I've had this idea for a while, and had already made out my short
list of those that I wanted to induct, and the reasons why; but
this one is a bit of a no-brainer... Who is the LEANEST, MEANEST,
CACHING MACHINE, IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA??? There is no doubt about
it; the caching couple from Acworth that is always SMILING! And I
do mean that literally. I've never seen these dear people that they
didn't greet me with a smile, and even talking to them over the
phone, or through e-mail you can feel that they really earn their
name.
The first time I met these two, they had only been geocaching
for 5 months; but I knew something was up, because they had already
signed over 800 logs at that time! Since that time, they have
visited over 6000 more caches, making them number one in the state
of Georgia! Most of this was done while they were both working full
time; but WATCH OUT because this dynamic duo are retired now!
My favorite story that I like to tell on Sam is that we were
geocaching one time, and came up on an awesome waterfall. Being
awestruck at the sight, I said "Sam, isn't that a beautiful
waterfall?" to which he replies without even slowing his pace "I
DIDN'T COME UP HERE TO LOOK AT NO WATERFALL!" -- It's really not
altogether true, and he's not quite that bad, but I will tell you
we've been caching together a few times, and it is a pace that will
wear you out! We've had some great fun out there, and I hope to get
to do it again soon.
There is no doubt these people are SICK, and OBSESSED with their
geocaching, but there really is more to the story than that... I
don't know all the details (maybe someone will e-mail me with the
information) but I do remember a story about a geocacher that went
geocaching somewhere in the mountains by himself. When he didn't
show up at home when he was supposed to, his wife made some calls
to other geocachers; and when word got to Sam he dropped what he
was doing and headed for the hills to look for the missing
geocacher. I'm not sure what happened from there, and I think the
cacher was ok anyway, but that's enough of the story to show you
what an asset SIA is to geocaching!
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