splat

[piranha]

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it was pouring today, but we didn't want to break our streak, so out came the raincoats. however, at our first stop, elaine hamilton park, the GPS readings were so bad that there was no chance we'd actually find a cache. so we drove north a bit, and by the time we got to long lake, it had lightened up, and we got better readings, so we decided to go for it.

had to clamber downhill and balance across a tiny creeklet, but after that it was easy going. i didn't know this quiet area was here -- i expect it's way busier in the summer because long lake is in the city. and the trash sort of proved that -- really gotta put together that CITO kit (cache in, trash out). put my thick leather gloves on to dig in holes between the rocks, which proved a good idea, since i came across some glass shards. found GC1T2GD [NCC's Treasure Cache] fairly quickly. alas it was not filled with treasure, so we put some extra swag into it. but it was awesomely camoed; totally blended in with its surroundings. there are apparently trails all through the bluffs behind the lake, but i was tired and cold, so we decided to have dinner at montana's instead. gotta come back here.

after dinner we sat in the truck, burping companionably, and of course the paramour turned the GPS on, and then squealed "28m! there is one only 28m from here!" -- we both turned our heads, looked, nodded at each other, and said as with one voice "[censored]". no, no curse, i just don't want to give the cache location away. we moseyed on over, and found GC1RC0P [Is it Time to Eat?] immediately -- as always, researching a hobby pays off, *little grin*. just a log book to sign, but room to hide a small trackable.

we know this area pretty well; we have hiked many of the trails, and been to nearly all the official parks, but geocaching gets us to some places we haven't been yet, and some spots off the main tracks we wouldn't have otherwise found.

and now i go splat.

Comments

[crantz]

Man, geocaching sounds a lot more fun than I gave it credit for!

[piranha]

*heh*. i've always liked scavenger hunts, but what i like in addition here is that it shows me places i might never have found on my own.

there are special geocaches, named "earth caches" that are explicitly educational about geology, showing something like an artesian well or specific rock strata. i'm pretty eager for those.

[crantz]

Take pics of those if you find one. I wanna see.

[piranha]

oh, of course. :)