I recently found a neat puzzle cache in Mohawk Park in Tulsa–Simply Geometry #2: The Emerald Triangle (GC1MVN2) by The OxFoxes.  Some math is required, which are the kinds of puzzles I like.  The terrain is difficult out there, especially in the summer, so if you are looking for a Park-And-Grab, this ain’t it.  I shot a couple of videos on my way to the cache.  I think something was chasing me.  My log follows:

March 21, 2009

Well well well, I found it. I crossed the bridge on the way in, disturbed a couple of young folks smooching on the bridge. From there I tried to find a clever way to the cache but only encountered deep woods and swamp. I retreated and finally made it to ground zero. Lots of good hiding places but no cache to be found so I called my wife to read the cache page. Why didn’t I study it more carefully or bring it with me, good question. With clues from her I quickly found the cache and was happy. Bad news–After sitting on the ground near the cache, I pulled about 10 ticks from my jeans and 10 more from my backpack. I left Rin Tin Tin travel bug, so the container is completely full & I’m not kidding. Took cool orange flashlight keychain. On the way out I found a short cut. Thanks ‘The Oxfoxes’ for a fun one. Looking forward to more. See pics.

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Their big milestone was WWJC #9 (GC1FQ18) on February 5, 2009. Here is a snip from their log:

#1000!!! And we found it on my BD! My wife and I were doing some night time caching tonight. I wanted to hit the 1000 mark and we did. Thanks Gator for the cache. Beautiful church. SL

Rainydeer

Congratulations to members of Team Okie7 for their 1000th find! They found The Entropy Pump (GC1DX60) on January 3, 2009. Here are some snips from their logs:

xoxscoobyfanxox: “What better than to have a DM cache as our 1000th find…of course it would have been funner if Dm would have been with us on this beautiful day!!!!!! … Sure miss DM!!!!! I think it might be time for a kidnapping mission. “

soonercacher34: “#1000th find! What better way to celebrate, than finding an awesome creation by one of our favorite cachers! Thank you for continuing to tell us all your wisdom, taking us to new adventures and getting our butts out of the house! “

Congratulations! Here is a snip from the log entry for Deep Thoughts and Contemplation (GCTQ3P) on February 8.

The temps today started out at 60 and worked it’s way up to 70. However, the wind made it feel much cooler and we even got some sprinkles as we crawled, jumped, and nearly cried at this cache. I know that I touched the container at least 15 times before I FINALLY did it right. I think it took us about an hour before we got it. I even tried Darkmoon’s hint. (Do the hokey pokey) Trust me THAT did NOT work. Although I’m sure it made everybody who saw us laugh.

Note: The photo was not taken during this particular cache find.

The find was "A Rock In A Strange Place" on March 7. Here is the log entry:

I found the weird rock, turned it over, and ANTS were running EVERYWHERE! It was like something from a nightmare. I threw the rock down and I could just feel them crawling all over me. By the way, I really hate ants! Live2teach went on defense while I opened the container to sign my name to my 1000th find. I will definitely remember this cache for a while, both as my 1000th and because of how much the ants freaked me out.

Note: This photo is from a different cache find.

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