After a long, sometimes torturous trip back from Georgia yesterday, I'd just
as soon have stayed home all day, but I had a doctor's appointment in
Greensboro this morning that I really couldn't miss. So, to soften the blow, I
got hold of geocaching partners Diefenbaker (a.k.a. Scott) and
Fishdownthestairs (a.k.a. Natalie) and arranged for an
afternoon geocaching trip to the
Cane Creek Mountains Natural Area just south of Burlington, NC, where several relatively new geocaches
awaited us. After my appointment, I snagged a delicious lunch at
Thai Corner Kitchen in Greensboro and then hit the road for our caching destination.
Things began swimmingly enough. It was a lovely new trail system, and the
caches proved to be nicely done. We hadn't gone but so far, though, when my
phone screen decided to die on me. No, this did not help with navigation in the
woods. The phone had power, obviously, but nothing I did would activate the bastard, conniving screen again. I suspected the problem was simply the
phone brightness, but why it suddenly decided to default to zero, I had no
idea. Now, my phone is old and sometimes cranky. But this was way over-the-top
cranky. Fortunately, my caching partners had properly functioning phones, so
we managed to find all our target caches and get out of the woods without
undue difficulty.
Sure enough, once out where sunlight could reach my phone, I could dimly see
the standard icons on my screen, and I was able to
restore it to the proper brightness. I suppose I'll need to pick up a new phone sooner than later—as will Ms. B., since we
both got these at the same time, which was just before our late-2019 trip to Europe. So,
at over six years old, I guess these devices can retire with something akin to honor.
I guess that's just a matter of getting 'er done. Whenever.
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| Our favorite cache of the day lurked in the ruins on ancient cabin in the woods |
