Happiness is Geocaching!

"The Tree Frog"  

We headed out in search of the first cache with the humidity so heavy and thick it was almost hard to breathe. I was glad I hadn't bothered to do much with my hair!

Cache #1 for the day was hidden in this dense cluster of trees (pic, l.) so in we went, ducking tree branches and dodging sticker bushes.

Might be good to note that apparently I didn't retain the lesson learned from the last adventure as I wore shorts and flip flops. Ugh. I failed to snap a picture of the "cute" little frog this cache was hidden inside which definitely caused me to do a double take before picking it up.


After a slight rain delay, a trip home to put on more appropriate clothes & shoes and a lovely breakfast at the Waffle House we were on our way to the next cache, located near Commerce, OK.

The "Mickey Mantle Monument" geocache seemed rather obvious but did require a bit of looking around before we found it hidden in a fence.Score! 2 for 2 so far for the day! As far as geocaching goes, this was certainly more fun than the previous adventure.

Next up: "This One's To Die For". It was located in Miami near, you guessed it, the cemetery! Kind of made an assumption it would be in the cemetery but alas, it was not. Instead it was across the road, in a cluster of ... trees! Guessing that is a popular geocache hiding location! The clues on this one helped because the cache had changed in appearance from it's original description. This was a "take something, leave something" cache so we took a penny and left, well, a fun little surprise!
3 for 3!! Woo hoo!!

On to cache #4 for the day, "Flyin' High". This one was definitely a grab and go and a very easy find! Make that 4 for 4! We are on fire today folks! Off to cache #5..."The Great Nut Hunter". This one sounded easy and we should have paid more attention to the hint which said it was located "near a lot of shopping" but sadly we did not. So, we walked the tracks and then headed into the trees (yes, more trees!) before we realized we were going to have to trek back to the car and drive over to WALMART since we couldn't get through the trees. But at least we did find it! (If you are keeping score that would now be 5 for 5!)

And then came cache #6..."The Hot Tamale". More trees, more sticker bushes and last but certainly not least...more poison ivy but, alas, no cache! Crap!!!! I'm still enjoying the effects of that last one nearly a week later. Truth be told though I wouldn't change a thing and this whole geocaching thing makes me feel like Indiana Jones so I'm lovin' it and definitely in my happy place!! Oh, and for the record that made us 5 for 6 for the day and that is pretty excellent for newbies I'm guessing.

So, what adventures are you enjoying??