Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL)
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Traditional Cache hollowed ground by bostoninthefall (1/2) (Archived)
N49° 52.376  W97° 13.476 (WGS84)
UTM  14U   E 627569  N 5526014
Use waypoint: GC151VQ
Size: Micro Micro    Hidden on 8/10/2007
In Manitoba, Canada
Difficulty:  1 out of 5   Terrain:  2 out of 5
Dogs allowed  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Not Available during winter  Parking available  Public transportation  Picnic tables nearby  Bicycles  Stroller accessible  Needs maintenance 
   


Low to the ground. Cache is in a 35mm film canister. Bring your own writing stick. Replace camo after finding. Mosquitoes can be bad in summer. T

Cache is right along a main bike path so some stealth is required.

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Current at 11/6/2011

Found it 7/31/2008 by Kabuthunk
At long last... the quest I had set for myself was about to come to completion. Barring of course an unforseen DNF at this cache, but given the smiley-face to the upper-left corner of this log, I think it's safe to assume that I have indeed found it, completing my quest BigSmile.

For you see, this cache is offically the last cache for me to find in the 300's. My 399th find, letting tonight's event of 'Reviewer's Night Out' be number 400. I was a bit worried at first about not being able to find this one, since I had noticed that it had a DNF relatively recently. I have my GPS set so that the 'description' field shows me what the last four entries on a cache were. Being as it was "FNFF", that "N" was a bit troubling. It wasn't going to be particularly depressed about getting a DNF or anything (unlike many... if not most... people, I actually log every DNF I acquire), but at the time I was walking toward this geocache, I had approximately 5 minutes to walk the 300 remaining meters to it, find the cache, open and sign it, replace it, and get back into my car. So even if I would be able to find it, it may take more than those several minutes to do so.

Luck was with me however. Upon nearing the cache, I was both thankful and lucky enough that noone was either walking or biking by. When I was still around 50 meters away, a biker had gone by... but otherwise it was silent and empty... exactly what I needed to find me a geocache as fast as possible Smile.

Getting near the coordinates, I could make a relatively safe assumption as to where approximately the cache would be hidden. I actually didn't even know what the name of the cache was, but that would have been an even bigger indicater of such ToungeOut.

Taking a few quick glances around to make sure the coast was still clear, I quickly dove in.

Well, not literally. I'm not a smurf or anything ToungeOut.

But about 20 seconds of looking later, I had the cache firmly grasped in my hands BigSmile. Although... I don't know if you want to bother amending your cache description... it's not so much a 35mm film canister than a pill container. They're pretty close for size, but y'know. I'm just picky about things like that ToungeOut. Unless of course it was replaced in the past with this container... but this is all speculation on my part.

I like speculating Smile.

But yes... a quick log entry later and I placed the cache back into its hiding spot. A little bit of 'natural' camouflage later, and it was as if I had never been there.

And just in time, too! When I got about 10 meters from the cache, several people came over the rise. If I had been a bit later, they would have found me right at ground-zero. Luck is definitely with me today Smile.

Thanks for the cache! I always figured there wasn't enough in Assinaboine Park. It's a massive, popular park, but had surprisingly few caches inside of it considering. So glad to have been able to find yours BigSmile.

Took: Nothing (not that much could have fit inside the cache container anyway ToungeOut
Left: Logbook entry and micromail ball


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