Cache #30: End of the Line

So right near the entrance to this park is a telephone pole.  No wires.  No other poles around.  Just this thing.  There's still an anchor cable, but it looks like it's been there for ages.

Anyway, Rei and I stopped by this one first before the Aviary, but couldn't make heads or tails of it.  The spot it should be around is obvious.  The exact spot however, is not.  On our way back out of the park, we turned on our flashlights and had one more look around the area.  The page says the cache size was "Other", which I knew meant a nano, or something really strange.  Took a look around the area one more time, and noticed something I hadn't spotted earlier.  Grabbed and pulled it out, and found the cache on the other side!  Great show, 3/3 with no DNFs.  I signed for both of us and plugged it back in, then we quickly escaped the trail before we ended up bit to death.

As I'll be moving, I don't expect another cache for a week or three (assuming I don't lose interest right away again).  But if I do keep going, there's a whole 'nother coast full of stuff to find!  Also, Seattle is home to Geocaching HQ, so I should definitely stop by there sometime.

End of the Line

Cache #29: Geocacher's Aviary

Probably breaking a rule with that picture, but that's so cute that I don't care.  Anyway, Rei and I went over to the Severn Run Natural Area for some caching, which I had been to before with Overbeard.  Some new targets to find though~  After our first pass at another cache stumped us, we wandered out way off the trail to this area.  The walking was much easier than the first cache, but it was getting dark and stuff kept smacking me in the face.

Compass lead us around in circle a bit, and I admittedly kept looking at my feet too much.  Also kept looking for a pine tree as the hint was "Evergreen"  Totally forgot about Holly.  As soon as I spotted something odd in the one tree, I knew that was the mark.

Tried going a bit deeper after another cache, but it just took us down a wooded hill to a sort of dead end, still ~1000ft from the cache.  I didn't want to bushwhack that late, so we doubled back and headed to the first cache we passed by.  And I'm glad we did!  As soon as we got back to the main trail, Rei and I were greeted with a sizable group of fireflies flitting around.  It was quite something, I haven't seen them hanging around my neighborhood for years.

Geocacher's Aviary

Cache #28: Fallen Twins

First cache in over 2 years!  I was leaving for Washington on Sunday, and Rei managed to get some free time to hang out, so what better than to go run through the woods on a summer evening and get covered in bugs!?

Almost ended up driving off before even starting.  The description mentioned an entrance, but it was obscured by the summer foliage from the parking spot.  Drove past, went "Oooohh!", turned around and parked again.  The trail itself was also overgrown, though still well discernable.  Was confused a couple times as the bushes on either side were practically brushing each other and I wasn't sure it was the actual path.

Found the site easily enough after the footbridges, though there was a steep hill we had to climb covered in pointy leaves.  I ended up going up too far looking for it, but Rei managed to spot the hiding place.  Decent sized cache, nice and dry.  Good start for Rei.  And then she went and basically slid down the hill.  Haha, I guess that's one way to do it.

Fallen Twins