Day 118 - Swamp Buggy
We had a huge geocaching event called the 5th Annual Texas Challenge. This challenge pits teams from three Texas regions (North, Central, and South East) against each other to determine which region has the most skills. Sadly, the Central Region three-peated. They're not better geocachers, but they are definitely better at organizing themselves. South East, where I am, sucked eggs again, three-peating as losers.
But it wasn't a lack of trying on my part. My son and I were sent to gather tokens from the middle of the swamp. Actually, it wasn't a swamp when the tokens were placed a week ago, but we the park got 8" of rain. Since it is a flood plain, the place where the tokens were became a swamp.
My son and I were recruited because 1) we are pretty fearless, but mostly because 2) he is young and fast (soccer player), while I am old and faster than most guys my age (soccer ref). We went in with two others, and he and I ran out. Literally. We were up against the deadline and the token had to be hustled out.
What we ran over I don't like to think too much about. The two we left behind came across a family of feral pigs, and others from the other teams who went to the same area reported seeing water moccasins and copperhead snakes. We didn't see them because we were sprinting.
Even though our team came in last, we had a great time. And that, really, is the point of the Texas Challenge.
This is my one hundred eighteenth photo for 365 Days.
17 March 2007
Day 118 - Swamp Buggy
We had a huge geocaching event called the 5th Annual Texas Challenge. This challenge pits teams from three Texas regions (North, Central, and South East) against each other to determine which region has the most skills. Sadly, the Central Region three-peated. They're not better geocachers, but they are definitely better at organizing themselves. South East, where I am, sucked eggs again, three-peating as losers.
But it wasn't a lack of trying on my part. My son and I were sent to gather tokens from the middle of the swamp. Actually, it wasn't a swamp when the tokens were placed a week ago, but we the park got 8" of rain. Since it is a flood plain, the place where the tokens were became a swamp.
My son and I were recruited because 1) we are pretty fearless, but mostly because 2) he is young and fast (soccer player), while I am old and faster than most guys my age (soccer ref). We went in with two others, and he and I ran out. Literally. We were up against the deadline and the token had to be hustled out.
What we ran over I don't like to think too much about. The two we left behind came across a family of feral pigs, and others from the other teams who went to the same area reported seeing water moccasins and copperhead snakes. We didn't see them because we were sprinting.
Even though our team came in last, we had a great time. And that, really, is the point of the Texas Challenge.
This is my one hundred eighteenth photo for 365 Days.
17 March 2007