By greywolf1242   Sun, Jul 20, 2008

There are many aspects of caching that make it an attractive sport/hobby. The combination of the people you meet and the memories they provide is one of the greatest attractions. Unfortunately, I don’t recall the precise occasion of meeting Quietbreezes; whether it was at a monthly Magic Valley Meet & Greet, or through a good friend, mic, of micandminy on our first caching trip together with Quietbreezes. Men just don’t seem to compartmentalize such things, I’m told, as women do.

Quietbreezes was one of a kind. Although she was dependent on an oxygen bottle and pretty much restricted to traversing fairly level ground due to medical problems, I never once heard her complain or bemoan her situation. And she was a puzzle solver of the first degree.

Mic and I, separately and together, had the pleasure of taking Quietbreezes with us on a number of caching trips. It was a treat to listen to some of her stories of her past between finding caches and even though she didn’t have a real interest in benchmarks, she willingly endured while I searched for a number of them on our caching trips together.

It was probably Quietbreezes, more than any other person, that made me appreciate the people I’ve met through this fantastic sport/hobby; to take the time to listen to whatever story they have to tell, and to offer whatever help I can in seeing their goals achieved.

Quietbreezes came up a little short of reaching her goal of finding 1000 caches when she passed away on May 26, 2008 at the young age of 57. But, the Magic Valley geocaching community of southern Idaho, as well as others, made her goal a priority. At the last count I had, Quietbreezes was only 24 caches away from reaching that 1000.

One of Quietbreezes joys in caching was to find MOJOs in a cache that she could trade for and had quiet a collection. When we found out Quietbreezes time was growing short I submitted a cache called Tribute to Quietbreezes GC1C9HK, and made a small ‘treasure chest’ to hold the MOJOs to come from this cache.

The MOJOs will eventually be presented to her children You don’t have to physically find this cache to be able to log it; just follow the directions in the description if you would like to pay tribute to Quietbreezes.

There are many other people I’ve met through geocaching that will forever be in my memory for one reason or another, but this is about just one special person who will always be with me while on the trail, whether in seeking a cache, hiding a cache, or just enjoying the same outdoor experiences that she enjoyed.

May Quietbreezes rest in peace.