Frodo's Quest
played
Today was a perfect day for a Hobbit's Quest. At times I was hot and others cold (must have put my sweater on and off 3 or 4 times), but comfortable most of the way.
My Quest began back at the Mines of Moria, having been here before and wanting to avoid any Orcs I stayed out of the mine. But I already had Gandalf's message. On to the Forest of Fangorn for a meeting with Treebeard. The trip was beautiful and being a hobbit you would think traveling through the woods would prove easy. However I spent a fair share of my day bushwacking through mazanita and other vegetation (wish I had long pants on). This is where the Quest ran into trouble. I followed the Wherigo cartridge (Version 2.1 according to my PDA) to get the needed info, however upon receiving the message I couldn't seem to locate Treebeard for my next info. Fortunately I was able to call the help of Smeagol (aka TD). With the supplied information I was able to spot the dreaded Eye of Sauron. I must approach the eye without it seeing me if I want this Quest to succeed. Scaling and hugging the rock formations I approached the Eye of Sauron and finished off the Quest. Having another set of coords from the Mines of Moria I traveled to them and was able to finally met Treebeard.
I traded a St.HelenaCachers pathtag for the Nemesis coin, which I will be moving to an appropriate cache for the coin.
This is another outstanding TP cache that I most definitely recommend. I'm not sure if the cartridge needs more work or if the next person to find the cache will have no trouble.
Thanks Bill; wish you were out there with me today.