Crummy Weather Today..........So........

we haven't ventured out at all. Wind blowing and I don't think it's gotten above 66 all day long!!! Bummer.

Just realized that I haven't updated for awhile.........usually I get a reminder from F.O. but guess he's busy this week. We managed to start off the New Year with an attempt at FTF for a couple of caches a few miles away. They were kinda sneaky, found one in a pod still attached to a tree. Our friend, Buzzcut, had already found it about an hour before we go there.....and we were there at 0730. Both were in his neighborhood so we figured he had already found the other one too. We turned a corner and met Buzzcut hoofing it toward home. He had just made the second find and had spent a loooong time looking for it and didn't need his flashlight as daylight finally arrived. He went back and watched us hunt for it, gave Becky a hint and she found the cache. It was a walnut shell housing the cache and tied to the pine tree. They are starting to get really nasty with some of the new hides. Didn't do much the rest of the day; but, Friday had us on the hunt again. Fourteen new caches had been published Thursday night so we left to try and find them. We stopped first and spent a long time looking around a wall for a nano cache. Even with a hint we still had difficulty, pic. #4. It was shoved into a crack in the mortar and recovered with more mortar. The new series were pretty straight forward..........most of the containers were buried in the sand and had a fake pile of dog poop glued on top. The one in the middle was a little different........it was magnetic and attached to an electric meter pole. We finished up the series of 14 caches in time to make a beeline for Lute's casino. We have been trying to get down there early enough the last 3 weeks to try our their clam chowder. This Friday we made before 1300 and sampled their chowder........not bad for a land locked area but the Oregon coast still has the best. Stopped at Sam's Club where Becky had some new glasses made.........they still weren't right so Sam's Club refunded her money and guess she'll wait until we get back to California to try again. Picked up a few groceries there and headed for the barn.

Saturday was another super day.........sun shining and temps in lower 70s. I washed the car and slipped on the new spare tire cover that Rhonda and Steve sent to us. Then in the afternoon another cache was published about 20 miles east of us. Becky was going into withdrawals since she hadn't scored a FTF for the new year yet......although we had tried. We arrived at a big old date tree along side the road and we managed to get our 69th FTF. She was happy then. We grabbed three more caches on the way home that had eluded us a few days ago; but, there's one still out there that we still couldn't find. Had to cross the mighty Gila river and drive through some running water so there goes the car wash...........all muddy again.

Hopefully, it'll start to warm back up to start the new week. More later. W&B