I'LL TAKE ONE OF EACH, IF YOU PLEASE

A couple of posts down, I launched into something of a diatribe against guard rail caches (GRC's). They're nice, but... On Saturday BatikFreak10 (my dear sister) and I got out again, and that is what concerns todays story. Read on:

If the last trip was mostly GRC's, this trip was anything but, although we had a couple of those thrown into the mix just for fun.

Check out the types we found:
* An old virtual cache. Virtuals are no longer being developed, but the oldies but goodies remain active.
* A couple of caches that required a short hike to reach.
* An earthcache--a site that deals with some natural scene or event and you must answer questions via email in order to receive credit for the find.
* A couple of GRC's just for leavening in the mix.
* A cache at an historical site.
* Caches in containers ranging in size from a bison tube (think a hollow tube about the diameter of a pencil and an inch or so long) to a full sized ammo box.
* And just to keep us humble, a couple of DNF'S (did not finds).

BF10 and I hiked into this cache and found it had been refreshed with a complete make-over. New container, log, swag, the whole deal. The old cache had been left as a remembrance of things past.

The new cache in place.

Me with one of the few GRC's this trip, and I got a FTF (first time find) too!!

The Humpback Bridge wayside in VA. We took one of our two DNF's here. Oh well.

The Falling Springs Falls near Covington VA. Thomas Jefferson viewed these falls. This was our earthcache. Earthcaches are nice because they make you stop at those places you always wanted to stop at but never got around to.

You sometimes have to send in a photo of yourself and your GPS as additional proof that you actually visited the spot.

A cache was located near the entrance to this cave.

Finally, our old virtual cache. The larger than life creatures are the cache and you again need to answer a question or two in order to receive credit as having actually visited the site.

Pay no attention to that man in red. He definitely is not larger than life.






We had a good day. Lots of different cache types, lots of finds, a couple of DNF's, and warm weather. Time to go again.