Always on Gaurd

The title of this one got me. Of course I'm think of a statue or something to look for.
We get in the area of the cache and I'm like omg duh!!
Yes it's always on gaurd thats for sure. This cache took us to a scenic area again. I don't know what it is about rivers lately, but I have seen plenty of them and can't help but take pictures.





THE ALWAYS ON GAURD PLACE!

Luton Park

I don't understand the park part of this title. It must be that they are going
to turn it into one sooner or later. I don't know, but honestly I would hate
to see it turned into a park cause I love the open fields and the old barns.
You just don't see it around here that much any more.
When we were looking for the cache we kept getting burs on our cloths. The big round ones. The first thing I said to my daughter was I remember getting these darn things out of my horses tail and main and it was a pain in the ass to do...
I love when these caches bring back fond memories. :)

Beggars Canyon

Rockford is such a busy little town.
So it don't suprise me that there is so many geo caches around this area.
This one was a treat to find, only cause I haven't been on this side of the
damn.
We walked up on the place that the cache was at and there was a woman
sitting on the bench with her dogs. Wow, did it smell like dog crap around
there...lol
Usually it don't bother me but that shit was ripe!!
We waited until she was gone until we actually started looking for the cache.
The view from there was pretty awesome. They said if you have time and if its warm out bring a swim suit. Of course it wasn't warm enough, but we now know what
they meant by it. There was a rope swing that you could get on and swing out
into the river.

Now these pictures didn't turn out to good, but you'll get the general idea.

Pleasant Pathways

This is our second cache of the day.
The first stage was once again one of those finds that amaze you.
I have to tell you about this one. It took us into a apple orchard.
We are looking all around the ground and on things that would be obvious.. but low and behold its on a fake apple tied to the tree. I don't know what made Tracy look
for something like that, specially with all the other apples in the tree.. sheesh!





Off to stage 2



Off to stage 3




Now off to the final stage. It said to take the rustic trail to stage 4.
It was a little to darn rustic, and I'm sure the trail we took wasn't the right one.
Wait it wasn't at all the right one!!! We wasn't even close. We could have gone back
down the "paved" trail then down the "small" path to the cache.. Not us though!
In fact Tracys mom and I seen where Tracy & Sean were heading and decided to go through the field along the rustic trail they choose to take..

Garden Oasis

It took 2 trys to get this one done, only cause the first stage was a bit
rusted. We rubbed and spit and scraped it but still couldn't get the right coords.
So I emailed the owners of it and asked for a hint. They said they were going
to change that stage the next day.
I have to say their caches are the best to do! We have done now quite a few of theirs now and their always happy to help if someone gets stuck. Thank god cause I have had to email them a few times now..lol

We took Tracy and Seans mom on this adventure with us. She was pretty excited
to get started! This is a 5 Stage Cache..