Geo-Luv

I just love geocaching. There is something about it for me that makes me so happy.
Geocaching is great because I can get outside, be taken to places that I may never have discovered before, take photos, get a workout, and spend time with friends and family.
What a great pastime!

This past weekend I went out on a cache run with my dad. Dad has been bugging me to take him along. He wanted to see what geocahing was all about. We ended up logging five caches on the day, not too many, but we had a great time. Dad had a lot of fun so it sounds like I will have someone to cache with once in awhile too. :-)

Yesterday, I was up before the sun to take some photographs along the river. While driving to my desired location, I saw a small driveway that looked like it lead towards the river bank. I took the small road and ended up in a secluded little spot just off a main highway. I must have driven past the place a hundred times but never noticed it before.

The spot was great. I could get right up to the river's edge and got some great photos of some geese, ducks, and some other birds that were hanging around. The small area has some nice tree cover as well so the birds could not see me.

As I was walking back to the car, I happened to look up at a Cedar tree and noticed a small container jammed into a crook in the tree. After closer inspection it turned out to be a geocache. Definitely a first for me. I have never accidentally stumbled upon a geocache. I signed the log and added it to my finds on geocaching.com

The last two weekends have been great so far. It's supposed to warm up today as well. Hopefully I will get some more soon!

YAY!

Whoo-hoo!

I finally got out this weekend and got some geocaching in. It felt so good to get outside and walk around. I have been cooped up in the house too long!

This particular Wisconsin winter has been a bit brutal. We have had record snowfall and regular sub-zero temperatures. This does not make for fun times outside. We were spoiled a few weeks ago with two 45 degree days in a row! That does not happen in Wisconsin in February. That mini heat-wave gave me cabin fever something fierce. I had to get out.

Yesterday wasn't too bad considering that it is February. It was about 20 degrees Fahrenheit so that was good enough for me. I went for a drive about an hour from my house to check out a state park that I had never been to before. Unfortunately, most of the trails were closed. It looks like a really cool place though. I can't wait to go back in the spring.

I ended up spending the rest of my day at one of my favorite state parks, High Cliff. I love it there! I was feeling adventurous and decided to pick up a few of the geocaches in the park that I had DNF'd before. Found one of the few that are left along with an earth cache.

I had a great time and I was so happy to get out caching again. Bring on the spring!

~A~

Old lime kiln at the earthcache.

Winter....

I am so sick of winter already. It has completely disabled my geocaching. I'm trapped inside!

As if it were not enough to have record snowfall already this year, but this last week the temperatures here were into the negatives. Double-digit negatives. So even if we weren't buried in the white stuff, it is too dangerous to venture outside. Bummer.

I started thinking about it today because it appears to be so nice outside. We are finally getting a glimpse of the sun. It looks so nice outside but it's not.

I can't wait for spring!!

:-)