Geocache Description:
The one thing that is special about Geocaching is the people you meet and the friends that you make as we wander in search of scraps of paper scattered throughout the world. You sometimes meet other cachers on the trail or at various events and perhaps you join up with others and become teammates to go on caching adventures.
Two of my ' teammates' have reached a major milestone and did it independently on the same day. If you happen to be a starting cacher you start with goals such as finding your first, fiftieth, or the magical 1000th cache. Perhaps you are hoping to find a cache each day of a calendar year or to advance that goal to caches of certain types or sizes each day. There are many ways to torture ourselves.
Thus far my teammates have completed many such goals but this goal is difficult. Both have completed a goal that is the same for beginning runners. They have finished a 5K!!!! Finding that number of hides places them in the top 5% for experienced cachers worldwide (a statistic counting only cachers that have found at least 200).
This cache and a sister cache nearby (A 5K Tribute East) is to honor these well-known members of our local caching community.
Both cachers have been known to lose footwear on the trail by getting mired in mud just a bit too deep. Both have hosted multiple great events and each has placed many fun caches. Each has earned many favorite points for their hides. Both are avid readers.
This hide is to honor a cacher that enjoys the trails dry or wet. Even if that wet trail tries to steal her shoes. Hence her well-recognized caching name. Along with caching this person enjoys bicycling and performing music. She even works to recondition bikes for those in need in the city. This hide is hidden close to a place that she visits often to ‘toot her own horn’. She reached the magic 5000th on July 16, 2021, at the National Moth Week Party (GC9CH3K)
Perhaps the most significant difference between the time to reach the cacher’s goal and the runner’s goal is the time it takes to complete the task. From start to finish this cacher took 164000 times longer than the runner to attain the goal. Caching is just 164000 times more fun.
Of her hides, she has created a fun and educational mystery series based on bridges from around the world. Along with these and her other great hides she has averaged over 10 favorite points per hide.
Congratulations Mud Dancer!!!!!
Each hide is a small camoed (180 mL ) Wegmans Lock and Lock and might fit small trackables. Bring your own pen to sign the log. No need to wander very far off the trail to capture the smiley here.
Mud Dancer has been given advanced notice and has been FTF and there will be a STF prize. One dollar and five cents.