My first find was yesterday. (And this is my first post. Hello everybody.)
I’ve wanted to do this for a while, but picking up my shiny new iPhone and stumbling on the app finally got me in. The app located a one-star fairly near my office, so off I go after work.
The map and description quickly led me to the correct area. I got out of the car, and homed in on the cache. There weren’t too many hiding place options, so pretty soon I was bending down to peek into a particular cranny, and there it was! A little canister, possibly a film container. I pulled it out, and sure enough, inside was a log book.
I then realized I’d left my pen in the car, so after checking the area for muggles, I replaced the canister and went back to the car. I returned with the pen, looked around again, got the canister, and signed the book. One last look around the area, and I replaced the canister.
And all the while I’m having one thought:
“I’m going to get arrested for making a drug deal!”
There I am, on a city street, acting furtive, playing with a cell phone, and stuffing a film canister into a subtle-but-obvious-if-you’re-looking-for-it hiding place. I kept waiting for the police to show up and cast me in the road company of Marathon Man.
But no police came, and everything went fine, and today . . . I AM A GEOCACHER!