GeoTripper Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 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' Quote
+briansnat Posted October 5, 2003 Posted October 5, 2003 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 Quote
+Mopar Posted October 5, 2003 Posted October 5, 2003 quote: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_ Thanks Brian. You worded that soooo much nicer then I was going to. "This is gc.com, love it or leave it " Quote
GeoTripper Posted October 5, 2003 Author Posted October 5, 2003 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. Quote
ucmike Posted October 7, 2003 Posted October 7, 2003 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. Quote
GeoTripper Posted October 7, 2003 Author Posted October 7, 2003 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 Quote
+GLM Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drop back 10 and ........trip over the cache. Quote
ucmike Posted October 13, 2003 Posted October 13, 2003 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 Quote
GeoTripper Posted October 13, 2003 Author Posted October 13, 2003 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! Quote
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