[GeoStL] Re: First Finds
- From: "Judi F" <deltawinner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:53:27 -0500
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Thanks Jim,
It was fun to read some of the firsts from others. Who knew I'd actually
continue finding and meet and become friends with so many others. I was
using a borrowed GPS for my first find just to see what this hobby/sport was
about. Made the decision to buy one on that day. Got hooked as so many
others did.
>From: JimSGreene@xxxxxxx
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>To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [GeoStL] First Finds
>Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:22:33 EDT
>
>-
>Here are the first log entrys from some of the SLAGA members.
>
>Lucky Duck
>February 2, 2003 by Happykraut (515 found)
>Went back for the second time. This time I was armed with the
>correct coordinants. Only a .15 mi. hike this time around
>compared to an over 2 mi. loop this morning. This was my fifth
>find today. Put in a nickel and took a lucky penny. Fun,fun,fun
>
>February 2, 2003 by Happykraut (515 found)
>I'm hooked. Just bought this GPS a few days ago and almost
>walked up to the cache without the GPS on my first find
>yesterday. Today I went to Woodland Park with all the
>confidence in the world. There wasn't a smidgeon of doubt in
>my mind that I would not find the cache. WRONG. I walked
>around in the middle of this muddy cornfield,ankledeep,
>forever (GPS showed I was within one foot). Boy was I
>shocked. Came home and found out that I programmed the
>wrong coordinates into it. I WILL be back. Thanks
>[view this log on a separate page]
>
>Pray for the USA
>September 1, 2001 by BruceS (3403 found)
>This was our first cache. Think the kids are hooked. Took
>
>nothing left a log entry
>October 16, 2001 by nyisutter (177 found)
>Thanks for introducing us to Geocaching. It was a lot of fun.
>This was our second try at trying to find the cache, the first
>was without a GPS. Didn't know we had so many trails back
>there and thought I could do it. With the GPS it was easy to
>find. Took the phone card and flag sticker. Left a Rich Mullins
>
>CD and a prayer card. Took picture of the family.
>October 20, 2001 by MrB (209 found)
>Second try of the day and first find. Spotted the container from
>the trail easily so I put some more leaves and twigs on top
>when I left. Took the Yo-Yo and left a pocket atlas. Also took
>one of the New Testaments because there was too much stuff
>in the box and the lid wouldn't close.
>
>November 28, 2001 by K-TEAM (1293 found)
>K-TEAM FRIST CACHE,HAD A LOT OF FUN. TOOK A
>
>PIC AND TOOK A TOY,
>LEFT A TOY. THANKS FOR THE NICE CACHE!!! KORY
>& KEVIN
>
>
>Greensfelder 1
>February 16, 2001 by SCHAPE (57 found)
>MY FIRST FIND. No problem. Took cigar and left gold
>dollar. SCHAPE & MB
>
> Queeny Park Deer Run
>March 1, 2001 by Mean Gene (839 found)
>Good job! This was my first geocache. My family and I found it
>in late March but never logged my visit on the Geocaching site
>until now. We did not get to the treasure soon enough and only
>found some rocks. Thanks for teaching my kids that four letter
>French word - ciel. We signed the logs and took our picture. It
>was this cache that gave me the idea for Pirates' Treasure.
>
>Thanks. - Mean Gene
>
>Old Mission Dam (California)
>March 16, 2002 by goshhawk (629 found)
>My first cache! Went with my son and enjoyed the hike and the
>scenery. I am here on vacation from Missouri and was very
>impressed with the park and the dam. Found cache on my own,
>although my son had previously spotted it. Started to rain while
>I was writing in your logbook, but otherwise the day was very
>pleasant. Took nothing from the cache- left a calling card.
>
>Good adventure
>
>K96 Bike Path
>November 29, 2002 by The Brawny Bear (1000 found)
>This was really our first cache! We are visiting friends here in
>Wichita and decided that for some Thanksgiving fun we would
>all go Geocaching! It was exciting for the kids and now they
>are hooked!
>We found Ready Teddy travel bug and will place in the St.
>Louis area.
>Left - Air Force Key Chain and Free Video Card
>Took - Ready Teddy travel bug!!
>
>Blood Cache
>November 1, 2001 by RGS (1183 found)
>I just got my GPS last Sunday so I wanted to try it out. Your
>cache was the first one I picked out and found it with no
>problems. Nothing in, nothing out, just wanted the practice. I
>just registered today on geocaching.com so I'm 5 days late
>with this posting.
>
>All Wound Up
>December 11, 2002 by Le-roy (1054 found)
>This was my first findl......came within 5 Feet.Great fun and
>I'm now hooked.
