Last One of the Day

I love drives in the country, and this last cache of the day took us on a lovely scenic ride. We found the cache with minimal looking, and then headed for home.

Third of the Day

You know one of the best things about geocaching with the kids is? They will stick their hands into the holes you don't want to! This was a very easy find, and Ryan had fun trying to do a better job of disguising the hide than the previous person did. This was our third successful cache of the day. We got stumped on the first one months ago and tried again today. We came up empty again, and we're ready to ask for some hints!

Another Find on His Own

We pointed him in the general direction, and he found it on his own. He's getting pretty good at this, and we may have to turn the control of the GPS over to him soon. It is in a neat little park almost completely enclosed in blackberry bushes...yum!

Who Knew?

This cache ended up being really interesting. It was a fairly easy find (with the hint, that is), but the history was what was the best thing. I guess when they expanded Highway 30, they took it right through a cemetary. They must have had to exume some bodies, I assume, but when they did for some reason they didn't relocate 11 of the graves. They are still on the other side of the highway across from the cemetary.


The ground slopes here, and from the highway you'd never know these people were here. Who knows why they left just the eleven and didn't move them along with the rest, but here they lie almost forgotten. I'm glad I now know they're here, though it's sad that the road just ran right through the cemetary.

No Picture

We forgot to get a picture on this one, but it wasn't very scenic anyway...Fred Meyer parking lot with fencing and storage containers all around. Hubby found this one easily enough once he breached the fence.

New One Locally

We're always excited when someone places a new cache right in our local area. One of these days maybe we'll be the first to find, but for now we contented ourselves with the thrill of the hunt. It was a familiar area and an easy find.


We even got to watch a Mama Osprey and her babies. I'm glad we have a decent telephoto lens and that we had the binoculars in the van!

Second Time Around

View from the cache site overlooking the Cowlitz River and the new bridge.
We searched for this cache a couple months ago, but hubby was the only one to find it. We had to split up because it was quite a walk on a bridge that I didn't feel comfortable bringing the kids on, so when it was my turn I came up empty. Today when we were over in the area, I decided to try again (armed with hints from hubby), and found it easily despite the GPS telling me it was 50 feet over the side of the bridge!