FireTrucks and Gasoline

by The SuzyQs (cache page)

This cache was a C H A L L E N G E !!!! And that cannot be stressed enough! It has been archived now, but it is still one of my favorites. I was invited to go search for this one by the usual caching gang: StressMaster, StressBoys, and Caraloopy, and I couldn't resist. This would be StressMaster's 600th cache so finding it would be even more special. We first tried to find it on the 5th of December, we didn't get to it until the evening. I thought maybe it would be pretty easy to find seeing as how there were six of us searching, but when we arrived to the coordinates we found ourselves in an area in the middle of a soccer field. Great... what were we looking for? A film canister, in the middle of the field. So, we all started searching, six people and three gpsr's and we weren't coming up with anything. Eventually the sun went down, and it was dark, and the flashlights came out. I don't even know how long we searched that first try, but eventually we gave up and decided to come back the next day.

So, on the 6th we came back with a plan. All of us lined up, got down on our hands and knees, and started searching a more methodical search. It still took quite a bit to come up with the cache, but as we were weaving our fingers in and out of grass, poking at little mounds of dirt, Caraloopy yelled out in excitement. She had found the cache! FINALLY!!! We were so excited, it was ridiculous. We all sighed a sigh of relief at finally having found the cache. This was such a fun cache to do together, if I'd been alone I probably never would have found it....