Partnerships

This summer I have participated in two Introduction to Geocaching events.  One at Martin, Geocaching 101 hosted by Pharmd93.  We had good participation despite the constant rain during the day.  We walked/biked 3-4 miles on the greenway on that day.

Yesterday, I hosted Introduction to Geocaching event in Dresden; we had a large turnout of cachers but didn't get much turnout from the community.  We did meet with the park staff and one employee tagged along on the greenway where he found caches.  Overall, most of use hiked about 2.5 miles in near perfect weather.  The Dresden Parks and Recreation staff welcome geocaching and geocachers from all over and are excited that the geocaching community once again will be able to help out on October 20th where a CITO will be held in Dresden.

With the partnerships with area parks, we are often told by city staff "Hide More!".

Cachin' in Mississippi

With a number of recent visits to the VA Hospital in Memphis has allowed me to find caches in Mississippi.  I have been working on a stat to have found caches by 1,000 hiders by the end of this year or before I reach 4,000 finds.  Currently, I have seven to go.

The priority cache for me is What's Shaking?-Tunica, MS; this is a cache of an eight-part series and now I am only one cache find from completion.  While in the area, I also paid visit to Tunica Museum Cache.  Reading the logs I was concerned if I could get to this cache, however, it was an easy find and thankful I grabbed this one.

Another cache I really liked was DeSoto Trail #7- Final Stop.  I appreciate the cache hiders who make the extra effort to place a regular size cache instead of a micro.  In the next several months, I may pay more attention to this series and work on completion of it as well.

Overall, I have enjoyed working the caches in Mississippi.  Roads are newer that in some areas I have normally cache and straighter.  The terrain is also flatter which is better for my knee.