Northbound Trader and The Honeymoon Cache - 8/10/11

I started a road trip today with KBLAST and Dos-Boot. We were on our way to get a first to find in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan! Unfortunately, Dos-Boot was driving and he has a thing about animals being in his car. I got to see a lot more than I probably would have otherwise, though!

We made a stop at a cache called Northbound Trader and we started by getting a great shot at the overlook. Look at me! I look like a big bus on the road! :D

After playing around, I got searching. I tried the obvious spots but was not having good luck. I was so excited about the first to find up north, I wasn't really all that focused though.

After traveling forever and meeting up with blandestk and TheLadyBee, we got to The Honeymoon Cache where I immediately started searching while the others played in a nearby tree.

I searched high and low...

and inside anything I could find...

But there was no cache to be found! I was starting to think I might get the FTF when I found out this little girl...

Got that dollar as a ftf prize out of the cache!!! I was very disappointed I didn't get the FTF, but I was glad to have made a new friend!

She was pretty cool, so I couldn't stay mad at her. After that, though, I decided it was my turn to play...

Then, as the sun started to go down, I just sat and thought about my caching career so far...

I began to wonder - is there any hope for me? I know there has to be someone out there who can help me get better at this. I mean, KBLAST has been really helpful already, but I'm just not getting this. As another famous rodent once sang... "Somewhere... Out there..." Maybe I'll find someone to help me someday.