After Christy and David got home from church (Zada, Quentin, and I stayed home because Z and Q were sick), I took David out for some "Treasure Hunting," aka geocaching.
I started to look up more caches at GeoCaching.com, but realized we still had several printouts from the last time we went out.
David and I input the waypoints into our GPS and got ready and headed out. David was pretty good at reading the number to me while I put them into the GPS. He also was watching Bee Movie at the time. We grabbed the backpack and headed out.
I forgot to take the camera with us - something I like to do is always take pictures of our adventures. And we would have gotten several good pictures today!
Our first stop was called "Grin and Bare It," which is a play on the name of the establishment that is near this particular cache. David and I parked very near it, did a little searching, and within a few minutes had our first cache of the day. He swapped out treasures while I signed the log.
Next stop was "A Walk in the Park." Because the printout was old, it didn't have any particular info, such as where the entrance to the park was. Had I chosen "San Marcos Open Spaces #2," I would have found the spot immediately.
We parked in a place that seemed somewhat appropriate, and trekked down a trail that met with the park. We followed the main path to the entrance, and then turned back around to go find the cache. Once we got off the path, we found 3 deer! David saw two of them, because the first one ran off before I was able to pick David up. The grass was about as tall as David!
It didn't take too long for us to find the cache, so David swapped some trinkets, I signed the log, and we were on our way to the next one.
Fortunately, the next one was nearby our entry/exit point, so we searched in the area we thought it would be. David looked, but didn't see it. I looked, and after a few seconds, found it. I didn't point it out to David, but there was a little nest of daddy long legs under the rock. It was really cool looking, and I really wished I had brought the camera for this.
Back to the car. David had been marking off our finds from the notebook, so he did it one more time. Three down; three to go.
Next was a fairly simple park and grab. David and I parked at an apartment complex, crossed the street, and after a couple minutes, found the cache. Again, Deezo swapped prizes and I signed the log. Back to the car.
Nearby there was another one, but a little harder to get to. We trekked through the brush and found the "Tunnel of Trees" between N. LBJ, Chestnut, and Sessom. We got a little lost on the way back, because we over shot our turn and found a 'campsite.' We kept pushing on, though - didn't want to disturb the area.
Back to the car. Update the notebook. Off to the last one.
If I had planned this better, we would have done a lot less backtracking. I also would have updated the printouts. The last one we had passed at least once. So we parked, and started walking. I found the spot where the cache was, but didn't find it. Mostly because both of us were tired and ready to be done. Also, because they had moved the cache from the original post - from the wall to a tree. If I had read the updated cache, I'd have known to look at the tree, not the wall. Oh well...
We got back into the car and headed home.
Now if only I could remember how I signed David up on Geocaching.com. It's been almost a year and I have no idea what email I used for him!!! Dang it!
Hopefully we'll do some more geocaching soon, and not wait 10 months!
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