I wish we had pictures!

Ann(imawahl), Larry, and I went geocaching on Sunday. It was quite a day, but we didn't get any pictures!

We started the day on our bikes. We met up with Ann's bike group (including 2 brand new geocachers) and rode to Woodcreek Oaks Golf Course for breakfast. The bike ride was over 12 miles and Ann and the other new cachers found a couple of caches both coming and going! We were pretty worn out by the time we got home!

But, the day did not end there. A new geocache had been released that morning and the owner just happened to be DStoye (a friend of ours). Naturally, we had to make the effort!

The cache (Don's Revenge) was described as an evil cache. Trust me, the word evil does not describe this cache! There were a total of 5 stages but we must have found several decoys along the way! Each stage was more devious than the last! At one point, we were prepared to give-up, but we chose to call Don for a hint. It turned out that the coordinates we had found at one of the stages were incorrect! He provided us with the correct information (and fixed the problem for other cachers) and we were off to the next stage.

I will avoid any specific hints on the different stages, but consider the various activities we performed to get to the final stage and the all important cache! We waded through a creek (Ann did this one), climbed a wall, walked through stickers, made a couple of round trips, crawled under bridges (felt like the military drill where you climb under things on your stomach and then switch to your back), reached in questionable places, battled spiderwebs, solved puzzles, tried to use x-ray vision (didn't work), wished we had more water to drink, out maneuvered some other geocachers, and touched who knows what! Of course, not all of this was necessary, but most of it was!!!

Just in case you were wondering, it took over 4 hours for us to find all the stages of Don's Revenge! We were pretty exhausted when we finished. We were anxious to head home for showers, but first we had to go to Starbucks to celebrate. We were the first people to find it and the prize was a Starbucks gift card! I'm not sure the people at Starbucks were excited to see us--we were pretty dirty--but we didn't care! Our frappuccinos were mighty tasty!

Some people would think we were weird! Some people would think we had actually lost our minds! Some people would just shake their heads and pretend they didn't know us. But if we get a nod and a smile from you, then we know.... We know you are as obsessed as we are and will be going for this cache sometime soon!

We had quite an adventure during those 4+ hours and we really loved it. I just wish we had pictures!