[GeoStL] Re: indoor caches Re: Titus Hollow RE: Reaching milestone
- From: "Jim Bensman" <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:45:53 -0600
Congratulations on 500. Glad it was an adventure!
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Location: Illinois, United States
VAEaglesFan found Titus Hollow Cache (Traditional Cache) at 1/20/2008
Log Date: 1/20/2008
#500 -- WOOHOO! Note to next cacher: this is a long log. Short version:
The view is breath taking. Take a buddy with you, be careful, and plan for
at least 1 1/2-2 hours. If you go by yourself (like I did), don't tell the
spouse as they will not be happy you did this on your own nor a fellow
out-of-state cacher who only read the description and will think doing this
on your own is "stupid."
Long version: this did not go as smoothly as planned on day 1 or 2. I was
suppose to get this yesterday, after all I only needed 16. How hard could
that be? It started out beautifully enough at 9am. Colder than a you know
what, but I was determined. So off I go, rocking and rolling. Bump 1 came
after #8 when I couldn't find #9. No biggie, I have several backups just
for this occasion.
So I set off for IL. Pick up a couple around the Alton area, no sweat.
Quick bite to eat and off toward Brussles. Ferry running today, but
confused as I'm trying to get GPS to route me via a road to Titus Hollow.
Doesn't like it. Says it's in MO and tries to route me back to 270 then to
370. Now I know that ain't right. Upon closer inspection, I notice, there
are no IL maps. I just have base maps for this area. NO WAY! I had loaded
the route the night before, but did not notice, that the maps were not
highlighting in Map Source. Sent only the route. (Something to do with
loading Map Source on a new laptop???)
Got worse after I got off ferry and the gas light came on before I hit
Brussels. Do you know there aren't any gas stations out here? So after
much frustration, I took the signs for what they were and postponed my run
for 500.
Started back over this morning needing only 2 to reach my goal. 4 1/2 hours
after starting out, I set out to find this awesome cache. This was the most
athletic, frustrating, treacherous cache I have ever done. I did not have
hiking boots, nor a phone that would catch a signal should something go
wrong, but I was warmly dressed. [:-)] Several areas were covered in ice.
I maneuvered around them by sliding (yes, sliding, carefully, but sliding
none-the-less) down and around these patches. I could actually jump over a
couple, but once ended on my back. Not good when there is a 200 foot drop
in most areas. Luckily, this was not one of them. So I took the hint and
took a break admiring the view for a few.
Couldn't you have put this a little closer to the parking area? Oh, and as
for the short cut (where would that be?), I think if anyone tries that, they
should get bonus points, specially if they do it without special equipment.
As for me, slow and steady wins the race and today, getting 500 was a win
for me!
Didn't see any Eagles, but did take pics of the views and picked up an Eagle
feather I found on the path on the way back. Thanks again for this cache.
I won't be one to repeat this, but it was worth it.
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Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
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