Yeah, got the idea for the cache name from an old Jimmy Buffett song, "A Pirate Looks at Forty". And yes huge Buffet fan. If you should run up on me in the field like the ONF, Jimmy will be playing be radio.
Been playing this silly game since we moved to Arizona back 2006. Hence the handle "Desert Dust" , well that and a comment from my much better half that I was older that dust. And that was some 18 years ago.
Caching in the desert southwest is pretty much a different experience than caching here in Florida. Not nearly as much vegetation to hide caches in and what vegetation there is all have thorns of one size or another. Some are like a fine hair and others like extra sharp toothpicks. Step on one of those wearing seekers and you'll find your shoe has been nailed to your foot. Been there, done that, was not fun. The same applies to the sidewalls of the tires on your geo/ride. Been there as well. Google the Jumping Cholla cactus, they're just plain evil. On the up-side there are hills, mountains, valleys, and gorges with nooks, crannies, boulders, caves, old mines(always leave a watch-person outside) and countless acres of empty state and federal lands open for recreational use. Heaven for us geocaching Jeep owners.
With a lot of good fortune and the tolerance of the Lady Dust, I/we have geocached all over the world. With finds on all seven continents and some 80 odd countries. Mostly from cruise ships but also stays in a few of those countries. A sincere thank you to all those many geocachers for placing and maintaining all those caches.
Yes, I have a favorite cache and it has my name on it. But only because I resurrected it after the great Arizona cache purge of 2014. See GC6RN3H.
Enough Geo-old guy history. Go find this one tucked away in Tiger Bay. Should be an easy one.
Have State Forest use Permit TBSF-25-26-05, date )1/29/2026, signed by Donald King 4316 W. Int'lSpeedway BLVD, Daytona Beach, FL 32124