After hearing that the 100th find is the most memorable, we sought the advice of many experienced geocachers to locate a very special multi near the beach or mountains of NC for our 100th find. By all accounts this cache is a thriller. When the Jeep TB got logged in our chosen cache two days before our departure we knew that Navigatus, the god of geocaching, had smiled upon us.
We gallivanted up and down the NC coast, logging over 470 miles over two days before finally declaring victory. On our journey we encountered pirates, sharp cutlasses, skulls, several shrunken heads, cannons, gunpowder, a half dozen peg-legs, pints of ale, several monkeys and one really famished 14 foot alligator. We crossed sea, land and air. We heard sailing songs and battle cries. We were forced to walk the plank and learn to sail (paid for the lesson, of course). We even got stranded on an uninhabited island to boot.
Dialing knobs, turning cranks we added and subtracted. We triangulated and paced. We circled and got lost…again. Alas, after many trials and tribulations (not the least of which was trying to secure a hotel room at 10PM on a Saturday night on the coast during the height of tourist season) we were awarded our prize. Yes indeedy, we swiped the highly coveted Jeep TB from our chosen cache! In its stead we launched our very own travel bug to commemorate our most memorable geocaching adventure and 100th cache find.
Upon finding the stash and resurfacing for photo ops, Addison, my six-year old fellow adventurer remarked, "Dad, this is the best day of my life so far. I am really happy you got your Jeep." Well, you cannot top that for a father and son weekend of geocaching.