Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL) You have already found this cache! Master Index    Nearest Caches A Sure Sign of Snow by GG+J (1.5/2) (Archived) N49° 48.576  W97° 09.113 (WGS84) UTM  14U   E 632968  N 5519100 Use waypoint: GC15GCX Size: Small    Hidden on 2/24/2008 In Manitoba, Canada Difficulty:     Terrain:                   They said it wouldn't last, but this little cache is over 2 years old now, and still in place The cache is a round lock'n'lock. Please sign your name and date on one line as the log book is small. Save all remarks for online logging. FTF cert for the first on site, log book, and starting off my new keystone geocoin... not much room for anything else. Bring a pencil. Have fun and also bring Mr. Reachy! CONGRATS TO PA_BOTTLE FOR FTF!

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2/28/2008 by Kabuthunk
Decided to swing by this cache just before going to work on this snowy morning. Of course, as it always is whenever you're on a timeline and need to be somewhere at X time, not only was traffic ridiculously slow, but I ALSO hit every possible red-light along the way .

But... this didn't deter me. One agonizingly slow trip to Markham later, and I was looking for parking. Luckly, there was actually a fair amount left. Pulling up on... whatever road that is that goes behind the hospital... I park and get out of the car. It would be at approximately this moment in which I realize to myself "Oh wait... Markham... U of M... students... right." Given I had about 15 minutes before I had to leave for work, I figured I might have to put this off and delay getting this cache for a bit.

However, luck was with me. As well as timing. Y'see, I work at 11:30 am... so arriving at 11:00 am, virtually everyone was already in classes. I think all of a single car went by, and that wasn't even going to the U of M (it was going from those apartments there to Pembina). No problem, time to go a huntin'.

Figured it was in one place, I quickly discovered myself walking away from the coordinates, and quickly proceeded to turn around. And then it hit me... a Ford Explorer.

And by "a Ford Explorer", I of course mean "saw the cache". A common typo... the keys are like... right next to eachother .

Anyhoo... moments after I got run over saw the cache, I discovered that it's not only vehicles I have to watch out for. Several students (assumingly) were walking from Pembina down towards the U of M by way of Markham at this time. Wandering back towards my car (since just standing there would be about as conspicuous as possible), I pretended that I had forgotten something in there. The students seemed to care less and continued onwards. Heading back to the cache again, ANOTHER student decided to start heading down Markham.

*sigh* I pretended to look at the wristwatch I don't have and feigned waiting for something/someone. How true it was, in retrospect . After they had gone out of sight, I quickly snagged the cache! VICTORY! Heading back towards the car to avoid conspicution (the act of being discovered due to being conspicuous... trust me, it's a word ), I cracked open the cache container and signed me some logbook. One micromail ball later, and it was closed up again.

Although, I'm COMPLETELY confused about the hint, now that I read it. Perhaps I just didn't see what the hint was referencing, but thinking back... yeah, just doesn't make sense to me.

In either case, I replaced the cache container and headed back towards the car victorious. Thanks for giving me an outing before going to work, cheering me up for the day .

But I know what you mean when you mention "may not last too long" in the cache description. If you don't see it... it's quite well hidden. However, once your eyes catch a glimpse of it, it's EXTREMELY visible. Then again, there's been other caches that I would have thought should have disappeared like... days after they were placed, only to see that they're still there after several years . Time will tell, I suppose.

But yes... thanks again for the cache. Definitely a fun pre-work outing .

Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and micromail ball

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