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The original was posted on /r/geocaching by /u/Head-Rain-1903 on 2024-09-12 11:20:45+00:00.

So it was 5:30 in the morning and my very first notification of a newly published cache popped up. I got so excited because I want to get a ftf. Its my new goal. I grabbed the baby and went out the door before even looking at where it was because this person placed 5 new caches and I felt like my chances of being first to one was higher. Well it was 40 mins away once I put it in the GPS and I sat there a minute wondering if I should bother but I said F it and we went. It was a nice drive and we reached the head of the class 6 road, got out of our lil prius, I strapped the baby on and we started walking down the road. About halfway through this 1 mile walk a jeep passed me and I narrowed my eyes…and yep, once we got within 150 ft of the GZ I see it parked on the road. We watched them get back in the jeep and drive away. I cant believe how crushed I was by this moment. It was actually surprising 😂😂 I kind of wanted to cry. I felt so good about my chances and we missed it by seconds. If I hadn’t hesitated, or if I had brought our larger vehicle so I could have driven down the class 6 road instead of walking, we would have gotten it. I came so far 😩. Not sure Ill ever get over it. Im still bothered days later and I feel pretty stupid for it haha! I didnt even bother trying to get to any of the other 5 caches. They were all in this forest and we were not going to beat that jeep to any of them.