A cacher’s hiking stick is probably one of the most important tools a cacher can have, besides a GPS of some kind to get them there. The first thing I did when I decided to become a cacher was to go out and get one of those cheap, retractable hiking sticks with a compass in the handle at my local Walmart. I carried that stick with me to every cache I visited. Then one day back in June of 2009, Howieandjan put out an interesting cache called “Spider’s and Snakes” and the FTF prize was a hiking stick made by Zoggy! I had to be FTF on this cache because I had already seen a few of the quality sticks that Zoggy had made and I had to have one. When I arrived at the cache site Parking and headed toward the cache, I ran into esteemed cacher Lucky46 making his way out and looking a bit disheveled. He had not found it and gave up and told me there was a couple still there searching for it. Wow, this was going to be a tough one for sure and I was going to have to earn this stick if I could find it first. To make a long story short I ended up finding this very well hidden cache and got to claim the FTF prize-A beautiful handmade walking stick by Zoggy. After I received it I cherished it and it is now my main walking stick and I have added a few modifications since I won it. I found an old chandelier in a farm dump one time that had a glass faceted ball in the middle and brought that home and added it to the top of my stick! Then I added a few nice metal tags, with enamel painted scenes of Letchworth Park also. I made my stick a travel bug by adding a TB tag to it, so if you see me with my stick, you can also log my stick. I love my hiking stick and the fact that Zoggy made it means so much more to me. I really miss him a lot and I take his stick with me everywhere I go and I think of him quite often.
So let’s talk about the cache a little. The above coordinates take you to what you seek, but before you leave the house it would be a good idea to take some extra numbers with you that might come in handy. There is a twist with this cache and I think you will enjoy it, as long as you are prepared. Everything you need to know can be found in the above paragraph, but you may have to look at a couple of things a little closer. Once you find the cache, if you have any stories to share about your hiking stick please share them here in your log!