Quick like a bunny
Sprint across the green
Looking for a treasure
The log book pristine
Making the first to find
I do a victory dance
Hide the cache for others
And to another one I prance
Faster than a rabbit
Another first to find
Sign the log with glee
Leave my name behind
So here is another prompt in the MMPP prompts by Kim Hawke – Poem us your favorite hobby or passion.
As you might know I love to geocache. It is a great way to go places and see things off the beaten path. I’ve talked about some of the phrases we used when the boys were young and “quick like a bunny” is one of them. It seemed only appropriate when we first started caching and a new cache published that we would employ that same phrase as we hustled out the door hoping to be the First To Find (FTF). With several thousand finds under our belts we no longer feel the need to kill ourselves to rush for a FTF. If we get lucky enough to be FTF then we celebrate but we are not dashing off while supper gets cold or skipping appointments!!
A Different Perspective 
No surprise that you would write about geocaching. Fun poem.
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Hehe! Yeah. I’m a little geocaching obsessed right now – I have one more day in May to find a cache and my month will be filled (trying to find a cache on every day on the calendar). All of June and August are filled too so only a few days remain on July… This is the year!
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A very fitting poem for your hobby.
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Thank-you! There are several truckers who do geocaching – there are geocaches at nearly every rest stop and oasis… Makes traveling a little more fun.
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I will have to look into it.
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It is free – geocaching.com
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Thanks
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Really? I didn’t know how prevalent they are. On occasion, we’ve seen people wandering around in odd areas of public spaces like they’re looking for something, maybe they’re geocachers. 🙂
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You are about to have your world turned upside down. Go to geocaching.com and on the main page watch the video. If you make an account (free) you can access the maps and put in your city and it will show you the locations of all the geocaches within a 10 mile radius… So the short answer is yes, they very well could have been geocachers!
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Loving this bit of fun!!! And thank you for explaining it a bit more. Sounds wonderful; I’ve always loved maps, compasses, all of that. AND treasure. 😉
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I bet you’d love to geocache! Perhaps some day we can go together? All you need is a pen and a cell phone (at first at least).
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Yes, indeed! Message me, if you come to Mississippi! 🙂
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The next time we drive to Florida we just may have to go through Mississippi!!
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It sounds like fun, Muri, although I’d rather do the hiding than the finding. Do people do that? Have you and Sparky often been FTF? Or is it a rare treat? Happy Friday, you are killing it on these MMPP prompts! 🙂
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Anyone can hide caches too but it is best to have found at least 100 before you do so that you get an appreciation for the different types of containers and the different difficulties and terrain ratings… We have found our share of FTFs. I even found 2 on the same day!! To be FTF you have to go hunt for them immediately after they publish or you end up 4th or 10th to find. We live in an area with lots of active geocachers so there is a lot of competition for the FTF. I’m tickled you think I’m doing well with the prompts! (some of these have threatened to kill me!)
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With all your talk of geocaches I’m wondering if the Little Community Library in the local parkland and of which I am the convenor would be a good hiding spot. I will have to research the concept. Have a beaut weekend Muri.
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There are often geocaches associated with Little Libraries! Some of them have a metal plate on the bottom that is ideal for a magnetic key holder type cache. Other ones I’ve seen have a container inside or attached to the post or in a “chimney” on the roof. Sparky is working on one now to make it look like a lighthouse where the cache is in the top and the library below!! It is for saintvi to place at her house… I think it would be fun to have a geocache in your community.
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I will do some more research:)
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Good!! There are lots of geocaches in Australia…
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lol those early dashes for FTF sounds like the hobby was more an obsession, now it’s a hobby but I can feel the joy it brings in this sweet poem!
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Most of the caches would “go live” in the evening and it was fun during the summer months when it stayed light until after 9 PM. In the winter it was not doable since I’m not so fanatical to brave sub-zero temps and deep snow to search with a flashlight… Yes we have been having lots of fun with this hobby/sport and met some very nice people too!
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yes if I ever find the time I may try it locally … used to loads of sports but they’ve all faded away 🙂
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Like I’ve told Brizzy there are lots of geocaches – especially along the coast.
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yea I’m about three hours south and inland but does sound like they’d be in most places … I’ll ask you how to start if ever I get the opportunity and please don’t tell me now as I really wont take it in 🙂
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There are plenty of caches all over! I’m sure you’d have fun and be a great success at finding them – it takes a clever mind and imagination which you have in abundance!
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why thank you mam!
Imagination I’ll own, not so sure about clever 😉
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Thanks for sharing. It is a fun poem for a fun day.
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Thanks!
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A very fun poem for your hobby…i enjoyed this one😊
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So glad you liked it.
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Very fun poem for a cool hobby.
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It is a great hobby – especially for kids! I bet LC would enjoy it!
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A wonderfully delightful and inspiring piece that gives hope in times that need a positive boost!
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Thanks Lance. I try to keep a positive attitude since that is one of the only things I can control!
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You’re sincerely welcome. Absolutely- don’t let anyone take it away!
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Great poem – Geocaching sounds like a fun hobby.
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Thank-you Sheryl! It is a lot of fun! Went out today with a friend (wearing masks and keeping our distance) to grab 2 caches in a cemetery! There wasn’t anyone (alive) around…
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Never heard of Geocaching but it sounds so fun!
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It is a lot of fun and it isn’t an expensive hobby – a cell phone and an ink pen or pencil… check out geocaching.com – they have an introductory video that explains it better than I can!
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I’ll do that! Thank you! 😃
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This certainly does encapsulate your geocaching skills!
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Thanks Gary! I am still having fun with geocaching inspite of COVID-19!
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