{"id":1175,"date":"2010-12-08T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:03:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:03:51","slug":"geocaching-secret-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1175","title":{"rendered":"Geocaching Secret Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went off on a secret mission the other day. Somebody planted a “members only” geocache just a little bit out of downtown. “Members Only” means that only those who pay the $30 per year to get premium access to www.geocaching.com can get the coordinates.<\/p>\n

So I am not going to give you any hints. I took off from the office at lunch and entered the Secret Vortex<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The secret vortex keeps people from following me to the cache.<\/p>\n

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I checked the reading for the cache and off I went.<\/p>\n

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This is where I stopped and a took a picture. First, I took the picture because this is the location of one of my own geocaches. They are putting a fence up around the cache. Sigh. Second, a homeless guy was bugging me. He was going to Orlando he told me. I said “To see your sister?” He said “Yeah man, how did you know?” Sigh. “No dude I am not here handing out money I’m just going for a walk.” “OK, thanks anyway.” He says his name is Jerry. He said he remembers me and that he used to be a cowboy also. What?! (I was wearing a brimmed hat.) I told him that I hardly even know what a horse or cow look like. And what is it about these homeless guys and their sisters.<\/p>\n

I finally escaped my buddy. Hey, how about a clue to where I was going. Here is one.<\/p>\n

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Hey, what’s that across a street. Is that where the Republican Party has buried all optimism and hope in Oklahoma?<\/p>\n

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Nope its a time capsule. <\/p>\n

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Do you remember a couple years ago when they dug up a 1950’s era Plymouth Belvedere here at the County Courthouse here in Tulsa. Well there was another car, a Plymouth Prowler, buried in 1998 to be dug up in 2048. Not too many people in Tulsa know about this time capsule.<\/p>\n

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I plan on being there. If Sweetie will let me out of the nursing home.<\/p>\n

By this time I was getting pretty close to the cache. I was attacked by a chicken hawk protecting the cache.<\/p>\n

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I fought him off (mainly because I was too heavy for him to haul off) and kept on going. You have to be tough to be a premium geocacher. You also have to have $30 a year.<\/p>\n

A little bit further on I took the all time blog meme photograph.<\/p>\n

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I mean this has water, trees, sky, a fountain, reflections. It’s my masterpiece. And it is here for you. Merry Christmas. You are welcome. Sorry mommybloggers, I have nothing for you. Grab your torches and go.<\/p>\n

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The cache kids saw me and started waving. Kids give everything away. You ever notice that.<\/p>\n

The cache is close to Era. Not too close.<\/p>\n

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You kind of wonder what the story is, it couldn’t have been good.<\/p>\n

Then finally<\/p>\n

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As I was walking by the post commander came out. He turned out to be a fellow geocacher. “BurplexOK” (I am “YogiABB”) We didn’t know each other before but we had mutual acquaintances. Don’t worry, the cache is not his, although he has found it. <\/p>\n

Well, we parted and I headed back to work. You know I had a lot of social interaction for a secret mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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