Now engaged thanks to a cache!

[IttiBittiDuke]

How's this for a unusual hunting experience:

 

My boyfriend (known as "facetheduke" on the site) and I greatly enjoyed being introduced to and finding caches this past summer, so as soon as the weather turned nice again we set a date aside to drive up to one of the nicer parks out our way, have a picnic lunch, rent some kayaks, then go geocaching for a bit.

 

After enjoying the beautiful day, we wanted to end with some geocaching. My boyfriend navigated (using an app on his iPhone) and I scanned the area. Unknowing at the time, he wasn't really navigating...he led me to a special cache he planted a few days before off of one of the hiking trails. I saw the cache (titled "Yummy Lower Rail"), opened it, and saw a notecard on top of a log book that read "Turn Over"...I did.

 

I was definitely not expecting what happened next! After reading the other side ("Lauren, I love you. Turn around.") he was down on one knee with the ring out! "Yummy Lower Rail" was an anagram for "Will You Marry Me" as I later found out.

 

Since he never logged the cache, I decided to keep it (and maybe plant it for real for a wedding anniversary?)

 

I couldn't be happier right now! This happened only this past weekend (5/15/10) and I can't help but brag about it in the forums!

[drewmm]

Congratulations! It sounds like you've made a real find.

[+worstcaster]

Wonderful. Here's to years of geocaching bliss.

[+PinkFox5]

I had actually wondered if someone had done this before. Lo and behold... LOL!

[+jeffbouldin]

So since you have to trade equal or better, just what did you leave? I'm sure you logged Signed log. Took Husband left ?. It better not have been a McToy! Just what would that say about your fiancée?

[+PinkFox5]

hahahaha

[simonscreams]

How's this for a unusual hunting experience:

 

My boyfriend (known as "facetheduke" on the site) and I greatly enjoyed being introduced to and finding caches this past summer, so as soon as the weather turned nice again we set a date aside to drive up to one of the nicer parks out our way, have a picnic lunch, rent some kayaks, then go geocaching for a bit.

 

After enjoying the beautiful day, we wanted to end with some geocaching. My boyfriend navigated (using an app on his iPhone) and I scanned the area. Unknowing at the time, he wasn't really navigating...he led me to a special cache he planted a few days before off of one of the hiking trails. I saw the cache (titled "Yummy Lower Rail"), opened it, and saw a notecard on top of a log book that read "Turn Over"...I did.

 

I was definitely not expecting what happened next! After reading the other side ("Lauren, I love you. Turn around.") he was down on one knee with the ring out! "Yummy Lower Rail" was an anagram for "Will You Marry Me" as I later found out.

 

Since he never logged the cache, I decided to keep it (and maybe plant it for real for a wedding anniversary?)

 

I couldn't be happier right now! This happened only this past weekend (5/15/10) and I can't help but brag about it in the forums!

 

That is a great story. I actually propesed to my fiance in a similar way. We went to Seneca Lake NY, wine country, and stayed in a bed and breakfast. When we arrived we went and did some geocaches. I found one right on Seneca Lake. When we found it I slipped in a poem that I wrote and after she read it I got on one knee and proposed. We are actually getting married 2 weeks from today !

[+leejas72]

Congratualtions. Good thing you were FTF on that one.

[+cinematopographer]

Congratualtions. Good thing you were FTF on that one.

 

Haha! Love it.

[+CortandTrent]

Congrats!

Edited May 24, 2010 by CortandTrent

[+JJball]

That is a great story! Congratz

 

You should send the story to the Podcacher radio show and/or FTF magazine ..lots of people would enjoy hearing it

[+smithie23]

Congrats to both of you! There is a cache overlooking the Delaware Water Gap in New Jersey called Marry Me (GC1E5DF) with a similar theme.

[+silksmybaby]

Make the vows a multicache!

[IttiBittiDuke]

Thanks, all! It's a great story to tell, except I'm finding that it's much harder to explain geocaching to older people who asked how he proposed!

 

jeffbouldin - there are very few times I literally LOL at posts...yours was one of those few times! Haha, thanks for the laugh!

 

JJball - you just got me hooked on listening to Podcacher! I never even thought of searching for a podcast on geocaching before! I'll have to leave them a voicemail sometime.