Ok, first an admission. When I set the Redington/Sage geocache it was in the morning and totally freakin’ freezing, not only for me but for Myka and Tate, too. Myka dunked a hand in the snow and said, “Dad, I’m fweezing. I’m fweezing. We have to go. Dad, dad, it hurts.” I tried to write down the coordinates from my GPS and the ballpoint pen froze. I was rushing, be sure. When I made it back home, after stashing the cache, I transcribed my notes and placed the coordinates on the Tonic geocache post. Any of you drive to Evaro Hill? Apparently I mistook a 0 for a 9 and sent some of you on a wild chase.
Well, Brad Watkins of Missoula recognized the area where I stashed that cache by seeing McCauley Butte and Mount Sentinal in the background. He swapped a 9 for a zero in the coordinates and, shazam, he found the cache. And that’s cool because Watkins hadn’t geocached previously and he says he enjoyed the experience.
Ok, so where do we go from here? I’m hoping that some of you will comment and let me know if you searched for the cache so I can judge your interest in this kind of contest. I think this is a great game to play and I am thinking about caching some new waders next time. Maybe a Tonic T-shirt, too. And maybe a Hatch T-shirt, too. And I’m sure Myka and Tate will make a contribution so you may end up with a kazoo or something. Put it to good use, freak with the neighbors, ok.
That’s the report. Congrats to Watkins. I’ll place the next cache during the day so my pen works and the girls will be warm and you won’t be cursing your GPS. Sorry for that glitch. Back at you soon with another contest.
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