Sunday, May 28, 2006

A Chance to Reflect




Joni, Dave, Maggie and me decided that we wanted to find another hidden treasure before it got to late in the day. We asked Maggie to help us find the cache named "Above the Valley" located at 41 degrees 28.042 minutes North and 81 degrees 48.942 minutes West. As we followed Maggie's directions we realized that we would not be able to park close to the cache. It was located at a memorial to the local Police and Firefighters from the cities of West Park and Cleveland Ohio that had died in the line of duty. The memorial is located right off the side walk on a busy street in a really nice area over looking the valley. The cache was cleverly hidden out of site. Once we found it we stayed to enjoy the view and reflect on the these fallen heroes.

The Mysterious Pole


Maggie and I took my daughter and son-in-law, Joni and Dave out for their first geocashing trip. We decided to go and find the "Little Imp" located at 42 degrees 27.938 minutes North and 81 degrees 48.363 minutes W.938 W 081° 48.363. As usual Maggie took us to the right spot and as usual we didn't believe her. She kept telling us the cache was the telephone pole. We even decided we had given her the wrong location and sent Joni back to the car to get the paper with the correct location printed on it. After checking with Maggie, Joni said "See. I told you I gave Maggie the right info!" Well, it was back to the pole. Then Dave said, "Found it!" Sure enough, there it was hidden in a hole behind an old style metal marker to help identify the pole. I have learned once again to trust Maggie and my daughter.

Saturday, May 06, 2006

A Caching We Will Go




Mom and I were out looking for a cache with Maggie that we have been to several times. And we can not find the stupid thing. All total we have about five hours invested in this one and keep coming up blank. So we decided to let Maggie lead us to a different cache location. This one is called "Camp Swampy" because of all the mud and grass in the area. It is located at 41degrees, 289.119 North and 81 degrees 47.638 minutes West. As we followed Maggie’s directions we ended up at Holy Cross Cemetery in Cleveland. We ended up way in the back part of the cemetery and had to park about 1/4 mile from the location because the road ended. We headed to the location and found wild strawberries, black berries and Apple trees. As we got to the location we looked around and sure enough, there it was. It was placed in the crook of the tree in the center of the wooded area. The caches had many trade items inside. We took a toy soldier and left a bobble head toy in it's place. We also found a Geo-Coin that we are going to help move to another cache location. We signed the log, took a couple pictures then headed back to the car. We headed over to visit Dad's grave then decided to head home. We will be back for the fresh berries. All in all a nice day.