Edmonds Cache #6 and #7

 Up the hill in Edmonds just a little further Jr. Spider Cacher found yet another cache.

 Then down the hill we went, back towards town for one last cache.

We looked and looked for this micro-cache.

And B. found yet another.  Pretty good for her first caching excursion.

Edmonds Cache #2, #3 and #4

This cache was a tricky find, but Pink Sypder Cacher came through and found it. 

 Not far from the above mentioned cache, Jr. Spyder Cacher found this one.  It was another micro-cache.

 Up the hill, in the neighborhood, and under the bridge Jr. Spyder Cacher found this.  Thankfully she did not find any trolls. 

Walk the Plank

 It was a nice day, a good day for a family walk and an even better day for some spur of the moment caching.  We got a new app for our smart phone which makes spur of the moment caching a possibility for us.  So perhaps we'll do a little more caching than last year.

 The clues to this cache were in "Piratese" and fun to read.  Thankfully we didn't run into Davy Jone's!

Jr. Spyder Cacher found this booty!

Vile Vial

This cache has a little mystery that included a Mission: Impossible with agents and the vile being hidden in a vault for a period of time.  Very mysterious.

Jr. Spyder Cacher was not to be fooled and found the secret vile.

Taking a break at the nearby park.

Honey Jar

This cache was located at Juanita Beach, and area we haven't made it to before.  I love that about Caching... learning of new places in our back yard...

Jr. Spyder Cacher found this one.

I like Big Buttes

The cacher who placed this cache wrote:  The Chelan Butte is a prominent landmark in this part of the valley. From the cache location on the north side of the lake, you can watch the seasons change on the side of the hill. You can see the snow line march its way down in the fall until the whole butte is covered in white. Then in spring the snow line moves back up the hillside, to be replaced by the green of spring and early summer, then the brown of the height of summer, before the green slowly returns, and the snow line appears once more.

You can see the butte quite well (a 'butte'-iful view) from here and you can catch some breathtaking views of the lake itself from this "High Point." 

When our trip began Spyder Cacher's GPS (Betty) glitched and we weren't able to use it.  He was able to load all the trip and cache information to Blonde Spyder Cacher's GPS (Wilma) which saved our trip.  However, since Blonde Spyder Cacher doesn't use her GPS to the same capacity as he, she didn't know there was an option to "turn off" dirt roads on the GPS, hence Wilma took us up this steep dirt road.

We were wondering if the "no trespassing" signs just meant the orchards since they were set at the corner of the orchards by a tree, or if indeed it meant "no trespassing" on this road.  When we arrived at the paved road we were suppose to be on, everything became clear.

A view from the paved road a little closer to the cache location.  

Look at that house and heli-pad!

Little bit of a uphill climb to this one...

Jr. Spyder Cacher found this one.

Munsoned in Mason

This cache took a little bit of a hike to get to.

What a great little adventure.

You can see our minivan way down there.

Jr. Spyder Cacher found this one.

What a view!

Heading down a little different path.

A Day in the Park

Manson is a little town not far from Chelan, and at this time of year was pretty sleepy.  You can tell that during the summer it must be hopping with boats and summer activities.  Thankfully we Geocache which gave us something to do and helped us see areas we would not have seen otherwise.

This was a park that you walk down many stairs to.  A great outlet for the kids.

Then down just a few more stairs is a beach area.

Looking for the cache.

Jr_Spyder_Cacher found this one.

Something we don't see in the Puget Sound area would be tumbleweeds.

With the wind whipping it turned out to be great entertainment for the kids.

I suppose, growing up in Nevada, I took these rolling bushes for granted.  It was pretty funny to realize how much fun they were for the kids.

Water Tower

This cache took us up to see a beautiful view in an area we would have never gone on our own.

Jr_Spyder_Cacher found this one.

We made a friend at this cache.  You never know what to expect when you see a stranger dog, but this one was all into playing.  He would have let the kids throw the stick forever.