[Az-Geocaching] How not to geocache

[Trisha Radley]

So, why didn't you answer the phone when he called, Bob, so you could tell
him???
BY THE WAY......I hae re-named CBX2's dear BUFPUT...."Beautiful Unique Ford
Pick-Up Truck." They deserve it!
~~trisha
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Renner" <brenner@axsysautomation.com>
To: <az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:54 AM
Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] How not to geocache


> Sorry to hear about your troubles.
>
> Now is probably not a good time to tell you that most PU truck rear
> windows pop out fairly easily.  They're just held in by the rubber
> gasket and they can be pried out without too much trouble.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Wood [mailto:wood@myblueheaven.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 6:10 PM
> To: az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com
> Subject: [Az-Geocaching] How not to geocache
>
>
> Thought that I would post this here first since there seems to be
> something
> wrong over at geocaching.com preventing me from logging today's finds.
>
> After doing a few odd jobs around the house this morning I decided that
> I
> would go out and find a few caches on my own since Ann went to the 4th
> Avenue Street Fair.
>
> Everything started off pretty much normal but as I approached the cache
> area for "Sticky Fingers After the Saguaros" I was right behind a white
> Ford pickup that parked right where you would park for this cache.  I
> decided to head back up the road aways and wait for it to come back out
> as
> I figured that there might be a good chance they were also looking for
> the
> cache.  While I was waiting, a white car started going back and forth on
>
> the road in manner that made me think that they were also waiting.  Of
> course with my "GPSHUNT" personalized plates I figured my intentions
> were
> pretty clear. :-)  Anyway, I decided to kill some time and went back to
> the
> Circle K to get something to drink and some munchies.  When I arrived
> back
> near the cache area I met the white pickup on the way out so I figured I
>
> had a good chance of getting in.  As I parked, a silver car pulled up to
>
> the area and was looking around so I thought there might be a chance
> that
> this was still another cacher and decided to move quickly to get out of
> the
> pickup and into the desert.
>
> The only problem with moving quickly was that I went and locked my keys
> into my pickup.  At first I didn't think that this would be all that big
> of
> a deal since I did have a cell phone with me.
>
> I went out and found the cache with no real trouble.  Logged my find,
> made
> my trade and started working my way back to my pickup.  On the way I met
> a
> guy that was parked back in the area in a white Ford pickup, don't know
> if
> it was the same one or not.  We exchanged hellos and I was on my way.
> When
> I got back I started calling anyone and everyone who would have access
> to
> my spare set of keys.  The only problem was that no one was answering
> their
> phones.  I decided to sit and wait a little while to see if I could get
> ahold of anyone.
>
> After about 45 minutes the guy that was in the "second" white Ford left
> and
> I tried calling again.  Still no answer.  I decided to do the drastic
> thing
> and break a window so I could leave.  Found a big rock, wrapped it in a
> sweatshirt and gave it a very healthy swing at the side window.  I
> really
> didn't want to break the back one.  The rock hit the window, bounced
> back
> and hit my hand, and the window remained perfectly intact.  Of course my
>
> hand was a lot worse for wear.  Breaking down I finally took a swing at
> the
> back window and had no trouble breaking it out and getting into the
> truck.
>
> Guess this now counts as the most expensive, and painful cache for Team
> My
> Blue Heaven.
>
> Team My Blue Heaven -- Scott
>
> PS.  I will post a picture of the aftermath on the cache page as soon as
>
> the system will let me.
>
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