All The Tawny Scrawny Lion at Grandpas Pond Logs
javamama played The Tawny Scrawny Lion at Grandpas Pond on 2/4/2021
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I wasn't up for a long hike today so we brought the dog back to his favorite park in the area for a walk around the lake. While I was here I decided to try this Whereigo cache. I've had mixed luck with these in the past so I was a bit wary. But it turned out to be a great time once I figured out some tricks in the Android phone settings that made it easier.
The hunt for the vegetables took me a few tries. When I tried to see all the navigation points on the map so I could do them more efficiently the app would crash. But when I tried to pick a point and navigate one by one, I ended up getting eaten. After three unsuccessful attempts I checked all the app settings and found two that helped. First I selected the no map option instead of the default selection. That solved the crashing problem. Then I found a setting that changed the default navigation point from the boundary to the center point of the zone. That solved the problem that I would think I was right on top of a navigation point when I was really just outside of the boundaries.
With those setting changes I tried again, but this time I also did a bit if running in circles, looking like a crazy person... and success, I had everything I needed to make the stew. I got lucky at the fishing and caught five straight. I didn't have a pen so I made up a little chant to help me remember the recipe and I got it on the first try. Then off to find the cache.
This was a lot of fun and now that I've figured out how to set up the app, I'm looking forward to trying some more Whereigo caches.
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Dix1 played The Tawny Scrawny Lion at Grandpas Pond on 8/1/2014
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Once again I had a great time playing "The Tawny Scrawny Lion". Only this time it was a breeze compared to the one in Ogden. I don't know if it was easier because we understood what needed to be done or if the zones were closer and had extra time. Either way this WIGO was a blast to do. We had the whole pond to ourselves and enjoyed every minuted. I have to laugh at Zer0's log, I can just imagine how fast he had to drive and do doughnuts around the zones. Wished I could of seen that and put it on funniest home video! Thanks for a great WIGO!
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cluelesscacher played The Tawny Scrawny Lion at Grandpas Pond on 8/1/2014
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This was amazing. We had a blast and the story to go along with it was great. This was our first WIGO find. After reading the note of a previous finder, I knew this was for us. Afterall, we needed to run the kids a bit before bedtime to work out some energy. We started off playing with three devices (kids used their phones). All three of us found the vegetables on the first time with plenty of time to spare. Fishing was another story - one of us caught a few too many boots and had to start over. From there it was pretty easy - as long as you have pencil and paper that is. What a great adventure and a beautiful place to check out in the evening. Thanks!
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ZerØ played The Tawny Scrawny Lion at Grandpas Pond on 6/14/2014
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This was harder than I had ever expected. I tried on my Garmin Oregon, then Android, then tried a Garmin NUVI, and finally back to Android and got it to work on Android Where You Go application.
This has got to be the most elaborate Wherigo I have finished and also the most frustrating Whereigo I have finished.
As I read the tale of the rabbit and lion, it turned into a tale of my own:
I attempted to gather vegetables to feed the lion and didn’t make it in the time allotted so I was eaten. I tried again and decided this time I would waste no time so I ran to each spot to gather up vegetables. Since you mentioned your 4 year old had done this all by herself, I came to the conclusion that she is not only gifted, but also a world class sprinter.
I was able to finish the gathering in my second try and I was on to catch some fish, but after my experience in gathering veggies, I was pretty stressed out that I wouldn’t catch the fish and get eaten. I didn’t seem to be working very well under pressure. Fortunately, I caught my limit and was on to make some stew. It was hot and when I saw the task at hand I scrambled for a pen thinking there was some sort of time limit again. I wrote the order on my arm, but somewhere I messed up along the way. Not sure if I was trying to go too fast or what, but I was eaten again. This was turning into that new Tom Cruise movie ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ where I was living the same scenario again and again each time I died like ‘Groundhog Day’ but in battle conditions, but this time as a bunny trying to survive a predator/prey relationship with a lion.
Back to the beginning I went. I was so aggravated at this point I about threw my phone into the lake and cursed the cache owners name. I was hot and the sun was shining bright and I couldn’t see my phone’s screen so I decided to try it without leaving my car. The time limit had me worried so gathering this next go round consisted of my doing donuts in the meadow until I had gathered them all up in most likely a record time. Then it was Boom…off to catch fish, again without leaving the car. Caught them all (again in record time) and off to make stew.
I was extremely careful getting the recipe right. I wrote it down on paper this time with a pen instead of scribbling it out illegibly in blood on my arm and I will restate that your 4 year old daughter is a genius.
Bingo, I got it right. Wrote down my completion code and cords and walked right to the final cache. Traded the travel bug for a coin.
I enjoyed the walk back to the car from the final location despite the heat. All of the exasperation I felt slowly melted away in the hot desert sun. My feelings of frustration morphed into feelings of accomplishment and the feelings of anger from being eaten by a lion repeatedly changed into the feeling that I had earned this one.
I have created a Wherigo of my own once and I realize it is no easy task. This one must have really taken a long time to make and my hat goes off to you. Thanks for the work that went into it and my apologies for all the bad things I said about you during the adventure.
TFTWIG
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