Year of The Rat

06/16/2019 By TTO2
First I need to apologize for the long log, but I have had people from all over the world tell me that they would like to have seen more in our logs, not only about their cache specifically but more on the amazing journeys that we take and haven't documented well in the past. Now, if you would like to skip to information that is specific to the cache, please skip to the bottom to see there is anything helpful. Only 25% of the time do we provide something that we either didn't read in another log or something that we felt needed to be added for clarity or a nudge in the right direction.

This geocaching trip was two weeks and designed to make up for the six months that we gave up dreaming, wishing, designing, and building the GPS Adventures Maze Exhibit. TTO1 and I are two of the 4 "Builders" of the GPS Maze Adventures Exhibit, and Kiecker the third. All three of us cache together a lot, and this trip was no different. Kiecker didn't get the entire two weeks in with us but was with us a majority. It was extremely helpful to productivity on several caches that he had already found in some of the areas that we visited.

We started north from Dallas to Oklahoma, and the trip would find us at the end finding caches in nine States. Near the beginning, we had to stop for a daughter's college graduation in Denver. Boy, I despised that stop as I had to abandon my geocaching accoutre for something professional and "suitable," my wife demanded. So, the next day, I got her back taking her on caching excursion to the tree and snow line that started with a 22-mile dirt road trek. Sure glad we had the right vehicle for this portion of the trip. The rest of the trip we could have done fine with just a two-wheel drive.

One of the more memorable stops was again in South Dakota. We stayed up too late and had a great visit with not only the Famous SoDakZak but also with a group of cachers that we had just seen at the Maze. Just a great group of folks.

Several of the days we spent threading the proverbial storm needle. Unlike the other group, we were able to circumnavigate all the inclement weather. Just know, this was not by design. We have all the wet weather gear one could put on thinking that we would have to do most of this trip in torrential downpours. As luck would have it, just the vehicle got the brunt of the pounding rain on a couple of the longer driving leg of our sojourn.

Another new thing we tried this trip was to do like we see a lot of folks are doing with videotaping. We love the longer hikes, extremely lonely caches, and higher rated caches. Adrenaline junkies, we aren't, as we carry a lot of safety gear just in case, but in the end, we found that we suck at it. We are hoping to find someone that will join us on our trips that is a good videographer and doesn't mind the >10Km hikes with 1200 ft elevation change and being 65-100 feet up in a tree. Till then we will just take and post pictures.

We would be remiss if we didn't thank all the geocachers that in some way added to this game/sport/hobby/obsession with their individual hides and varying levels of effort that they put into their geocaches. We don't award a lot of favorite points but this trip had inordinate amount given compared to previous trips. We also ended up on this trip making two remarkable achievements of our own - even if we do say so our selves. 25k finds and 2nd Original Fizzy Loop. We did have ambitions to beat our old record of counties in a day but the weather and flooding were not going to allow that to happen.

Below is the aforementioned area where I provide relevant information specific to this cache:

Had the pleasure of jherber joining me here to find this somewhat lonely cache. He is one of my favorite cachers to cache with. We are lucky this year in the winter that he will be joining us in the DFW caching community. So happy he'll be helping us with some of the crazy stuff we get into for the community. All is well here.

06/16/2019 By jherber
TFTPC It is good to be back in Colorado after a winter spent in the Texas Hill Country visiting grandkids. I am looking forward to caching in the cooler climes.

I stopped by this cache with TTO2 who was in the area caching from Texas. It was certainly cooler day here than in in Texas. The cache was in good condition after being lonesome for over a year.

Thanks for another of your fun caches.

04/07/2018 By Kerewin0430
Was feeling lazy today and didn't really want to get out, but the snow had melted by noonish and I had run out of excuses, so I headed west. Stopped for this one on my way to the Blodgett trailhead! Thanks for placing this one!

12/24/2017 By kb0rpw
Fun puzzle

12/23/2017 By billkat
Nice puzzle. Took a bit to figure it out. Tftc!

11/02/2017 By chihuahuajill
Fun puzzle, needed help, though. Came by during lunch to sign the log. TFTC.

07/02/2017 By jasperdakota
Thanks for the fun puzzle cache! Quick find. SL.

04/01/2017 By k9jayhawk
Usual story....had this one solved for awhile and today I was actually looking for an access for another puzzle final when I saw this one pop up very nearby so stopped and signed the fresh log. All is dry and in good shape...TFTC SL

06/16/2016 By ernie66
Replaced container and log.

06/03/2016 By gampa&gamma
We thought we were going to get this cache and another close by puzzle the same day we summited Blodgett Peak (AFA graduation day). But once on that trail we realized they both needed to be accessed from a different trail. So..........we came back today to nab them both. So happy we weren't hiking up Blodgett trail again. Quick find. The container is in "ratty" condition, only hanging on by a thread. Log was wet, so just signed g&g. Thanks for this fun puzzle.

03/08/2016 By RPieperCO
Thanks for the fun puzzle cache! I've had this one on the list for awhile and met up with GoMRT to grab the final. He had a trackable to enter into the GCCO TB Race, but wouldn't be able to attend the event. Quick find. Everything is in great shape! Signed and stamped and returned as found. Off to the next one! Thanks for creating this puzzle and placing the cache for us all to enjoy!

03/08/2016 By GoMRT
Cache looks good out here while the gliders fly overhead!