RIP bubbabeernut

bubbabeernut recently passed.  It's funny how sometimes you can know a cacher and not even know his name.  In this case it was Doug Foster.  I always called him bubba.  He always responded.  He was always friendly.

I published bubba's first hide in 2007.  skeetsurfer published his last in June of this year.  In total there were 407 hides placed by Doug (it seems weird calling him that).  He introduced us to the St. Marys Sportsman Club through the caches he placed there.  He also showed us the wonders of the Quehenna Wild Area.  You can't place caches there, but you can place them in the nearby State Game Lands and he did.  He spent his life in the woods in the area and knew of quirky pieces of the past where he took cachers with his hides as well as great wild areas.

Very few of bubba's caches were serious.  All containers were some sort of toy or gimmick.  Some made you laugh while others made you roll your eyes.  The adventures were always fun outings.

He often cached with his dogs.  When we first met him, he was caching with Darby.  There was also Bailey who was with him on his last outings.  

We will miss his goofy caches in great locations.  We will miss seeing him at events.  One of the toughest parts of the days passing is people passing with it.  Elk County has lost some amazing cachers through the years.

RIP, bubba er Doug...  may you be able to say hello to the geodogs at the rainbow bridge.