It wasn't too bad. I was hardly ever in the sun the entire time. I don't think I could have taken much more of it, though. Perhaps the cobwebs that where hanging off of me as I left the woods deflected the heat. Forecast for the next 5 days is 95 degrees each day. I refuse to let the heat dictate my caching needs. Bruce S wrote: > Paul, > Do you think you could have picked a hotter day to wander around in that > terrain. Heck the heat index is only 107 or so. :-) > > Bruce > > >From: Paul Konopacki <konopapw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Pulling caches > >Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 15:27:13 -0500 > > > >Noone else in the parking lot and didn't see > >anyone or anything the entire 2.5 hours I was > >in the woods. (Except one black snake sunning > >itself on a rock in the dry creekbed) > > > >The Dorito Black microcache was outside its > >baggie and outside the stump it was hidden in. > >But the contents were intact. It was quite a > >bushwhack from the bridge to the microcache. > > > >The Dorito Black cache itself was still in its > >hiding place and intact. The Bonus cache > >was still hidden under a rock ledge under > >some rocks and in pristine condition. > > > >The Phort Knocks microocaches at the > >Security Post were still well hidden and > >intact. The final cache ammo box was > >in its hiding place, but not covered up, > >at all. I could see it from a long way off. > >But it wasn't pillages or damaged. > > > >I now have a few more containers and > >trinkets for new caches ... > > > >Paul Konopacki wrote: > > > > > I have decided to pull the Dorito Black cache, > > > the Dorito Black 'bonus' cache, and Phort Knocks > > > cache. They aren't getting visited any more > > > and since it is time to maintain them, I may just pick > > > them up. > > > > > > I'll be at the Hilda Young parking lot about 11:30am > > > today. At least one or maybe all will be gone by > > > the end of the day. > > > > > > > >***************************************************************************** > > > Our NEW WebPage! WWW.GeoStL.com > > > Mail List & Archive Info. > > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > > > Msg. of the day, "These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the > >hereafter... > > > I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after. > > > > >****************************************************************************** > > > >***************************************************************************** > >Our NEW WebPage! WWW.GeoStL.com > >Mail List & Archive Info. > >//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > >Msg. of the day, "These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the > >hereafter... > >I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after. > >****************************************************************************** > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world?s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > ***************************************************************************** > Our NEW WebPage! WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List & Archive Info. > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > Msg. of the day, "These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the > hereafter... > I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after. > ****************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************** Our NEW WebPage! WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List & Archive Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Msg. of the day, "These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter... I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after. ******************************************************************************