Tonight Cary's and my 3rd geocache published while we were in Southlake. This cache is called chestmutt- 5 a.m. wake up call, a tribute to our daughter's birth.
I had mentioned to Cary that it would be fun to stake out the cache when it published to watch people come and retrieve it and just see how it all went about. You know, see things from a different perspective. So once we saw that the cache had published, we drove from Southlake to Lewisville, just hoping that it hadn't been touched before we got there.
Once we were there, we found a parking space in the dark with a great view and sat there, giddy with excitement. And sat there...and sat there....
After about 45 minutes of sitting there, getting excited every time we saw a car turn the corner and then feel the adrenaline drop again after it kept going, Cary checked to see if anyone had signed the log yet. Nope. Still waiting to be found by anyone but us.
Just as we pulled into another parking spot and pulled out stories about geocaching, we got a text from my dad stating he was on his way to grab it. We were getting silly about how we would approach him as he retrieved the log...something we probably would not do if it were anyone else but him.
Finally the big moment arrived and he and mom (and Brylee) show up to ground zero. After he grabbed the cache, and went back to the car to sign it, we pulled up into the parking space in front of ground zero.
It was fun to 'run into them' at 9:15 at night, however, we were also caught in the joke when we discovered that dad had seen with one of his handy Android apps that we were in the area...making it no surprise that we were there to see them.
I know for anyone who does not geocache this story might not be all that funny, and perhaps confusing, but it was fun. It was sweet to get to kiss my little one good night one more time tonight, in front of the building where she was born, almost 1 year ago. It was nice to talk to my mom and get to hug my dad, and hopefully create more fun memories to laugh at in the future.
What a fun (and cold!) evening!
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