Updating this blog will be more difficult since my home laptop died and using a shared computer. Also difficult to update this blog from the work computer since the browser does not work well with Google applications. Generally, I have been averaging about 2 posts a month, this year posts number will drop due to the inconveniences.
I rejoined the annual cachepedition led by bitbrain, Tiger130 and GeoYakr this year. This year the group settled on caching in and around the Sparta, Tennessee area. First day we were mostly on my own. Being that I am traveling from Dresden, I would meet with everyone at the Rock Island State Park.
I set my sights on working on the Middle Tennessee Boy Scout Challenge and found Area 51- Boxwell. After searching around, I finally located the container, all I had to do was look up. Being that I made the trip in the cold and sleet, the lock holding the container was very difficult to open but I managed and logged the find. I will continue to work on other parts of this challenge in time. Later, I went after LAGUARDO due to the age of the cache. As I made my way to the cache location, I discovered I was on private property. Cache has been here for over 10 years and property owner has never noticed. Continued to make my way to Rock Island and then worked on a Highway 56 cache series. Series was easy, about 3 containers were missing. Unlike the Hwy 79 series between Clarksville and Dover, there were not many trucks on this highway. Towards the end of the series, I was getting noticed by some Tennessee State Troopers, thankfully I was about done. They didn't stop me, I assume they know what I am doing and about geocaching. However, I still rather not deal with LEO when on the geo-trail.
I was first to arrive at the Rock Island State Park cabin. Since I am a state employee, I obtained one of the cabins at half price, so in the end cost per person was about $40 for 3 nights. I had to wait for some time for others to arrive. I went after 2 caches in the park and had a DNF to show for it. Later when GeoYakr arrived, we found one near the cabins in the dark. That evening, we settled into the cabin for fellowship and Chicken Fajitas.
