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Purple Wizard Cacher Tag Geocoin

This was a fun geocoin to find. The cache it was discovered in can only be found if someone else gives you the cords. It is called: Heard It Through The GrapeVine. Fun stuff. The container is wedged in the base of a bush. It is wrapped in fabric grape vines for cammo. I am currently on vacation, so I brought this one along with me to Oregon. I placed it in the hustle prize zone cache.

I was first to find on the Hustle Prize Zone cache just about three years ago. I didn't bring my GPS with me on the trip (big mistake) so I found myself trying  to find caches solely by remembering where they were. I didn't even take the time to look online. The first one I tried to find isn't even there anymore. I looked for this one again, because it was in a convenient park where my kids could catch up with friends. I'm so happy that we looked for it.

You see, I didn't remember that we were first to find on this one until we pulled out the log. The kids were over the moon. I didn't think anything else about it until I went to log it back at the hotel. I went back to read what we wrote originally just for grins. I'm telling you, the geocaching website makes for a wonderful diary. I can't for the life of me seem to keep a journal, but I will sometimes take the time to write about finding a cache.  It is like keeping a memory book. I read the log and then all of a sudden I remembered how frustrating it was trying to find the cache, as well as how funny the whole thing was.  It was like a little window into the past.

in a nut shell...

We went to find the cache. While looking for it we ran in to another caching family. It appeared as though they were just trying to be sneaky about finding it. The guy, turned his geocaching hat around so that we couldn't see the logo. We assumed that they were also trying to be first to find. it seemed like we were trying to wait each other out, so we ended up leaving so they could take first to find. As it turns out, they were the owners of the  cache. No one had found it yet, so they were just checking up on it to make sure it was ok. They saw us looking for it, and decided to hang out and see if we could find it. [:p]

On our second attempt at finding it, we ran in to some friends at the park. We were trying to be discrete, as were they...it was then that we discovered that they were also cachers! It took us forever to find it. It was our first magnetic find. We found it stuck to the bottom of the trash can.

Fun stuff. i really want to encourage you guys to take the time to really put some effort in to logs. It is so easy to get in the habit of writing "TFTH" or "SLTN". Take the time to put down some memories. You'll be so happy you did when you look back down the road.

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