It's been over a month since my first real day out Geocaching, and I figured I'd give Sittin' and Watchin' the Traffic Go By another shot. I had previously logged this as a DNF (did not find) on that first day, and since I had about an hour to kill today while Emily and Jack were out shopping, I drove over to the shopping center near where this was located and gave it another try.
This particular cache is located off of a covered pedestrian walkway right next to a main road, near the entrance ramp to the Blue Route. GZ (ground zero) is definitely a CITO opportunity, and last time we were there a feral cat wanted to eat Jack. With the two of them out of the picture, I was much more comfortable navigating the rocks and keeping an eye out for broken glass.
While I've only been caching for a month, I have learned a ton compared to what I knew when I started out. It took me all of 30 seconds to find the cache this time, and the feeling of succeeding at something that I had previously failed at was awesome. Sure, this is really only a kinda/sorta nerdy GPS game, but it was great realizing that I had learned so much in the past month that something I had found impossible was now a piece of cake.
I have two more non-logged DNFs that I want to check out in the past few days: Lincoln Log and The $1 School.
Lincoln Log is a 4.5 star difficulty hide that seems to cause trouble for a lot of people, but the cache description is dripping with clues. I am 90% sure that I know what and where the cache is, but I spent about 10 minutes there last week looking for it and came up empty handed. I think a second set of younger eyes will help, so this is one where Jack will not only be helpful; he'll be bouncing off the walls if he ends up being the one finding the cache.
The $1 School is one that I come pretty close to on the drive to work. I found another one nearby and tried for this one the same day, but was unsuccessful. I stopped by here again on lunch break a few days ago, but the area is full of potential hiding areas and I came up empty handed again.
In the meantime, I will continue to search for more caches. I'm up to 56 finds in just over a month, and each hide teaches me something that could be helpful in finding the next.
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