>Thank You
>Le-roy
>
>
>1000 Words Cache
>June 15, 2001 by myotis (1170 found)
>This was the first one I tried to find. I did notice the
>coordinates were about 50 feet off. I had a WAAS differential
>reading until about 50 feet before I got to it, so I am pretty sure
>the reading is off, but knowning it was the bridge made it easy
>to find.
>
>
>Geocache by ALW
>February 24, 2001 by *gln (1044 found)
>User's web page
>1030AM
>Nice place and easy to find although it was very well hidden.
>Never knew the park there. The Container was just about full.
>We took the world from this one and left something to dry your
>eyes with. This is cache #1 for me.
>**Glenn & Walt, St. Louis, Mo
>
>Geocache by Doug
>February 12, 2001 by denali (924 found)
>Was in the area, so I decided to look for my 1st cache. Found
>cache at 10:15am on 2/12/01. Left something new and took
>some golf balls. Easy to find. The only problem was some
>pricker bushes. JCT
>
>Ghosts by Glenn & JoA
>August 19, 2001 by konopapw (864 found)
>We found our first cache!
>We went looking for it on Thu and all I got out of the
>adventure were chigger bites. Today, we went back and with
>some general advice from Glen, found it in 10 minutes. It was
>only a few feet from the tracks we left the first time. Now we
>know what to look for.
>
>Took: Plastic picture frame
>Left: Green stress ball with smiley face on it
>
>Paul & Elaine
>
>Under the Boardwalk
>February 5, 2001 by Strider (772 found)
>Nice spot, I've never been in that part of the park before, had a
>great time. The dogshad fun too.
>
>Stick 'em Up
>November 29, 2002 by GB-Cacher (718 found)
>This was our first cache find! Actually we were halfway to
>finding this the day before, but the batteries for our GPS gave
>out. Our first lesson learned about geo-caching! We were
>coming from the horse parking lot so the hike was a nice one
>for us. Thks! Jennifer and Dad
>
>Eddie's Money
>August 11, 2001 by Tim, Pam & Molly (650 found)
>Our first success at find a cache! Looking forward to finding
>more. Took nothing - left footprints!
>
>Wild Bird
>March 26, 2003 by Geo Jim (627 found)
>Just down at the corner of the block. My first official find!
>Watched by rather non-curious bird watcher.
>
>Chain Mail
>September 15, 2001 by Barramus (601 found)
>First cache found ! Took the guardian angel, left a smily face
>key chain. Nice view, the flag was at half staff.
>
>Elephant Slide
>August 19, 2003 by baja clan (505 found)
>Our very first cache attempt, and it got us into caching as a
>family. Kids read and solved this one and are subsequently
>hooked! Signed log using a different Team name. (We
>changed the name when we created our gc.com acct.) The
>stamp is just about broken in half and needs TLC. TNLN.
>Thanks for the fun!
>
>Fenton Microcache
>November 16, 2002 by dogda (517 found)
>First cache find with my son. We had a good time. Thanks!
>digda
>
>Sabino Canyon Cache
>January 5, 2002 by Soldiers of Fortune (430 found)
>Our first cache! Thanks for making it fairly easy. A great day
>for a hike. We took a peace sign erasure and the Black and
>White game. We left a plastic American flag with a stand and a
>cassette tape of country music. Can't wait to go out again
>tomorrow
>-Zoejuju
>
>Impress Me Cache
>November 13, 2003 by SWAseeker (420 found)
>Thanks, This was my first Cache and after walking all around
>it I finally found it. Good one. SWAseeker
>
>Harry's Secret Wizard Cache
>March 23, 2003 by I_Wear_Square_Pants (435 found)
>1st cache find. Wandered around for about 15 minutes until my
>son decrypted the clue and we found it shortly thereafter. Ran
>into other geocachers near Cat Lover's Cache and shared the
>coordinates for this cache.
>
>Generally A Cache Here
>February 14 by BlueBeadMan (340 found)
>Hey! I have made my first find! I hope it is the first of many and
>it started at General Bissell's house. In what little space was
>available, I left one small blue bead. Enjoy! TFTC!
>
>Guiding Light
>January 25, 2003 by Dreicat (375 found)
>This was the first one we found!! Actually my husband went up
>& I waited in the truck by all the work trucks. The stairs are
>still all torn up & I wasn't sure about braving the hill. We saw
>another car up the hill by a house so we didn't park there.
>Anyway, he found it!! Took the knife, left a red votive candle. If
>you get hungry here go to the Becky Thatcher Restaurant.
>Locals, friendly service, big portions, great prices! Thanks! C
>
>Missouri's Highest
>August 24, 2003 by mamalu (368 found)
>This was my first time! I am familiar with the area so I figured
>it was a good place to start. I have to admit I don't have a GPS
>unit -- yet! I found this one anyway and it was such fun. I took
>my kids with me, though I think they thought I was nuts. Can't
>wait to do more.
