This is the 1st of 10 geocaches that I have hidden as part of my Capstone project for my Master of Liberal Arts degree. There are also 10 corresponding trackables being released at an event on 3/13/16 in Baltimore, MD that go along with these caches. Each trackable and cache signifies a course I took in the program. My goal is to share my experiences in each class and hope that you will also be inspired to share some of your experiences with this cache.
I found this a very fitting place to hide my cache for Twice-Told Tales since there was a cache that was hidden in this general vicinity before that I DNF’d about 6 times. I never did find it. But now I get to tell a different tale about this location!
In this class we studied classic texts and their contemporary counterparts. The discussions that the course materials sparked inside and outside of the classroom were amazing. It was really intriguing to see how these stories have not only stood the test of time, but have inspired authors hundreds of years later to rethink and reimagine them and make them their own. For example, we looked at Shakespeare’s The Tempest in comparison with Frederick Buechner’s The Storm.
I found this to be much like geocaching because there are cachers that have been hiding caches since day one that have inspired generations of new cachers to keep on the tradition. I’ve see caches placed as tributes to favorite cache creators, to favorite caches, to favorite cachers and so on.
Bringing you to the Edgar Allen Poe statue was important because his work has stood the test of time and will go through so many retellings, reimaginings and recreations. It was also important to bring you here because he is a Baltimore icon as well.
Feel free to share a classic and contemporary pairing of two books or movies that you have enjoyed or would like to compare. I’ll even consider reading/watching your selections!