No Problems Here Houston

While looking through a few cache listing today, I came across one that caught my eye because it contained an interesting geocoin (Satellite Series Geocoin). The cache was ...Three...Two...One... (GCWRGH) and was only about eight miles away. I jumped in my car and went off to the first stage. This area was a small park dedicated to Robert Goddard, the father of liquid fuel rocketry and hometown hero to Auburn , MA. It was a bit muggly here, but not to the point where a little stealth couldn't brush them off. These new set of cords pointed to another park in Auburn that was about one and a half miles away. It was another Goddard dedication, that is more well known to locals than the previous. I found the final with no problems and with luck found the geocoin still in the cache. After signing the log, I took a look around and snapped a few pictures of the park. The park was very well done and showcased a few models and a nice memorial stone for the great scientist. I had a great time looking for this cache and was lucky enough to add yet another trackable icon to the list.

There and Back Again

What a great trip! This past week (Sun.-Thurs.), Snidy and I spent some vacation time up in Kennebunk, ME. We ended up doing seven total geocaches for the week. We started with two great ones on Monday called the KES Travel Bug Hotel and Massabesic Experimental Forest. The TB hotel was actually one not too far from an elementary school that was set up by an entire classroom of kids and their teacher. It was very nice. The second of the day was just an amazing hike that ended with a nice spot to rest and spend some time logging our find. It was a really great way to start the trip.
After taking two days to relax by seeing a movie, going to see the Portland Sea Dogs (won by the way!) and spending two hours mini-golfing we decided to spend an entire day of geocaching around the area. We went to Kennebunkport's Scenic Cache and reflection cache in the Lower Kennebunk/Kennebunkport area. These two were at the St. Francis Monastery and Shrines, which consists of many great outdoor sculptures and a places of prayer. It was a very peaceful place to spend such a nice sunny day. We then went to the Merriland River Fishing Tackle Cache, which had a very nice, long hike along a river and then headed over to the Wells Rec/Hobbs Pond Cache. This cache was located on a town recreation area with trails. I was a little disappointed with this cache, but only because geocoins that were listed weren't there and I forgot my keys in my car. After a call to AAA and a 1/2 hour wait, the car was unlocked and we made our way to 101 Dalmatians #43 (Ralph) at a rest area on I-95. It was a quick little micro that was pretty fun to find. As we closed our geocaching adventures, we headed over to The Clam Shack in Kennebunkport for quick dinner with my family and booted back South to good ole' Sutton, MA.

Northern Bound

Tomorrow, I plan to make a nice vacation trip up to the great state of Maine with my family and my geocaching buddy, Snidy. As of now we have a good handful of caches to attempt on our stay in Kennebunk, ME and are looking into a few more to add to the list. This trip will be Snidy's first out-of-state cache hunt and we hope to have nothing but success in our searches.
This weekend also marks a few other great geocaching milestones, the reaching of 300 finds by my dad, BomberJohn and 500 caches by both frf and Lloyd&Jess. I would like to send congrats to all these geocachers.

A Day of Caching With Snidy @ Buffumville Lake

Last night, while checking on some of the local caches, I noticed that a cache called Enchanted Forest was holding a Volunteer Geocoin. I then decided that I had to pick it up, as I did not have one of these geocoins on my list of trackables. I called up my newest geocaching buddy, Snidy, and planned to headout for a nice day of cache hunting. It turned out that this and and another nearby cache, Cyclops, were holding the two sets of cords to a third cache by the name Eagle Has Landed. The day ended with me having a new geocoin to add to my lists, three successful finds and a great day spent with my friend Snidy. Though I was able to have such a good day today, it looks like my plans to go out geocaching tomorrow with another one of my friends, TheJackal, may be cancelled due to thunderstorms.