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Geocaching at 1:30 AM Brings Unexpected Find

Tue, Jan 10, 2012

Geocaching at 1:30 AM Brings Unexpected Find

 December 17th, 2011 is a day to remember in many ways.  My boyfriend, Rocky, wanted to spend the night leading into the 17th at camp.  Camp was the place where we began our courtship and spent many weekends.

Camp was a place of reflection and solitude, a place for memories and remembering. You see, December 17th is a very special day indeed.  It is the birthday of Rocky's beautiful daughter and only child, the child he tragically lost just a few months earlier. So, when Rocky said he wanted to spend that evening at camp I could not refuse. His plans were to take me on our first official coyote hunt and then on a "trial" geocache that he said my brother-in-law had set up.  I knew my brother-in-law had done over 100 geocache's and was really into it so I figured it was totally legit.  Problem was, we did not return from our coyote hunting until well after midnight on the 17th.

  I wrongly assumed that we would do the geocache in the morning, during the daylight, but after warming by the fire, Rocky proposed we do the geocache, now!  Although I thought it strange for him to insist on doing the geocache at 1:30AM, in the dark, by flashlight, I obliged. So we set the GPS, bundled up, and with flashlights in hand headed out to find Larry's treasure.
tree in the shape of a numeral four with lady behind it.
We walked through fields and woods and finally came upon our destination.  At the base of what my family calls "the # 4 tree" was a heap of piled branches and logs and just peaking out was an army ammo box.  I could not contain my excitement even in the midst of near exhaustion, at this point, and ran to the site to begin the excavation.  I had even brought along a small candy bar to place inside Larry's box in exchange for what treasure I might retrieve. 
ammo can under sticks
Rocky knelt beside me and as I began to open the box he warned, "You might want to be careful opening that, remember, Larry is quite the jokester and he knows how much you hate spiders!"  I had nothing to fear.  Inside was not a hairy spider, but an old rag! As I pulled on the dirty rag in disappointment something else caught my eye.  A small, black velvet box.  I carefully opened the box and inside was a beautiful, shiny, diamond ring!
Rocky proposed to me there, by the number 4 tree, in the middle of the night, on Brandi's birthday.
Needless to say, Larry never got his candy bar. I was too excited to remember and besides, Larry says that if you take something out of the box you should replace it with something of equal or greater value! 
Sorry Larry, not this time:)
Happy Couple
 
P.S.  I said, "YES"
This article was written by: Lori Brooks-Young

By Lori Brooks-Young

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Comments(2):

  1. Food?

    Sweet, but I was thinking the last sentence should have ended with, "and besides, Larry says that you should not put food in the cache."

    Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Emily

  2. Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Lori