geocaching — strike 2

 Holy Ghost cemetery

I'm beginning to think geocaching is not for me. Though I must admit that it made the same-old-same-old walk new and interesting and ... frustrating as heck.

It looked like it was going to pour this morning so I headed out at 6:30 while it was just a drizzle. Eventually it stopped, and now the sun is out. But it's still humid as heck.

Since I didn't want to use too much data on my phone, I sat at the computer last night and found 5 caches on my walk. That way I could just use the phone when I got relatively close to them.

The first on was at Warren and Moravia. The clue was read the signs. I looked at the signs and saw nothing. Well, I saw the blue reflector but I thought it was part of the sign. I looked on the ground. I turned on the GPS and though I can't figure out quite how it works, it pointed me right to the stop sign. The geocache is under the blue reflector.

Even though it took what felt like an hour, I was excited.  I logged it in. The next one was at Bottom Dollar. Couldn't find it. Turns out it's part of a series that's like a giant game of clue. Without the other clues, what I was looking at there made no sense.

Next one was at the triangle by the pool where they have the flag and memorial. I knew that one probably wouldn't be there because others mentioned that they could no longer find it. I bet when the borough cleaned up the triangle to set up for spring they took it away by accident. Or on purpose.

I'm 1 for 3. This is not good. I headed to St. Luke's upper parking lots. The next one was there. This should have been dummy proof. Someone posted a picture of the location. But the location was all dug up and muddy and I couldn't find that one either. I looked on the guard rail and also the fence.

One more left. This one was at the Art Establishment. The GPS had you go to the alley. I looked around the base the first time, and up the second. I looked in cinder blocks and dead trees, and under the stairs. I checked above the doors and windows. Another failure. When I got home I checked the geocache site on my computer and it said it was a "stretch". So I needed to look above my head.
Since it's only 3 blocks away, I might go look again today.