Saturday, July 28, 2007

Terrain restrictions + News item

Since Mr. HH's doctor didn't call in his pain prescription renewal before the weekend - he still requires some assistance with post-surgery pain - we're not ambition to do anything beyond a 1.5 terrain. That goes for just about everything. I'm still itching to go on the four-mile hike for Sable Trace (GC11Z20) and am willing to do it with only water, garmin, ipod, and nextel by my side. The Iron Ranger (GCHGTT) is also there.

I think Mr. HH wants to save Sable Trace until he can kayak it in. He really misses kayaking.

Yesterday, we did find:
  • Tour de Smiles #7 - Toys (GCQ1BZ) - a quick hide in GoofyButterfly's intentionally easy park & grab series meant to rebuild the broken spirits of DNF-laden cachers. This one was high muggle and Mr. HH had to do it because I just wasn't comfortable.
  • Tour de Smiles #6 - Olean (GCQ1BW) - another part of GoofyButterfly's series. I grabbed this one from its obvious spot and got it back no problems.

In the news of geocaching and national security, Sterling Silver (GC1016Q) was blown up by the Greeley bomb squad at the request of the Sterling Police Department (Sterling, Colorado) on July 26, 2007. Checking the logs of the cache, it would appear that OhioYankee wasn't very stealthy, especially since his rehide was described as "throw [it] into the bushes". Can't you sit on the curb nearby with the box open, still hidden in the bush, sign the log, play with your phone, tie your shoelaces, and then discreetly push the box back? A regular cache in an ammo box on bank property probably isn't the smartest hide, but it was found 36 times in seven months without a problem.

...Hat tip to paksen on the geocaching livejournal community for the story.

- Mrs. HH

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