From Two Old Crows to Two OBW(?)s

In mid 2004 the decrepit crow read an article about Geocaching and went on-line to investigate. We had a big, cluncky Street Pilot in our vehicle he decided he could go Geocaching using it and created his account as mgbdon. He would hop in the van and disappear for hours, then come back and report on what he found. The delicate crow decided to tag along and see what it was all about. After a while we both got tired of lugging the Street Pilot over the rivers and through the woods. One day the older crow fell down a rock embankment, smashing the screen against the rocks. Bad, and good. Now we had an excuse to make a quick trip to purchase a hand-held GPSr and get back to the woods. We continued caching for months, but decided if there were two of us we should change our screen name to reflect that fact and buy a second GPSr (well, I think the delicate crow decided that). Thus we became the Two Old Crows.

Every now and then we would meet up with other Geocachers at a cache site, as when we met TheHobos who later introduced us to AbbysGrammy, Nashville Joe and Bulli the Wonder Dog. One thing led to another and before you know it we were meeting up more often. On one of these occasions Sharon told us about an idea she had for forming a group so the older but wiser Geocachers would have a reason to meet and greet and stay in touch. The no rules, no dues, no meetings, no responsibilities aspects made it sound very enticing, especially for oldies like us that don't like to do much, so we signed on.

One day an e-mail came from Sharon saying Hobo & His Dream were RVing in the area, so lets get together for the premier, non-organizational, no-meeting, no-minutes, no roll call, first annual (maybe) gathering of the OBW(?)s. Wow, we couldn't pass that up. This first unofficial non-event was held at Spankies eatery in Cookeville and attended by AbbysGrammy, Nashville Joe, TheHobos, Hobo & His Dream and Two Old Crows. Bulli attended from the Geovanni. Now, we fully believe that Bulli's dog years qualify him to officially join the group, but it seems that a lot of our non-meetings are in eateries that won't welcome him. In fact, we remember an impromptu non-meeting at Cracker Barrel in Crossville, another at Steak & Shake in Cookeville--wait a minute--is this why we're all gaining weight?

We are posting 2 photos since invariably someone is hiding behind some else or has their eyes closed or is looking the other way, and we didn't want you to miss seeing everyone who attended the auspicious premier non-meeting event.

Cheers to Sharon for the imagination and enthusiasm she has put into forming this fun group and enlisting new members. You've come a long way, baby, from that first non-meeting of 8 of us. Thanks also to Joe and Bulli whose support for Sharon allows her to go off in 10 different directions at once without getting lost.

Hope to meet the over 100 members there will be by the time GeoWoodstock VII convenes.

Happy caching, everyone.

Don & Andrea