The Tawny Scrawny Lion at Grandpas Pond
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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