Caching Mother's Day

GiraffeGirl called me yesterday to go caching, but I explained that circumstances at home prevented me from going - then she asked about Sunday... and I was game. The other half would be at work all day, and I would be free to wander. So - she picked me up around 10:45 this morning, and off we went (after a quick stop at the QuikTrip). I had mapped out quite a few caches locally that neither of us had found, and that would require little or no trekking or bushwhacking.

First on the list was "A GR8 Gazoo Serendipitous Cache" (GC1A2MS). What an absolutely cool hide this was - and a perfect start to our day. Second for the day was "A GR8 Gazoo Mystery cache" (GC1967X). This Gazoo guy is one clever fella I tell ya. I dropped the Pyramid Proof C- May 2006 GCG (TB12CJ9) geocoin here that I had held for a while, left an itty bitty lady bug, and snatched a smiley-face ball.

Moving on - we headed to Hodge Park, and found "A GR8 Camo Cache-Hodge Park II" (GC1BGPK), and "A GR8 Camo Cache-Hodge Park" (GC1BFHR) in relatively short order. The GR8 Gazoo is certainly proving to be quite the nature-lover, and very, very, very clever. While here we also walked up and found the "Shoal Creek Living History Museum" (GCGD9W) cache. Saw the Buffalo, but no other 2 legged animals besides ourselves here today. Next stop was "Back In Time (the Village)" (GCWNQF). Quite an easy find - in a gorgeous neighborhood.

Time for a potty break, and a quick double-cheeseburger for refueling... and on to one that had stumped GiraffeGirl for a couple of previous visits. We hunted for quite a while at "Hi! Welcome to..." (GCZ07J) before the power of my new travel bug - the SUPER Pink Caching Troll (TB1CJ55) kicked in, and I found this elusive bugger. In honor of this difficult find, I dropped the TFTC Geocoin (TB21YCB), and snagged a pin that was in the cache.

Shooting for just one more before GiraffeGirl needed to head home we darted back to Gladstone and snagged "A GR8 Camo cache" (GC1A94G) - another very unique hide. Fueled on by the excitement of finding everything we hunted for today, we made one last stop, at a cache that both of us had been to before alone, and had been unsuccessful in finding.... so we went to "Groundhog Legion" (GCP4Y4) .... AND WE WERE STUMPED AGAIN!

Still a wonderful day of caching... making the weekend, almost perfect!

MAYBE gas prices and our personal economics will allow me to get to my Mom's soon, to show her how much I love her, not just tell her on the phone.