Like a Newbie.....Caching for the very first time! Traditional Geocache

The other day, we finally made it to 1K!  While I know that sounds awful bragadocious it also got me thinking about the first time I went caching.

The first time we heard about geocaching was from a Navy friend and his wife  in 2002.  Back then it sounded intriguing, but a bit too techy!  Fast forward to 2006 when Liblablady and ICEman were introduced into our lives through exchange students, (and we were a bit savvier with technology).  Their exchange student was always talking to ours about how he had gone geocaching here and there. That sure sounded like fun. So, I asked Liblablady if I could go out with her sometime.  “Sometime” came about April 27^th, 2006 as we headed out for   Blooming Skagit (GCPGC9, created by Rosewells girl.  Since I was not too sure about things, Liblablady made the find first but was nice enough to wait until I spied it.  I admit to greedily pawing through the contents of the cache, when something shiny caught my eye. It was an unactivated DuncanClan coin!  (They were an Anacortes geocaching family that has since moved to Utah.) Not too bad for your first geocache!  Well, as you probably can indentify with, it’s pretty much been an addiction every since!

 So that is my noob story.  What’s yours?  Please note when you log the cache, where, when and with whom your first caching experience occurred. A reproduction of our CrouchCrew 1K caching coin is on the log for all you non-purists who care to discover it!. 

Located on private property and placed with permission.   Please limit your searching to daylight hours.  You might want to avoid this area, Thursdays, 4-7 PM, June 1st-September 28^th.  There is a Public Market that takes place very near the cache during those times.

Originally, I had planned to place some of my favorite geo-tools in the cache as FTF prizes but have since changed my mind to it being an ACE gift card. That way you can pick out your own!.