Monday, October 13, 2008

I think I've created a Monster!

About a week and a half ago, a colleague and I had a business day trip which put us in a car for several hours together. We spent a lot of time talking, as you can imagine, but what was talked about most was Geocaching. We talked about several different subjects, but it seemed as if it always redirected back towards Gecaching. He was so intrigued by the idea (which he had never heard of before) that he just kept asking question after question. Now I didn't mind answering them, mind you, because GCg is something I could talk about day and night to whomever would listen, so you can imagine my joy in answering his questions and more.

.....Fast forward to end of the day trip back home.....


We started down the road for our return trip and conversations began again. It didn't take long for them to turn toward GCg again. During our conversations, he started naming family members and friends he knew that would be VERY interested in this sport. He was still intrigued and asked after our return for me to forward him an email with the website and information on it. I did and the rest is History.

Since we have been back, he has talked to me on several occassions about GCg at the office. I had informed him that there were two outside our building's backdoor within walking distance during our trip. He laughed and just couldn't believe that this has been around him all this time and he didn't know. (Sounds about like I was and still am today, I can't get enough)

.....Fast forward to today.....


Today's events lead to this post. He came to me with with the news that during this past weekend's mountain biking ride he and a fellow rider took detours along their path of travel and picked up FIVE caches. (He was excited to say the least because when he walked in my office all he did at first was just hold up a hand with his five fingers stretched out) I knew by that sign, he had found five and he began to tell me about them. He also told me about the other muggles that he has "pulled over to our side" as well, namely one of his daughters, who was thrilled at this concept and didn't know it existed. That makes two. There are a few others he has told me about as well and I am sure they are definitely going to get into the sport.

Is it just me or did I do something wrong. I don't know, but I THINK I HAVE CREATED A MONSTER! (maybe more)

2 comments:

Steve King said...

Good blog. It feels good when we "create a monster" like this. I have recently infected a friend with geocaching fever.

Anonymous said...

You may have created a monster - but it a good way. Just got to get geocaching out of my head - just got to :)