I think I have the bug.....

Luxy · Post by **Luxy** » 02 July 07 11:44 pm

I have just got into this geocaching, and did/found my first one on saturday successfully!

Got home from work tonight after a long day in the office, decided to load a couple more from the geocaching.com site onto the gps.
One of them was fairly close.
A quick look on ozi explorer and I roughly knew where the area was, at a funa park reserve thingie....
Now its 9pm, drizzling rain, dark, but with a full moon out, and I think... why not!

So off I go by myself wandering off into the darkness with my trusty Etrex Legend in one hand and a dodgy torch with half flat batteries in the other!

Found it pretty easy enough! Even with the lack of light to find the cache

So yeah... I think I may have the bug now

Knot_gillty · Post by **Knot_gillty** » 02 July 07 11:57 pm

Excellent work Luxy. Its pretty easy to get hooked. I've only got about 80 finds and find it hard to not go out at odd hours of the day/night. Good luck with plenty more finds to come.

Knot_gillty · Post by **Knot_gillty** » 02 July 07 11:59 pm

Oh, and welcome to the club!!

Luxy · Post by **Luxy** » 03 July 07 12:03 am

Thanks!

Yes im enjoying it!!

Havent had a real lot of time to play around with gps, so this is a good excuse to use it and learn how to use its features!

unbreakables · Post by **unbreakables** » 03 July 07 2:23 am

addictive little pastime eh!!
Welcome to the insanity that is the GCA forum too, surprised some of the old hands haven't already got in with that one, you will meet some great people and some funny people, in both way

Oh!! a sense of humor will help here too,

embi · Post by **embi** » 03 July 07 6:55 am

Told you that it had you hooked.

GeoScrubers · Post by **GeoScrubers** » 03 July 07 8:45 am

Luxy wrote: ....Now its 9pm, drizzling rain, dark, but with a full moon out, and I think... why not! .......

that's the spirit....as mad as the rest of us

THENANKS · Post by **THENANKS** » 03 July 07 10:04 am

I realised that I had the bug bad when I found myself a few metres up a tree in the dark with my hand next to a HUGE spider

and thought.......mmmmmmm.......... maybe this isn't normal behaviour for a woman in her late 30's.

Oh well, It's all good! Welcome Luxy there's plenty of obsessed ones out there. You're in good company!

Luxy · Post by **Luxy** » 03 July 07 12:21 pm

Thanks for the encouragment guys!

I knew there was lots of other people out there as crazy as me!

I will make sure I load a few caches up on the gps now when I go away on weekends to look for along the way!

Richary · Post by **Richary** » 03 July 07 2:36 pm

Welcome aboard! Judging from the photo on your avatar will we get to see more caches planted along the Border Track?

Bunya · Post by **Bunya** » 03 July 07 2:44 pm

Welcome Luxy!

But are you a doppelganger/re-incarnation?

Your posting links to a GC profile for "luxy" (lower case l) who found three and hid two caches in 2002 in the US and hasn't been seen since.

Luxy · Post by **Luxy** » 03 July 07 2:51 pm

Nope, thats not me Bunya, Im a Geocaching virgin

Well, till the weekend just gone anyway when I snagged my first cache!

Luxy76 is my profile over there.

Richary, that was on the French Line, Simpson Desert, a couple of years ago. It was a awesome trip!

Going back again this year, but travelling to Googs Track first in SA on the way up.
So I will hopefully get to find a few more caches along the way for my new found hobby!

Knot_gillty · Post by **Knot_gillty** » 03 July 07 10:58 pm

Luxy wrote: Richary, that was on the French Line, Simpson Desert, a couple of years ago. It was a awesome trip!
Going back again this year, but travelling to Googs Track first in SA on the way up.
So I will hopefully get to find a few more caches along the way for my new found hobby!

Thats it, rub it in!!

LIVERPOOL-RED- · Post by **LIVERPOOL-RED-** » 03 July 07 11:07 pm

Welcome Luxy to your new addiction er i mean hobby/sport /interest

The next find is just around the corner,
There is plenty in Victoria to get you started go get em !!
Cheers
LIVERPOOLRED
(Y.N.W.A.)

Richary · Post by **Richary** » 04 July 07 2:56 pm

Luxy wrote:Richary, that was on the French Line, Simpson Desert, a couple of years ago. It was a awesome trip!
Going back again this year, but travelling to Googs Track first in SA on the way up.

<p>Haven't got around to the Simpson (yet) but would love to do it. Might need to carry a bit of spare fuel though! We tried to do Googs Track a few years ago but only got part way before an alternator blew on a Patrol and we had to return to Ceduna.<p>I did go up the Strezlecki 2 years ago and back down the Bore Track which was a fantastic trip. <p>Now I'm getting inspired to take some time off and do something again!

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