After breaking the 1,000 cache barrier, we figured it was about time to start giving back to the Geocaching community. I know that, in their enthusiasm, many cachers begin placing caches after only a hundred finds or less. We’ve been wanting to place some caches for quite some time now, but didn’t want to make any “newbie” mistakes. We’ve got ideas for easy “park & grab” series, and there’s also an idea or two that would translate into downright evil hides if we can muster up what it would take to create them.
After receiving a lock-n-lock container from Heather’s brother for Christmas, we couldn’t put it off any longer. Last Saturday, I got together with SmoothCacher for most of an hour going through what he had left in his collection from last year. He had about 20 caches hidden as part of a team that has been disbanded. I wound up taking all of the containers off of his hands and look forward to putting them into service around the area! (And SmoothCacher was glad to know that he’ll be getting about 20 more smileys so close to home!)
The process was painless enough, and the cache was actually published less than two hours after I started the submission process. As soon as I can make connections to get permission for a couple of other hides we have in mind, we’ll be rolling more out for everyone to find!