1-for-4

Day 3 continued

The rain did let up and the sun came back out yesterday. Mike, Titus and I went to look for some nearby caches and this time I was a little more prepared:  bug spray, jeans, gloves, clippers, boots, plastic ziplock bags, paper, and some tradable swag. The first one we tried was questionable because the difficulty rating was higher than my previous finds, but I wanted to give it a shot since it was so close. I got to within maybe 10 feet of it--didn't spot the cache--when I gave up. Too many mosquitos (even sprayed down with Deep-Woods Off), and too many hidey-holes for snakes for my comfort. Maybe I'll try that one again when it's colder.

The next one we attempted was farther back in our neighborhood. We were pretty sure we were right at the spot of the cache but came up empty-handed :( I'm hoping the owner removed it for maintenance even though there was no note on the webpage. That's better than the alternative--that someone took it. 0-for-2.

Next we tried one that promised to be "in sight". You were supposed to be able to just look around and spot the cache, but we failed at this one as well :(  I read a lot of comments from other geocachers--early posts complained that it was too high to reach, some said it was very cleverly hidden and not an easy one for newbies, but other posts said it was an easy grab-and-go. I was really getting frustrated not being able to find three in a row. Grrr.

At this point Titus signalled that Mike's blood sugar was low so we had to stop and get something to eat. While at dinner I looked for more nearby caches and we decided to go for another one in Possum Creek Park. Mike and Titus went to the dog park and I went to find the cache.

This one I found, and it was the first one so far that wasn't a tiny little thing--it was a mid-sized peanut butter jar. Some of the prior posts mentioned that this cache also had a soaked log, so I put some paper in a ziplock, signed it, and left that in the jar. I decided I was going to start 'stamping' next to my name with a paw-print stamp I had from back in my scrapbooking days. It might be too big after seeing it on this one, so I'll have to rethink things (I have some smaller stamps, but they aren't as cute).

The worst thing about this cache-site were the number of black widow spiders around it. I can see the need for a walking stick or something like that to beat down spider webs in the future. 1-for-4!

Not a black widow, but a more visible spider nearby.