July26/2010 |
Geocache Activity 773 |
DNF |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 2; Terrain 1.5; size micro; Creator: morningdrifter Date First Hidden: 5/07/2010 Date Last Found: 6/19/2010 Description Over the yearsI have spent hours trying to find these things. It's amazing how they can dissapear so quickly in the grass or brush. They can be harder to find than little green bison tubes in spruce trees. Happy Hunting Hint Think Robin Hood and his merry men!!! Comments
PLANNING
I created a set of 4 searches that I estimated would take about 2 hours. They were all within about 30 km of Lethbridge and formed a natural loop.
OUTCOME
This was my 4th search. I was able to find a path from the Magrath campground that went within a few meters of the cache location. A very pleasant walk. But the last few meters to the cache area were difficult - dense bush and shrubs, thorns, mossies, you name it. After about 20 minutes of looking, I was joined by a group from Arizona but we were still unable to spot it. They left for greener pastures after about 20 minutes. I persevered for another 20 minutes before realizing that I had an appointment in Lethbridge and had better be moving on.
Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
I can add an hour to my total for time spent looking for these things. Met a caching group from Arizona but even with the extra 10 eyes we couldn't find it. I wonder if Maid Marion would have been able to help?
I am now 3/4 for today. I forgot to take any photos of the search area.