Misti's definitely a trooper. At 8 months pregnant, she still likes geocaching (hiking around in the wilderness looking for hidden 'treasure'). Yesterday, we made 6 cache visits (at 5 unique caches), thanks to Brad's spare Garmin Geko 201 GPS unit that he lent us.
Misti, Becky, and I visited the 'Basque Sheepherder' cache (39° 33' 14.32" N, 119° 49' 57.28" W) at 10:55 a.m., then went across the street to the 'Dam Curiosity' cache (39° 33' 22.14" N, 119° 49' 28.84" W) at 11:20 a.m. and scored some Silly Putty, then we drove across town to grab Darlene and Bonny, then we all headed up to the 'Galena Creek Park Cache' (39° 21' 16.31" N, 119° 51' 36.65" W) by 1:15 p.m. This was their first cache, and between the excellent hint and the aid of the GPS, we walked directly to it. Becky took a little frog that, I believe, was placed there by Matt and Jennifer Sadler.
We then ventured into the Toiyabe National Forest and visited the 'American Beauty Cache' (39° 21' 41.5" N, 119° 51' 44.56" W), which was also very easy to find. We had tried finding this one with flashlights in the dark last week (but without a GPS), and to our credit, we were in the correct spot, we just didn't go 'in' the few extra meters necessary to find it. We found it at 2:15 p.m., our fourth find of the day (and Darlene and Bonny's second).
Our fifth visit of the day was 'The Hanging Gardens of Galena' cache (39° 21' 44.35" N, 119° 51' 46.51" W) at 2:50 p.m. Bonny spotted it first, and this was only her and Darlene's third cache. Darlene scored the travel alarm clock from this one, which she's very proud of. On our way back out of the park, we visited the 'American Beauty Cache' again so Bonny could retrade her American flag pin back for the yo-yo she originally grabbed at her first cache find (but had subsequently traded at the second cache for the pin). I guess she had second thoughts on the matter.
We got back into town at around 3:30 p.m., and had some tasty Wendy's $1 Bacon Cheeseburgers, then headed to Carson City to help Rick move some tables, chairs, and partitions from a storage shed into his office. Today was a great day to be outside, breath some fresh air, and soak up a little sunlight.
I like some of the changes happening on geocaching.com, such as newer, better mapping feature, but feel that the 'easier' logging is more restrictive. Recently watched "Piglet's Big Movie" and "Shanghai Knights" on Netflix DVDs. Should have some more coming on Monday or Tuesday.
We went to Lisa and JP's wedding reception on Friday night. Some tasty refreshments, and some hilarious conversation, too. It was funny to hear that Brad and Mike both have a bear story (separate ones). Brad actually scared a bear away - that's pretty macho in my book. =)