[GeoStL] Re: I got a good laugh out of this log

  • From: Joe Taylor <rockey_f_squirrell@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:38:33 -0700 (PDT)

This soinds like an Awesome cahe adventuer to do.  I dont do well with the 
Puzzle Caches... It takes me 2 or 3 times... you can ask KnowFuture.... LOL.  
Does anyone know of any Looong Hike Single Caches, or Easy multi.... and Yes I 
am still planning on KnowFuture's BUFORD MOUNTAIN cache.  I was saving that for 
#100, but it seems I am collecting up failry slowly, me living in a very 
isolated area.
 
But I love the Way OUt of the Way ones... My first cache hide is a mile and a 
half hike along Kinkaid Lake, and I see logs in there like: "Man this is a Long 
way - Longer then I though - Very bad area for GPS Reading"...... I know. aint 
that a Great Cache Location?  I guess it is a little deceptive because the GPS 
Points 0.75 at first, but you have to walk along the edge of a lake so it is 
really a 1.5 mile hike - which I even stress on the cache page, but it STILL 
Takes people by surprise.  It did me when I first Hiked it (suggested by the 
USDA Forest Ranger Murphysboro IL - Which I would have never known about if 
they had not suggested the area)

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Location: Missouri, United States
khlover found Myotis 100 (Irish Wilderness) Cache (Multi-cache) at 4/17/2005

Log Date: 4/17/2005
I have been waiting to do this cache for quite some time. I've been
purchasing more modern camping equipment in hopes for this cache to be kind
of a launching point for backpacking and hiking to become our family's
"thing" to do together along with geocaching.

On this trip, a friend of mine and I left our homes in Springfield, MO at 7
am to go and get some breakfast in Ozark. After we ate our last big meal,
we departed on the 3 hour drive to the trailhead. We arrived at about
11:15, put our packs on, and took of on our adventure. Both of us work on a
college campus, so getting away from the noises, pressures, and busyness to
escape on a little wilderness adventure was more than appealing and
anticipated. We were so excited to set foot on the path, and I was a bit
anxious to try out some new gear. I had recently purchased a new pair of
Vasque Sundowner boots and had been breaking them in, but I discovered that
wearing them on flat surfaces for a long period of time isn't the same as
wearing them with a 40 pound pack and rugged terrain beneath them. 

We had uploaded the known waypoints from the description and found the first
clue with ease. However, we discovered that we had crossed White's Creek
1.5 miles behind us where a clue lay, so we had to lay down our packs and
trek 1.5 miles back to get the clue. When we arrived back to our packs, we
again discovered that clue #3 was .6 miles behind us, so we again put our
packs right back down and backtracked again! All in all, we backtracked an
additional 4.2 miles. Because of the additional hiking we had to do, we ran
out of water. We found a nasty pool of leftover rainwater that I really
didn't want to try to sterilize, so we kept going. We heard the sound of
water running over rocks, and picked up the pace, landing at Bliss Springs.
I now know why they were names so! A good long drink of water, hot meal,
and night of rest did us good after a frustrating day of backtracking.

The next day proved to be quite challenging since my friend had twisted his
anke which was a bit sore, and I had experienced for the first time in my
life "black toe" on each foot on the same toe. I also discovered a few hot
spots which were more easily remedied with some moleskin and tape. There
was some absolutely beautiful country surrounding the hiking trail which I
will definately do again. We found the ending coordinates ok, although the
cache had been stolen again. Although we were disappointed to not
physically open the cache (it was my friend's first geocache), we were given
permission to go ahead and log this as a find since we pulled up every rock
and log for an hour and a half making sure that we were not overlooking the
cache. 

I will do this one again, not to find the cache, but to find myself again!

Visit this log entry at the below address:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=e0acfd09-0272-4c85-8eb5-56a3c1f
13e17

Visit Myotis 100 (Irish Wilderness) Cache
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=86d6db30-eb9c-4f8f-b5
03-48aa7b0f5465

Profile for khlover:
http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=494e1503-47b0-4106-96bc-64b4765c90f5



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Joe Taylor

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