Rambling+Richardson

Rambling Richardson & The Magnificent Geocaching Escapade  by Tonya Richardson It was an unusually warm November afternoon when our adventure began. Traveling with me was my fiancé who would serve as my chauffer and guide. It didn’t take either of us long to get into the geocaching spirit despite the warm weather.

We started the escapade by venturing only one short quarter mile from his home in Mingo, NC. The first stop was “Taylor’s Aquarium.” The name of the cache was “Fish and Things” referring to the name of the store and the hint read, “ET phone home. Not here.”

“It must be near the old, broken payphone!” exclaimed Jeffery.

“You’re probably right,” I agreed. “Let’s look!”

He was right. I made the first discovery. Right behind the payphone box was a small, magnetic keyholder.

“Found it!” I shouted. I was getting pumped.

“Sweeeeet,” he replied.

Inside was nothing more than a log of the names of previous cachers. We even found the name of a few of our friends!

“I’ve gotta send this to Tyler!” shouted Jeffery.

I rummaged through my purse to find a pen we could use. Jackpot! We signed and went on our way.

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Next stop was a few miles up the road in Falcon, NC. Being very familiar with the place, Jeffery took us directly to the site. Octagon Tabernacle. The hint said, “Magnetic. Not on the building. Look low, not high.” I spotted it.

“Magnetic. Not on the building. So, it must be on this propane tank! “ I yelled as I ran to the tank and got on my knees to look.

“I’m good at this,” I announced proudly as I held up the cache. Another small magnetic key holder only filled with a log to sign. We signed and placed the cache back in its spot carefully. media type="youtube" key="hwKEsddfnzM" width="560" height="315"

“Should we keep going?” I asked. “I have the ones I need for class now. But this is really fun.”

“Let’s keep going!” replied Jeffery.

So we did. We went to 5 more caches, in fact. Out of the 7 we went to, 4 we found, but 3 were a bust. At one, we actually ended up getting a pretty cool, very small mug. It was replaced with a Star Wars coin.

At our last stop, we stayed for 30 minutes rummaging through the woods near a small lagoon. The last few logs were “DNF,” but we were committed. We hunted until there wasn’t enough sunlight to continue. No luck.

Though the results of the hunt were 4/7, our day was easily a 10/10. <span style="color: #2413e0; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 260%;">Lesson Plan