Tuesday, December 2, 2014

GeoChain?

Oh what a wondrous adventure. Getting closer to reaching 100 caches. A little on what's been going on since last post. Our DD turned 13, and she asked to see Hunger Games Mockingjay, and to go Geocaching. Yes, it was a proud moment. :) I took her and to of her friends. It was fun. However, I've had this problem whenever I take someone caching with me in my car, no room to get into my Cache pack when someone is in the front seat. It's better because of the pack that I got, but there's not a lot of room in a Hummer. Swag bag I can keep in the console or to the side of seat. Pen, I always have in my shirt pocket. Log roller, swiss army knife w/tweezers, replacement logs, and flashlight, are all in my pack. If they were larger items, it would be worth it to have my passengers sitting against and on my pack. We got nearly 20 new finds for each of us on her birthday run. It didn't take me long to figure out a different system for park and grab (P&G).

A keychain, hanging from my mirror, or tucked in the console, would be clever. Something that ties all my tools of the trade (TOTT) together in one place. So here's my lightbulb. This is what I have so far.
Flashlight, log roller, mini snap pliers (we call them fish hook removers), a Bison and a Nano tube loaded to be hidden (never know when you'll come across a neat spot), a larger case that has bison and nano size waterproof replacement logs, and then some swag. I only have a paracord person on it at the moment, but I'd like to get a small zippered bag to hold swag items. So I've got 3 sections. One has the tools needed on the same ring, so they can be slipped off the carabiner. The hide tubes and spare logs are their own section. Then once I get by the store this evening to get some more rings, I'll have a ring with swag on it.

Something that's missing that I'd like to have would be a retractable keychain. We stopped at harbor Freight this morning and I glimpsed for one, but they were out. They are stronger than the ones that use string. We actually use the retractable ones here at the muffler shop for our strikers. Here's a picture I got offline of what it is. This would make it easy to grab the carabiner and pull it to me to get what I need off of it.

Here's a different option. I come across these keyrings quite a bit also. Their already set up to do just that. Come apart in sections. Here's a picture I got offline below.
Have I struck the Pinterest bone yet? Thanks for reading.

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