I'm a big fan of big caches. I'd much rather
find a massive ammo box than sift through prickly bushes looking
for a tiny camouflaged hanging cache. You too? Then you'll love
this one. It's an ammo box stuffed (initially) with some high-tech
goodies for the FFTF (First Few To Find). There's a pocket password
minder, a fingerprint reader, and even an obsolete Yoggie Gatekeeper for
the truly nerdy cacher.
I originally planned this as a challenge cache, requiring the
finder to first place a cache that I could find on my
bike. I planned to call it "What have you done for ME lately?"
(you'll still see that name on the label). I figured, cachers from
out of the area could instead find one of my other caches to
satisfy the challenge. BUT after submitting it I learned that the
new challenge cache rules don't allow requiring finders to place a
cache.
So I modified the challenge to just find one of my other caches
first. That would make me happy. Still no good - another clause of
the challenge cache rules, apparently, says you can't do that. Oh,
well, I did at least have a puzzle planned that you'd solve by
looking at the descriptions of my other caches…
And then I met another cacher bemoaning the fact that Davis is
just too filled with puzzles, challenges, multi-caches and doesn't
have enough plain normal caches.
So, this just a NICE BIG HAPPY CACHE! No puzzle, no challenge,
no multi-stage, nothing fancy. WARNING: You may be
tempted to place yourself directly south of the final coordinates
and make your way north. This is illegal and dangerous. It's not
just the railroad tracks – depending on the time of year
you'll cross either one or two muddy drainage canals. The correct
approach starts about a mile to the west; it should be fairly
obvious. Best to finish the caching run on foot or bicycle. Have
fun!