Actually, the title is a bit of a misnomer since geocaching wasn't invented until
2000. So caching like it’s 1999 would
actually mean not caching at all! In
truth, the 1999 was our goal for today. We
needed to find 13 caches to get our total cache count to 1999.
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| We needed a tool! |
We (Mona, Laura and I) started our day by trying to find Panther
Memories, a cache in Lovington. Our
initial attempts to find the cache failed as we simply didn't have the proper
tool. As luck would have it, Molly’s
Aunt Jan lives only two houses from the cache location. We made the short trek there and luckily she
had exactly the tool we needed. We
quickly made our way back to the cache and within moments we had the cache in
hand!
All that caching made us hungry so we made our way to Arthur,
Illinois. There we stopped at Pauly’s
and tried their ribs and hobo potatoes.
Wow! Best ribs we've had in
Central Illinois. Highly recommend this
as a caching destination! I love finding
caches in the Arthur area because of the Amish and Mennonites in the area. There are always lots of horses and carriages
to see.
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| Smith Cemetery |
After Arthur we made our way south and west picking up caches
here and there. It’s a good thing we
were in Red because one cache, Coles Cemetery – Smith, required us to drive
down a grassy path through the cornfields to get to the cache. At the end of path was an overgrown cemetery
and we had to walk about 100 feet (Equivalent to one of Sheryl’s miles?)
through high weeds. Glad we didn't try
to find this one at night or in the rain!
Our 1999th cache turned out to be a very creepy
cache…Skully. This cache was our
favorite of the day and I’d love to share pictures of it, but any pic would
totally give this one away. If you’re
ever in Sullivan then I recommend stopping by to find this one!
We’re anxious to find cache #2000 but have to wait a few
more days for it to be available for us.
Can’t wait!
Happy Caching!
