A few days ago Sister Sally and I got to go GC'ing again. We try to get out every couple of weeks or more often when possible. This time it was "my treat"--we cached in Lewisburg and surrounding countryside. I got to pick the sites we would attempt to find
Old Stone Church and Cemetery were but one stop on the tour. We found a fairly nice cache right in OS Cemetery. The cemetery has stones dating from the middle to late 1700's. Interesting tourist stop. The cache is located in the crotch of the tree.
Working on the log entry and maybe leaving a little swag. I'm well out of sight of muggles here.
If this is Friday (it was), this must be Organ Cave. OC is an Earthcache, a site you visit to learn about some interesting geological feature, in this case the cave itself. The lime kiln was an extra.
The cave was used during the Civil War as a site for processing saltpeter, an ingredient of gun powder and the wooden extraction vats remain in place and can be viewed during cave tours. Several other caves in Greenbrier County contain saltpeter works.
S found this cache fairly quickly. Me...not so much. My eyes kept sliding off the hide, I had gotten mind bound that it was going to be hidden in a certain fashion--it wasn't. I found it after a few minutes looking however. The laughter coming from behind was certainly a help--not.
One attractive feature of geocaching is that you are taken to places you might not otherwise get to see. Here we're over the middle of the Greenbrier River on a long abandoned C&O Rwy bridge. The walk way has been upgraded and made safe so tourists (and GC'ers) can enjoy the view. Nice.
What? Me laugh? No, no, no. It was more like a cackle or even a guffaw, but definitely not a laugh! LOL!
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