April 17, 2010

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FireRef (Found it) GC21G47 - Smiling in Atlanta (4/1.5) by sean_j_allen
I was with a group in Atlanta, Georgia, for the International FIRST Robotics competition, along with teachers, students, and mentors for our school. Some of the students already geocache, and some were interested in checking it out. Some of us, including molnorick, betsyspike, and Ginger!, looked for this one during a break in the competition. We figured it would be a really hard one, but it turned out that it was pretty easy - 4 star is probably a little high of a rating. Molnorik, with only 2-3 finds and a description of some other types of hides I had given him, found this after about a minute of searching. It is definitely a cool hide - I have seen these used for other types of caches where I live. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this out. It was funny because we walked past this location 3-4 times a day so far during this trip and didn't realize where it was located. TFTC!

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FireRef (Found it) GC1Y3F1 - Arms Wide Open (3/1.5) by sean_j_allen
I was with a group in Atlanta, Georgia, for the International FIRST Robotics competition, along with teachers, students, and mentors for our school. Some of the students already geocache, and some were interested in checking it out. Some of us, including molnorick, betsyspike, and Ginger!, looked for this one during a break in the competition. We had looked for this one a few nights ago, on the way back from the Hard Rock Cafe, but ran into some difficulties, because there were a couple of police arresting a person from inside the memorial, and geocachers look rather suspicious when looking around a place like this - not to mention it is directly across from a police precinct! We had a pretty clear hint from the owner, and with that, I spotted it within about a minute of coming back. We got some photos taken with the statue, and I'll post those shortly. Thanks for bringing us here and showing this area! TFTC!

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FireRef (Found it) GC1Y1WK - Can't Stop the Signal (2.5/1) by Team Brewster
I was with a group in Atlanta, Georgia, for the International FIRST Robotics competition, along with teachers, students, and mentors for our school. Some of the students already geocache, and some were interested in checking it out. Some of us, including molnorick, betsyspike, and Ginger!, looked for this one during a break in the competition. It took a few minutes, and the use of the hint, because even with the overhead map from my iPhone, we had some trouble figuring out where to go - the signal bounce was pretty bad. Cool urban hide, and molnorick came up with it almost immediately. Thanks for bringing us here and for placing the cache! I think we have a few new converts for geocaching! TFTC!