This is my very
first "letterbox hybrid" geocache. The concept is very simple.
The posted coordinates are those of the hiding place just like
they are with any traditional geocache. However, inside of it
you'll find a stamp useful for the geocachers who want to print
it's design in their personal logbook. ATTENTION: THE STAMP MUST REMAIN
IN THE HIDING PLACE AFTER YOUR VISIT.
Letterboxing is a
precursor of geocaching, using compass bearings and other clues to
lead the seeker to the letterbox. Typically a letterbox contains a
logbook and a stamp. If you wish, you may stamp your personal
journal with the rubber stamp in the letterbox (cache); then you
may stamp the logbook with your personal stamp if you have one - if
you don't have a stamp, just sign the logbook. But be sure to leave
the stamp, logbook, and instructions (contained in a separate bag)
in the container. For more on Letterboxing go to Letterboxing.org or atlasquest.com.
While growing up my
best friend’s dad built racing engines for Offshore Powerboats,
CART, Formula 5000, Can-Am, Trans-Am and GTP-IMSA. When finished
with an engine he would put a logo over the exhaust ports. He
called it "happy horsepower". This is what the stamp is. What does
this have to do with the cache?
Well it is abstract,
but here is my explanation: My wife, niece and Buffy the GeoDog
take this trail to go to visit horses at the Humane Society (Happy
Horsepower – horses – get it?). My wife recently introduced me to
this trail and I noticed that there were no geocaches here. I made
it a letterbox hybrid because there are only six in the state. Why
not have something different.
Origional Cache Contents:
Lotto Scratcher (for the first to find)
Two metal trading cards
Necklace
Guitar picks
Congrats to Big Booty Bob
*FTF*