26/03/2007 By Kabutroid
What's this? It's been found? This sounds like a job for "Bilk someone elses path through the snow to resolve a DNF"-man!
Actually, a lot more thought than that went into it. I was thinking I'd likely pass on it until ALL the snow melted, seeing as I had dug a million holes in the snow the last time I was there, and didn't figure this new one would stand out 
. Then I thought "well, it's melted a lot today... and the rain earlier probably melted it more... and it's ALSO on a hill, so that water likely drained off. As well, the newer tracks should look slightly different than my previous ones."
Turns out all the tracks were near-identical though . But it didn't matter, as I was able to locate the cache quickly. Actually, I spotted milesmac's tracks AFTER I spotted the cache. Turns out that for about 98% of my digging the first attempt at this cache, my back was facing the cache itself. Oh well. At least I got to see a little bit more grass this time on this interesting little mini-park thing.
Added note... aside from finding the cache, I spotted something else peculiar nearby. Right up against that stone with the plaque on it, there was a bag of about 4 spools of different types of string and yarn. Looked brand-new, too. I have absolutely NO clue why it was left there, who left it, WHY they left it, or what they were doing with multiple string types. Snapped a picture of it, anyway, since it's an unusual finding at a cache site .
Took: Nothing
Left: Diabetes TB, logbook entry, and chainmail ball
21/03/2007 By Kabutroid
Still feeling queasy from earlier (see Kruppy Ran Away Cache), I still felt up to caching. And what's this? A regular-sized cache relatively close to Kruppy? Score! Well... I actually attempted to go after "Winnie's Big Cache", but someone was parked in a running car like... RIGHT beside stage 1 of that multi, so I abandoned it without even attempting to search. Will tackle stage 1 of that another day . BUT... that's besides the point...
I was blindly hoping that it had been warm enough in the past while to take care of the abundance of snow. It turns out I was incorrect. But attempt I did! Arguably, this cache probably got the most searching of any winter DNF I've had. I must have spent a good half-hour wandering around in that 2-foot-deep snow in my work-shoes, digging at the base of every bush close to the coordinates. I attempted to kinda stomp out snow-stepping-stones, but those ended up collapsing if I stepped on 'em too much. Eventually, I just stopped caring, since my feet were already wet. Oh yes... much digging and sprawling around in the snow I did this day at this location. If one were to go there now, you'd see a TON of tracks, a multitude of holes dug into the snow, and if they were physical, probably a fair number of obcenities still floating around .
Primary reason for the latter is the stupid branches kept snagging my toque and pulling it off my head .
But yeah... after the aformentioned half-hour, I decided to call it quits, and cut my losses, leaving not-quite-completely soaked.
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