Sunday, December 30, 2007

Picking up a few P&Gs

Today we found:
  • Zoom Zoom Chamberlain 2 (GC15T41) - another dominook hide, and a sequel at that, we knew it was out there but just hadn't taken the time to stop and peek in the bushes. We came, we found, we signed.
  • Fender-Bender (GC126XE) - File this one under Another One Right Under Our Noses. This route is taken driving the little haunthunters to school and picking them up. Realised it was there and found it today. I have serious concerns over caches that use metal pipes. I know that anyone is going to overreact about anything, regardless of whether it looks dangerous or not, if they are determined to overreact, but a metal pipe container does lend itself to suspicion.
  • Mosquito Bait (GC14PHY) - Our second attempt and when we found it, we wondered why we hadn't found it the first time. Maybe we overthought it? We swiped Fuzzy the Bear TB (TBPZY0).
  • Our First Cache. (GC181G0) - A clever hide and fun find. A homeless fisherman was not amused by our bush-rooting shenanigans. We gave Fuzzy the Bear TB (TBPYZ0) a new home here. Mr. HH absolutely insisted that he fit.
  • Ride the Big Red Bus (GCXH92) - A Doc-Dean hide. This was impulsive and we paid the price for it. If we'd taken the time to look at the online log, we'd know it was found wet and unmanageable many times before us. We learned our lesson the hard way. I couldn't even unravel the thing. Someone before us had tried and ripped the thing so I wasn't going to damage it more. I logged the find and then pegged it for maintenance.
We're at 60 finds now. To us, that's a big number.

I'd checked on the Visitation Cache - aka. Train Watch in the Buff(er) -(GC145EY) when another little haunthunter had to go with her muggle father on December 28th. Today, we checked on Ample Micro (GCXTCY) and Cache the Rat (GCY4Y3). All in tact. I made the unilateral decision to archive East Port Pond (GC146B1).

Ohio State Buckeye Avenue (GC144X8) is another Visitation Cache and it is currently temporarily disabled. Since I'm not going to be one of those step-mothers who complains about the birth-mothers, let me just say that visitation is creatively scheduled. As a result, maintenance on this visitation cache is unpredictable. I estimate replacement of the cache on the weekend of January 4th or the weekend of January 11th. This has been a successful cache up until its unfortunate muggling. We placed it because it was a visitation cache and named it for a surrounding element that would make it unique. Mr. HH has been a bit mortified at the idea that people might assume he's an Ohio State fan. He's Gators all the way.

- Mrs. HH

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