Outrageous Halloween Geocaching

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Borrowing a disclaimer from tonka_boy,

Warning!!!

This post contains descriptions and photographs of specific geocaches that may be considered spoilers. If you geocache in the Eagan/Apple Valley/Rosemount area, you are hereby warned: do not read this post until you have completed the Halloween 2008 series by bflentje.

Being surprised on your own is just too sweet!

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Stumbling on a great blog post regarding this series, we took to the trails in search of the Halloween geocaches. Not for the faint of heart, the aim with these hides is to startle, surprise and amaze finders. We were not disappointed.

The first cache, like many of the others, took us to a wooded area few would purposely venture into. I admit questioning our wisdom. There was no path to the site, just the lakeshore as a guide.

The only way to log your find was to submit a pic with you donning either one of the provided masks or one of your own. Doesn’t he look adorable?

Most of the caches were relatively close by. We took to the road for the next find.

Again, I have to give the owner of these caches a lot of credit. Not only are the caches themselves so much fun, but the placement is excellent. Perfect for those cachers like me who shrink from stealth required caches. Suppose too, it is out of necessity for these caches because of their very nature.

Imagine discovering this cache some dark evening, as the cache owner suggests. Not for the first time, I heard tonka_boy cry out. Yikes! This cache would have been a tough hike in the dark.

As we progressed, the caches became trickier and must I say it, more trippy. The cache owner again, did a great job of hiding in area that bordered on muggle land with some clever hides.

Our next find was in a wooded area next to the high school. Evidence of walkers abounded. This hide had to be well off the chosen path to succeed and stay a hide. We struggled with this one a bit. While my Blackberry was doing fine, we still missed our target.

Imagine our surprise then when we looked up to see this thing daggling down on us? Had I come across this one at night….

Needless to say, this was some outrageous geocaching. As I noted in one log to the owner, he’s ruined finding a normal geocache for me. This was just too fun for words.

As luck would have it, in our travels we happened upon a cache from the Halloween 2007 challenge. I have to admit that this was my favorite of all of the caches. Next week, more Halloween fun. Enjoy!

Halloween Geocaching