Deep in the Hundred Acre Woods
Today I went on my third GeoCaching trip in the area. This one had a way point called GCJAV4 (N 38° 35.296 W 077° 18.068), also known as “Deep in the Hundred Acre Woods”.
I invited Angel and her sister along, but Angel was not feeling well. She really wanted to go and see what it was all about. She gave me two hair barrettes of hers and tied them together with a shiny red ribbon.
I set out on my little adventure and saw that it was taking me on Route 1 heading south (also known as Jefferson Davis Highway). The construction along both sides of the road made it a little hard to travel. My feet would sink into the soft dirt along the road.
I came up near a Burger King at River Ridge Blvd and turned left. I walked a ways until I arrived at the first coordinates where the cache web page told me to park. It was a little drive way that ended into the woods for future development of a residential section.
I put the new coordinates into my GPS device for the cache and walked on the path leading into the woods. I was getting close when I came to a tree that had fallen across the path. It wasn’t too bad and I was able to hop on top of it and make my way across.
I came to the area where the cache was supposed to be. I looked around and couldn’t find it. I walked up to a tree and figured it may be up in the branches where the trunk split, but it wasn’t there. I turned around and paused, taking a look at my environment. I then spotted a tree whose base was wide at the bottom and covered with leaves.
A small piece of white caught my eyes and I brushed the leaves away to find the cache. I signed the log book and placed Angels hair barrettes in the container. I was considering taking a compass key chain, but a Curious George pin called out to me. The back said “Custom Buttons at bumblebuttons.com“.
I wanted to wander on the trails further, but it was very cold and I needed to get back home. I took a few more pictures on the way:
All in all, I had a great time finding the cache. Driving to the suggested parking area would have made this find much quicker, but hey - I didn’t mind getting in the exercise.
December 28th, 2004 at 4:17 am
This is awesome! I’ve never heard of it before, but I went to the link and read up on it. They even have these things out in “the sticks” where I live!
I used to belong to a sports car club that did these scavenger hunt-type activities, but that was waaay before GPS came along. I’d love to try this sometime!
December 28th, 2004 at 4:25 am
Oh man, let me warn you!! This is the most addicting sport there is!! Today in the cold wind I found two caches. I’m now up to 131 on Geocache.com. It is absolutely amazing what a rush you can get looking for a tupperware container, or altoids tin in the middle of nowhere!! I’ve found caches in three states including Hawaii, my goal is to find one in every state in the US. (I can only dream about other countries!)
December 28th, 2004 at 8:02 am
Yea, it is addicting. I’ve done some crazy stuff in the adventure before this one like walking barefoot accross a river in freezing temperatures. But it is all for the adventure.
December 28th, 2004 at 3:42 pm
He will get used to it.. whn you grow up in the mountians like i did walking acrost a cold river bare foot is a walk in the park… may be if i get a chance to drag him to the mountians my heart calls to i can show him what it means to live in the woods. i hope we can find lots of cashes there. i bet i even know where there may be a few just from remembering places i knew as a child.