I got distracted right away at "No Stone Left Unturned", a cache near Old Stone Presbyterian Church in Lewisburg. This stone is in memory of a little girl who died at the age of eight.
Here I am, standing at the entrance of Organ Cave, founded in 1704 and containing rocks that may date back as far as 300-500 million years ago. Wow! The cave was used during the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and was known as Lee's Underground Ammo Factory during the Civil War.
Woodhick does not get the Eagle Eyes Award for the day. Here he is (nice view, haha!), prowling through a rock wall near Indian Creek Covered Bridge, Union, WV. He touched the cache, looked at the cache, but never really saw it. I finally had to play the old "Hot / Cold" game with him. The problem for him here was that nothing seemed out of place.
The award for the most clever cache of the day goes to this one, Indian Creek Micro. Here you see Woodhick holding it in his hand. Yes, it's a spent bullet (don't ask me what caliber - that was part of my previous life) with another one as the cap.
Probably the best part of geocaching is that it gets you out to see sites that you would have missed otherwise. This is the view from "In the Middle", a cache on a old, but refurbished, railroad bridge across the Greenbrier River.
So, yes, it was a perfect day for geocaching. Woodhick and I have another excursion planned for 10/10/10, National Geocaching Day. Whether or not we make a lot of finds, it'll be a fun one. (Now where should we eat lunch???)
Just what I wanted to see this morning, a shot of my father from behind!! Nice bit of history on Organ Cave--been past there every time we head to Dad's but have never been there. Time to get off the beaten path and smell the roses.
ReplyDeleteI thought that OC was only 6000yrs old--like the rest of the earth. (The cave is evidently owned by some religious group who believe the earth and all contained in it are no more than 6000yrs old)
ReplyDeleteOne never knows.