September 5, 2003

    Today Bill and I decided to go to Macon and see what's what there. Actually there are 250 caches closer to my home than Macon -- but Bill's count is 539 and I didn't want to drag him to ones he'd already found.

      Since 19 and 29

      This one was in the bushes next to a BBQ restaurant (really).  It wasn't hard to find but a prior finder had wrapped the cache container in white garbage bag.  Looked a lot like trash;  hope it stays!  BTW the BBQ was just so-so.

      By The Creek

      We looked and looked and looked for this micro.  The GPS was all over the place and we got skunked.  Bill did find another cache (ammo can) but this one wasn't in the system. Odd.

      Between the Rocks, Where the Trolls Live

      Bill stumbled on this one (the last step in a two-step multi) by accident searching for "By The Creek". Hey, a find is a find..

      Riverview??

      This was a fairly easy micro (35MM film can) near a playground.

      My First in Mid Ga

      Using the SPIII to drive near this one almost did us in.  Took us close to the cache but in a way that we couldn't get into the woods.  Took a while walking around before Bill figured it out a couple of hundred yards from where we parked.  This is one of the earliest caches ever!

      Jesse the Baptist

      This one is on the campus of Mercer University.  Nifty statue. Had to take a photo to prove we were there; well, there was another way to prove it but I had the camera....

      Rose Park Labyrinth

      I have no experience with labyrinths; I thought they had walls. This one, in downtown Macon, is in bricks. Proving we were there involved pictures...

      Holt's House

      What an interesting Civil War story. This house was the only home damaged in Macon in the War -- and it was a fluke. To prove we were there involved photos with a cannon (don't ask).

      Gateway Park

      Another interesting Macon story. This park is only here (isolated) because the railroad refused to relocate the tracks, cutting this park off from the rest of the river park. Great statue of a great Georgia musician/songwriter. Of course, pictures were required.

      Practice Makes Perfect

      This is an odd one.  You had to figure out what they were "practicing".  Confused us until we actually got to the coords -- and then it was clearly obvious.  Mercifully, no photos required.

      Little Stumpy

      This one has been around for a loooong time. The name says it all.

      On the stump

      Continuing with the "stump" theme, this one took a lot more bushwhacking to find. But, as the title says, it was right where it belonged.

      Escape From Alcatraz

      You pass the Central Georgia Prison on the way to this one.  Never saw so much razor wire and chain link in my life!  The clue gave it away (to me); Bill didn't remember too many of the details of the movie.  This turned out to be the last one of the day for us; read on.

      Get To The Pointe!

      We found this micro -- well, we found where the micro was supposed to be -- but it was gone.  All that was left was the attachment method. Wrote the owner -- and he thanked us for letting him know -- and he gave us credit!


    Today brings my "found caches" count to One Hundred and Sixteen