Geocaching Trip 2

I really seem to be in a geocaching mood. I made several trips out this week. You would think I would be tired of it by now, but surprisingly I'm not. The challenge still seems to be there for me or maybe it is just the adventure. I've been a little behind updating this blog but will try to get caught up on the geocache adventures to date.

Tues April 28th
After the successful geocaching trip that I had with Angie last week, we decided to try it again. Troy and Melissa decided to join us. For this trip we researched caches in the Kaysville area. We had to wait and go after work, so we weren't going to have too much daylight for caching. We got all of our gear together including the list of caches, flashlight, tweezers, a handful of pens (we seem to have trouble keeping track of them), small trading items, etc. and off we went.
Unfortunately the weather was not cooperating with us. It just had to rain on us. We didn't let the rain stop us though. It just added to the adventure. (at least that is what we kept trying to tell ourselves)
We actually did pretty well all things considered. Went home with 8 finds. I even solved and found my first puzzle cache. GC1BT1J titled Pascal's Triangle. It was kind of fun to work on the puzzle. Ok maybe fun was not quite the right word. It was actually pretty frustrating trying to figure out the triangle without help. I did finally cave in and got a little help from the internet. Oh well, with the puzzle finally solved I went to the geocaching website to check my coordinates. I quickly entered the coordinates that I had obtained from my triangle, held my breath and then clicked on the button. After what seemed like forever, the wonderful word CORRECT! flashed on my screen. What a relief, I don't think I could have stood to look at that stupid triangle another minute.
Finding the cache was an adventure by itself. This was the last cache that we looked for. It was around 9pm and we were still dealing with rain and now darkness. I was so excited to have solved the puzzle that I was determined to at least look for the cache before I went home. Little did I know where the search would lead us. Picture this if you will, the 4 of us wandering around in a dark wooded area following a small muddy trail in the rain. The only light coming from the moon and a small flashlight. It was a little unnerving. I don't think I was the only one that would flinch at the slightest noise or movement from the bushes. On and on we went down the trail in the mud until we came to a small river/stream. I'm sure I would have given up before too long if Troy hadn't been there determined not to give up. He sort of ended up dragging us along. It didn't take too long for us to actually find the cache once we got to this location. We quickly signed the log and started on our way out. All uphill in the mud. It was on the way out that we started to catch the whiff of a skunk in the area. That helped us get up the hill and back to the park a little easier. All in all it was a fun hunting trip and started us planning to geocache on the weekend.