Geocaching in Alaska

Time for another cruise, this time with my parents, and this time to Alaska! I had so much fun on this trip, but I'm missing photos from some of the most amazing times because I chose to be in the moment and put my camera away for most of it.

My dad and I headed to Alaska ahead of my mom and Evan. Day one of this trip was the flight from Dallas to Anchorage, then the drive down to Seward where we were deep sea fishing the next day. I did one of the dumbest things I've ever done travelling this day. Because I almost never check bags, I left my checked bag with all my fishing gear at the airport. Of course, I didn't notice until we were almost at our destination, so this warranted an emergency trip to the hardware store and a lot of washing things in the sink the first few days. Also on the drive, we got hungry and stopped to by the most expensive bag of chips I've ever purchased. Minus the luggage snafu, this was a fun drive and quite pretty.

The next morning, we were up bright and early for some fishing. If you enjoy fishing, you should absolutely go to Seward and get on one of the charters out. We had great views and great fishing, ending up with 2 halibut, 1 salmon, and 8 rockfish between the two of us. When we got back to the docks, they got cleaned up and we shipped them home to arrive after we got back (and then we split them up between us).

On the drive back to Anchorage, we took a detour through a tunnel and found a geocache while in the town there. The cache was Whittier Than Most and a quite sneaky little hide.

Once we were back in Anchorage, we headed north a little for a surprise I booked for my dad, who really wanted to see Denali. Instead of making the trip by car, we took a small plane ride to view this breathtaking view. I probably have a small handle of photos, but I really sat back and just took it all in. We did stop on the way back at a birch syrup farm, and my dad enjoyed the dog hanging out there, too. Then we got reindeer sausage for lunch. A quite fun day with lots of interesting things to see along the way.

After the days alone with my dad, we finally got to pick up Evan and my mom at the airport and get my luggage back (yeah!). We did a little sightseeing in the area, and I got to take my parents to a cemetery (seems I always do this with them). This one was very neat, though, with history about the culture that built from the merging of different traditions.

We also found a couple more caches on this trip with my parents:

• Palmer Smokey Bear
• Camp Skagway No.1

Road Trip 2016: Maine and Massachusetts

I am not sure who thought this would be a good idea, but we decided to wake up and take photos of the sunrise at a nearby lighthouse. Problem is - sunrise is super early! However, we got some great photos on the east coast of Maine.

After a quick nap, we left Maine and passed through Salem on the way back to Boston. This is a neat area if you ever have a chance to stop by.

And, let's not forget some geocaches to make the day complete.

• Yoko’s Favorite Café
• Congress Street Bridge

Road Trip 2016: Vermont and New Hampshire

Today seemed like a day with a lot of driving. A lot of pretty driving.

Along with some odd sites, like this tower of file cabinets.

Of course, this also included some stops for geocaches along the way (and one DNF)

• Little Farm (DNF)
• Tractor Beam
• Creemees to Bragg About
• Say Cheese
• X-it 40

Road Trip 2016: New York and Vermont

Today we drove from New York to Vermont and found some caches along the drive. We also tried some cheese along the way and enjoyed the fall colors. It was a bit more driving than previous days in the trip, so we took some breaks as we went. We found a neat park along the drive and a cache there: Fort Ann Town Park.

We also walked around the popular downtown area in Burlington where we were staying for the night. Tried and didn't find a cache there (The Band: Stage Fright), but did pick up local cheeses and apples for dinner.

Road Trip 2016: New York

We spent a couple of days in New York and visited an old home, a cidery, an orchard (briefly), and generally relaxed as it turns out a lot of things in Albany are closed on Columbus Day. It was a fun couple of days and we did find some geocaches too!

Our first cache was outside of an older home we toured that had a garden you could walk through (small garden). We looked to see if there was anything nearby and there was one right where we were standing: SM#1 - The Kitchen Garden.

We also looked while visiting the cidery and found a fun doggy friend to watch over us: Nipper.

We also drove along a great scenic route and saw some nice falls. Also got to read a bit about the water flow in the area and learned some about that. Also found a cache: The Falls.

My husband also made a new friend after we played some trivia.

Road Trip 2016: Rhode Island and Connecticut

Hubby and I took a road trip with my parents this year to take my mom to the north east. Over the course of this trip, we spent time in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine and saw a LOT of different things. It turned out to be a great time of the year with the leaves changes, so as we drove along there were so many pretty sights. And, being from Texas, we were surprised how close all of these locations were.

The first day of the trip saw us taking a short drive to Providence, Rhode Island where we visited a botanical garden, cemetery, and city festival.

We took a short walk away form the festival to find our first geocache of the trip: Boccce. It was a cute hide in a pretty busy area, so we waited out traffic and muggles to make the find. Then, we went to visit what brought us to the plaza in the first place - a giant chicken for Evan!

After spending some time at the festival, we headed on to Hartford, Connecticut and of course found a cache there as well: Sea Worthy.