Welcome back to Missouri! At least this time I got a nice little voice welcoming me to the state. Lovely courthouse. Well played, Dunklin County! Not only are you a very solid-looking creature, but I also really like the colorful tiles. As much as I like classic-looking courthouses, a splash of color in places can make quite a difference in how friendly they are.
As for the cache, it turned out to be a magnetic doodad on a lamppost at a Wally World. When I pulled up to it, there were a couple of ne’er-do-wells in the back of a truck just hanging out, watching what was going on. I thought for a moment about going for another cache, but after all the time I had spent dodging muggle eyes back in Jonesboro, I didn’t want to have to retreat and find another yet again. Luckily, I brought one of my most important tools: my clipboard. I pulled it out and started making notes as I inspected the lamppost. I was able to snag the doodad and then sit in the car to sign it. Of course, I “forgot” to take photos of the site, so I came back and “took” them, slipping the cache back into its place. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again (even though most cachers already know it): look like you’re working, and you become pretty much invisible to most people. As a sidenote, this cache was part of a series dedicated to fast-food mascots. The one real deviation was one paired with this one. Since this one was devoted to Wally, there was another named after The Beaver. I appreciate television callbacks just as much as the next guy, but, as a Texan, I say if you’re going to have a cache devoted to mascots and any Beaver, and you’re not invoking the holy name of Buc-ee’s, you’re doing it wrong. Sure, this was Missouri, but that’s no excuse. The CO, regrettably, is guilty of high treason in the state of Texas. But that would be a trial for another day. With my work here done, I turned myself back towards the west. No, I was not heading home, but I would begin inching myself closer to home for a while. I got back on the highway and chased the path of the sun to…
Geocaching While Black 