Four Seasons

As I did a little geocaching on a beautiful, balmy, Denver afternoon, I stopped to photograph this loaded apple tree. No apples yet, but check back in a few months for the delicious ending.

Oh yes, about this particular geocache...I walked past the sign several times looking for the 'cache'.

(It's in a small plastic bag behind the sign.)

Happy Geocaching!

~Linda

A Sign About Nothing

For some reason, sometimes I just can't get the gist of my GPS and get confused if I'm suppose to go right or left.  I run (or drive) around in circles while I drive (or walk) right by the geocache I'm looking for again and again! It happened with this one.  I WAS looking for a "sign about nothing', but it was a little further down the road than I expected.

Here's a photo of the "sign about nothing."

Too Cute!

...and a very unique 'cache' sits quietly since 2007
at the bottom of the 'sign about nothing'.
ha ha

Take Care on the Journey,
~Linda

Heavenly View #43 - Victory Church

(I don't name these caches. This is the official name given by the geocacher who placed them.)

A beautiful apple tree, full of pink and white blossoms stood next to this cache. (Hidden at the bottom of a light pole in the parking lot.)  I plucked a blossom and put it into the little medicine container that held the log.

This is what I posted on the website for this cache: 

As the sun sets on this Friday evening, many people worldwide are starting to celebrate the Sabbath day. Others are waiting in long lines at Olive Garden or other fine restaurants. I'm enjoying another geocaching experience!. This one right next to a beautiful apple tree full of pink and white blossoms. I put a tiny blossom into the cache container. I'll post a photo of the blossoms on the apple tree. TFTC

Happy Sabbath and Happy Geocaching
Take Care on the Journey,
~Linda

Collar ID #4 PS

(I lost a photo in my first posting of this cache)

One more geocache on my way home from the grocery store.

...Where I saved LOTS of money using COUPONS.

You be right if you guessed this one is located behind a vet's office. (See title) 

Such a cute little cache container attached to the inside of this prickly pine tree.

After walking all around the tree and searching under it, I decided it's in the branches...



You can't see him well in this photo, but a little bunny rabbit was watching me.

It's the small container below the silver spot.
It held a tiny log to sign and replace.

Happy Geocaching!

~Linda

Mondo's Red Rocks

Hubby and I went for a ride up to the Golden Mountain and took the long way home on Highway 93 between Boulder and Denver because of rush-hour traffic on Highway 25.  While driving, I had the GPS turned on for nearby geocaches.

We decided to find one called Mondo's Red Rocks expecting to see it near the usual formidable red rock formation filling the skyline.  As got closer, we didn't see any red rocks - big or little.  We had trouble following the GPS because it kept losing the signal.  But, once on a trail, we don't give up.

We always enjoy the wind turbines, but today we were looking for a geocache.

The cold, wet, wind was howling around us as we got out of the car to follow the signal down an embankment towards a field.  Click on the photo for a close up of the turbine wind farm in the distance.  Yep, that's our car way up there.

The Red Rock Geocache is around here someplace!

GPS says we're close to the cache, but not quite there. Do we have to climb over the fence?

Ha ha ha.  Look down Linda!

 

Don't step on it!



Success!!! Hurry up and sign the log. I'm COLD.


Take Care on the Journey,
~Linda

Hobo Something

Yesterday I spent about four hours on the road going to a job interview for a RN House Supervisor position that I didn't want. But, it's a long story. Sometimes it's about politics...I went for that interview because I DO want an Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) position that I applied for that is about five miles from home.

Not that I'm quitting my current job, but the charge nurse position is being eliminated, and my company is helping me find another RN job at a sister facility. (That's the long story part.)

So, on the way home, I 'looked' for geocaches in that part of town.  I wrote down the name on a piece of paper, but can't find the paper, so I'm naming this one Hobo because I think that was part of the name.  (Okay, I'm babbling...)

This is the first I've found that looks like this. 

Yep, it's a 'geo rock'!!!

So next time, trust my GPS!

The GPS said I was walking right past the cache when I took this picture.

But, of course, I didn't believe it.

I walked on and got two inches of mud on my shoes!



What looks slightly out of place?

Happy Geocaching!
~Linda

Mondo's Club or The Ranch

No. It's not, The Girl's Ranch, where Sandy and I would sleep at night in the Missouri rain as it pelted the old, tin roof, and the chickens clucked when a fox sniffed at the door to the hen house under our little beds. (See page 47 of my book, Dusty Angels and Old Diaries)

No. It's not a country club either. But it's a hiding spot for another one of Mondo's flourishing spread of geocaches near Denver, Colorado.

I was on my way home from Wendy's with a couple of their delicious baked potatoes for our lunch. I'm recovering from the flu, so cooking is not something I'm fussy about these days. As usual, I turned on the iPhone app for nearby geocaches, and found one right on the way home.

Pulling off the road and parking beside these signs, I quickly zeroed in on the bush to the left. Inside the thick green branches there dangled a small film canister with the usual tiny baglet and sign-in log.

The potatoes were still hot, and I was smiling. What more can one ask for?

Take Care on the Journey,

~Linda aka Starcatcher55