All together we ended up getting 9 caches yesterday, and the coolest by far was the last.

ZZZ’s Meridian in the Dark is probably one of the coolest I have done. No, it is the coolest one Stacy or I have done.  This one we went to during the day even though they said it should be done at night.  We couldn’t find it. We followed the coordinates and looked for the clues we needed with no results. So we went back last night.

about 9pm we pulled up at the entrance to the trail that we had visited earlier that day. The idea is that you walk to the entrance of the trail and with a flash light you see what you are supposed to do.  Well, with out being able to do it during the day we thought this was going to be a short try, we didn’t think it would work. So we walked to the beginning of the trail, shown the flash light in, and all the suddent it was like little beams of red light popping out of the trees creating a trail that we didn’t not see during the day. As we walked the trail of beams it took us off on a side trail that led us up a hill. At the top of the hill there was on tree that the lights formed a diamond on which lead us to walk off the trail deep into the woods.  As we turned to head in the flashlight illuminated yet another series of lights that lead us to a big blue smiley face in the center of a big tree, and that is where we found the cache.  It was really cool. Now just as we made it there it began to rain, we grabbed the cache signed the log and turned around to head out, but we couldn’t tell were we came from. As we turned trying to figure out the direction we had came from the flash light caught a tree that had an arrow on it showing us the way back to the trail (good thinking on their part).

I am definitely going to create a cache like this one at home.

Well, we are fixing to head out again, only 12 more to go.

JC

Oh, that sounds really geeky I know, but it is actually fun. I think the one that I am excited about is the “Lost Gap Travel Bug Inn“. This one looks to have about 8 different travel bugs and geocoins in it. I want to see this one because I am planning on setting up a TB Hotel near the church in the next week or so.

Heading to bed now, we shall see what happens.

RECENT GEOCOIN PURCHASE:

Going for 100

Monday we headed out to My in-laws for Christmas.  We should be there for most of the week. Just before heading out Stacy’s father called and said he wanted to help us break 100 Cache finds.

For those of you who don’t know, Stacy and I have found something new to kill time. Actually it is kind of nice to finally find that something that combines my love of technology, Stacy’s love of research and gets Stacy and I out of the house to do something together that does not entail work. This hobby is called Geocaching (read up)

Anyway, this morning we woke up about 8 and started out on our first sortie. First I had to run to Wal-mart and grab a charger for my iPhone.  Needed the application on it for help. Thenwe ran to the first cache called “Where is Your Pilot“. This one was a nice 300 yard walk from the parking lot to the cache. The walk would not be that bad if it wasn’t for the Thorns and Hight grass we had to wade through in the freezing cold weather. I was a fun find though. Stacy’s dad actually found this one.

I won’t bore you with the details of all of them but all together from 8 in the morning to about 12:30 we finished 11 Caches.  Thats Pretty good for us. Maybe tomorrow we can kick it up a notch.

Here is a cool site we found at an earth cache called “Who lost their Marbles?” It was a really cool geological thing I have never seen before.

Whose Lost Their Marbles?

Flickr Link

Now, I will explain it a little more. Things that people hide are called Caches.  There are mini, small medium and large caches. Mini caches are very small (of course) and usually just have a piece of paper for people to sign when they find the cache.  Large caches can range from tupperware to military ammunition boxes. In these boxes people have found toys, money, car keys and more, as well as small notebooks for the finder to sign and sometimes even a camera to take a picture of yourself. The theory with the larger caches is that you take something and put something back of equal or more value. What happens when you find a plane ticket I don’t know. Doubt that would happen now-a-days anyway.

Stacy and I started this last weekend and have already found 8 different caches in the Ridgeland area. In one cache we found a travel slug. The slug has a tracking number that you put into a specific website and allows the item to be tracked.  This coming weekend Stacy and I will take the slug and place it in a cache in Hattiesburg, MS for someone else to find.

We will keep you in the loop on the things we find.

Guess where I am.