Weekend of June 23rd

Saturday's adventure took us to AMC theaters in Woodinville.  We thought Madelynn may have been old enough to sit through the movie Brave.

She did well through the previews and 40 minutes of the movie.

Once she had the melt down we left an unfinished movie behind and decided to drive back to Snohomish to attempt to find a cemetery cache. We got there and we're astounded by the beauty and history of the cemetery. We didn't solve the puzzle before Madelynn was over that too. We will go back if for nothing else to appreciate the veteran history.

On Sunday we went to Blackman's Lake and Hill Park.  Two out of the four caches were kind of tricky.  

The first cache was hidden in a cedar tree.  There were several cedars trees in the area.  I was convinced it was under a rock, which it was not.  Scraped from thorns, and itching from mosquito bites I walked down the trail, and noticed an opening in the trunk of another cedar.

The next one was pretty simple.  The coordinates were pretty spot on, and it just took a minute of looking around before we found it.

The next cache was very well hidden, and took about twenty minutes to find.  Once it was located it required the ability to turn into a spider monkey.  Thankfully, Jeremy was more than up for the challenge.

On our way to the fourth cache we stopped to visit the ducks, and relish the view of Blackman's lake.  

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The final cache was a pretty generic magnetic cache, and was found quickly.

After a day of geocaching we went to the playground area of the park, and let Madelynn play.  

It is not lost on us how fortunate we are living in this area, and we are taking advantage of the beauty any way we can (except for camping).

June 16th: Geocaching Part I

With the weather improving-ish and the aid of a new app on the iPhone, we decided it was time to get caching again.

Last weekend ( June 16th) we went to the Snohomish Park Trail.  There were only two to be found that day as it started to pour.  The second proved to be difficult as I had to billy goat down some rocks, and search through the brush.  It reminded me of summers on Hunt road, exploring the creek bed in the back of the house.  At one point I said to wwttiJeremy "yuuuyuyhyyhyghhllpreykj qwrtopwwerthat? That's my childhood."

Madelynn was running along the trail, enjoying the opportunity of being outdoors.  At some point she discovered slugs.  She had never seen a slug before, and commenced stomping on every one she saw.

The First Cache found in Washington.

Snohomish River

Slug Killer

Daddy!

I love the Outdoors!

Run, run, run

Our family. Perfect.

The Second Cache