BRRRRRRRR, Caching, A Quiet Day, Caching 11/18-20/2008

Boy has it been cold here for the past few days and it is supposed to be that way for the next week or so. Now I know when I say cold it's not as cold as it is up in Camillus but it is really cold for here this time of year. The highs have been in the mid 40's to mid 50's and at night it has gotten down into the high 20's and that's cool here for this time of year.
Tuesday we decided to go caching again in the Conway and Loris area. Our first cache was near Loris at a tennis court, next was a cache in Loris at an abandoned parking lot, next was a cache located at a very lovely pond long Rt 701, then it was on into Conway for our first cache there along a nature trail in the woods, where by the way I found a tick on my leg even in the cold weather they are still around. Then it was on to a park and a cache on the playground on the climbing set, then it was 2 caches one located at a dentist office and one at a doctor's office. Next cache was behind a CVS drug store, next was one one located in the woods at a local park and the last cache of the day was along a deserted road in the woods. Then it was on back to the house and lunch, dinner and watching TV till it was time for bed.
Wednesday we stayed around the house and Mom went and did wash at Ed's house and got her haircut and I got our caches ready for Thursday. We watched some TV had lunch and dinner and as we said it was kind of a do nothing day.
Thursday we drove up to the Oak Island area and did some caching there and in Boiling Spring Lakes and Southport. Our first 2 caches were in a small park outside Southport and then we drove into Boiling Spring Lakes for 4 caches all located at different small parks which were all located on small lakes around the town. Then we drove into Southport and a cache in Franklin Square Park under the boardwalk. This park is adjacent to an art museum which was decorated for the holidays and has many huge oak trees that are hundreds of years old and also an old hand pump which draws water from a deep well under the park. Then it was a puzzle cache at the Southport Visitors Center where we had to go into the center to find answers to some questions pertaining to pictures on the walls of old time Southport and those answers would give you the final coords for the cache. The cache was actually located in Keziah Memorial Park next to the visitors center. The park was dedicated to a "Rovin Reported William Barnum Keziah and contains a 800 year old "Indian Trail Tree". According to legend the Indians tied the tree to the ground when it was a sapling to create a trail marker. The legend behind the Indian trail trees is that long before the white man came to this area in the late 1700's, the Indians marked their trails by bending saplings and securing them with vines and sinew. Today, these huge trees stand as sentinels in various places – our oldest living historical landmarks. These trail trees can be found in many placesall over the eastern U. S. Our next cache was at a Wally World in a light post, next was 2 caches at a small park on Oak Island and our final and our 2000th cache find was on our way back to Cherry Grove at a dead end road and was a puzzle cache dedicated to Conway Twitty by a friend of ours. Then it was back to the house and Mom did our logs and we went out to eat with friends to Sticky Fingers as they had sent Mom a coupon for a free 1/2 rack of ribs for her birthday. After we got back we watched TV for awhile and went to bed.
Well everybody we will say adieu until next time same time same place and we love and miss you all.


Picture List:1,2,3-Keziah memorial Park in Southport...pictue 2 is the 800 year old Indian Trail Tree, 4-Mom & Dad with our 2000th cache find, 5,6,7,8-Franklin Square "The Grove" Park in Southport, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15-Boiling Spring lakes, NC some of the small lakes we found caches near, 16,17,18,19-Conway Railroad Station.