Imagine first my surprise a few weeks ago when I found out from messaging with my Santa that she is also a geocacher. Great! This meant she knew exactly what kind of bag would fit the needs for this hobby. Excited already!

Yesterday a friend drove me and one of her coworkers to a geocaching "event" - which is basically a social gathering of players. The gathering was at a scenic rest stop just past the next town from here, and, as cachers are wont to do, we stopped to find some geocaches on the way home after the event.

When I emptied my pockets after I got home, I found that one thing was missing - my extendable hook/magnet/BBQ-fork tool! My friend looked in her car and it wasn't there, so I knew exactly where I must have dropped it... 10 miles away from home.

This morning I took my bicycle and rode back to where I knew my tool should be. And there it was in the dirt next to where we had parked the car. (I knew it would be there, because when I had gotten out of the car, in the dark, something else had also fallen out of my pocket, which made a noise, so I had bent down and picked that up.)

After retrieving my precious tool, I biked back to town. I have literally NEVER biked 20 miles in a day before, let alone on one trip, but I made it. And I discovered that my bag exchange gift had arrived! It's a tactical sling bag for all my geocaching gear and more. It has a million compartments and pockets and PALS-style webbing so I can head over to the military surplus shop and buy attachments for EVEN MORE pockets if I ever want to.

This is the most amazing bag I could ever have gotten, and with the very best timing too. Thank you SO much, Sarah! My caching stuff will NEVER have to fall out of my jacket pockets again!