6-13-08 Caching

Well Friday evening let us get out and do some caching. Yes, its Friday the 13th. Sure, whatever. I still joke, but its true. I turned 13 on Friday the 13th. So you can't get more then that when it comes to 13's can you? Ok, onto the story.
Now that we have the GPS ready and running fast we decided to go out and get a few caches that had led us astray.
First cache was a small playground at the local reservoir. We had been there a few times with the kids, and before out caching days we never knew a thing about one being there. Once I found it was there, we have since visited the site with no luck. Well, Friday night would be no different.
We spent a solid 20 minutes looking for it. We looked high, we looked low, we looked from side to side and everywhere in between. NOTHING. Sometimes you have to stop and ask "is this even here anymore". Checking the log for it showed that it had been found recently but that another cacher hadn't found it the next day. So, we just decided this one has defeated us and we moved on.
The next cache was a find, we had been discussing it and thought, why not try it why we are close. So, we headed down the road and BINGO. Well, not that fast. See it was rainy and cloud cover was heavy. So, the GPS was slow and bounced badly. We entered the location in the wrong spot and when I exited the car the GPS wasn't even remotely close. So after getting my bearing, I moved down the road a little and when I got out the GPS took a minute but finally got the right spot. So we moved in for the "kill" and got it quickly. Thank goodness, finding a cache is always good!
Next we decided to head back up the road and see if we could find another few caches before it got dark. The next cache has the wrong name. The location isn't really what its called, but we will forgive that. When we arrived, although I had programmed the COORDS into the GPS, we didn't have the paper for the site. So, it was quickly a no go. No waste however.
We headed farther down the road to find my friend "WabashBanks" puzzle cache. I had solved the puzzle earlier and was waiting to be close to get this one. So we grabbed it.
We arrived before dusk and quickly followed the GPS to the location and found the log. Signed it and retreated to the car. The final cache of the day was for a dead end cache. These are caches placed around a a T intersection sign. Well, most of these we have gone after are long gone.
This one would be no different. Luckily the location is known and just had the road extended, so the location was completely obliterated. No cache here!
Good night and time to head to the house.....