On September 30, 2001 Pumpkin Princess
placed a cache in Austin called "Once Upon a Cache (GC1FF1)".
At the time, it was unique because you were required to add
to a story that she had started. The hero of the story was
Zeke, and many cachers sat at a nearby picnic table, read the
story, and added their individual personality to Zeke's
adventure. Well, we lost Pumpkin Princess to Colorado, and
eventually Zeke's story came to an end here. With Pumpkin
Princess's permission, I have recreated the concept of a
story cache. Here is your chance to enjoy a cache that was
most certainly an Austin Classic. Thank you to Pumpkin
Princess for the use of her wonderful idea and to TxHipowr
for the use of the ACS name.
The story:
Penelope Purelove awoke with a smile. This
of course was not surprising, since she always awoke with a smile.
No one seemed to have a better outlook on life then Penelope. When
good things happened to her, she accepted them as gifts; when bad
things happened to her, she looked at them as challenges. She
always seemed to have a positive attitude, regardless of what was
going on around her.
Her attitude and enthusiasm for life was
infectious; her friends enjoyed being with her, as it made them
feel better as well. It was not possible to be around Penelope and
be sad; you just couldn’t do it.
She arose quickly and raced off into the
shower. Emerging clean and refreshed, she dressed and went
downstairs to begin the day. She skipped her normal breakfast to
save time, and had a couple of pieces of toast and some juice.
Then, with all the enthusiasm of someone who treats each new day as
an adventure, she headed out to see what the day would bring. She
didn’t know what today’s adventure would be; but she knew that at
the end of the day she would look back and think it was a wonderful
day.
She always did ...
Update 12/30/06: The latest logs report that someone has been
leaving trash in the area. Anyone who can post a picture of
themselves with a bag of trash that they picked up in the area can
log a BONUS smiley for a CITO. Thanks, Wayne.