The Billy Bob Caches by Cuzin' Jethro
The Billy Bob Caches
Photos by pwlib, mikeott, mntbikejack, dinobalz, and evanspack
Editor's Note: Reviews of geocaches have appeared on this site since it began back in December 2005. All have been written by the webmaster. This month our review is written by a guest reviewer who contacted me with an unusual request. He was hoping his review might lead to finding a missing relative. How could we refuse?
That said we now turn this space over (temporarily) to Cuzin' Jethro.
Way back in 'bout September of 07 ah put out a call to y'all good Delawere kachers ta lend a hand an help locate one of my kin folk - Billy Bob. Well checkin' that there web thingy y'all got up on the innernet shows that some of y'all tried but nobody's had any luck so far. Seeings how things have gone ah axed yer webmaster for sum space to try to get a few more of y'all involved in the hunt. Let's see if this'll do the trick.
Now if'n yer gonna hep me here mebby y'all need to know the whole tale. So here goes:
Billy Bob and Bubba's Big Kountry Kach (GC10B7Q)
by Billy Bob and Bubba (1/12/07)
rating 1.5/3
Container size 4
Back'n Janyary ah first cum to yer fine state servin' m'kountry down in Dover at yer Airbase. It's a nice place and all that but I was gettin' a touch lonesome. Ya know how it is when y'all've been brought up smack in the midst of all yer kin. After while ya get used to 'em. And if'n one of em goes away for a spell , well y'all get to missing em. Guess my kin back home was feeling likewise cause the next thing I knowed here come my cuzin' Billy Bob and he done brought along my uther cuzin' Big Bubba Bodine. Wuz I ever glad to see 'em. Why we had us quite a RE-union.
They wuz really curious about all that high powered E-kwipment there at the base but ah telled them that was one subject that was off limits. Ah changed the subject and started in talking about something ah had just leant about called G-O Kashing.
Up here at the base I met this new buddy who sed he wuz a G-O Kasher. He told me how it worked and all and him and me went round Dover findin all kindz'a things in the durndest places. Whew-ee, it WUZ FUN! Billy Bob and Bubba wuddn't so sure 'bout all this but ah just kept on a talking and I guess ah kind'a roped 'em in cuz next thing y'know Bubba wuz a talking bout he wanted to get out in the woods and set up one a them-there G-O-Kashes that would show them sissyfied flatlanders how to REALLY hide somethin in the woods. Now, I've got to admit that we DO have some experience here. Why we've hid stills back home that even we can't find anymore.
Billy Bob wanted me to grab one of them cannon shell boxes as the Kash Kontainer but ah didn't think that was a good idy a'tall sides I telled 'em that somebody up in Pensylvany already went and done that. Ah looked around and spotted sumthing else we could use. Billy Bob liked that'n so that took care'a that.
Since my kin folks had cum all this way to see me it was easy fer me to talk'm'way into a weekend pass. Then off we went looking for the highest mountain in Delaware so's we kud do some heavy-duty hidin. Since ever thing wuz so flat in Dover we figgered the mountains must be up North and we headed on up-state.
We checked out a place that looked likely but it was named I-ron HILL! Gracious Sakes that wuz a disappointment. So we kept on a'searchin and found us a spot that was almost as wild as some of the spots back home - and it had a great name - Muddy Run. Not only did it have briars, and bogs, and slippry stones, it had big holes in the ground that can leap up otta nowhere and grab ya.
Only problem wuz this here place wuzn't as big as we hoped. We wanted to make folks walk for miles into the woods - so far they have to really pay attention if they ever wanted to get back out. We wuz about to give up and try'n find another spot when ah remembered my G-O Kashing buddy a'talking about sum kinda thing called a MULTI kash.
Ah told Billy Bob and Bubba that this here is the kind where you have to run from place to place a'looking for the right information that'll gitcha a bit closer and closer till ya finally find the darn thing. They like the sound a'this. So we set up a multi kash that will give yer legs a real workout.
With our work done the three of us skedaddled on outta there and found us a local spot to quinch our thirst. Sure wish they wudda thought to bring along some of our homebrew. Might'a taken sum of the chill outta our bones. This here Delaware does get cold in Janyary.
A while after Billy Bob and Bubba went back home I was kinda curious what might'a happened with the Multi G-O Kash. I axed my new buddy here at the base an he got on the innernet and checked. Sure nuf folks had started to look fer it. Sum had even found it. And sum had left picthurs.
Now ah'm not claimin the folks in this pitchur is any kin a'mine but jest lookin at em you can see these folks is plum dee-lighted. Ah'm not so sure about that woman but could be she brought her own shine to keep the chill off her bones.
Then things took a serious turn. Ah wuz told it wuz time fer me to go to school here at the base. Whew-ee I dun got all the schooling I needed years ago! I got a good head -I kin figger things out. But orders is orders - so ah went.
Now with all the excitement of seeing Billy Bob and Bubba and a'makin that G-O Kash and getting to see folks havin such a good time finding it well, let's just say it kinda interfered with keepin m'mind on the book learnin. Next thing ya know the general or some kinda brass was a telling me that it'd be better for all concerned if ah gave my full time attention to fixing jet engines and left the book learning to others more PRE-disposed to that kind of thing. Only problem I wuz was here and them jet engines was over there - in Irak. So ah wrote to Billy Bob to let 'em know I was gettin ready t'make another trip.
