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Sometimes simple is better!
Good eyes and logic can outperform a great GPS!
I was going after some new caches on a local rail trail, when I bumped into a local husband/wife team, the Trailmongers. We found the first cache together in relatively short order (FTF on a 5 difficulty cache!), but it turns out they were actually doubling back after not finding the next one down the line. After getting lucky in finding this tough little hide, they decided to return to the other cache with me to make another go of it. Maybe we'd get lucky again.
My Oregon and Mr. Trailmonger's 60csx were pointing up the embankment next to the tracks, same place the 60 had been pointing during their previous visit. We searched and we searched. We spent way too long looking for this cache that was rated a 1.5 difficulty. Mr TM and I started chatting (while Mrs TM kept looking with her little Yellow eTrex...). We agreed that perhaps the hider of the caches had gotten the difficulty ratings backwards, since we made quick work of a 5, but couldn't seem to spot a 1.5 for the life of us.
Finally, we decided to abandon the hunt. We returned to the track. I needed to continue down the track for the next cache, they were going the other way to their car. As we were saying our goodbyes, Mrs TM looks down at her GPS and says "Hey! This says the cache is over there," pointing to the side of the track opposite from where the other 2 units had been pointing the whole time we were searching. She took a step toward the nearest tree. "There it is!" There was an audible groan from both Mr TM and me.
"Just kidding..." I relax for a moment. Mrs TM takes one more step in the direction of the tree and does it again. I'm about to say "Not Funny!" when she pulls the cache from it's location!
A Garmin Oregon and a 60csx, shown up by a 1st generation Yellow eTrex!
A side note: Even more recently, I was out caching with someone else for a Trailmongers hide. They happened by, on the way to the next cache up the trail, which had just been published. After stopping to chat and promise a hint if we didn't race them up the trail for FTF, Mrs TM offered to let me use the eTrex... Maybe it'd help me find the cache.
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