Right on Target
Our first cache of the day is situated next to Champlain Centre, just outside Target. Once you know that it's outside Target the cache's name makes more sense. This cache, like others before it, was a micro cache hiding in plain sight. To think that people drive by it all day long and no one even knows. Kudos to the cache owner! After a little bit of searching we came upon the cache. Colette signed the log and we made our way back to the cars.
Papa's Penny and Geocache
After a failed attempt to get near another cache in the city we decided to move away from the more traffic heavy areas and started toward Cumberland Head. During the trip there the GPSr starting chiming at us so we decided to see what was nearby. We soon discovered that there were two caches hidden near the Crete Center. This first of which was near a dog park that use to be a mini putt. The cache was named as such after the cache owner's grandfather's dog Penny. Fortunately for the kids there were several dogs enjoying the social time so they got to watch them run around. Once I read the log I relayed to everyone that we were looking for a nano cache. As you can imagine, nano caches are even smaller than micro caches. Once I got everyone looking in the proper area Colette was able to find this very, very tiny cache. She carefully unrolled the very tiny log and started to sign it while we all sat back amazed that she even saw it. Unfortunately I neglected to get a picture of the cache, but it was roughly the size of two, maybe three round cell batteries stacked on top of each other.
The second of two caches we found here was situated at the end of the parking area outside the Crete Center. We put Zaiden in his stroller and started our walk toward it, still talking about the previous find. When we arrived at it's location Colette and I pulled out our patented "check there" move and she found it. Sadly, like one of the caches we had found the day before this one was water logged. The log itself was safe inside a zip lock bag, but most of the treasures were moist. As with the previous one we just signed the log and made sure to report our find later. During this process Zoey discovered some racquetballs in some nearby discarded materials, so she still got her treasure!
Battle Site
Onward to Cumberland Head! It had been quite a while since I have been this way and I had forgotten how beautiful the area was!
Our next stop was at a memorial for Colonel McDonough that was made by an Eagle Scout Troop. The cache was also put there by scouts. All of our family members were searching the small park for the cache, but ultimately I found it. It was a very nice cache that seem to be well maintained. This was the first time we encountered a geocoin! Geocoins are coins that come in various sizes and styles and each have a unique number. You can use this number to track it's movements from cache to cache at the geocaching website. This particular coin had traveled all over Quebec before making its way to New York.
Our last stop of the night was on the other side of Cumberland Head. This cache is named Old Fort Road due to the fact that it's rests not far from the remains of a fort that was used during the War of 1812. Fortunately for the gentlemen stationed there the fort never saw any action. From the road you can't tell that there use to be a fort there! The road we stopped on was busy so Colette stayed in the car with the kids while my mother, brother and myself went searching. I had barely mumbled "it should be here" when my mother darted toward and uncovered the cache. This was the first time we encountered an ammo container cache. These, so far, are my favorite style of cache container. They're designed to be water proof so the contents are always dry, and there's plenty of room to hold larger trade items. As of this writing this is also the oldest cache that we've seen.
We discovered another geocoin from Canada that we traded a critter for, then we were off to dinner!
Stay tuned for more, newer adventures!
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