Well I finally got there. Number 700 and counting. I have been creeping up on this one for quite a while now. With the weather getting crappier and the day light hours shorter and shorter I have been slower to get to this milestone than others in the past. On top of that I have been keeping busy with a brand new job stealing my daytime hours away but I cannot complain as I feel as though I have found a job I can truly grow into and look forward to a 20 or 30 year career life ahead of me.
As some of you know I have also been concentrating on placing caches rather than finding them as I just wrapped up hiding an 11 cache series this past month and a half. That meant many a night after work searching for 11 separate locations worthy of a cache placement including the best possible spot for the final cache location. The sites all seemed to go over well with all who found them so well in fact that I have decided to start work on another series with a much different twist to it this time. A multi cache series with a mystery ending. I haven't seen a series like it so far in my travels that involve all the caches in the series as multi's with a mystery final. The average series has a mix of mostly regular caches with perhaps one or two of them as multi's or mysteries. So I am hoping to create a first in the geocaching world with these ones.
I am planning to put forth quite a bit of research into each of these caches and will be raising the difficulty levels on them much higher than I normally do on one of my caches in hopes of maximising the enjoyment for everyone who takes on the challenge of finding them. I know that these ones will not make everyone happy who decide to try and find them but this series is going to be geared towards those who love a difficult challenge and the thrill of finding the cache once the effort has been made in completing the challenge of each mission. Stay tuned!
Man did we ever have fun. We are getting to know so many people that we chat with now. It's funny to watch the shuffle of people every so many minutes as they are tring to see everyone for a little chat and cheer. Dustanne (Best Red)was having a blast and even won a nice big plush koala bear Travel Bug that Catapult Jeff ever so cleaverly stole away from her. She made this pouty face that I will never forget which made me almost pee my pants with laughter. Together he and I decided we would have some fun and make the bear a keep away from Dustanne TB. I activated it and gave it to Jeff to take on a trip then hand off to the next person. Should be lots of fun watching were it goes and who it see's for the next little while.
