Yesterday the world slowed for a few hours and was the first time I could sit down and pour over the details provided in the clues. The 'Cat was down so my confirmation of my guess didn't happen until today. (It's nice to have days when pet catastrophes and schoolday runs and regular employment don't clutter ones time!) Got it this time! My Guru Always Said. I've opened the "Don't Open This Till the Guessing Is All Over!" envelope to confirm it. Aha!

I like to keep the holiday in a fairly narrow period so that it stays fresh, and this Secret Santa had such a jump on the season and holiday mailings that I've probably driven her nuts waiting to see when I'd figure it out--sorry about that! I've enjoyed the cards and the clues and have had the packages in their own little cache by the fireplace waiting for time when I could savor the unwrapping. Guide Cats For The Blind was opened early, and now I've unloaded the CD changer and will fill it with a nice little stack of CDs of live performances. I'm sure the zone is correct on the DVD, but I'll give it a spin on the computer first, where zone doesn't seem to matter.

Up until now, I've been focusing on the geocache stuff that was mailed early, trying to discern from the pages sent what the identity of a logged-in user might be (that was a hint way back). I haven't detected that id to track. I do know the land well where these items are cached and can report that many of the caches are on some beautiful open prairie property, though sadly, it is rapidly being bulldozed for building roads and houses (it was purchased by a developer a couple of years ago). I'll have to visit the online site and see what the current reports are for these caches. Most of them are about a mile from here, east of the Post Office and near the railroad tracks. I have a couple of photos of the prairie area about a half-mile north of the area in question, taken on a recent walk with my son. I'll get a few more of typical landscape and post them to my Yahoo photos and send a link. Since I don't have a GPS unit I'll pick up a topographic map and pace off the distance with a compass to locate at least one of these caches. Or maybe I'll just go for a walk through the area with my nosy dogs and see if they find them all by themselves!

SRS