Confucius' Cat: Well, i went to check on the cache today and after the twenty mile hike into the backwoods, I found the cache OK, just like I placed it sevral years ago.
As I was looking at all the familiar names on the log, a HUGE polar bear (or perhaps it was a Yeti), came sneaking up behind me. As i felt its hot breath on my neck, I turned and stared it right in the snout! I think the bear (or yeti) was frightened by the smell i emitted as it roared viciously whilst i escaped over the bridge into the 400 foot deep water below. I was thinking "God, I hope that thing can't swim!"
But sure 'nuff, it jumped right in behind me and I barely beat it to shore.
When I got out of the water, the bear (or yeti) was hot on my smelly brown trail! It was gaining on me, FAST! I could not think of anything to do, but throw the cache at it.
Lo, and behold, I think that is what it wanted! It swallowed the cache in one big gulp and turned around three times in a tight circle and laid down for a nap.
I thought, "this is my chance to get the cache back... I'll just take out my trusty (rusty) knife and slit its belly open and get my cache back." But as I hacked and haggled with the rysty trusty blade, i could not even part the hair on the bear (or yeti)'s gut.
So, I reckon the only way I could get my cache back was to wait for the cache to pass through.
So, since I really don't have much time for this anymore, I archived the cache instead.
OBTW, I had taken the log book out of the cache before the bear (or yeti) ate it. Here are the names that were written therein:
1-24-06 tvnewsbiz
1-30-06 oldtimers
1-30-06 williamsfamily
greengecko (logged in the book as a no-find)
2-18-06 1401jones
muggle (logged in the book as a no-find)
3-30-06 kidcrazy
4-23-06 team d&d
4-25-06 phoenix cachers
(illegible date xx7-1) Doobs doggy (illegible)
team cb indy
7-11-06 ndaign
9-30 jhumpett
10-01 d able cachers
11-17-06 {los}exile
11-23-06 jaypit
12-106-06 hiking dutchman
3-3-07 clac
7-15-07 justin z
8-3-07 smith and sons
8-5-07 deermark daggy geode hunters
13-66-2012 liar liar pants on fire
8-17-07 jenischmeni & miss betsy
8-18-07 kimby j d. liming & crew nolefan 9399
9-10-07 jplvolh
10-26-07 weluv sports
11-3 ic tax
1-9-2008 airraidfan
12-13-07 duckman18561
12-14-07 eye of the pirate
1-19-05 franklin cacher
3-12-08 t.l.w.
3-29-08 microcacher w/ team d&d
4-4-08 moltar
95 april 12008 s keillan (logged in book as a no-find)
5-30-06 zatyas
5-28-08 wcc
6-2-08 krisnjoe
6-12-08 cajitracks
6-22-08 four rushkateers
7-23-08 coach 't'
7-25-08 buffalo bob65
8-3-08 aw_snap (was not here)
8-22-08 indykenn and marylou
10-4-8 bad majec & sigfried
8-23-08 livinagoodlife
8-23-08 rifplf
10-20-08 pastorbo
10-30-08 camden07
3-7-09 icalpi & the book-a-neers
6-2-09 h brady01
bravo872 jhenkel gsmom59 scuba
The cache had a good run.
Thanks to all who sought (or not), found (or not), logged (or not) and wrote such great stories (or not)!
GDAE,
Dave