Puppers

The Wild Stallions cache remains one of our favorites (we haven't tried the others). Here's the picture attached to our Y2003 log (BTW, Maggie - our geopup - is now closing in on 16 years of age). http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/log/c307e...4e764cb3428.jpg

We haven't forgotten our commitment to setting up an event - just waiting for the excitement of WCM to die down. Be looking for something soon!

Sorry.....we're new to this sub-forum - but would anyone object if we put a hide or two in similar locations to the old Kodaks4 Bear Creek Series? I happened to stumble across one of the WP's the other day, and reminisced bad time. Thoughts?

We remember this cache very well, because back in April of 2003 we found this cache, and rescued a TB launched from Germany named "Kapt'n Blaubar". We exchanged a bunch of fun emails with the German owner, who said "his TB would be able to go to all of the places he wanted to go, but never had the opportunity". He did question us, though, on what evil had transpired to this cache! I wish I still had his email (he was quite perplexed) as it was very sweet. Unfortunately we have the Kapt'n on our watchlist and he's showing as being stuck with one geocacher for nearly a year. We've emailed them a couple of times, and have received no response. Maybe Kapt'n Blaubar's journey has come to an end. http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.as...b1-06691f60512e

We are honored that ES chose one of our new caches for his find today.

Certainly no one can forget Ebey Bluffs? http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...6d-acb28b75b30a

I'm normally not a creative thinker but it occurred to me, if all of us "oldsters" banded together to temporarily disable the caches that LB hasn't found, we might give ES a fighting chance to gain some distance? At least to delay until 4/27, our chosen date.

We'll take 4/27 (aka "Adminstrative Professional's Day", is that what they used to call "Secretary's Day"?)

OK, it looks like there's enough interest to make it an Event. And if no one shows up, well, we'll toast marshmellows over our Coleman instead of Frito Pies We'll pick a date and time in the next couple of months to allow folks to plan and (hopefully) ensure good weather. Get working on those paddle-worthy arm muscles!

Having read that the Leakin' Lena may be sunk (or at least permanently retired to dry dock, sorry Wienerdog!) we're thinking we may have the only reliable transportation to this Elusive Island in Lake Ballinger. If there are enough interested explorers, we might volunteer to haul our canoe over on a Saturday and let multiple parties share in this adventure. Please advise if there is an interest and if so, we'll do our best to pull together the logistics. Although be forewarned, we will not be responsible for any DNF's!!

I'm sorry to say that as a geocacher, I had a similiar but unfortunate experience while geocaching solo in Sacramento over the President's Day weekend (a cache called "Jenny's Tribulation" which has since been archived). On my way back from the cache on the muddy triail (in the pouring rain) I saw a fork in the trail and when I looked left, saw what I first thought was a duffle bag hanging by a thick yellow rope. Once I registered it was a person I ran back to my car, locked the doors, and called 911. Once the medics arrived (ahead of the police) I had to lead them back to the spot and they confirmed what I feared. Fast forward ahead to statements made to the fire department, and then police...and when I spoke with a Sacramento detective a few days later (my last contact, to date, with the police) I was told that the case was classified as a suicide, but that it would be another 30days or so before the autopsy and lab work would be complete. Why am I sharing this story? Only to say that geocaching does take you to some remote areas, and the risks of a negative "experience" are there. I can also say that you never will know how you will react until presented with the situation. I have thought many times since that I should have gone to the guy, to see if he was still alive (and maybe cut him down, even though I didn't have a knife?), but chose to run. I know my fear at the time was not knowing whether it was a suicide or homicide, but that doesn't answer all of the "what ifs". Who knows if those few minutes made a difference? What is especially spooky is that the previous geocachers of the day remember this fork, and looking to the left, and seeing nothing unusual. And that was a scant 2 hours before my encounter. I was glad that the cache placer chose to archive the cache, given the circumstances. And I can say nothing but positive things about the Sacramento geocaching community, who reached out to me with tremendous caring and support. Am I turned off of geocaching? Not really, since I know (intellectually) that I could have been in this park for another reason. But still, it makes me wary caching alone, as a female. Conscious or not, since that time I've made a clear effort to avoid remote solo caching, which is ironic since I've never been a fan of urban caching. Unfortunately having an experience like this probably taints you for life. Thanks for hearing my story, Cristy, the female half of "Puppers" P.S. It's interesting to note that the Seattle Times ran an article the other day saying that there are more suicides in this country than homicides. Guess you just don't realize it because they aren't "news"? In fact, when I spoke with that Sacramento detective he said "Oh, it won't be in the Sacramento Bee, we had 5 or 6 other suicides that weekend". Rather sad, actually.