Death of a Legend

I got up a little earlier than normal for me on a Sunday and decided to go after a cache that was within walking distance of my residence. I had located this cache earlier on a satellite map and since it appeared to be in somebody's yard I had ignored it. Today I figured I would at least scout it out.


I took my old Garmin Legend with me because I didn't need maps and I wanted to use a GPSr that stood out less than my newer 60csx. As I approached the neighborhood where the cache was, an old bum walked past me and said "This is not going to be your morning." When I got within three blocks of the cache location I turned on the Legend and let it warm up - slowly. I walked to probably within 50 feet of the cache and realized that searching for it would leave me extremely visible to the neighbors. When a small dog ran across the street and started barking at me, I turned around and started to walk off. At this point I looked down at my Legend and saw the screen was blank except for a thin vertical line running down the middle-right side of it.

The old blue Legend has served me well over the last three years. My Dad bought it for me as a present shortly after I started geocaching and I used it to find more than 1000 caches across 15 states before breaking down and buying a 60csx. After that, I had only used it on days when I hunted caches while running.

The last cache I had hunted with it was BSA by itcomagic (GC15WBB). It had acted up on that day as well right after I had found the cache so I knew its days were numbered. Because of my tendency to anthropomorphize electronic gadgets, my Legend will be laid to rest in my golden ammo can.