International Geocaching Day

20 August, 2011, was declared the first International Geocaching Day by the powers-that-be at Groundspeak.  We3 (WisconGranny, Woodhick803, and I) couldn't let this monumental day pass without logging a cache or two, or fifteen, as it turned out.

We met bright and early (at least by my standards) in Narrows, VA.  Many of our caches turned out to be guard rail caches, but there were a couple of interesting ones thrown into the mix.

Pearisburg is a small town just a few miles away from Narrows.  Our hunt led us on a wooded path to a very old cemetery where we found the burial place of George Pearis, founder of Pearisburg and Revolutionary War soldier.

 

In Pearisburg itself was this lovely tiled mural.  I forget the reason for its being there, though.  WisconGranny took a bad tumble here, scratching her knees, getting a pretty large contusion on her wrist, and scratching her nose.  Lots of blood from the nose, but WG, being the trooper she is, insisted she was okay and led us on more searches, saying "just one more" several times.  Woodhick803 said she had "cache scratch fever."

Pearisburg has a set of four nicely rendered murals depicting the town's history.  This was also the scene of one of our two DNFs for the day. 

The cache here was appropriately named "What a View."  I have to agree!











Of course we had the requisite DQ break in the middle of the day.  The Narrows-Pearisburg area seemed to have plenty of them.  Yay!  However, the real treat of the day was The Bank, a locally owned restaurant in Pearisburg, specializing in local and organic gourmet cuisine.  This was indeed the find of the day.  Such good food.  One of those places where you take the first bite of food and your eyes roll heaven-ward.  Absolutely incredible. 

A great day with great people, good finds, and incredible food.

For a different perspective on the day, read Woodhick's blog:  http://cachingin--geocachingme.blogspot.com/2011/08/international-geocaching-day-dinner.html?spref=fb

For more about geocaching in general and to find geocaches near you:  http://www.geocaching.com/

Until next time - Get outside and play!!!