February 6 & 7, 2012

Monday, February 6^th

Today, the sky was very cloudy and we knew rain was expected in most areas. However, we took a ride to Lover’s Key State Park.

We knew there was a snack bar at the park and decided we would eat lunch there. We didn’t know until after we had paid our admission and parked our car that the snack bar was 3,000 feet away at the beach. We decided to ride the tram rather than walk.

There were really nice lounge chairs to rent as well as umbrellas. While we were eating our hamburgers we noticed that the dark clouds were moving towards us.

So, we decided to return to our car and head back to our room. It was a good decision because it did rain.

Tuesday, February 7th

We spent our time today looking for more geocaches and we were very successful. We were able to find 5 out of 5 hides.

I walked right past the first one, but Cordell spied this small tube hanging in a tree.

This one was a larger size and I found it next to a tree in an area near a lake.

Our third find was the most difficult rated cache we have found and I finally found it, after we did some searching and pondered the clues. The sign post I pulled up had a hold drilled in the bottom and it slipped down onto a spike. The small tube was on the top of the spike. Finding this cache has boosted our confidence.

All caches have log books that we sign.

Some have items that we can take so long as we leave something in return.

The fourth cache was in a magnetic key box and we knew it was going to be along a guardrail. This cache was different from anything else we have found because we were instructed to move it along the guardrail in either direction, but no more than one post away from where we found it. I hid it a little better than how we had found it.

And the last cache we looked for today was under a pile of rocks at the base of a light pole.

It is amazing that there are so many caches all over the world. We will be looking for more while we are away from home and look forward to continuing our efforts back home.