Floodplain Folly

This cache is when I completely and utterly knew I was out of shape..lol
OMG, this cache was way back in the woods. We walked and walked. Calves burning!!!

I knew the hint to this one and didn't tell anyone. Cause darn it I deserved to find
this one with the way I was sweating and gasping for air.. lol

Brian jumped right out at me. You'll see in the pictures..

We all made one with the forest critters and the quietness out there.
It seemed the walk back was alot shorter for some reason.. amazing huh??!!

We left some goodies and took some goodies.. and of course my name carved
into history.

Ice Breakers #4

I don't know what was wrong with us the other day but me and my oldest just
weren't having any luck. We tried this and couldn't find it either. So a couple days later we came back with the troop and we did find it.
Of course it was in the spot I did put my hand in the first time, but I just
didn't dig far enough in.
So Tracy takes the rewards on this cache.

This cache is located right by the Grand River. Nice over hang to look
out at it.

Bailey Ball Park

Yet another one we couldn't find the first time and had to
go back and get everyone to help with.
It was a 2 stage cache.
Well the first time me and my oldest daughter went to look we
found the first stage no problem. It was the second stage.
The gps took us right ontop of it, but no luck.

A couple days later we all went out. I let Tracy and my youngest daughter at least find the first stage on their own, you know to get
in the mood..lol

Then we were all off to find the actually cache.
We all whined and complained cause we just weren't finding it. I think
the reason being is cause there was just to much trash laying around
that would catch our eye thinking that was it, and it wasn't.
After a few we heard Tracy yell out.. FOUND IT!! We love those words.

She had crawled on her hands and knees and finally found it up under a log, which was up under a tree with a whole lots of garbage laying around.. She was so thrilled.

There was bunches of goodies in this one.
We took a couple things and left a couple things.

Oh, ya thats the way it works. If you take something you leave something.
Most are filled with small 1.00 store trinkets. But really its not the prize, its the hunt for it thats fun!!


 
 
  

Shell Oil

I really enjoyed this cache. I know the name don't fit the place that
it was at that's for sure.
Me and my oldest daughter went and did this one together. I have to admit
it was the best time we spent together in a long time.

It was located at a small side street park. One of those that you just never
knew was there.
There was a creek running through it that we decided that we needed to
get our feet wet in.. We played on the playground stuff to.
I know if I went back in time I would be sure to tell myself not to try the
monkey bars. I'm do darn old for it.. LOL

The gps took us right to the spot.
What was cool about getting the gps coords to this one is that we had to use the
calculator to figure it out. And not the normal way you would use one either.
Remember when you could spell words with the numbers... like hEllo, by using the 4, 3, 7, 7, 0 numbers? Ya well that's how we had to figure it out by the clues they gave us.

I was just crossing my fingers that I got it right! I did~!





 

One Ringy Dingy

This cache was a quick pass by pick up.
But it was fun to do anyways!!
Micro with just log.

Wahifield Woods

Wow this cache was awesome! It had 5 stages to it.
The first stage I'm still trying to figure out how they did that. The clue was: If you are feeling board, look up and you'll nail it. Well we looked and looked at that board and of course we were looking at all the nails. Rolls eyes at this point, ya it was on the nails alright.. good grief... seriously it was great.

We got all the way to stage 4 and just couldn't find it. I think we stood on that bridge looking for the clue for at least a hour and a half, with no luck.
So that night I emailed the person and asked if they could give us a hint. They said its something that's rusty and attached to the bridge. Ok so the next day Tracy and I go out looking again.
Well obviously what we thought was it, wasn't!! It tooks us to a open field that had nothing.
So once again I went back and asked for another hint. Pretty much the same thing.
So the next day me and my oldest went out and looked. Tracy suggested something, and we went right to that area and yep that was it. How the people managed that hide amazes me also.
Without the hint I would have never ever looked there.

So I put the new coords in and off we went. Found the cache in about 10 minutes.
Of course I noticed this fake frog and said hey I found it... and at the same time my daughter was like no I found it... I picked up the frog and on the bottom of it, it said your close, hop to it.
Ya, you got it, my daughter found the true cache.. lol

Fish Ladder Park

I think if you live in Grand Rapids long enough we all have been to the Fish Ladder, so this one was a easy go to for us.
It was a micro cache, which means that it only holds small sig. cards and the log book.

So I put my sig card in and signed the log and then went to watch the people at the fish ladder.
I know this one isn't exciting to much, but the scene around us was cool. Lots of people out that day fishing.

Mill Creek Cache

This cache I think is the one that got me hooked for good!!

This was right in Comstock Park. It use to be the Mill Creek Station Fish Hatchery.
This cache had 3 stages to it. Meaning the first stage will give you the gps to the second stage and the second stage will give you the gps to the actual cache.

It was me and Tracy and the girls that went to this one. We knew we needed all of us
on our first multi stage cache..lol

Now we pass this park everyday, but never knew there was a back part to it. It was the cool part!!
We found stage one not so easy let me tell you. Of course it was in the most obvious place, but you know we don't do anything easy..lol
The second stage my oldest daughter found right away. The clue for stage 2 was-beware of sudden showers. Which turned out to be a old twist handle to a water line. She untwisted it and at the bottom was the coords to the final stage. Don't ask me what gave her the guts to twist it off, cause god only knows what could have happened.. lol

The final stage took us way back to almost the beginning. At first we were on the wrong side of the creek and couldn't figure out why the gps wouldn't take us closer. So my youngest daughter said mom it could be on the other side of the creek. So we headed over the bridge and yep she was right it brought us closer.
Now I'm not going to tell you the exact location, cause well I don't need anyone just going there and messing around.. sorry.
But I will tell you the person that hid this cache was useing there head. It was a awesome find!!!