August fun

A couple little falls/dams on Coal Creek (Grand Mesa). Had to use as stepping stones to get to a cache back in the woods

Wild raspberries up on Grand Mesa near a geocache we found 2 weeks ago

Can't believe I have allowed nearly a whole month to pass without posting any news.  August has been pretty focused on geocaching.  All active geocachers have been working on getting their "7Suvouneirs of August" which we earn by finding 5 different types of caches and attending an event.  So many of the long time cachers in the area have already logged the unique caches with in 25 mile radius... so, Karl and I have spent the month hiding new ones of the needed types- traditional, multi-cache, mystery, letterbox hybrid, earth cache, and helped host a geocaching event (plus finding all those other types that were in area for our own "7 Souvenirs").  To non-cachers, this sound ridiculous, but we have had a great time meeting area cachers and checking our email to find who has located our hidden caches each day,  We set a power-run two weeks ago, which consists of 25 small caches set approximately 0.1 mile apart along a BLM road west of town.  Each cache was named after one of the local geocachers who has made a contribution to geocaching in the area.  Oh, have they had fun with that run.  We notified each cacher of where "their" cache was located before publishing it online, giving them the opportunity to be the first to find and sign the log.  Then they got all excited and went back to do the whole run when they all were published. Lots of work, but lots of fun.

After our geocaching event last Sunday, 7 of us hung out and visited for another couple hours, these are the last ones to leave.