Help Larry the Lobster

[GeoTripper]

Please help Larry the Lobster. You see, he's a travel bug who was last on the west coast. I picked him up and brought him with me while I attended a conference in DC.

 

Unfortunately I didn't get ANY free time. However, today the conference attendees spent several hours down at the Mall. I hid Larry in a tree near the Lincoln Memorial.

 

Somebody *please* go pick him up and take him to a real cache in a safer place.

 

I have the coordinates and a couple photos. The coordinates are below, I'll post the photos if it will help.

 

Let me know how it goes, and thanks for helping.

 

N 38 deg 53.290'

W 77 deg 3.077'

[+briansnat]

If I was in the area, I'd help, but I don't. Sorry. But this practice probably isn't a great idea and I wouldn't encourage others to copy it.

 

"You can't make a man by standing a sheep on his hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" - Max Beerbohm

[+Mopar]

quote:

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Originally posted by BrianSnat:

If I was in the area, I'd help, but I don't. Sorry. But this practice probably isn't a great idea and I wouldn't encourage others to copy it.

 

_"You can't make a man by standing a sheep on his hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" - Max Beerbohm_

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Thanks Brian. You worded that soooo much nicer then I was going to.

 

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[GeoTripper]

No, I agree: It's definitely not a good idea. (And thank you Brian for wording it in the nice way to start with).

 

I won't excuse myself, just explain it. I've had Larry for a little while and have been planning and planning to take a travel bug for a longer trip than my customary 10-100 miles. I really wanted him to get to his next goal of another ocean.

 

Every day while I was in DC I tried to figure a way to get him to a cache so he could continue his journey, but it just never worked out. So I was hoping that one of you in the area could grab him and send him on the way.

 

It was not a good idea, but the only one I had in desperation. No excuses, just an explanation and I hope you'll let me live with that.

 

Thanks.

[ucmike]

i'll be in dc next weekend and was going to try to hit some caches. if you want to post the pics or email me i might be able to grab it if its still there and not in a place thats going to get me time with the secret service or dc park police.

[GeoTripper]

No, it won't get you in trouble with either the SS or Park Police.

 

It's near the Lincoln Memorial, so you should have a good time doing tourist things.

 

I'll send you some photos via email.

 

Thanks,

GeoTripper

[+GLM]

There will be a few of us doing the following event -

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=gcgva4&Submit6=Find

 

And our walk will take us close to this. We may try to rescue him if he is still there.

 

Gary

 

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Drop back 10 and ........trip over the cache.

[ucmike]

i picked it up on saturday, although i think it was in a different tree than the one in the pics and it was tied in with a rubber band. off to work now, will work out a way to get it into my hands officially asap

[GeoTripper]

Yes, it was tied in with a rubber band.

 

Thanks so much for picking it up, I can now rest quite a bit easier. I won't be doing _that_ again!