"Now that was a party"... I cant believe my days, for now, are done in the Fort Bragg/Fayetteville area of North Carolina. Between the caching and Dirtbags my last year in that God forsaken place was not only tolerable but fun. Geocachers in that area seem to be like none other across the country. They like to have fun, they like to socialize(virtually or otherwise), they like to find silly things hidden by sillier people, and they hold tight to the fact that this crazy game is just that, a game. Whenever real life would raise its ugly head the game stopped and the issues were tended to and then it was back to playing. Feeling got hurt from a time to time but that was inevitable in circles where different backgrounds, morals, and beliefs are rolled into one big shaker and tossed at random. There are so many fond memories of the last year to list them all would be ridiculous. So I will sum up a couple highlights.
Coinfest 2011: Dorks galore and we were rockstars. Dirtbagged Signal the frog and threw Groundspeak into a tizzy. Epic
Kayaking with the DGS: Zinyata, Gen09,and myself spent the day on a lake looking for caches on islands but only found twitterpated snakes and goose eggs. No we literally found like 100 goose eggs. But the best part of that trip was watch e6c maneuver a canoe, by himself, along with us.
My day of Caching with Bob: Bsteadham and I headed out for a day of caching in the keys. BEST. CACHING. DAY. EVER. That story is a whole post in of itself for another day.
DGS:Chunkymunky06: Dinner was rudely interrupted by a cache popping... "Dana get the car! Richard let's go!" We split and got to GZ first. A quick jog through the tunnel and bam! FTF. Thanks for the cache guys.
And finally there was the going away party... A GC.com event broadcast around the world! Beer, geocachers, beer, ustream, Jagermeister, beer, and I sang something... What a night that was and set the standard for how going away parties ought to be! Thanks for a fantastic send off fellas.
The adventures were great but fall far from the relationships I have established and the people I have come to know as friends, geocachers, and family. Now onto GCCO!
