Geocaching and Good Food, Too
We took advantage of another gorgeous day today. After church we headed up to Broad Ripple to search for geocaches along the Monon Trail.
The Road More Travelled
There are tons of caches along the trail. We parked and headed up the trail to the first one. We came up to the location and searched for a while, but no luck. We headed further up the trail and couldn’t find the next one, either. I started doing a bit more research on my phone about the Monon Trail caches and discovered a lot of people consider them a bit harder than normal/for-beginner cachers. Undaunted we continued and came up to the next one. My daughter quickly located this one!
That’s not gum under there….
We signed the log, put it back where we found it and moved on to the next. No luck. Getting hungry we turned around and headed back towards the car, searching for the ones we missed as we passed their locations again. While searching for one with a clue of “Tree”, another family came upon us and asked if we had found it yet. Aha! Fellow cachers! We ran down what we had found and what we had missed and started searching for this one together. While searching a jogger on the trail stopped and asked, “Are you guys geocaching? There’s a park up this way that has several. Good luck!” How awesome! I love how geocaching starts conversations with random people that you would normally only pass with a nod of your head. We continued searching and after about 10 minutes one of his daughters found it. We all signed the log and went our separate ways. Continue reading →
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Mom, can we go geocaching?
T-Bone called me yesterday to ask if he could spend the night at my house. After I said yes, he then asked if we could go geocaching – I think this was the real draw to spending more time with me this week! 😉 Fine by me, the weather has finally turned to spring and any chance to get out in the sun and warm weather after the past six miserably cold and dreary months gets a definite yes from me!
I picked him up after work and we headed to a local city park that had three or four caches. It was such a gorgous evening! We hit the hiking trails towards our first cache. When we got close the app on my phone indicated it was just a bit off the trail. Seeing where a side trail or three had been made we started exploring the area to find our treasure.
Slippery slope – it’s a lot steeper than the picture shows.
No luck. Continue reading →
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Finally – A Gorgeous Geocaching Day!
It’s almost the middle of April and we FINALLY got a spring day! We’ve had two close ones so far but today was just perfect – 74 degrees and sunny all day (I got a sunburn!!), minimal wind (this character has hindered the other two sunny days) and not a bite of chill in the air (another meanie of our first two days).
My daughter was with me all weekend so I told her to dress for adventure – we were NOT going home after church. I was not going to waste our first real spring day doing anything at home; we were going to get out and about! After the service we usually hang around and chat with some friends for a bit, but today we said just a quick “Hi” & “Goodbye” and we were off! Continue reading →
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Take advantage of the good weather – Geocache!
Living in Indiana means you spend about eight months out of the year in miserable weather – it’s overcast all winter (depressing!) as well as the spring and fall (triple depressing!!). Oh, and don’t forget the road construction in the summer, which pretty much makes it a 12-month crap shoot to live here.
So when we get a 60 degree and sunny day we do everything we can to take advantage of it before our cabin-fever becomes permanent. Today was just such a day! We couldn’t wait to get out of the house and out in the open air where there was sun and warmth – at last! And we took full advantage by doing one of our favorite outdoor activities – GEOCACHING!
One of our five geocaching finds today!
If you don’t know what this is (loser!) then you need to check out http://www.geocaching.com to learn everything you can. Continue reading →
Between the Eyes 