Quick Grabs

Now that the weather is getting cold now, I get less chance to go on longer caching hunts and the hikes that go with them. Since we had to go to the store anyway, we decided to grab a couple of park and grabs in the area of the store. Well, that 1 stop turned into 3 stops, 2 caches and getting my mom involved...

First off, we actually did get to the store that we went out for. (It would have been a bit awkward if we forgot that) We decided that we would go ahead and snag a quick cache in the parking lot of the store next to the one we just came out of. Well, after we logged that, we shopped around there, buying some cool holiday stuff.

As we were then heading home, we decided to snag the one that is behind a Home Depot. (As if we needed another excuse to check out stuff in there too) We drove around to the back and this time my mom got out to help look. Of course, I should have probably stayed back and let my mom actually find this one, since it has become apparent that I have a "sixth sense" when it comes to locating caches. I though I would just poke around the location and "hopefully" let my mom be the finder, just to spark her interest in our new hobby. Well, I should probably have stayed in the car then... I walked right up to it and with one single motion found the dang thing. I swear, within less than 5 seconds...

So now I get the label of *human GPS* and my mom can still grumble that I won't let her find one. I guess this means that we all get to go out and find some more caches together. I think she will get the bug, as long as I let someone else have some fun once in a while...

Since we are so close to our 100th find, I would really love to be able to snag that accomplishment before the end of the year.

Night-Time Cache

Tonight we snagged a cache that we had accidentally marked the first run. So I officially deleted the log and decided that we would go ahead and snag it since it's close-by and we just felt that it really needed to be done anyways.

I had really wanted to get this one because there was a geocoin in there but we weren't quite quick enough to the cache and it had already been snagged. Oh well, that gives me more time to work on getting things set up so I can make up some swag bracelets for the caches. Plus, I want to make up a special page to post pictures of the geocoins that I get. This way I can always have a visual log of what I found before I send them on their way to to another location.

I wish I could post pictures from this cache but it was just a quick jaunt and it was at night anyway. This was definitely a quickie cache. But I can at least show off the swag that I will using for trades.

These bracelets will be the same weave just in different colors. They are really quick to make so I can have a nice amount to have with me at all times. I hope to either make or have made personal coins that I can use as well. I really want to keep the quality of the swag at a higher standard and that way make it more fun for those who find the cache after us.