MOTHERLESS CHILD

There's nothing much sadder than being an orphan and having no one to care for you, and so too, with an orphan geocache. I had visited this cache last fall and found it to be abandoned and left to fend for itself in the wilds. For whatever reason, the cache and its location quickly became a favorite of mine. And this winter I decided to do something about it.

First I checked in at Groundspeak, the world geocaching HQ and found that there are steps that can be taken in order to "adopt" a geocache, and yes, I was adjudged to be a fit and responsible member of society and one who would be eligible as an adopter.

Then things hit a snag, I could only adopt a cache by being granted permission from the original owner. And at this point Groundspeaks bureaucratic rules broke down. Check it out: The cache is abandoned and needs a protector. The owner has become unwilling, unable, deceased, moved, yaddaX3 and does not, for whatever reason, answer my emails in order to grant permission to adopt the cache.

So here's where things stood two days ago: There's this cache that needs a protector, there's this kind geocacher (me) who wants to take the cache under his wing and offer protection and guidance into the future, as well as keeping the cache clean and healthy (think new logs, stocking new swag, etc). Once again, I am met with bureaucratic crap in my life. Think bureaucrap and outrage on my part.

So what you see here is: Dan and Sally breaking the law!!

The two pictures show the evil lawbreakers holding the old and new caches. Sort of a before and after mug shot. All we lack are the pistols an Tommy guns and we'd be a reincarnation of Bonny and Clyde.

And no, I'm not listing any details of the cache am I?


I did it and I'm glad. I don't know about "machine gun" Sal.