A Walk with Webfoot

This cache has been haunting me for years, ever since it published. It kept showing up as the closest unfound cache to my house every time I went out, but for some reason, I was avoiding it. Probably because it looked like it needed some teamwork and everyone in my local network had been out early to find it. And so it sat there, waiting, calling in its whisper..........Hey Webby, I'm here!

Today, I was up early and figured it might be a good idea to head on over. Unfortunately, the alleyway was teaming with all sorts of muggles who were just wandering around. At least I'd figured out what I'd probably need in order to sign the log sheet. Yeah, I probably could have nabbed it then, but decided to come back later during the heat of the day.

And that was a very good call as the alleyway was clear and I was able to back the geo mobile into the prime parking spot which also shielded what I was doing if anyone were to come down to the alley. I got out of the car and very quickly had the cache in hand. Log sheet is kind of beat up, but it's functional. Front side was entirely filled, so I became the first person to sign the back side of the log sheet. I replaced it back and now I'm sure that it's one of the many new letterboxes that have been placed recently that's now at the top of my list of closest unfound caches.

I had this one solved last night fairly quickly after it published. Looking at the satellite images, I decided that I didn't want to attempt this in the dark of night, so I waited until this morning to head out. I parked nearby, walked over, made one pass right by it and when I turned around, I spotted the nicely themed cache.

Had to walk it back to the geo mobile in order to get the needed ToTT to extract the log sheet. Unfortunately, during the walk over there (something like of about 200 feet or so?), the jostling around caused everything to drop down into the container, making extraction much more difficult. Fortunately, my patience (at least for today) paid off and I was soon signing the log sheet. I tried to reinsert the protective cover and log sheet back in so the next finders will have an easier time of extraction.

Second to find this morning.

I'd struck out on a puzzle cache east of here, so after heading for home, I remembered this one had published not too long ago, so I decided to head over here to check it out. I parked a couple of blocks away, got barked at by a dog on the way over, but the rest of my walk was uneventful.

Once at ground zero, something didn't look quite right and when it moved, I figured that had to be the camouflage for the cache. Sure enough, I was soon signing the log sheet. I replaced as found and then retraced my steps back to the geo mobile. Apparently, I'd also made a friend out of the dog who barked at me as it just stayed on the porch while I walked by.

After having a coffee with the CO this morning and watching him find some of my hides in the local area, I headed over to do some maintenance on a couple of my caches. Sadly, both of them were missing, so I guess I'm going to have to make some new caches shortly. But I digress.

After that, I came home for lunch, took a nap (I love retirement) and then decided that I wasn't quite done cache for the day, so I decided to head over here and get this one. Interestingly, the prime parking spot right in front of where the cache was hidden, was open, so I took it. I looked around awhile and eventually came up with the cache while also finding a shard of a mirror as well. It helps to have a pokey ToTT just to be on the safe side.

I signed in under the FTFers and then replaced as found after removing the piece of mirror and relegating it elsewhere. Nice to see a cache big enough to hold a small travel bug if need be. First day in at least 10 days or so where I've found more than one cache in a day.

I saw this one publish yesterday and resisted the temptation to run out for the FTF last night. Didn't need a letterbox hide yesterday, but I did today, so I got up, took a shower and headed out without breakfast. I had the road to myself this morning and saw the parking area was clear, so if someone had already found it, they'd come and gone and they were sandbagging it.

I parked right next to ground zero (the better to hide my stealthiness) and walked over where I quickly spotted the cache. I opened up the cache and saw a nice clean log sheet with the exception of the beta testers further down the sheet, so I signed in on the FTF line at 7:30 this morning and replaced as found. Now it's time for breakfast and then a coffee with the Sanderlincrew.