Introduction

You can find me on Groundspeak as greywolf1242; the last two digits gives away my age. I’ve been an outdoors person all my life, trapping muskrats, mink and fox as a kid in Ohio. It was because of my love of the outdoors and my advancing age that I decided to get a GPSr to take with me on my long hikes in the desert, usually alone, just in case I needed to contact someone and let them know where they could find me in an emergency. Shortly after purchasing my first GPSr a friend called to tell me about the Groundspeak website. I joined the same day, Jan 16, 2006 but it was a little while before I actually got out to search for any caches. But, after that first day I became addicted to the sport.
Living on a limited income, and the increased gas prices this past year, kept me searching fairly close to home. But that also lead to an aspect of geocaching that I enjoy just as much…hiding caches! Unfortunately, that activity, under greywolf1242, ended last year for reasons I won’t go into. When I stopped seeking and hiding caches I had 900 finds, 270 caches hidden, of which 31 are now archived, 15 have been adopted out, and 18 went unpublished. I also have 217 Waymarks and 349 Benchmarks.
You meet some of the nicest people through geocaching. One of those people I’ve met was indirectly responsible for me finding out about Older But Wiser(?). Quietbreezes (Corky) was a very special person to all who knew her. Although she suffered through countless surgeries throughout her life in her battle with cancer, I never once heard her complain; not about the pain, nor about her lot in life. She was a very big inspiration to me in my fight to get control of diabetes I was diagnosed with a year and a half ago.
I had the pleasure of caching with Corky on a number of occasions, when she was feeling up to being out and about, and they were all memorable experiences. She was a puzzle solver beyond belief and had a good eye for finding those hard to find caches. Corky lived life to the fullest every day. The last time I saw her in the hospital her first words to me was to ask how I was doing with my diabetes, even though she was in extreme pain and minutes away from going in for one more surgery. Corky was always thinking of others.
The way Corky was indirectly responsible for me finding out about OBW(?), is through a cache I placed as a tribute to her while she was still in the hospital: Tribute to Quietbreezes (GC1C9HK). AbbysGrammy, Sharron, contacted me so she could contribute to Corky’s memory. Pull up the cache page and you can find out what can be done if you are interested in honoring a fellow geocacher.
Although I am no longer seeking or placing caches as greywolf1242, there are still 200+ caches out there that I have hidden, plus the 15 I adopted out. They will remain active as long as I am able to maintain them, so others can have the opportunity of adding to their numbers and see some sights they most likely would not have seen otherwise. Nearly all of my caches are hidden in the desert country of southern Idaho, so bring water with you if you decide to look for them. And I can still be reached through my profile on Groundspeak, should you be coming to my part of the country and want to get together or need some help in finding some of the more difficult ones.
I do have 25 other caches hidden under another name and if you are interested in those drop me a line through Groundspeak. I’m looking forward to some of you making a trip through southern Idaho so I might get the chance of meeting you…like I said, you meet some of the nicest people through caching. Thanks, Sharron, for the invite to join this group!