With the kids all dressed for wet fall weather, we took a quick walk to my Geocache and found someone had visited it earlier in the morning. They had left a cool travel bug (Ringwraith) that I decided to bring with us to drop in one of the caches we might find.
The kids found him very engaging and insisted on getting more familiar with him while we drove to our destination. I didn't see any harm in it so obliged. What a fool I was...
Later after a side trip into the woods http://4x4icon.com/offroad/102205_brownfield_hollow/index.htm The kids reported that they had lost the "hat" of the travel bug somewhere in the Jeep. Great! I swear they could lose their heads if they weren't attached. The good news was the "hat" was lost inside the Jeep so we'd find it; the bad news was, with the rain and everything, it would not be today... I told the kids the travel bug was not going to leave for the next cache until he finds his hat. I was fairly upset with them but having said my piece, I more or less dropped it. We went along to find Laurel Caverns Cache, made an attempt to find the hat in the Jeep and gave it up for the time being.
The next day, I literally tore down the inside of the Jeep. Took the seats out, all the gear we carry, the floor mats - everything. And there on the edge of one of the floor mats was the "hat". Phew! I was very happy to find this - would not want him going on with his travels without it!
ppro
[This entry was edited by ppro on Sunday, November 06, 2005 at 12:34:28 PM.]