GC1A2KE - Slow Hand

Slow Hand - GC1A2KE

I'm still learning... this one makes 2 for 2 today!!

I looked right at (or more like through) this cache - and spent another 20 minutes looking. Just as I was going to give up - I tried one last time... Got this one on my way out...

TNLNSL

More CITO... Man, it can get nasty.

Blech. Glad to know that I am making a difference though!

GC1A358 - Morgan's End

Morgan's End - GC1A358

Yup... Us noobies need to use the clues until we get some experience... I tried for this one two days ago - and came up empty handed.. I "cheated" a bit by reading the details about this cache, and voila!

This one all but BIT me the other day, but yet I missed it. I found it within minutes today!!!

Morgans End - GC1A358

Morgans End - GC1A358
Did Not Find

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My 2nd of the day (and third attempt overall)...

After this DNF, I am 1 for 3... Will this get any easier?? (grin)

Being new to this - perhaps I need to pay a bit more attention to the cache's page... I was expecting / looking for something a bit more "traditional" in size...

Had I known paid attention to the cache size - I may not have ended up with a DNF..

A Lesson learned...

Again, just like Hanging out at Harrison - GC1A35E - I work close, and I am determined....

Hanging out at Harrison - GC1A35E

Hanging out at Harrison - GC1A35E
Did Not Find

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Wow... This GeoCaching is harder than I thought... But, gimme a break - after all this was only my 2nd cache attempt - I'm what you'd call a noobie!

I had four hours between getting off duty, and having to return for a meeting. So - I thought I would try to snag a couple of caches close to work...

I DNF this one - but I did find an spot that looked like it was where the cache COULD HAVE been... (So obvious that perhaps it was meant to throw a noobie (like me) off....)

I work very close to here, so since I DNF, I'll be back!! The gauntlet has been thrown...

Couple of notes...

#1 The parking lot was torn up and heavy machinery was on site trenching for some new sewer lines... I parked in the adjoining residential area.. Keep that in mind (at least for the next week or so...)

#2 I CITO'ed... and I mean TEE to the OHHH!

Yikes - the area I was looking was LITTERED with trash... Old clothing, an old GLASS 16 oz coke bottle - one with the old thin foam coating, a partially full, capped bottle of an unknown fluid, an old 3.5 floppy, a coffee can lid, and more bits of plastic that I could even carry (without a bag)...

I will persevere! I will be back!!

ScoutMasters Revenge - GC18M6W

GC18M6W - ScoutMasters Revenge

The GPS came today... (I'll post a photo later...)

After work, I had to take #2 of 5, and #3 of 5 to Boy Scouts... I was all to eager to do so!

While at the park, I played with my GPS a bit to try and familiarize myself with it's functions.

After Boy Scouts - #2 of 5 wanted to go home with mom on his bike (that #1 of 5 rode to the park)... So, #1 and #3 of 5 and I decided we would try our very first GeoCache!

(It was only .67 miles from the park....)

The GPS took us behind a building and to a trail that I had never even known was there... Quite a cool area... We followed the GPS until we got to the area near the cache, and started looking... We looked and looked - and was not finding anything - I was close to giving up with a DNF (Did Not Find) when I decided to approach it from a completely different angle... and Viola! There it was!

OUR FIRST CACHE!

We TNLNSL (Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log) and headed back.... in total - about 30 minutes.. But a long hike up a big hill...

Just goes to show that GeoCaching CAN be good for a little exercise (exercise that I would not have gotten otherwise...)

It wont be as "genuine" as the real thing, but maybe we will head back and get a photo or two from the area - for posterity's sake....

On a side note... This was a pretty cool find because the Scoutmaster that was seeking revenge.... It was #2 and #3 of 5's actual Scoutmaster!!