. However, my kids made other plans, so I called Jajast that night and said “Five more on Sunday. No more, no less!” Then a horrible terrible thing happened. Mrs. BritPitt called to see if we wanted to cache on Sunday. Why is that horrible? Because she wanted a cache-a-polooza to get to her 4000 cache and I knew I couldn’t commit to that. I felt horrible because I really wanted to cache with Mrs. BritPitt too, but I also needed to be home in the afternoon, and she couldn’t go with us in the morning because of church commitments.
I had a plan, I knew the caches were there, the logs were active and I planned our rout well. While I don’t suffer from triskaidekaphobia, I do have a dep and abiding HATE for bridges over water, especially if I’m driving in a car. Walking isn’t much better, but driving is bad bad bad bad bad. I tell you this because I planned our caching route so that my 500th cache was on the middle of the walking bridge over the Merrimack River.
We made our four finds and approached the bridge with trepidation. While I am not a fan of bridges, Jajast is not a fan of heights. But we persevered over the bridge and made the find! GO us. I would have done a happy dance right then and there, but hey, I was in the middle of a freaking bridge over a raging river. Well maybe it was a swiftly flowing river, but from where I stood, that sucker was raging.
I managed to continue my cache a day streak until last Thursday, but then it came to a grinding halt. The Christmas season is upon us and I have a LOT to get done. Added to that, my car got broken into over the weekend and they stole my driving GPS. They also went through my geocaching back pack which I leave in the car. I’m kind of feeling violated to be honest. I am just so lucky that my etrex was in the house that night.
There will be pictures to follow of Jajast and I on the bridge a bazillion feet in the air over those raging rapids. They’re on my home computer and I’m not, lol. I guess I’m not going to hit 600 by the end of the year, but that’s okay. My goal was 500 and I met it. GO me!
