The other day after an early Valentines Dinner at Olive Garden, I suggested that hubby help me find a couple of Geocaches that were eluding me. Turning on the GPS, and selecting the caches we wanted to find, we started down the road. The GPS brings up any caches in about a 3-mile radius so we were really surprised at how many were close by that I didn't know about!
In fact, the little 'cache alarm' went off indicating that we were very close to one. "Another Rock Cache" was at the corner right where we were stopped at a stop sign!!! Turning into the parking lot and following the 'hint' to keep close to the edge, we walked along the edge of the rocks beside the parking lot until we found this little 36 mm film container under a rock. It was camouflaged and held only a little rolled up paper log for us to sign. Hubby (Geo CatsEye55) was going to leave one of his catseye marbles, but it wouldn't fit. Maybe if you click on the photo, you will see the film container. (All these photos were taken with my iPhone, so may not be the best quality.)
Here's the photo of Jim (Geocacher CatsEye55) putting the cache back in it's hiding spot under a rock. Gotta be exact so the GPS will be correct for the next geocacher! Yeah, it was a bit chilly, but we enjoyed it anyway!
Next, we discovered there was one close to the Drivers License Building that was only a block away. The person who hid it there wrote that this was something a geocacher could do while waiting in the very long lines that are always at the DVM. He said it was hanging in a cedar tree next to the parking lot, and as the snow is still quite bothersome, we were happy to search close to the roadway.
Here's a picture of the TREE that our GPS indicated contained a "DVM Cache". Okay, who wants to climb the tree?
After circling under the tree for a few minutes, Jim spotted the small 35 mm film canister hanging from a small wire on a branch. (Too high for me to reach.) In the next photo, Jim is pointing to the canister. I'm hoping if you click the photo, you can actually see it. I won't know until I post this to the Internet. (The photo was too dark and had to be edited. Hope it works for this.)
Later, we found a couple more caches, but some will have to wait until the snow melts to find. We spent about two hours in a 5-block area just enjoying all the mysterious caches! I can't believe how many hundreds of caches are hidden within walking distance of our home. This Geocaching is really BIG.
Oh yeah, we almost found another one in a tree, but there were two bunny rabbits eating, and we didn't want to disturb them. We also saw a beautiful red fox who sauntered across the road in front of us. Too fast for a photo through!
Until next time,
Take Care on the Journey,
~ Starcatcher55 (Linda) and CatsEye55 (Jim)
