Something good about geocaching after I read of all the troubles some of you guys had.
I recently bought my wife a nice quad, but needed to go from Upington to Vereeniging to get it. It really was a bargain so all the trouble was worth it. On our way back and driving through Potchefstroom I took a sidelong look (believe it if you want to) at the Geko 201 and saw that Mooirivier cache is only 1,5km away from us. Not knowing if we would ever get to Potch again we (I) decided to see whether we could find this cache. While driving towards the cachesite I saw a cloud of smoke billowing out from the wheels of the trailer Unto which this new quad (worth 80 g - not bragging , just proving how "lucky" we were) was strapped. I stopped and saw that the bolt of one of the springs was broken and that the axle shifted sideways. The tyre was running against the body of the trailer. We unloaded the quad, flipped the trailer and reassembled the axle. Went to town , bought new bolts, fitted, flipped and reloaded the quad. The cache was arhived about 3 weeks prior to our visit (we couldnt find it - needless to say) but luckily I didnt see it before we left home. Imagine what could have happened if we did'nt go to look for this cache, was driving at 120km/h between Potch and Klerksdorp and the axle turned sideways or which ever way it wished to turn at that speed. Remember that this new quad was not insured, the trailer was not insured and my wife.... is still mine. Happy hunting.