>
>Impress Me Cache
>November 30, 2001 by Island-Dave (350 found)
>THIS IS THE CURRENT DIRECTIONS AND CLUE FOR
>THE CACHE
>This was the first cache that I have found.
>The cache has been moved by boat, truck, plane and car to
>some public land near the Mississippi River in Louisiana.
>
>
>November 18, 2001 by Island-Dave (350 found)
>My first cache find ever. I found this cache without the use of a
>GPSR and I came here by boat in the dark. The hints are all it
>took. I will relocate the cache in the near future.
>
>44th Rest Cache
>January 18, 2002 by thunder_monk (339 found)
>Our very first cache....we decided to go for an easy one first....
>then we didn't get there till 7:55 PM...it was pitch black and
>snowing and we had no GPS with us. But the clues led us to it
>after a bit of searching. Cache was in great shape and dry....
>We signed the log book and my 13 year old could not resist the
>marbles and Harry Potter stones...so we took those and added
>a unopened hot wheel....2 wooden nickels from the Centennial
>celebration of Phelps County (1957) and my son put in a
>squishy hand?....Thanks for a great first experience and be
>watching for our names on other caches soon....Thunder and
>family Rolla, MO
>
>The Mexican
>August 2, 2002 by NickyRex (325 found)
>This was my 1st find. It was great. I picked the little soccer
>ball and left my Hot Wheels car. Thanks IKanFindIt, you're
>the best.
>[last edit: 8/3/2002 5:44:16 AM PST]
>[view this log on a separate page]
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>August 2, 2002 by IKanFindIt! (321 found)
>This was our first cache found. Thanks to my buddy,
>NickyTRex, we had a great adventure with many more to
>follow. Left a Hot Wheels car (made in an M country - not
>Mexico, though) and took a tiny soccer ball. Thx missourimule!
>
>Suburban Oasis
>June 26, 2003 by deltawinner (312 found)
>This was my very first cache. Had a successful journey.
>Actually ran into another geocacher returning from the site.
>Took the _www.watchgeorge.com_ (http://www.watchgeorge.com) dollar as I
>am
>also watching
>another one and left a memo pad and golf tees. It's was an
>unusually cool day after 2 days of 90 degree temperatures
>which made it enjoyable.
>
>Forest Park Pentacache
>July 8, 2001 by sniper1 (288 found)
>Found the firest cache on 07--8-2001, but didn't have time to
>continue. Went back several days later with my wife and son
>and found the other four. This is the first time I've ever tried
>geocaching. My family and I enjoyed it a lot. Thnaks.
>The Mexican
>
>December 30, 2002 by rocksusan (215 found)
>This was my very first find. Somehow it seems fitting, as I visit
>this park on almost a weekly basis. Now every time I go I can
>remember my first cache. In keeping with the theme, I left a
>small prety rock from Mexico, and took the rattle. Thank you.
>
>
>
>Whitecliff Cache Course
>July 21, 2002 by missourimule (116 found)
>My first cache, too, as part of the Mensa group. It was a lot of
>fun, and the markers are very well done. I'm worn out, but the
>margaritas helped!
>
>
>July 21, 2002 by purple (169 found)
>User's web page
>My first cache! Six Mensa members enjoyed this treasure hunt.
>
>Thanks for setting it up!
>
>Rivers Edge Cache
>June 17, 2003 by TKLNHL & Kyd (143 found)
>Our first attempt and it was a success. We love this area and
>have become biking regulars here, but this was the first time
>on the walking trail. The Kyd pointed out all the wild animal
>tracks and is convinced they are Cougar. And, hey, why
>shouldn't they be? Kyd chose the Jesus is the Reason for the
>Season keychain and left a handy dandy flashlight.
>
>McNair Park Cache
>August 9, 2003 by Frostygreg (143 found)
>It was my first one! We loved it. Did do some hacking thru the
>woods. We took the plastic bug and left the elephant. had lots
>of fun in the garden.
>
>Noone Home
>February 15 by Didg Guy (135 found)
>Found this one in about 15 minutes with a friend. Strider
>stopped by and introduced himself and stayed to watch. My
>first find!!
>
>Larsony
>December 28, 2002 by rogbarn (100 found)
>After 81 benchmarks, this is my first geocache! It was great
>fun watching the GPS help me zero in on it. Found it with the
>help of searcher1655 and his daughter, very nice experience. I
>was so excited about going out to find my first cache, I forgot
>to bring anything with me, so I TNLN.
>
>Urban coin-can hidden in plain sight
>April 29, 2003 by xitaqua (98 found)
>Newbie.
>It was really cool.
>Took a bangok coin, left 2 costa rica coin(10 colones).
>I recommend this one for all the first timers.
>
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