As of today there are 181,216 active geocaches in 215 countries. In the last 7 days, there have been 138,512 new log entries written at geocaching.com by 24,318 participants in the global sport of geocaching. Two of those entries were from me — but it should have been three.
The Split Rock Mini Cache included a short mile and a half but very nice hike. The cache is not one meter to the right of the split rock as described. The cache is in bad shape — water-logged. Some caches are stored in Tupperware containers. They are somewhat effective but not nearly as good as military surplus "ammo" cans. The former ammunition containers have a tight seal and are inexpensive. I took a slightly corroded United Way pin from the Tupperware container and in it’s place left a travel bug. I look forward to following the bug’s travels.
Cache #2 for the weekend was not a pleasant experience. The twenty-mile ride on the trike to get to parking area was the highlight. Undaunted by the near 90 degree heat, high humidity and millions of gypsy moths, I followed the needle of the GPS into heavy brush. The "hint" on the cache web page said "Under a large rock near a pine tree". There were a *lot* of large rocks but I could not find a pine tree. After an hour or so I gave up. Perhaps I will try again in the fall.
Not wanting to go back to the lake house with no "finds" Using the Opera browser on the Sony Ericsson P910, I searched geocaching.com and got the latitude and longitude for another cache about five miles away. The trail head was on a small back road that I had never been on before and as I came around a sharp corner on the way, my jaw dropped open with what I saw (the Loral Skynet!). The cache, Decker Oxbow, was very nice even though it required getting a bit wet crossing a stream. There were many different plants, flowers, rocks, and natural scenes to enjoy. A large ammo can had kept the contents dry. I placed another travel bug and picked up the White Jeep Travel Bug "Morrisey". See photo gallery for a set of pictures from the two days of geocaching.
- Split Rock Geocache
- patrickWeb Hiking Photo Gallery
- Other patrickWeb stories about hiking
