31 Days of Geocaching: Days 22 - 28

We are coming into the home stretch now.  Just a few more days and I can start sleeping in again - or at least not wasting as much money on gasoline driving  as much as 50 miles roundtrip for one or two caches a day.

Day 22

I found a cache here at this Veterans Memorial site years ago.  There was a puzzle involved for this newer one and I had solved it a long time ago.  On this trip, I actually brought the coordinates with me for a change.

Fallen but NOT Forgotten  by bnctich575 | GC4320P - New container that is in good shape considering where it is.

Day 23

I made a quick trip to Shelby Farms for a rare Park and Grab cache.  I did have a short hike to make but its relatively peaceful in the mornings. 

Andy's Fishing Hole  by fshacktn | GC4F5XC - Nice view of a fishing lake.

 Day 24

I drove to Brinkley, AR to tackle the easternmost portion of the Americana Hwy 70 Series.  I arrived in town just as the sun rose and found a cache in a park to start out the morning.

Best Park Ever! by AR Cachers | GC1XC5F  - magenetic key holder - goo no swear cache to start with.

I found 20 of 21 of the series caches that are located just east of Brinkley.  Afterwards, I got back on I-40 West to tackle more of these caches from the west.  I found a bunch (22), but also had an overly high DNF count for what were supposed to be simple hides.  Compounding this problem were caches that were practically buried and soggy logs in almost half of the caches. I ended up coming home around noon. 

Day 25

I left after lunch to hunt a few caches on east east end of Collierville that I knew I couldn't do during the week.  The first cache turned out to be at a church in Piperton.  I picked up an ammo can cache in a Collierville park and as a bonus I picked up an extra on the way home in Germantown.


Cedrus Libani   by SegmacGraham | GC3G9W3 - Park and grab in front of a church.  I like the name, though.

Out of the Ball Park by Little Peanut | GC3NQZK  - An ammo can barely in the woods near a park in Collierville.

Clay's way or no way by fshacktn | GC4F5W5 - My favorite cache of the day!  Nice camo that I can't secribe here, but its well worth the hunt.

Day 26

I had to wait until after dinner to hunt this day's caches.  I decided to go after a cache in Raleigh that I skipped on a trip many months earlier because of no off-road parking on what can be a busy street.  I got to the spot before dark and set a land speed record for grabbing the cache, signing the log and returning it well before the gentlemen on foot approaching from the south got near me. 


platinum 45 by crownjewel | GC29Y60- pill bottle with fresh dry log.  I've never moved so fast when grabbing a cache.

Flush with success, I decided to head to Germantown to see if I could find another cache that I had earlier today solved the puzzle for.  When I got to the area,  I managed to overlook the cache and wandered around aimlessly for a bit when bevofan showed up and found it for me.


Welcome to Initech - Michael Bolton's Revenge by steph&herboys, adamorobertson | GC4KJKA - I need a month long rest.  August is too hot for an old man like me to be wandering outside.  Nice cache, though.

I picked out 6 more caches to hunt between Tuesday (27) and Friday (30) that should be easier for me to get.  I should probably stick to one a day until Saturday, though. 

Day 27

Once again, I had to wait until after dinner to hunt the day's cache, so I wanted a good one that was quick.  I picked out two in Germantown with close parking and away from muggle traffic.

GPS Confidence by TNLarry4 | GC3RBMN  - I've never been disappointed by a TNLarry cache.  I liked this one, and started to go after his two-stage multi in the same area, but there were people sitting at a table near the first stage.

Bear Left  by MorWoods | GC4614W - Less than a half mile from the last cache, I couldn't pass it up.  Easy find in an easy spot.

It was hard to believe that I found both caches without breaking a sweat in the 90+ heat.

Day 28

I got up early and took a nice long drive on the interstate to Arlington to hunt a  newTB hotel.  When I got to the spot, I found the coolest TB hotel I think I have ever seen.  It was stocked with really neat TBs as well.

Arlington TB Rest stop by dneedham, TNSteeler, GeoBender25 | GC4K40M - If I ever have bugs going east, I will definitely use this hotel.