As a follow-up to DJCreekCachers FTF log, their FTF trip for this cache was broadcast on Podcacher, episode #389 (Sept. 16, 2012) beginning at about minute 27 of the podcast. You can listen to the podcast using this link:

 www.podcacher.com/2012/09/

By the way, thanks for the "shout out"!

Mrs T. and I had some business to attend to in Xenia today, I had planned on doing some geocaching afterwards, saw this cache pop up, and brought along a laptop "just in case."

After finishing with our other tasks, we came to the appointed place where it didn't take very long to find what we were looking for, but did take a bit of finesse before the USB stick was finally in hand. Mrs T. looked at me and said, "You're not going to plug that thing into our laptop, are you?"

I carefully examined the object, paused for a few seconds, then "went for it."  Read both files, added to the log, then replaced the stick for the next finder.

This is the first time I've encountered a hide like this----my feelings on it are mixed, as I can see pros as well as cons.

On the "pro" side:

- It makes for a VERY legible log
- I can make a copy of the log for my own perusal (and I did).
- It make use of modern technology

On the "con" side:

- You have to bring a USB device (laptop, etc) to log the find
- You have to have a decent place to use your equipment
(this hide fits the bill)
- If the USB stick gets wet or corrodes internally, it may short out
and thereby short out/harm someone's laptop (we worried about that)

I guess time will tell as to the eventual popularity of this type of hide. I had fun with it, but then I knew to bring a laptop with me----something I rarely do when geocaching. But that's just me---I'll be interested to see what others think.

This was a different caching experience----Thanks!

Congratulations to DJCreekCachers on the FTF!!!  Including this cache, there are only 4 DeadDrop caches within 6000 miles of this location as of Sept. 8 2012 - and only 3 have been found - this being the third...

FTF at 1552 - 8 Sep 2012

  This was an awesome experience.  It was our first Dead Drop Cache. Lucky for us we only had to drive 15 minutes to get to it.  After arriving at the posted coordinates we set out trying to find the Dead Drop Flash Drive. It took several minutes of both of us searching, but we finally found it. That wound up being the easy part as retrieving it was somewhat harder.  We were beginning to think we might not retrieve it, but persistence paid off and before too long we had it in hand.  Since we already had our laptop fired up (with 3G access), we plopped the flash drive in and presto, the two text files appeared, just as advertised.  We read the readme file and then opened the log file and entered our information as requested.  After saving the file, we safely removed the flash drive and replaced it as we found it.  This gave us the inspiration to get one put out ourselves.  Stay tuned.  Thanks to Bernoulli for placing this one.  As a side note, we called Sonny, Sandy, and Sean on the Podcacher Hotline before heading over to Xenia.  After getting our FTF, we called them back to report our good fortunes.  Listen to the next show to see if they feature this cache. TFTDDC and Keep on Cachin'