If you haven't heard of the grand adventure of geocaching, then you must really check it out. It's a great way to get outdoors, have some fun, and perhaps learn something new about nature.
Valentine's Day, my Facebook newsfeed was full of people getting flowers, chocolates, and going on dates. Since we are broke college kids and moving soon, we decided against exchanging presents this Valentine's Day and continued our new tradition of geocaching for the holiday. We first set out to Sanborn Lake to find all the caches placed there. Unfortunately, we were only able to find one that was still active and not missing.
The one geocache, named 'Bout Time, we did find was cleverly hidden. Took us a good minute to figure out where it was hidden since we are used to the coordinates being a good ten feet off the intended spot. I had even walked past it a few times, but that's nothing new. However, I am thankful that it was hidden where it was instead of the beer bottle trashed creek. (Honestly people, take your trash with you and don't leave it where innocent animals and geocachers can get hurt! Dang litterbugs.) The trek around Sanborn Lake was pretty despite the geocaches being gone. The path goes around the whole lake with some spots that lead right to the water's edge. There were a few people out fishing, so maybe it's a good fishing spot. There's a small grove of pine trees where people have set up a fire pit and some stone benches. The path is also fairly easy to walk unlike some of the other paths we hiked along on this day.
After Sanborn Lake, we travelled out to the lake we normally hike and explore around, Lake McMurtry. On our way out to the next lake, we attempted to find geocaches along the way, but many are missing. Several geocaches we tried to find today have disappeared most likely due to all the rain this area has received over the end of summer and fall.
We decided to explore the east side of the lake where more of the geocaches are located. We only found one geocache on today and would have set out to find more, but it was getting dark and pizza still had to be made back home.
Gates are a problem at this lake and many of the areas are closed for the winter, but that did not stop us. Parking next to the gate (the sign only said "No Parking In Front of Gate"), we hopped over and set off hiking. This geocache, McMurtry BINGO, took us to a part of the lake we have never been to before. It is such a beautiful area! The trail, which I'm pretty confident is the Blue Trail, follows along a little creek that feeds into the lake. After finding the cache, spotted by Creed first as per usual, and placing it back into its neat hiding place it was time to explore the area. Of course, pictures were taken.
Once the sky started turning into dusk we decided to travel back home, but not before we looked around the Catfish Cove camping area. There is a rope swing here hanging off a tree branch that looms over the lake. I decided to take a chance on the swing reasoning that one of three things would happen: I would land in the water and be freezing, I would land on the rocky ground and be hurting, or I would swing out over the lake and have fun.
After that returning home, we finished the night out making homemade pizza and watching Netflix. All in all, I think it was a pretty great first Valentine's Day as a married couple.
Valentine's Day, my Facebook newsfeed was full of people getting flowers, chocolates, and going on dates. Since we are broke college kids and moving soon, we decided against exchanging presents this Valentine's Day and continued our new tradition of geocaching for the holiday. We first set out to Sanborn Lake to find all the caches placed there. Unfortunately, we were only able to find one that was still active and not missing.
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| Smiley Face means we've found it! |
After Sanborn Lake, we travelled out to the lake we normally hike and explore around, Lake McMurtry. On our way out to the next lake, we attempted to find geocaches along the way, but many are missing. Several geocaches we tried to find today have disappeared most likely due to all the rain this area has received over the end of summer and fall.
We decided to explore the east side of the lake where more of the geocaches are located. We only found one geocache on today and would have set out to find more, but it was getting dark and pizza still had to be made back home.Gates are a problem at this lake and many of the areas are closed for the winter, but that did not stop us. Parking next to the gate (the sign only said "No Parking In Front of Gate"), we hopped over and set off hiking. This geocache, McMurtry BINGO, took us to a part of the lake we have never been to before. It is such a beautiful area! The trail, which I'm pretty confident is the Blue Trail, follows along a little creek that feeds into the lake. After finding the cache, spotted by Creed first as per usual, and placing it back into its neat hiding place it was time to explore the area. Of course, pictures were taken.
Across the little creek was an overhang of rocks covered in green moss. In the rocks, we could see small fossils and old mud dauber nests from last summer. An old tree spanned across the banks forming an arch. Creed practiced some with his sling shot that I bought him for Christmas while I walked around and took pictures. Some previous explorers before us had drawn what we assume to be Bigfoot, or Sully from Monsters Inc., in mud on the rock wall. It was an awesome place to explore around. I would definitely recommend hiking out to this spot.
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| Warning about Bigfoot? |
Once the sky started turning into dusk we decided to travel back home, but not before we looked around the Catfish Cove camping area. There is a rope swing here hanging off a tree branch that looms over the lake. I decided to take a chance on the swing reasoning that one of three things would happen: I would land in the water and be freezing, I would land on the rocky ground and be hurting, or I would swing out over the lake and have fun.
After that returning home, we finished the night out making homemade pizza and watching Netflix. All in all, I think it was a pretty great first Valentine's Day as a married couple.
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Happy Valentine's Day Y'all! |
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