Billy Bob's Ity bitty Mountain Kash (GC15JKV)
by Bib Bubba Bonine (09/3/07)
rating 2/3.5
Container size 3
A few dayz before ah wuz to ship out Billy Bob and Bubba were back in Dover t'give me a big sendoff. And this time they remember to bring the shine. They were fixing on the three of use headin back out to that itty bitty mountain we checked out earlier and setting up a REAL Tennessee mountain kash.
Big Bubba Bodine is known all over the hills for the best homemade moonshine and he'd brought along enough for us to have some, for us to share with some of the others here at the base, and still have enough to make a good supply for the kash. Well, we kind underestimated them boys at the base. They no sooner got a good swig then they commenced in passing the jar round and round till them boys heads was a spinnin' and the jar was running low. There wuddn't even enough left over to half fill a jar for the Kash so we had to cum up with another plan. Good thing we're used to shine. At least WE could think straight. We'd just put an empty jar in the Kash!
With our problem solved the three of us headed on up to Noo Castle Kounty once more to find that itty bitty mountain. We darn't near tripped over it. But in a short time we'd set up another FAN - TAS - TIC Multi G-O-Kash. Guess we'd got so good that we got dun way too quick. Billy Bob was a grumblin'. He'd brung along his trusty ole gun and sed he'd herd shots so there had to be sumpthin' worth huntin' hereabouts. And if there was huntin' going on here HE was gonna be part of it. And with that he was outta there.
Now Billy Bob's really a gentle soul - unless he gets a bit too much shine in him. So off he went. And that's the last we saw of him. Bubba and me waited fa spell for him to come back by hisself but when he dint we went looking. Seein as it was getting dark and I hadda git back on base, we had no choice but to leave. We did leave a note for him at the Kash so'd he know what we'd done.
When we got back t'Dover Bubba surprized me by saying while he was real sorry and all that bout Billy Bob he really had to get back home. Ah guess to try to make me feel a bit better about him leavin he sed he'd send up a new batch of shine so ah could fill up that jar in the Kash.
Next day ah wuz packed off to I-rack. And nobodys heard from Billy Bob since. Ah'm getting a mite worried. If y'all visit our itty bitty kash keep yer eyes out for him or signs that he might have been there. And if'n you happen ta run acrost him, let him know that ah'm in Irak now and Big Bubba Bodine is back in the hills a Tennessee.
Where's Billy Bob? (GC162EA)
by Cuzin Jethro (09/21/07)
rating 1.5/2
Container size 3
Now fer the Good News Folks. G-O Kashers Delawhere and Evanspack say they've SEEN Billy Bob. He was a'wanderin around near the itty bitty Kash with his gun in one hand and a jar of shine in the other. Seems Delawhere has set up a Kash of her own to try to coax him out of hiding. She sez she's added a buncha more details on her Kash description page for folks lookin' to try to help find that wanderin' Kountry Boy. But ah also got word from Bubba that he thinks Billy Bob done stole his recipie and may be staying up there in Delaware a looking to set up his own still now that he's had a chance to check to the local woods.
So folks, ah need yer hep. Wud y'all hit the woods and see if'n y'll can find that fella? And, if y'all find em all ah can say - in the words of another great Tennessee boy is Thank ya, Thank ya, vury much!
The editor thanks Cuzin Jethro for helping with these cache reviews and also hopes that someone successfully finds Billy Bob but it must be pointed out that Cuzin Jethro missed a few important details.
All three caches are multi caches. Despite what Cuzin Jethro said they are not all that close together. It would be well to check the coordinates and give yourself enough time to travel if you want to try doing all three as a set.
It was noted that Billy Bob had his trusty old gun with him. You are advised not to do the same.
Kountry Kash will require a hike of about 2.5 miles. There are trails which you can follow that may make this hike a bit longer but taking the trails will prevent the need to bushwack. All stages of this multi are about 25 feet off of a trail.
Notice that the terrain for Itty Bitty Mountain Kash has the highest difficulty rating of the three. Expect to spend some effort here.
There's also one unusual requirement for all three finds. You will need to write your log in "country speak". Our review provides one example of how to do this but be sure to check the logs of all three caches for many humorous additional examples. The creators of these caches tell us that they will delete any logs posted in standard english!
Finally, Where's Billy Bob is another of those award wining geocache designs. It was chosen by Delaware Geocachers as the best cache for the 3rd quarter of 2007. Anyone who has done any of Delawhere's other caches knows that this will be a challenging and fun experience with, perhaps, a surprise ending.
We are pleased to review this set of caches as this represents the first time two different Delaware Geocachers have created caches that embellish each other. Mike Ott created the (do we really have to tell you this) fictional characters of Cuzin' Jethro, Billy Bob, and Big Bubba Bodine. Delaware created her add-on cache just about two weeks after MikeOtt's Itty Bitty Mountain was activated. Our congratulations to both geocachers for the creation of a fun and unique geocaching experience.