klassenl Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I went out to (re)hide my cache today. It's -9 C today and after two weeks of -25 and colder it was a good day to be outside. As I left home I noticed that the gas guage was reading excessively low. This was only going to be a 22 mile trip so I figured I would make it. As I got closer to "the spot", the road had greater amounts of snow on it; not a good sign. "The spot" was in a valley and just as I started to descend into the valley I could clearly see that this road had not been plowed in that last couple of weeks. The snow was maybe only 6 inches deep but I was in my dad's brand new truck, low on gas, all alone, and really in the middle of no where. Shamefully I have to say that I quickly turned around and went home. I know that a REAL cacher would have driven through the snow, even with the risk of getting stuck. Or he would have hopped out of the truck and hiked the last 3/4 of a mile. So again I realize I'm not a REAL cacher and I'll have to log this one as a "Did not hide". {sigh} Oh well........ tak1 Quote Link to comment
+Hemlock Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 But it got you out of the house and you had fun, right? That's all that counts. Quote Link to comment
+DaveA Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I I know that a REAL cacher would have driven through the snow, even with the risk of getting stuck. Or he would have hopped out of the truck and hiked the last 3/4 of a mile. So again I realize I'm not a REAL cacher and I'll have to log this one as a "Did not hide". {sigh} Oh well........ tak1 A 'real' cacher would have not used a truck in the first place, but would have instead hiked the entire way, barefoot. Amateur. Quote Link to comment
+MariettaGecko Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 A 'real' cacher would have not used a truck in the first place, but would have instead hiked the entire way, barefoot. Amateur. You forgot "uphill, the whole way... both ways" Quote Link to comment
uber_bike_geek Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 A 'real' cacher would have not used a truck in the first place, but would have instead hiked the entire way, barefoot. Amateur. You forgot "uphill, the whole way... both ways" ...during a raging blizzard, etc. ok... I've said my part now :-) Happy Caching Jeff Quote Link to comment
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