Geocaching in Belgium

Evan and I went to the UK for a work trip. A day before we left, the queen passed, and it was a strange time to be in London that first part of the trip.

Our second weekend away, we headed out to Brussels. It was the land of waffles, chocolate, and beer, and it was amazing! We did waffle and chocolate making classes, and we happened to be there when a folk music festival was happening. We also found three different statues of peeing things in the city.

We also found some geocaches while in town. The first happened after a visit to the Coudenburg Palace (do the undergorund tour - amazing!). This one had SO MANY MUGGLES: Expo58 - The Whirling Ear STEALTH.

The second was right outside our hotel at the entry to MOOF (fun comic museum). If you like Smurfs, find this cache and go to this museum if you are in the area: The Albino Smurf 🍄.

Geocaching on the way home from Tyler, TX

After the past year, we decided to take a small family trip just to get out of our houses. Tyler isn't too far, so off we went to stay for the weekend. Mainly we hung around and ate smores, but on the way back with my niece, Evan and I stopped for lunch and a couple of caches: Texas and Pacific Railroad Freight Depot and Sister Spirits

Geocaching in Argentina

We had a few different stops in Argentina, with Buenos Aires as our final destination. We found geocaches at two of these ports. For the first geocache, we had a driver take us to the stunning location so we could make the find. Totally worth it - stunning views from here and a fun search: Galese.

At another port, we decided to explore another cache (Caminito - República de La Boca). This street was super fun to explore! And on Leap Day!

Geocaching in Uruguay

Montevideo was a fun stop, and we had some of the best food on the trip here. Definitely try steak when in the area!

We had been exploring the city a while when we decided to go look for this geocache. Unfortunately, we forgot a pen. But, fortunately, we were able to get one as a souvineer to sign this log: Canteras del Parque Rodo.

Geocaching in the Falkland Islands

Next stop, Falkland Islands. We spent the day with our tour guide and one other passenger travelling across the bumpy moss to see penguins! But, we also paused to search for a geocache close to the pier: Public Jetty

Caching in Chile

A trip a year in the works finaly coming to fruition! We headed off to South America with our friends, and OF COURSE we did some geocaching along the way. We spent a few days in the area surrounding Santiago, then our first stops were all in Chile.

The first cache we found on the trip was a bit tricky, but fun: Vicente Perez Rosales. I also got the chance to put my feet in some water, so I took it.

A few days later, we had a port further south and found two additional caches: Furthest Southern Cache and Monumento al Ovejero - Monument to the shepherd. We visited a museum and did a lot of stair climbing.

Caching on a Cruise in the Dominican Republic

Evan and I booked a cruise for the Thanksgiving weekend, and we left from Florida this time as I was there for a work conference. As a part of this cruise, we had a stop in the Dominican Republic, where we found this fun virtual cache: Amber Cove Virtual Conquest.

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