Paleopal will you marry me?
This cache is a wedding proposal to My Sweetheart Paleopal who I
met last year (2007) at the
Springtime in Coloma IV event.
OK here is the story:
My plan was to have Paleopal "win" the FTF rights for an
unpublished cache in the raffle with my proposal in the
cache.
I worked with Hemlock to pre-approve four new caches in the area
one of which was this one. As it turned out the other three caches
were fine and were OK but I could see when I got back to the house
this cache was too close to another cache. I went back and found
another place for the cache. This one looked good to me but no it
was too close to the final stage of a seven stage multi-cache. Back
to the park again to work out the multi and find another hiding
place. This time I had a winner.
The day of the
Springtime in Coloma V event cache I had Graniteman (See his
log entry below for details of his adventure) go up to the cache
and place the FTF prize/Engagement Ring in the cache.
Paleopal did not know that I had donated the FTF pre-approved
caches to the raffle. I had made a small mark on one of the film
cans that had the coordinates for the FTF caches so I would know
which one was for her. I bought six raffle tickets (772045-772050)
put the first five in the raffle pot and hung onto the last one. I
then gave the tickets to Paleopal. Her FTF cache was the third one
that I raffled off. I was all ready to call out 772050 no matter
what ticket was drawn but when the ticket was handed to me I had to
do a double take. The ticket was 772047!
What can I say she won the FTF cache fair and square!!
After the raffle was over and some more socializing we headed up
the hill to find the cache. She found the cache and had me pull it
out of it's hiding place. When I opened it she saw a stuffed
reindeer she wanted and wanted to look through the cache but I
handed her the log book to sign. She wanted to look at the cache
but I made her sign the book first with the proposal on the first
page. (See the picture)
She had no clue what was coming!
When she opened the log book I could see the realization come over
her and I got the ring out of the cache. After she signed the log
and checked the Yes box I gave her the ring.
After that there were congratulations, tears, laughs, hugs and lots
of smiles.
And now the Wedding event cache
You are invited ...
The Ring/FTF Prize
The cache is an ammo box
Here is a link to the
Marshall Gold Discovery SHP and another link to a
map of the park.
Please log your find or no find online so I will know how the
cache is doing.
If you feel my coordinates are off please post your coordinates
with your log.
So I can make adjustments if necessary.