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Since I took so many photos at this place last summer, I didn't work so hard at it this time. The first cache was just about 300 feet from where I parked.
Somewhere on the other side of that fencing is the first hide. Lots of rocks and cubby-holes to hide a small box in there. I did find this animal skull.
As I was moving around the levels of rocks, a tree branch dislodged my sunglasses from where I hung them in my shirt collar and sent them into the mud of the of the drainage ditch below. I searched as I climbed my way down there to retrieve the sunglasses. As fate would have it, the sunglasses landed directly below where the geocache was hiding. I wasn't thinking of climbing down that low, so dropping the glasses definitely helped.
Time to walk to the next geocache, around 1/4 mile away. On the way I kept hearing thrashing in the river, and I investigated at a clearing. I could see fish, but I had to zoom in with the camera lens to notice it was carp. I believe it's spawning season for them (but I think they are live-bearers, so perhaps spawning is not the right word...)
There were some cranes nearby also.
The blackbird in the middle here actually attacked one of the cranes when he turned his back, but I was not fast enough to take a photo. Kind of surprised me.
They flew off, but not immediately.
At the next geocache site, there were a lot of bystanders walking by, so I had to be extra discreet, pretend I was observing the carp in the river, and taking photos. People stopped to ask me what was thrashing down there too. I didn't take photos of the hiding spot because I had to grab it quick, carry to a spot where people are supposed to be standing and milling around so I could sign the log without drawing unwelcome attention. I kept holding the box as I pretended to take photos when people kept walking by. When I had a big enough break, I hid it again.
The next hide I knew would be interesting. I read a few logs, and knew that other people could see it but not get it. Well I could see it, but not get to it either. It was hanging from a branch about 11-12 feet above ground.
The tree that you have to climb to get it. It was leaning and it's climbable, if you are a lean teenager. I'm a 43 year old guy going about 280 right now, so I don't get to claim this as an official find. The hider specified it you must sign the log and place back where it is to get credit.
That's it for new caches on the actual trail. I continued to the end because there was another hiding just past the end on a street.
The gps pointer was leading me to that dead end.
This is about the spot. I checked the header (looks like it's from a V-6) but that wasn't it.
I really hope it wasn't hiding under the dead carp. No way I was going near that.
I looked all over the fire hydrant, the dead end barricade, and poked around the trash strewn there. Never found the container. Once again I will get on my soapbox. THESE TYPE OF GEOCACHES SUCK!! They only exist because people want to make new hiding spots and pad their numbers. I realize that the best hiding places are already occupied with geocaches, but really. A junk pile on a dead end road in an industrial park. Ick.
I turned around and went back. The skies threatened rain, and I had to walk most of a mile to get to my ride. Here's a couple of crab trees in blossom.
Talking of crab trees, there was one more nearby geocache site that I would drive by. It's a park of all crabapples by the industrial park. The geocache is somewhere by the sign for the industrial park, but once again, it's a "nano" sized thing (smaller than a micro) and I just gave up. I'm getting less patient for these hides. The trees where pretty, just wish there was sun to show them better.
Walked just short of 3.25 miles today (more like over 3.5 miles if you count me mowing the lawn earlier). I'll just be satisfied with logging 2 caches, visually spotting a 3rd, and giving up on 2 others.
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