AMEN BROTHER JIM!
I was lucky enough to have had a daughter living just outside Clarksville, when I discovered this game. I'll never forget the first caches I found there. I rememeber thinking that these were different than others that I had found, and that this Nonnipoppy and that Golfnutz guy must be some kind of steppin' cat daddies to come up with this stuff. Turns out I was right, and they are some pretty great guys.
Then I found out that rklmbl lived in the vicinity, and I went in search of some of their caches. I am still searching for a couple of those, and some day I hope to finish finding them all. Lol! Now I am lucky enough to call them neighbors, and these are some of the best caching times I have had.
Still, I miss those early days of my geo education, and the wonder of finding all the different types of caches. It is pretty rare when I find a cache that I haven't already seen in Clarksville. It has made me a better cache finder and hider for sure. I sure do miss those great Glolfnutz and Nonnipoppy caches.
Don't send the stretcher for Clarksville caching just yet though. Bluesybreeze, CFD29, CFD10, and FirefighterEMT have some great caches available to find there. They still have some head scratchers, and I know that they will have even more soon.
Thanks for mentioning this Jim! It was a great trip down memory lane in my brief (so far) caching career, but I feel fortunate that I was able to get off to a great start in Johnson County.
While some of the geo-masters may have retired, their influence lives on in many Arkansas cachers, me included. I am kinda proud of that too!
Guess what?! I got a fever, and the only prescription...is more cowbell!!