State of Wilderness

Category: Geocaching

  • Grandfather Caches of Massachusetts

    I found myself in Massachusetts over the weekend, and I had some time on my hands to go exploring. What else would I rather do than go find grandfather caches in the woods? In case you have missed the definition of the term, a “grandfather” cache is one of the active original caches hidden within…

  • Mono Lake MonoMyth, Episode 3

    A Claustrophobic’s Nightmare/Just Say NO to Crack Black Point, Lee Vining CA This was the scene of our next adventure. One of our friends placed this cache back in 2004, and we had heard a lot about it since. We had to give it a try, so we drove our rental vehicle as far as…

  • Mono Lake MonoMyth, Episode 1

    Departure After a couple of hours at my former in-laws – visiting, packing up things the kids had forgotten, and repairing the small dent we put in the front bumper of the rental SUV, we were ready to leave for our next adventure. The Call to Adventure This one had us traveling south on US-395,…

  • Fremont National Forest Fun

    Tumalo State Park has a few caches in it, but we left without finding any, mostly because we wasted some time on a bad hint on one and another looked like it was going to be a longer walk than we had time for. We did have time for breakfast at Shari’s Restaurant before leaving…