Cache contains NO writing instrument BYO - Please replace as hidden to foil and muggles who may visit the area
I have been contemplating what to do to celebrate 10 years of caching and have been kicking around a bunch of ideas. This one seemed to come up in my head over and over (and was way more legal than the others) :)
This cache is to mark the anniversary of 10 years caching for me 13 March 2003 (I joined Geocaching.com a couple days later on the 15th.
I heard about "Geocaching" while listening to the radio on the way home from work one day. May Potts on Q107 had a radio segment where she highlighted interesting websites you could visit and this particular day talked about this new thing you could do if you happened to have a GPS (Which oddly enough, I did.... collecting dust). I wrote down the website and tossed it on my desk when I got home.
A couple days later I remembered and went online to see if there were any of these "Geo-Caches" around here. There were! The closest was at Charles Daley Park.... I excitedly wrote down the coordinates (no such thing in those days as connecting a GPS to a computer, or a smart phone... Since I knew where the park was, I just drove there and parked in the lot. I excitedly turned on the GPS and waited, waited and waited for it to acquire satellites.... That took almost 10 minutes - No kidding - Figures it was a Magellan LOL (GPS 2000)
Once the GPS was all fired up I entered the coordinates and pressed GOTO.... an arrow appeared on the screen and I was off Geocaching......
I eventually found the cache (Hey - I had no idea what I was doing or even looking for) It was GCA6B4 - A Penny for Your Thoughts by BullZie. The idea behind the cache was well thought out, "place a penny into the cache that is of a year that holds some sort of significance to you, if you do not have one that fits that description then you must provide some significant event that occurred on the year of your penny" I dropped in a penny, signed the log and headed back to the car hooked...
A few things have changed since then.... I use less batteries, I find more caches, I know what to do with travel bugs :), I know I'm not the only person around Geocaching, and there are a few more local caches, but one thing has not... the thrill of finding something someone else hid....
Oh yeah.... one more thing has changed... the penny has died - this was the decision maker for me to rekindle this cache and change the name....Since pennies no longer "exist". I guess I could have called the cache "A nickel for your thoughts" or "Chime in for a dime" but I’ll stick with this.... So drop in, sign the log, go through your change and drop something in.... and relieve some of my history.
I placed a 2008 penny into the cache to commemorate the year I met Pony Bottle for the first time - some things do happen for a reason :)
DD