Good Thing We Didn’t Step in It
Ah, the punch line from Cheech and Chong’s Cheborneck.
Over the years I have had many ideas for geocaches. Today I pulled a cache from the field that didn’t work out as planned. This was part of a series of caches I worked on and have now abandoned. The series, Ode to Tom, was to highlight some of the locations and caches that Tom Neigel had placed long ago. It is no secret that I was a fan of Tom’s early caches. Over the years, many of these locations have been left. I thought it would be interesting to bring current cachers to these places. In doing so, I had constructed some ideas that I thought would be interesting.
I recall reading the cache description of Really Small Things and being convinced he hid the cache beneath dog (or horse) poo.
with the normal coverings. (hee hee hee)
Then I remember JRJdive’s log:
. . . STARTING TO SMELL A RED HERRING HERE. IF I BOTHERED TO READ TOM’S NOTE BEFOREHAND I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN SO SURPRISED. ACTUALLY I’M GLAD I DIDN’T BECAUSE IT GAVE ME A GOOD CHUCKLE WHILE DODGING ALL THE HORSE DROPPINGS ON THE WAY BACK TO THE CAR. THAT TRAIL IS LIKE A MINEFIELD. . .
Of course, there was no fake dog or horse poo. But that always struck me as an interesting idea.
A couple years ago I purchased a package of fake dog poo that was advertised as the most realistic stuff made. Indeed, it looks much better than any other fake poo I have seen.
My idea was to affix the poo atop an ammo box. The ammo box would be placed in a natural hole, covered so just the poo was exposed. The ammo box would be placed in the area that Tom’s Really Small Things had.
In addition to the interesting cache description, my first adventure out there was harrowing. I encountered sugar sand for the first time while caching. It was so high and I fishtailed so much in my little Mercury that I decided to head out a different way, just to avoid going through it again. I was driving blind at the time and little did I know how this little decision connected a few “big” roads for me in Wharton.
It took a little work to affix the poo to the can. I needed the poo off the can, so used a metal cap I had. I used a special epoxy that is designed to be out in the elements. The first time the glue did not set properly. The second time it did.
I put this out in the field to see how it would hold up. As one can see, it didn’t hold up well. Apparently the fake poo is degradable. This is why I am abandoning this cache idea.
It has been in the field for more than a year. That has allowed me to see how the poo would hold up, but it also permitted me time to think through the idea some more. Frankly, a cache made with poo has lost whatever interest it once did for me. Add to it that the area of Really Small Things is nothing special, there is nothing that is motivating me to work this through any further.
Also blogged on this date . . .
- Corzine Proposed Seat Belt Legislation - 2007
- School Board Election - 2006
- Wolf Shuts Down Mets - 2005
- Why I Do Not Log Finds, DNFs, Notes, ect. on GC.com - 2005
- salt hay homestead - 2003
- Deep in the heart of the Pine Barrens - 2003
- Nash's Cabin - 2003
Tags: Geocaching, GPS Games, hidden-cache, Wharton