rock&crystal

Worst caching injury for us was when Crystal slipped off a huge driftwood log on a cache hunt in a central Oregon coastal area. Combination of salt, salt grass and tennis shoes (like ballbearings) and she went from standing on the 5 foot diameter log to on her butt in the blink of an eye. She whacked the back of her head on another log as she came down. One broken (bent?) tail bone and a mild concusion later we managed to get her to the car. But she refused to head for the ER until the cache was found. Her comment when I told her it was an emergency... "yeah, but did you find the cache?" Thus the inspiration for our Rock&Crystal Camo Heart. After four hours in the hospital, and some pain meds she insisted we head back out caching, now that's devotion! BTW as a result of the Camo Heart we have received many unsolicited and descriptive (some times with pictures) injuries suffered by others (none related here), it's a tough job this caching!!

Hey there, first time logger, first time reader! We are in Northern CA. and have a cache called "Snake Country" it is a large plastic rattler and we placed a micro in it's belly. The cache page has warnings etc "not for the faint of heart" but doesn't let you know what you're in for (although by now the logs sure do!) . We've had the best fun and responses from that cache. It got caught in not one, but two brush fires last year and still holds it's own although it looks a little... burnt! We also ran into our first rattlers of the season on 4/11. Not one but three, two babies and a mid sized one. Actually was caching in the area of a cache we discovered along with a guardian rattler last June and the owner was willing to archive the cache (and later moved it on). A quick look at the logs told a story of a lot of snake sightings and obviously a den nearby. The cache was called the "Little Bead Cache" and is now.... the "Little Bead Cache No Mo." At least in our area the rains this Winter have got the food chain exploding and we can count on the snakes being out in force this year. Remember: one eye on the gps, one eye in front of you! (funny picture, eh?)