Where Is It?

I’m a geocacher and have been at it for years. Geocaching is a combination real life/online hobby where one goes and finds caches out in the world hidden by others. Check out my Geocaching 101 post and Geocaching.com for more information.

I got a notification from geocaching.com about a new cache nearby so I went to check it out. It was in a patch of dense woods with no trails or anything. I had anticipated that so I did not wear my “good” clothes to go find it. Too many thorns and sticks that can rip clothes otherwise.

So I got pretty far in and thinking, “this is ridiculous” so I did a 360 video to show how dense the woods are with the multitude of skinny closely packed trees.

I went in a little further and found this old rotten wreath. This could be considered a “geobeacon” or just a decoy. The cache is supposedly located within a few feet of it but it shows to be very tiny. So I couldn’t find it even though I spent about twenty minutes looking for it. And it was getting dark and a little cold as the sun went down so I “plugged and abandoned” as we say in the energy industry and left the premises.

However, as I emerged from the woods I was treated to a great sunset. Sometimes it’s all about the hunt is what I think. Some you find, some you don’t but it’s all fun.

I’m linking with My Corner of the World and Skywatch Friday

9 thoughts on “Where Is It?”

  3. Vicki

    I’ve never tried Geocaching but it does sound fun. We have fields of tall closely packed trees like that where I live in Florida. That sunset is amazing!

  4. Peter B.

    Geez, talk about a needle in a haystack! Nice to be rewarded with that beautiful sunset! I had to do a “plug and abandon” on my hike yesterday. Had I continued on my planned route, I would have been navigating in the dark in some impossible terrain!

  8. Alana

    Too bad you had to plug and abandon (I have to remember that saying) but the reward at the end – wow, what a sunset. Alana ramblinwitham

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