 (37) Although I've seen similar hides since then, this was  my first exposure to this particular hide technique.

Athenaeum - MSU (Mississippi State, MS)

Athenaeum - MSU

(31) Mississippi's 1st cache and a good workout (if you come from the wrong direction like I did)

Bonita Lakes (Meridian, MS)

Bonita Lakes

(37) As much as it pains me to put an Ole Miss cache on my favorites list, this was one of my funnier adventures with a security guard looking straight at me in a rather suspicious position and not even caring.

Bulldog Dream (University, MS)

Bulldog Dream

(34)Although not mentally or physically demanding, this was a fun site in the middle of the woods, for likely a one-of-a-kind historical location.

Colonel Klink's Revenge (Hattiesburg, MS)

Colonel Klink's Revenge

33  An excellent blending in with natural cover. One of those that's much easier spotted on the inside looking out.

Cypress Break

(30) A spot fairly close to my home I didn't know existed.

Ghost Town (Bankston, MS)

(33) A spot I'd heard about but never visited. Caching let me know where it was.

Ghost Town (Rodney, MS)

Ghost Town

(34) A good workout for a fat fella. Since one stage was out of place, I had to do a little detective work to determine what was most likely there.

Lowndes Loot (New Hope., MS)

Lowndes Loot

(33) Definitely the high point of a week of rather lackluster caches in SW Mississippi and Baton Rouge.

McComb Shops (McComb, MS)

McComb Shops

(32)A short-lived cache that had a lot of thought put into it.

Mission Impossible II (Mississippi State, MS)

Mission Impossible II

(38) This one had it all - a physical challenge, a mental challenge, and a unique hide style.

Mississippi Coin Xchange (Olive Branch, MS)

Mississippi Coin Xchange

 (37) An amusing adventure through a lot of the MSU campus.

Mississippi's 1st Letterbox Geocache (Mississippi State, MS)

Mississippi's 1st Letterbox Geocache

(35) One of my earliest finds, and the first where I learned the quickest route is usually not the easiest route!

Old Fort (Grenada, MS)

Old Fort

(32) Leave it to Mauler to place an impossible to find cache in the wide open.

Paved Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot (Version 2) (Flowood, MS)

Paved Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot (Version 2)

Pearl River Binary (Madison, MS)

Pearl River Binary

(32)Unusual first stage technique and great container on second stage.

Plant Pathology (Mississippi State, MS)

Plant Pathology

(34) Introduced muggles to geocaching, had a fun hike, crossed an alligator trail, and saw a good hide technique, all in one trip.

Reservoir Dam (Ridgeland, MS)

Reservoir Dam

(36) This was an interesting area for me. I found the place where the cache should have been, then found where the cache was, then returned it to where it should have been. Although the two spot were only about 20 feet apart, it proved quite a workout.

Rodney Road (Port Gibson, MS)

Rodney Road

35 I'm not a fan of micros in the woods, but this one was a very clever use of something one wouldn't give a second glance to in it's particular locale. 

Roosevelt IS Wet

(34) A really fun adventure that was killed by technological progress. I can see where the first stage was from my office window.

Secret Agent Man (Jackson, MS)

Secret Agent Man

These are my favorite 25 caches, based on several criteria. The number in parentheses indicates my cache rating, the higher the number, the higher the rating.

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