Good Caching Day

We planned a trip away from town as a getaway. So we headed out of town to Stevens Point. Left the house at 8:30 Am and cached our way north. Found a lot of different places this day. We started with a boat landing, I always like them as it is a new place to go fishing. We also saw a lot of neat parks in the area. The funny thing that I see in areas are that communities have different styles of caching. Here in the Fox Valley it has been all about the puzzles. But up in Stevens Point it is about the Nano hides. About a third of my finds today were Nano's. Glad I knew that before we left so I was a bit prepared. But I was not prepared to get the logs out. I have got fat fingers that cannot get the logs out of these things. So next time I will have to get a tweezers into my cache bag.

But enough about that. I realized that there is a great series right in my backyard. Some of which I had done before this trip. But I didn't realize till I had a few more of them completed how nice this series is. It is the Yellowstone Trail Series by Zuma. He uses local cachers for his trailmen to help watch over the caches in this series. As he needs to because it would be a daunting task to keep them all active. He makes you go to some historical buildings or other landmarks that were used along the Yellowstone Trail. From them you will need to figure out the formula to get your final waypoints. You will then be taken to a great place to get the cache. I recommend this series to anyone wanting to take the time. In my opinion these are what make Geocaching special. So thanks Zuma for a great series.

We actually got about 25 finds on this trip and still had time to get to the waterpark. This was the bribe to make the kids behave while they spent so much time in the car. There is nothing like spending time in the hot tub after a long day of caching. Then off to dinner. For a nightcap we found just one more virtual cache on the way back to the hotel. It was "Remembering Friends" Located at the King veterans home near Waupaca. If you have never gotten there this is a place to visit, it is a very powerful place knowing what is happening here and the adjacent cemetery. it's a must see. All in all it was a good weekend of caching, but now it is time for bed and I must go back to my day job.

I hit my milestone today.

As I just posted last night that I wanted to take on the Island today for my #800th find, I did just that today.

We woke up early to grab 9 caches so I could get to the milestone. We made a round about trip to get some nearby caches that I had not gotten around to ths last summer. We logged our 799 and called the Team Bear Bear Cram Island Ferry service to meet us at the launch site.

Soon enough we were on our way in the jet skiis. I have never driven one of these as I consider myself a more traditional boater. But hey a ride is a ride and beggars can't be choosers. It took a bit to get a handle on controlling this thing but manaed to get to the Island. Current was strong today so I didn't know how to approach so I came in from upstream. Upon arrival I wasn't about to get off this thing in fear of it floating downstream. Ok I didn't want it to tip over on me. So I sent my little "Hula Girl" in for the find. While she was logging I wanted to see how the jetski manuvered without a passenger so I left her alone, stranded on the island.

My escort decided to take her back to the boat launch so I could play a bit with the jetski. Once I got a handle in it, it wasn't too bad. A few trips up and down stream we came back to the boat launch and had a celebratory drink of a variation of my favorite drink. Gotta love this use of barley.

If you'd like to see the cache page you can get to it here. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a6fc988f-214f-4608-b447-bfe4c72162c4

Or my log for the pictures:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=d13e9c91-0afa-4ef3-ae57-e989dc5c214c