I have a problem with geocaching. The problem is that SuperPizzaBoy and I have found almost all of the ones in Tulsa. Geocaching is lots of fun when you first start, you find out what are the fun caches and then you go get them. Fun caches are the large easy to find ones in the Woods. Tulsa has lots of woods. It is fun for the whole family. You find those it becomes less fun for families.

So the next move is placing caches. That is fun also. What makes placing them fun is what people say about them. If they like it and say so, it can really make my day. I put a lot of thought and effort into mine and when finders appreciate it and say so I love it.

SPB and I put a cache in some woods right off northeast downtown. It is in one of the oldest areas of Tulsa and near where the Creek, Osage, and Cherokee Nations met way before Oklahoma statehood. It is called “Country Club” in honor of the nearby Tulsa Country Club.

I got an email today from a finder named “Stoneposse” that said:

“Downtown for the opening of the BOK Center so we decided to grab a few caches and waymarks.This is what geocaching is suppose to be, a hide somewhere you may never find on your own! This is one of the best caches in quite a while! Interesting history! We could only imagine what it was like while we were there but it was great! The view of Tulsa was a BIG plus! Great cache! TFTC TNLNSL
We saw the Brady Mansion was for sale so we googled it and it has some very interesting history.”

note: “TFTC” means “Thanks for the Cache”, “TNLNSL” means “Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.”

His post made my day. I put a lot f work in the cache and found a “crease” if you will in Tulsa. A piece of woods right off downtown that was apparently long forgotten but used to be part of one f the first subdivisionsIf I like a cache, I always try to say that in my post. So many caches are very ordinary and uninspired.

I have other examples but the basic message is. If somebody does something that makes you happy, let them know it.