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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Night Time Geocaching - Meeting New Friends

First-To-Find Geocachers Co-sign the Log With Us at 10 p.m.
(This is the geo-couple we met on the night time hunt.)
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The email came through just as we arrived home from supper with our friend, Dorothy, from Ohio.

A new geocache only a couple blocks from where we live.

Who could resist?

Not Starcatcher55 and CatsEye55! 

We had just gotten in from a wonderful evening out with our Ohio friend, Dorothy.  Coats off. Cats petted. Heat on in the bathroom for a nice, warm shower.

"There's a new geocache. Wanna go?" I asked hopefully to hubby who was settling in for the night.

"Sure. Is it close?"

"Yep. Grab your coat and flashlight."

We drove up just as another car arrived behind us.  Would it be another geocacher seeking to be 'first to find" or a police car investigating strange cars in a vacant parking lot behind a closed-up building at almost 10 p.m.

It was another geocacher couple we had heard about on the geocaching trail.

We soon discovered the coordinates may be slightly off on this one because it put us standing right in the middle of the parking lot with not even a leaf to look under.  This would not be an easy cache tonight.

Well, surprise, surprise!  The other geocaching couple were the PARENTS of the young lady who had placed the cache, so 'mom' made a call for better instructions.

"It's in the last tree", was the updated information and additional hint. Now, all four of us tried to politely shine our flashlights into the tree without  blinding each other or stepping on toes. A rather 'delicate' situation, but we were all up to our best geocaching politeness.

At last 'dad' found the cache in the next-to-last tree after lying on the ground and shining his light up into the branches. "That's not the last tree," murmured 'mom'.

After signing the new log. I took night photos with the little iPhone. We all shook hands and pledged to meet again at another geocaching run.  It was a good feeling to be a part of such an unusual camaraderie.

Happy (Geocaching) Trails to you.

Take Care on the Journey,
~Linda