Mopar: What a damn shame. Placed this cache 2yrs ago with the intention of making a challenging hunt. Something you could brag about. Two years this cache survived without a problem. A few recent logs made me want to go check up on the old girl. One, I wanted to look at the logbook. Sorry, but this isn't usually the first cache people log when they start caching. Two, I see another finder left food in my cache. I have [b]NO[/b] idea why someone would ever think leaving food in the woods is a good idea. Animals can sniff out mints and stuff right through a closed container.
In any case, this was on my list to maintain. Even though today was raining, sleeting, and snowing, Geo Ho and myself made the trek. GH was looking for a challenge cache for her #300 find, and I thought watching her search would be great fun. The hike in was as miserable as always. It had beed warm enough that I kept breaking through the ice, many times dropping into water over the top of my boots. Got to ground zero, and let Geo Ho search. I chuckled to myself as I watched her check the hiding spot, and keep searching. After 45 minutes I gave her the hints. After another 15 minutes I tried checking the hiding spot myself. Nada. Thinking maybe I was wrong, I told GH my suspicions. I did a thorough search of the hiding spot, with no luck. We then spent god knows how long searching the surrounding area, in case someone had moved it (why, I dunno, but it's happened before). No luck.
Time wasted out in the crappy weather: over 2hrs.
Anyone who's done this cache knows there is NO WAY someone just happened to be strolling by and took the cache not knowing what it is. Because of that, I'm not going to replace it. Archived.