Well, for me, it was a bust, but at least it was a fun—if mercilessly hot and
muggy—bust. A handful of new geocaches came out in Danville this week, and I'd
picked up one of them the other day after taking Brugger to the airport for
her latest trip to Michigan to look after her folks. My primary target was a
new, six-stage multi called
"Riverbend Ramble" (GCB9J29), out on the
Danville Riverwalk Trail. I got out to the trail about 9:30 a.m., but the heat and humidity were
already inching up toward a most uncomfortable high.
I found stage one, which was pretty clever and in plain sight, without any
trouble. But at the very next stage, the trouble began in earnest. It involved
sorting out a fairly complicated code, the description of which left me with
more questions than answers. With the help of friend Tom (a.k.a.
Night-Hawk), who had gotten through a portion of the multi yesterday, I
figured out how to calculate the numbers I needed. However, at stage three, I
couldn't locate the container that was supposed to be there. I found a magnet
on what was clearly the host, but no container; however, the cache owner let
me know that this was not where I would find the stage. So,
after my unsuccessful search, I set out on the Riverwalk to get in my daily
mileage on foot, which I did (although I'm not sure the oppressive heat did my health any real favors).
The same cache owner had a couple of other new ones around town, so I went
after those and found them with no problem (the one at the driving range, pictured above, was quite fun). Not long after I got back to
Martinsville, another cacher logged a find on the multi—so it's possible our
paths crossed out there and we didn't even realize it. Alas! But that leaves
me with a fairly involved cache to continue hunting on a later trip to
Danville, so I'll be looking forward to that.
Kim will be back on Tuesday evening, so if the weather cooperates, I should be
able to fit in some Greensboro caching before I go to pick her up. The cats
and I will be very happy to see her back.
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| Old bridge over the river and trail, which is barely still standing |
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| That old muddy river |
