Dirt is
fine, loose sand is not, for a 2WD Jeep
Already
been stuck in sand while geocaching 2 other times
Really
feeling lazy today. The 0.25 miles is all uphill
Natural
beauty here, don’t want to drive over plants
I took
the path of least resistance, but so does water
That is
a wash, Wendy, not a trail!!
I lost
almost all traction, going 1 inch per minute
Kept
trying to get out, only getting myself deeper in
Now I am
stuck good. Time to call for help
Eyes
notice bars are missing from cell phone
Walked
up the big hill I was trying to avoid
Bars
galore here. Called for help
Every
thing is working out. Might as well look for cache
Too bad
I am arrogant and believe I can find the cache GC1MR50
Two
previous cachers had logged
DNFs-there is no cache here
Endless
vistas, sunset, moon and Jupiter aligned, desert peace
Realize
being stuck in sand with KG6EAR is not so bad
This is a beautiful desert area with an iconic
building on top of the hill (previous antenna location?) to check
out. If you come in the right way, like our rescuer 5150Joker did,
2 wheel drive will take you all the way
to the top of the hill. If you come
in
by the road we did, it is a great road for 5 miles, then
turns into deep sand. I was even doing fine in the deep sand,
knowing better than to slow down, but suddenly, there was a burned
out carcass of a car blocking our path. That is when the trouble
started! We had 2 dogs (protection), 3 gallons of water, an ice
chest full of ice tea and 4 cans of frosting with us. We figured we
would live. What we didn't have was any sand extrication tools. I'm
gonna start carrying a shovel and some
boards. They will probably be more helpful than the frosting.
Once we hiked up the hill and called for help,
we had some time to kill. We scavenged the Jeep for containers and
swag, assembled 2 caches, then went our
separate way to hide them. It's a
two-fer for you. Enjoy!
FTF can choose one or both of the geocaching
buttons I left behind. One seemed especially appropriate. It
read:
"Two paths diverged in a wood, and I took the
one with a geocache
And that has made all the difference"
Wonder what Robert Frost would have thought of
this whole geocaching thing?