Robin_1 and I left Houston early yesterday morning to attend the GPS Adventures Maze and GeoWoodstock events. Today, we left our hotel at 7:00 AM for an all-day county run to add some green to my map. Robin_1 completed the Texas Counties Challenge earlier this year but I've pretty much just gotten started.
This is probably the most memorable stop of our day. We read and pondered the description on the way to the parking area, so we were pretty sure we knew what to expect. On arriving at GZ, another cacher was already searching nearby. We quickly greeted her and then set about decoding the provided poem. Once I got my bearing, I took off in as straight a line as I could while Robin_1 compared notes with the other cacher, who we'd learned is Fpscc.
It took some time for me to zero in on the right combination of distance and direction. It's hard to make a straight line through thick brush. It's hard to count paces correctly when the terrain changes and obstacles pop up. I quickly got off track and lost count, so I did a little "reverse projecting" of a waypoint using the provided coords as a reference point and the compass on the app as a measuring line. With some trial and error and lots of perseverance, I finally found the cache. I bellowed to my fellow seekers and they came as quickly as they could, but lo and behold, the group had grown! A fourth cacher, Duke Room, had joined the crew. We all gathered around the cache, signed the log book, examined swag. laughed a bit, and then learned that this cache completes Fpscc's Jasmer grid. She was so excited; it was awesome to celebrate with her even if only briefly.
As we arrived back at our geomobiles, we met several other cachers, all in search of this ancient treasure. We offered a few tips before heading off to find another adventure.
TFTC. God bless! 2 Corinthians 5:21
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