Those of you that have read this blog know that I am crazy about geocaching. I started about 7 years ago and have been at it ever since. For several years my wife Sweetie, and SuperPizzaBoy geocached with me but they have backslided, fallen of the wagon, and left the one true path so I have been pressing on mostly by myself.
One of my goals over the years was to find 1000 caches. That is not that great a number actually. I have known geocachers that have found that many in a year. I ran into a couple geocachers in California that had over 14,000 each. For my type of geocaching, keeping it fun, I can average about three or four a week and I’m happy.
Recently I got up to 994 geocaches just prior to a family reunion in western Oklahoma this past weekend. I was going to have leave everybody on Sunday to drive to Wichita, KS for the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association annual convention. That drive Sunday was my opportunity to get to a 1000 caches.
So off I went, first a trip down memory lane,
Believe it or not, I hope that you don’t hold it against me but I used to work for BP many moons ago. While working for them I bought the above office building for them. It is right on Highway 66 and just over the fence from I-40. I paid only $85K for it during a bad oilfield depression. The addition behind it? My old boss, one of the nicest guys I ever worked with, still gets mad about it, almost 20 years later. We were expanding and I asked him how much money I could spend. He said $100,000. I said OK. So when I bid the building out, I told the contractors that the bid was $100,000. The winner would be the one who gave me the best building for that amount. I thought that was pretty clever. My boss thought otherwise.
And oh, if you think that it looks a little bleak. You are right. The front double door was added by a subsequent owner. When I worked there, whenever somebody walked into the front door on a windy day all the acoustic ceiling panels would raise up. Hey what do you expect for $85,000.
Oops, I’m sorry, this is a geocaching post. Well, guess what there is a geocache close to the building. How did you guess? I think it was number 996.
I headed down route 66 to find a few more caches. I just love Route 66. I love interstates even more!!
In Yukon Oklahoma right outside Oklahoma City, I found this cute cache.
I might use a different shot of this for a Ruby Tuesday post. What do you think?
Later on, I had to get off Interstate 35 to go find a cache.
I just love dirt roads. Love’em love’em love’em.
This is where I found #1000, near a cemetery. Cemetery geocaches are great. I had to poke around a little bit before I found it. Why did it have to be on the other side of a barbed wire fence in some heavy brush? Why?
Wow, a 1000!!!! The crowd went crazy!!
You didn’t know geoaching was a spectator sport did you? Shows what you know?
Anyway, now what? I guess that I’ll go find some more!
I have no idea what GEOACHING is, and why is it so much fun? I need some help on this one. EXPLAIN! please.
I think my word verification is a geoaching, it is… sheaters!
Congratulations! 1000 is a lot of geocaching adventures.
☼ Sunny
Congratulations on reaching 1000! Sounds like a lot of geocaches to me.
On another note, if you really love dirt roads you should try living on one. All the dusting and washing of cars. SO MUCH fun! LOL
Yea! 1000! That’s terrific! Always enjoy reading about your geocaching adventures because you’re having such fun and the fun is catching!! Interesting about the building and I love your spectators as well as your sense of humor. Have a great day!
Sylvia
Well, thanks for taking me along in this virtual quest for 1000, Yogi – that way I didn’t have to actually crawl under the barbed wire myself! (I can see why Sweetie and SPB “fell off the wagon”…)
Congrats!!! I love your photos. Everything I love, cemeteries, cows and Route 66. Hey, my first job in the big city was working for Texas Oil & Gas (TXO) remember them?
Get the family back on the wagon, this looks like a fun way for spending time with them.
婚姻對男人來說是賭他的自由，對女人而言卻是賭她的幸福。.................................................................
I am so fat and lazy that I love sitting back and letting you do all the work and then posting about it. I get the pleasure without the effort. I am a pig. I love these images and the places you go.
1,000? Wow!
I can understand why it’s addicting. You get to see a lot of place and play “hide and seek” in this huge world… it’s pretty cool indeed.
CCongratulations on No. 1000. Thats cool. I am glad you had an appreciative audience to cheer you on. Oh well, what do they know? I seriously enjoy your blog.
I’m with TG – congratulations on achieving 1000. The bar will simply have to go higher in your geochaching goal – how about 5000
or is that too high?
Yay, so happy for you.
Whats next?
Congrats…very interesting stuff.
Wow, the cows look really excited! Congrats on 1000! I’m so glad you haven’t fallen off the wagon like certain other unfaithful members of your family.