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Derby City Searchers ... JBLANE reporting The DERBY CITY SEARCHERS are perhaps best-known for their LET’S PLAY BALL series. We’ve all had one of their —sometimes elusive— 1/1 geocaches hit our radar at one time or another. When
asked about the origin of the series, MR. DERBY CITY SEARCHER responded, “Our
kids played
sports here in eastern Louisville which took us to several ballparks and we noticed
none of these
had caches placed close by. Everything
sort of grew from that point.” Indeed.
To date, there are fifteen in the series spanning Kentuckiana.
At one point, there was even
a LET’S PLAY BALL “IRAQ” (GCQ95R)
while MR. DERBY CITY
SEARCHER was serving our country
overseas as a Major in the United States Army.
“The biggest thing caching did for me [while
deployed in Iraq] was my ability to teach soldiers how to use their GPS
units.” Stating plainly
that there’s always the potential to be called up again, he currently works as
a Unit Manager
for Citi Group. MRS.
DERBY CITY SEARCHER is employed as an Office Assistant.
She also
volunteers extensively with the PTA.
The rest of the troop consists of BECCABOO (6TH grade),
ASHCASH$ (1ST grade), and
BUDSTER00 (Kindergarten). LIBRARYGIRL
(Sister/Sister-in-law) is attributed to being the source of their exposure to geocaching.
“Getting the kids started, it soon became a family affair,” remarked the
Major. (It should
also be noted that this reporter sensed a hint of amusement with the fact that
the DERBY CITY SEARCHERS have surpassed their mentor, two-fold.
But who’s counting?) The
DERBY CITY
SEARCHERS hope to reach 1,000 finds this summer.
“DCSs”
enjoy both hiding and finding caches. “Finding
caches is the real sport, but it takes people
out there hiding [caches] or else the sport will not grow.
It’s really great to come up with new
ideas and places for hides. But
many of these ideas are variations of things we see out finding caches.” Favorites they’ve logged include, THERE GOES THE
NEIGHBORHOOD (GCKE8Q),
THIS IS
INSANE!!!! (GCRA2V), and
MEMORIES OF MONTANA (GCQEPV)
which their youngest
found almost immediately. (Move over AirRaidFan and Show Me The Cache!) |
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