Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL) You have already found this cache! Master Index    Nearest Caches Remember #69 by Z'tirnats and Z'ad (1.5/1.5) N49° 52.458  W97° 11.652 (WGS84) UTM  14U   E 629750  N 5526219 Use waypoint: GC1DNE6 Size: Micro    Hidden on 6/29/2008 In Manitoba, Canada Difficulty:     Terrain:                     This cache is the last in the series of “Remember” caches, dedicated to a few of the thousands of Canadian Servicemen who have given their all to defend our way of life. Remember #69 is camoed to its environment. Be careful out there boys! Time to get caching. Bring your own writing stick! A FTF certificate is there for the finding! Within the cache is information on one serviceman. You may want to record this information because the “Remember” series has one factor that ties them all together and it will help you find the last of the series which will be a puzzle cache. Information from each of the caches will be required to find this last one or, if you figure out the factor that ties them together, you will be able to “fast forward” to the last cache.

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12/20/2008 by Kabuthunk
Ahh, the 'Remember' series of caches. Not only are they a very entertaining and unique source of geocache containers, but also a plentiful source of the letter "R" for my Manitoba ABC Soup... one of the last 3 letters to obtain. I went to this cache hoping to find another unique hide by Z'tirnats and Z'ad... and I wasn't disappointed .

Due to the insane rush of the holiday season (this quite possibly being my last cache outing prior to Christmas, or even 2009 if it's too busy), both traffic and parking were absolutely ludicrous. I swung my way onto the (thankfully) quiet Empress, and worked my way down a few streets that had parking on them. The first road was packed, but the next road over was plentiful . Yay for not only finding relatively close parking (about 230 meters from the cache), but also not having to fight my way both into AND out of the parking lot of the mall! As an added bonus, this parking spot was about equidistant from this cache to a newly created one by Dani that begins with a "Q"... another ABC Soup letter I required. Win-win!

So after parking, I worked my way over to the coordinates. At first I thought it would be somewhat away from the mall, but as I kept walking, I kept getting closer. Knowing it's a cache in the 'Remember' series however, I figured it could be hidden just about anywhere . At what the GPS determined to be ground zero, I found... nothing. I however made the safe assumption that the various tall, concrete structures may have been playing some havoc with the signal. Hence, I tried checking... well... anything in the area. The first attempt ended up being completely wrong. I at first questioned how something COULD be hidden on it, and after about 30 seconds determined that nothing really could after all . My second attempt led me to walking PAST the cache! I thought something looked a tad... askew about where the cache eventually ended up being, but continued a bit further to see if anything jumped out at me. Second later, I figured I just HAD to check the thing that seemed... not right. Upon closer inspection, followed by my patented "poke" test, I was pleased that I had indeed found what could only be one of the most unique, hidden-in-plain-sight cache containers I've seen in a long time! Good job !

One minor problem came up due to the design of said container though. Upon obtaining the cache, the logbook decided to vacate it and plunge into the freshly-fallen, powdery snow. "Great", I thought... "Now I've gone and lost the logbook". There were two kinda holes in the snow, so I plunged my hand into one of them (having to take the glove off so that I could feel if I grabbed anything), and luck was with me! Pulling my hand from the snow, I had clenched in it the thankfully waterproofish-seeming logbook! Brushing it off (yay for the dry snow), I crouched down on a nearby boulevard/sidwalk thing and signed it as best I could. My pen was having some issues with writing, but I managed to get a date and name on there. Might be a bit messy to read though... shaky, cold hands with nothing solid to write on, combined with a pen (albeit pressurized) trying to write in -25 weather.

But... the cache being signed, I tossed in a micromail ball (hopefully it'll stay in there when it's found next), and replaced the logbook from whence it came (ditto with the logbook ). A few steps later, and the cache was hidden exactly as found. Looking completely natural, yet unnatural at the same time... truly a trait that Z'tirnats and Z'ad have mastered .

So thanks for the unique cache, and supplying me with the letter "R" for my ABC soup. Aside from the snow, it was a nice day for caching... a full 20 degrees warmer than the last time I went caching !

Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and micromail ball

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