This is a challenge cache and a part of the "Things You Find in the Desert" series: caches of various shapes, sizes, difficulties, and terrains.
My wife moved here from Portland in 2018, and though she misses the lush green landscapes, she can say she found love in the desert and no where else. Since then, she's also fallen in love with geocaching, and we've decided that we'll probably have geocaching babies some day. On one of our adventures, we nabbed a cache that required climbing up a tree. She was anxious to move on to the next one down the trail, that had many more favorite points to it's name, but I stoped to give this (my 400th find), a point. When she asked me why I gave that cache one of my hard-earned faves instead of the various other schnazy, high-profile caches in the area, I replied that even though it may not have been fancy, it made me work for it, I enjoyed it, and it was a milestone! Plus, it had been around for much longer than some of the ones near by and I felt bad for it. I wanted to spread some love.
And this got me thinking.
How many humble geocaches wither in the shadows of giants even though they might be just as worthy? How many small but mighty caches might make their way into the light if just given a little bit of a loving boost? So, on her birthday, April 23 2020, and on the cusp of our future together, I commemorate this cache to my Snuggle-Muggle-turned-Puzzle-Partner.
In order to claim it, you must spread the love. "Favorite" 20 caches that, at the time of you finding them, have less than 20 favorite points. You can favorite them for any reason: they can be milestones, ones you associate with a great memory, caches placed on important dates, squares in your geo-finds statistics grid, or ones you just think deserve that boost. For extra credit, tell us why you decided to favorite your favorite.
Always be 'ware of the typical things you find in the desert. Things that stab you, things that bite you, the thing that burns and dehydrates you. I recommend you always bring water with you when following the "Things You Find in the Desert" trail. Be careful where you step and what you touch. Tools of the trade are always handy as well. And, last but not least - Cache In, Trash Out! Protect the things that are supposed to be in the desert and keep this a wonderful place to cache.
Cachers may sign the cache's physical log at any time. However, the challenge cache may be logged as found online only after the log is signed and the challenge tasks have been met and documented. Here is the cache checker:
