Recently the family and I took a vacation to Oregon. During the trip I had the divine privilege of visiting the holy site of the birthplace of Geocaching where I just happened to meet up with the Greek god of Geocaching himself. Who is that you ask? Why it turns out to be Hermes. Apparently there was no god assigned to the Geocache themes of hiding or camouflage so it fell upon him as the god of travelers. Made sense to me as, we all know, Geocaching is 95% about the journey. He was new to the assignment and was in Oregon getting himself up to speed on his new realm of management. He said after some careful consideration he had a few “directives” he wanted to institute, “decrees” if you will. In fact he had this list of ten “commandments” that he asked me to pass along to the rest of you.
#7: Don't Go Creeping Me Out
Hermes found himself staring in some bushes for a micro and suddenly found a pair of unhappy eyes staring right back at him. Someone thought it was a good idea to hang a green bison tube in a green bush right next to a muggle’s house and the home owning muggle thought Hermes was a pervert trying to get a good long look at his family in the back yard. Hermes tried to explain geocaching but wouldn’t you know the homeowner still thought he was a creep and Hermes left before he was arrested. I too have found myself crouching in bushes just a few feet away from a school yard full of elementary aged children and lurking around a playground where someone though it would be fun to tape a altoid tin to the bottom of a slide. “Enough of this creepiness” says Hermes. “Find a nice trail or a deserted dead end road and let me search in peace! “ .