February 2, 2013

February 2, 2013

Happy Birthday, Joshua.  I can't believe you are already 18.  Wow! And it's Groundhog Day, too.

At 9:30, we got off on the geocaching trail in search of large caches.  We headed out to the Barry Goldwater Bombing Range after calling to see if it was clear today.

The desert has certainly benefited from the recent rain.  There are little orange flowers blooming on the weeds and yellow flowers with dark centers that look like tiny sunflowers.  Some of the ocotillo have started to show their red blooms at the tips of their tall skinny branches.

The last cache we looked for was about 500 feet off the road.  It was a large wooden cabinet with a combination lock.  When Bill opened the lock, with Dwight’s help, the cabinet contained about 50 Altoid tins secured to the walls of the cabinet.  To find the cache, each tin had to be opened until the correct one was found to be holding the log-in paper for the cache.  It was certainly one of the most clever caches we have come across.

When we got back to Yuma, everyone was hungry.  Imagine that!  We went to Subway.  Bill and I shared a meatball sub.  That’s our favorite.

Most of the rest of the day was spent resting.  Bill was tired from lots of walking.  I only walked to the last cache and back, but I was still very tired from my dental appointment yesterday.  I could barely drag myself out of bed this morning.

I need to get extra rest tonight because tomorrow begins the Mega Geocaching Event here in Yuma.  It covers nine days with a total of eight caches.  It should be a very exciting event for all of us “crazy people” out there.