https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16 One group's journey to leave trinkets! en-us 2021-11-21 18:51:59 UTC 2026-01-04 15:08:22 UTC hello@padlet.com jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904707754 With much cajoling I extracted trinkets from the group to leave at the geocache. I told them they must be cultural artifacts. We have here: Gram's cool-guy shades (he's a local icon), Cole's political pin (he works in D.C.), Carla's unicorn ring (she is a collector of tchotchkes), and a band pin from me (from a local band).]]> 2021-11-21 18:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904707754 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904708470 After a hearty breakfast of pancakes, I ushered my group out into the woods.]]> 2021-11-21 19:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904708470 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904708796 The group marching off into the crisp morning down our drive, chattering away.]]> 2021-11-21 19:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904708796 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904709989 somebody had a fancy GPS watch, so we plugged in our coordinates and awaaaaaay we gooo]]> 2021-11-21 19:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904709989 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904710437 Dauntless, we marched up the road.]]> 2021-11-21 19:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904710437 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904710787 as per Geocaching rules, I collected trash as I went.]]> 2021-11-21 19:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904710787 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904711054 from a geocaching website: 
the cache-in-trash-out rule]]> 2021-11-21 19:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904711054 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904711999 We discovered that the cache had been destroyed and scattered about. By an animal? A bitter human? We do not know.]]> 2021-11-21 19:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904711999 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904713427 The cache was on the cliff above a pond known as Hirschman's Pond, marked here with a red X]]> 2021-11-21 19:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904713427 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904714563 I suspended myself from a nearby oak and picked up the scattered trinkets and remnants of the destroyed cache.]]> 2021-11-21 19:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904714563 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904715586 We ran to get a spare tupperware and re-place the cache full of our trinkets and the ones we were able to salvage from the ground.]]> 2021-11-21 19:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904715586 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904718875 My group's composition was very impromptu—someone's boyfriend and their high school friend happened to be over and when I suggested we go geocaching after breakfast they heartily agreed.]]> 2021-11-21 19:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904718875 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904719320 We had my housemate Carla, her boyfriend Gram, and his friend Cole.]]> 2021-11-21 19:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904719320 jacobzaller https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904722924 The name of this cache was Peace on Earth but unfortunately someone or thing had ravaged it. Sometime between now and the last rain storm it become filled with water.
Say hello to the new Peace on Earth geocache!]]> 2021-11-21 19:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobzaller/jfkergots297pq16/wish/1904722924