My Most Recent Caching Adventure

So, my girlfriend (whom I will now refer to as Erin), was in town for the weekend and we decided that we had to do some caching on Sunday. Well, I looked at the map around here and decided that we were actually going to venture out and do some caching around Clinton Lake in Clinton, Illinois. However, at the point I planned this little caching trip I was unaware of the snow that was going to be falling. Here we were on Sunday morning looking out the window at a steady snowfall and 21 caches with our name on them in Clinton. Our stubbornness persuaded us to keep to the plan and head out and tackle these caches. Everything was going well for the most part until it began to snow more and harder as well. We knew we would be going on back roads to get to many of these caches, but what we did not know was that they were going to be some of the biggest hills we have seen in this area. Big hills, lots of snow and ice, you do the math. We found ourselves unable to make it up a few of the hills no matter what we did. I even backed the car all the way back to the bottom and tried to get a head start only to make it just a little bit further. It was disappointing because we were forced to DNF some caches due to inclement weather. Having to turn away from a cache that I know we could have found is very difficult for me because I do not know if I will ever be back to where we were. After quite a few disheartening encounters, we knew the only thing to do was keep on searching. We fought through the rest of the search and were able to come up with 13 successful finds. I know it is a far cry from the 21 we had planned, but with the way the weather was on this day, we were lucky to grab any. I am quite positive we may have been the only cachers out in this area. I guess it just goes to show either we are completely insane, or love the sport enough to do it in whatever obstacles that are thrown at us.