Kisha's Cache has been muggled again, so a new spot and a change to the name. This is our second cache in honour of our wonderful Golden, Kisha. Original contents; FTF certificate, dog balls, Halloween trinkets and a couple Christmas ornaments, also a rescue whistle from our friends in BC who are part of the Fort St. James Search and Rescue. Good luck and have fun. Please replace exactly as you find it. |
7/23/2008 by Kabuthunk
I had set out today specifically to find a geocache for a travelbug that I had picked up. Given it wasn't the smallest of TB's on earth, I wanted to specifically hunt for a regular-size. Secondly, I've been eyeing this cache for a while now, ever since having cached several others in the vaguely nearby vicinity a few weeks ago. At the time, I didn't have time to swing into this park as well to locate the cache... but today was the day!
As the clouds in the sky started getting darker and more ominous, I found my way to the parking lot. There was a decent amount of traffic, so I assume there was some sporting event happening. No matter, it appeared to be happening at the far field. Not that that would matter EITHER, since I'll be going into the dog-walking park and avoiding the sporting event one way or the other . I was mildly worried that parking might be difficult, but thanks to the event being the further field, I had no problems whatsoever .
It didn't take me long to work my way towards the coordinates. I was mildly perplexed by the strange, mysterious fenced-in area right close to it, but was otherwise amused when I got into the cache's vicinity... whoch I shall henceforth call "butterfly-ville". MAN, but there was a metric ton of butterflies all over the place there. Made for a very surreal kinda experience... like when you see in movies someone walking down a forest path and a ton of butterflies are around. Yeah, that's here.
Moments later, I had the geocache in hand... a very quick find (although I looked in the slightly wrong location first... some tree that had a massive bundle of wire seeming to come out of it. Wonder what that was...). Placing the TB inside, I signed up the logbook and prepared to leave. Wrote very little, since I could hear water droplets hitting the leaves around me. Rain's a comin'. Although I didn't see the geocoin inside of there anywhere, I placed the dino TB in and clamped the cache shut.
I quickly left the park just as the rain was starting to come down. Whew .
Of course, I had forgotten to drop a chainmail ball into the cache . Well, we can't have THAT, now can we? I only remembered this after having gone after a different cache, and the rain was coming down steady. But to break my chainmail-ball method? Unthinkable! I had an umbrella in the car, but it did very little to protect my lower back and legs.
It was kinda funny though... when I came into the parking lot the second time, there were droves of people at the sporting event leaving. Everyone else leaving... and I'm goin' in. Very few people left in the parking lot, and I hop out into the rain. A quick jog later, I find myself at the coordinates again. Looks like the rain didn't dampen the butterflies, anyway... still tons of 'em. Quickly dropping in a chainmail ball, I turned around and headed out. Mission accomplished . By this point, my legs were absolutely drenched, my socks and shoes were wet, and it was quite uncomfortable to sit in the car. Mental note: sitting in cold, wet clothing on a cool day does not equal comfort .
Thanks for getting me out to this park again. Although the container was smaller than I had expected for a 'regular', it was the exact same container type/size that the TB was first inside of when I found it, so it wasn't all that much of a problem. It still closed and everything is good.
Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and chainmail ball (albeit about 30 minutes later )
Hints (Back)
It is located in a popular dog park, so a good disguise is to bring a furry friend for a walk.