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Got it! More later!

My wife had the calendar marked for the start of this tag event. Decided we would have been beat out to the first few tags posted from this particular hider - and we were correct.

My wife was meeting friends on Tue night, so I thought maybe that night. But then, the day was gloomy, cold, and damp. My arthritis was acting up, which made my mood even darker. I was missing her and was vacillating between going and not going. Finally, decided on a drink and a movie. When that tag came out, I was not surprised by the general location, as we had noticed a trend. After she got back home, I found out that she had dressed in layers and had planned to meet me out wherever. By that point, we decided it was too late.

Normally, Wed night we watch Survivor, because my wife is a HUGE fan, having watched the show from the beginning thru 41 seasons! Imagine my surprise when I got home from work to have her suggest we go see how the stars look in the night sky at Mendon Ponds Park! What, you thought we were going after the tag tonight? ;) REALLY, I replied? Are you SURE?

So, we looked up and printed a map of a certain area. We added an extra layer under our caching clothes. We actually remembered our headlamps, too! We drove up, spotting MANY deer along the way, as well as several in the park. We had chosen a particular area and were surprised to see no other car sitting there. Had we guessed wrong? Time would tell. At least, we had service - 4G, 1 bar for me and 3G for her. Had time for the GPS to find satellites as well as to don our headlamps.

Finally, the phones beeped. We were 4 minutes away, just around the corner. As we drove there, more deer placidly watched us go by. As we made a turn close to a parking spot, we saw a car - and our hearts raced! Had someone beaten us here? Or, was Igator watching for visitors?

We got out and started to head one way. Then, we thought about a cache or two we had gotten over here and changed direction. After a few minutes, I was pretty sure we were headed the right way. My wife was still unsure, until we took a couple of right turns and her phone updated to us being less than .2 miles away. Gushy path in spots. Chose one side, then the other, then back.

As my GPS beeped and we saw we were less than 15 feet away from GZ, we started to search for tacks. My wife spotted them and we turned that direction. I thought I had spotted the hiding spot and reached for a large branch end leaning against the tree, when I spotted something large and hoary - not the bat, but a good sized wolf spider was guarding that tree! As I was carefully investigating my chosen location, my wife walked around the tree and spotted something about the same height, but opposite from me. I walked around and breathed a sigh of relief - there was the tag! YIPPEE! Yes, we removed the tacks.

I LOVE my new GPS, that has maps which show some paths, the terrain, and of course, I have the footsteps feature turned on as well. So, we had no trouble returning back to the beach, where I actually had us turn off our headlamps to look up at the stars! See, told ya we were out star-gazing! ;)

On our ride back home, drove a little bit under the speed limit, as we spotted more deer, especially near the park, plus some fog, which just added to the night!

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