When driving directions go wrong...

Sometimes even the Google gets confused. Let's just hope they weren't going to a geocache...

Update: The Google fixed their directions. Here's a bigger screen grab for posterity.

Doh!

After a few logs like these on one of our caches:

January 14 by CCCooperAgency (18517 found)
Was able to jot down "CCCA" and "V+S" but the log is more like a wet sponge at this point and there was mud in the cache. Maybe utilize one of those little plastic containers like seen around town INSIDE of the MHK?

January 14 by Vinny & Sue Team (1277 found)
Nice little spot. Log soaked AND muddy though. Container needs to be waterproof in this spot! I think CCCA made some indents on the log but it couldn't be signed properly. Thanks!

January 14 by F'burg Don (115 found)
Found it this afternoon. The container was wet as was the log sheet. There were no plastic bags.
F'burg Don and crew

We realized we had left the old cache in place when we put a new one in. So we went out and retrieved the old, soggy cache container:

January 16 by 2diggers (207 found)
Note to self: It would help to remove the old container when replacing it with a new one.

Removed old container which everyone is finding. New container still in place and dry.

Oops.

At least they didn't blow it up

Actually they do have some good advice in the article.

Treasure Hunt in Park Causes Bomb Scare

Jan 8, 2007 08:21 AM

A treasure hunting game in a North Fond du Lac park caused some tense moments Sunday morning.

Police called in the Brown/Outagamie County Bomb Squad when someone reported seeing a man put a suspicious object on the ground at Yellowstone Trail Park. Police found it was a PVC pipe and a small plastic container.

They eventually learned from others in the area that it was part of geocaching, a hide-and-seek game using different navigational techniques.

All the container had inside was paper and a pencil, so the bomb squad was called off.

Officers suggest that geocachers clearly mark their caches, and be ready to show that they are harmless.

At least one Brown County sheriff's deputy says he recalls this kind of incident happening before. He recommends calling your local parks department before geocaching to get permission and find out what the local regulations are.

Don't forget your pen!

So today we were caching and went to grab a micro by the girls and I. We found it with no problem, but where did we put the pen? Not here, not there, so what to do? Camera phone! Take a picture!

Number 200

Our goal for 2006 was to hit 200 finds before the end of the year. We made it with over 11 1/2 hours to spare. And what else but a Bozo cache would it be?

Slackers

Wow. It's been a year since we last posted here. Ummm... We've been busy?

Actually, no excuse. Just slack. But we have news to post so get ready for it.

Incoming!