My first attempt was on August 24, 2013. I drove to Brinkley, AR to get on Hwy 70 and the headed west to end of the string of 20 caches. I found all of those, got back on the interstate heading west to reenter Hwy 70 at Fredonia(?). I had many hits and misses on this leg, but still managed at least 40 finds.
My second attempt was on September 7, 2013. I drove to Carlisle, AR, got off the interstate to hunt caches heading back to the east. After having so many DNFs on the previous attempt, and reading that the owners encouraged replacement, I brought and used at least 10 replacement caches and still had plenty of hits and misses. I had to end this trip prematurely when the brakes on my car started to give out. I managed to make it back to Memphis and a repair shop to get them fixed.
The most recent trip was very different. I picked a perfect December day to attack this series from the western end of the route. The last cachers to do the series replaced almost every cache along the route, so when I hit the trail, I had only 2 or 3 DNFs (on the east end) and a surprising number of dry logs. Most of the logs were unbagged, so they were really quick to find, log, and replace. I ended up with 81 finds of the series with 5 additional finds on another series north of Lonoke and ending with 2 more along Hwy 70 before getting back on the interstate for the remainder of the trip home. After getting home, I had just enough energy to eat dinner before collapsing in bed.
