Quacky's Tag

Quacky loves to go Geocaching, collecting stories and photos with his fellow Geocachers. Please take Quacky with you on your Geocaching expeditions, grab some photos, and post those stories and photos to his travel bug page.

This little yellow duck wants to travel with Geocachers from cache to cache collecting stories and photos of his adventures and Cachers he meets along the way. Quacky started as my April 12 of 12 photo project (twelve photos of your day on the twelfth day of the month). It was a fun project -- different from the more serious 12 of 12 projects of my past -- and I'm really looking forward to the photos and stories this little fellow will collect. Please pick up this little yellow duck named Quacky and grab a photo (use the spring clip to attach him temporarily to signs, branches, shoes, etc.), maybe a few, and write a little about your adventures with him while caching.




Quacky's First Geocaching Outing
Sunday, April 12, 2009
by DarrylW4 for his April 12 of 12 project

Quacky's Day: Starting the Day

7:18AM: Quacky and I slept in a little later than usual today (it is a Sunday after all) then hit the hotel's breakfast buffet. Sadly the only thing that appealed to him was the cereal (a sugary mess -- I tried it), so I grabbed him that, and I had my yogurt, sausage, waffles, and of course the coffee. I usually have a breakfast bar so this was a big meal for me. For Quacky, it was his first breakfast away from home.


Quacky's Day: Checking for Cache7:26AM: Quacky was anxious to try for his first Geocache. While he was finishing his cereal, I pulled out the GPS and checked for any nearby caches we might want to try for while waiting for Firefly03 to rise. To my surprise there was a cache just off the hotel grounds!


Quacky's Day: Quacky's First Cache7:39AM: We were on the hunt for Quacky's first cache and the GPS wasn't taking us to where my geosense was guiding me. I followed my geosense. Quacky's first LPC (Lamp Post Cache).


Quacky's Day: Brush Your Bill/Teeth7:48AM: Following that sugary breakfast I wanted to brush my teeth again, and suggested Quacky brush his bill too. Firefly03 was still asleep of course, so there's plenty of time to sit around.


Quacky's Day: Keeping Track of Money7:58AM: While Firefly03 slept, I had Quacky help me with entering and scanning the receipts from the first half of the trip. I'd brought the portable scanner with me, and it took us only a minute, maybe two, to get them all scanned in. Then we hand shredded them (well, I, not we -- Quacky couldn't get a good grip) and dumped them in the hotel trash. Why isn't there a paper recycling bin here?


Quacky's Day: Leaving the Hotel for Cache #29:31AM: Firefly03 had risen and hit was time to head to her parents' home. On the way though were three more geocaches which Quacky and I were anxious to find. What a perfect day for geocaching!


Quacky's Day: Out For a Walk12:47PM: Following another breakfast of pancakes at Firefly03's parents' home, the five of us (Firefly03, her parents, Quacky, and I) hit the Olde Muskingum Trail for a long walk and some more geocaching. Quacky and I always ended up out front which gives us the option to stop for some photos once in awhile.
For the rest of Quacky's first day, visit the Quacky's Day set on Flickr.