With just a little bit of planning (and being very careful not to overshoot the mark), I was able to make this happen, and on December 2, I found one simple park and grab near work that became this milestone find. I had been trying to find some special cache somewhere to do for this milestone, but I couldn't really come up with one that was achievable on a workday at lunch or on the drive in. It did occur to me though that the perfect find for this really should be a park and grab. After all, without park and grabs, a streak like this would be impossible. So I looked around a little and found the perfect cache. A pill bottle in a fence. A fence around some dumpsters. Behind an office building. Humble. Unassuming. Kinda ugly actually. Perfect.
So at approximately 1pm on Thursday December 2, 2010 I made the find quickly at lunch, signed the log, and went back to work. I can't believe I made it this far.
One hundred days for me is quite an accomplishment. A lot of fun. Some work. Inconvenience at times on those rare days when I really didn't care about finding a cache but wasn't willing to give up. Nasty rainy days. My father's illness, death and funeral a week before my 100th day. And finding easy ones to get on all those days when I only had a few minutes to spare on the way to or from work, or during lunch. But a lot of good times too, especially on those days where the streak was kept alive as part of a nice hike or outing with my girls.
One result of this streak is that the area around my house is becoming very picked over, and it is getting harder and harder to find a cache anywhere around home that doesn't require a significant block of time. Any single cache around home pretty much requires an investment of at least an hour, or very close to it, between driving walking and searching. Park and grabs around here are basically non-existent. So we shall see what the future brings. Getting to this point was my goal, and now I am here.
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