October 18, 2009 · Joliet, Illinois
My first geocaching event was at a hot dog place. I’m pretty sure nobody who knows me is surprised by that.
On October 18, 2009, bapierson, LEGOexplorer, and I went to Babe’s Hotdogs on West Jefferson Street in Joliet for GONILians Celebrate EarthCache Day (GC1TX8X). TeacherMike hosted it on a Sunday evening, a day after EarthCache Day, since Saturday was Sweetest Day. Judging by his note afterward, moving it by a day didn’t hurt attendance. He said we’d packed the place.
Faces to go with the names
I’d started caching with my family that May. Until then, I mostly encountered other geocachers through their names on cache pages and in logbooks. At Babe’s, I got to meet some of the people behind those names. That was what I put in my attendance log. It was our first event, we’d had a good time, and it was nice to be able to put faces to the names.
I also won a giant ammo can in the raffle. I’d gone to Babe’s for my first geocaching event and came home with the biggest ammo can I’d ever seen.
The next event I have in my records is another TeacherMike gathering, 2190H30M to Go Until... (GC22Z89), in January 2010. This time, my log says it was nice seeing everyone again. I like that little change. At the first event, I was figuring out who was who. At the next one, there were already people I recognized.
Eleven years later, I still enjoy signing a logbook. I also like walking into an event and spotting somebody I haven’t seen in a while. There’s usually a story to catch up on before we ever get around to talking about the next cache.
Field Notes
- First event: GONILians Celebrate EarthCache Day (GC1TX8X), October 18, 2009.
- Host and venue: TeacherMike, Babe’s Hotdogs in Joliet.
- Companions: bapierson and LEGOexplorer.
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