We had been at the Bridge Street Festival in Carleton Place, and then decided to go hunt down a few geocaches.
The first one was at the end of a long bike trail from Ottawa that likely used to be a rail line. It wasn't too hard to find, but we had to be careful of the poison parsnip in the area. That stuff can leave you with a nasty burn.
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The second and third were down the lovely McGregor trail in Beckwith Township. There is a place where the rocks come to the surface. That sort of thing always gets my attention and I'd have been happy to have spotted that even if we had not found the cache along the way.
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Further on there is an area where you can see a fairly new barn on one side of the trail and an old log one on the other side. I like the contrasting sights there too.
We knew the third cache along this trail was at the other end, so, rather than walk the whole way and then have to come all the way back, we went back and got the car and drove to the other end to look for the cache there. If we go by the clue given, there are darn few places where it could be hidden, but still, we were unable to find this one. I have a sneaking suspicion that I know where it is now though, and we will check it again next time we are in that area. (
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The fifth, and final cache of the day had us going through some dark pine woods. This cache also had us hunting a little harder than anytime earlier in the day, but once I eliminated all our tracks so I was no longer confusing myself, I was able to head straight for it. (
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Reminder to self..... don't go geocaching in shorts and sandals. You know better!
