The
Story:
I was born and bred in Augusta
County, growing up in this area I have many fond memories of
locations that made an impact on my life. During my elementary
school years in the early 80's, like so many boys my age, I played
baseball. This is one of the four primary fields we played at. When
I wasn't playing ball I was watching my younger brother play and
eating hotdogs. Now I don't know about you but eating salty
concession stand food and no shade makes a little boy awful
thirsty! The "in" thing to do was to go to the concession stand and
ask for a "Suicide". For those of you who didn't experience this
fad, a "Suicide" is where they mix ALL of the sodas they have into
one cup. A "Suicide Attempt" was where you picked out your sodas to
mix instead of just getting them all. I do not EVER remember
drinking anything other than this all the years I spent at these
ball fields. Sometimes it was all Coke products like Coke, Diet
Coke, Sprite, Mr. Pibb, Barqs Root Beer, Mello Yello, Sunkist and
Hi-C Fruit Punch. Some ball fields supported Pepsi so your drink
consisted of Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, 7-Up, Dr. Pepper, MUG Root Beer,
Mountain Dew, Orange Crush and Hawaiian Punch. My kids have all
heard this story a hundred times and frequently revisit this fad
when we go to an establishment with self serve drink stations. I
recently decided to retry one of my kids "Suicide" concoctions
remembering how awesomely rad it was back then, Wow..... NOT WHAT I
REMEMBERED AT ALL! Now I truly can appreciate the name given to
this mad scientist recipe of caffeine, sugar, artificial flavors
and carbonation, because to drink it again would mean instant death
to both my taste buds and gastrointestinal tract.
The
Cache:
I have posted the coordinates
of where I usually enter the woods, but anywhere behind the
bleachers at ball-field #2 should work just try to avoid the creek
bed behind the dugout, it can be muddy at times. There is private
property on both sides of the woods, the right side (as you are
walking back) is marked with a fence, the left side is marked with
BIG yellow "POSTED" signs. Unless you stray far right or left you
probably won't see any of these borders until you get close to GZ.
You can continue on past the cache and down the hill to the creek
if you want to extend your hike to .5 miles round trip. I love this
hike especially between November and May.
Original
contents include: Ziploc bag containing Log book and Ink Pen, 2
unopened Hand Warmers, Ziploc bag with miscellaneous geo-junk and a
lucky "Shooting Star" Geo-Token and Camo Carbiner Ink Pen for the
FTF.