Successful Day

Cold, windy day, but clear skies. The wind was penetrating, but we had good luck geocaching. We found 13 caches on the 13th.

Met Laurie for lunch at Panera Bread, and Chip came and joined us for coffee. They invited us to dinner at their house, and we had yummy chili made by Chip.

Here are Dick's logs for our 13 finds:

12/13/2010	You found Boat Ramp 6		Visit Log
After we posted a somewhat snarky log for a micro a few days ago, John&Jelene wrote us a note and suggested we give Boat Ramp Rd. a look. We did today and loved it! We had a lunch date in Palm City and our clock was running out but after finding one of our pencils in the previous cache, we had to give this one a shot. No pencil but we found one of our winter 2008 sig cards. We signed the log and left our pencil and our latest card. Thanks for the fun. We had to forgo the last two caches on the road, a reason to return.
12/13/2010	You found Boat Ramp 5		Visit Log
We were working our way along Boat Ramp Rd and we eventually came to number 5. Imagine our surprise when we opened the log baggie and found one of our pencils. What a hoot! We used it to sign the log. Thanks for the fun.
12/13/2010	You found Boat Ramp 4		Visit Log
Last week we received a note from the owners of this series after our somewhat snarky log on a micro. They informed us of this series and invited us to give it a look. We started our day with five micros, three of which had damp and moldy log "books". We truly enjoy finding containers which are large enough to leave sig items and swag. This series has been the most enjoyable on this year's Florida visit. I retrieved the container and brought it back to the cachemobile to survey the contents and to sign the log book. As we were finishing, a police officer pulled up behind us and asked if we were having any problems. I said "No everything's fine". His response was "Oh, are you Geocaching? We get a lot of that along here." We signed the log, left our card and a brass uniform button we picked up in Russia. Thanks for the adventure.
12/13/2010	You found Boat Ramp 3		Visit Log
Continuing our visit to the enjoyable caches on Boat Ramp Rd. we discovered this well camoed and hidden cache. Thanks again. We signed the log and left one of our new pathtags. Thanks for another fun cache.
12/13/2010	You found Boat Ramp 2		Visit Log
As promised by the owners, this series is making our day. We haven't found so many real caches in a row since last year in JD park. We signed the log and left some hand sanitizer.
12/13/2010	You found Boat Ramp 1		Visit Log
Continuing the boat ramp series, we spotted the camoed container and for the first time on this Florida trip, we were able to trade sig cards. We signed the log and left a geo-keychain, then it was on to the next one.
12/13/2010	You found Boat Ramp Gate!		Visit Log
After receiving a note from the owners inviting (and challenging) us to do this series, we put it near the top of our ToDo list. After finding the well placed container, we signed the log and left a ladybug charm and continued on down the road.
12/13/2010	You found Savage Forest Fire		Visit Log
This find was, to us, quite disturbing. This was our sixth find of the day. The other five were a bunch of micros, three with with wet log books. This however is a cache which the owner has obviously put in a good deal of time and creativity. This is our kind of cache! Following the excellent cords to GZ, we spotted the unique, to us an any rate, well hidden container. Unfortunately, when we opened it we discovered that, other than the log, it was empty. Not even the usual collection of geojunk. It had been looted. Out of respect to the owners' efforts, we restocked it slightly with a Shrek ball, sunscreen and some sig items. This cache turned our day around. We skipped the micros and went only for real cache containerst he rest of the way. Thanks for your efforts.
12/13/2010	You found Future Exit?		Visit Log
Wow, another wet log book, this is the third one we've found in only five caches. TFTC
12/13/2010	You found Wild Wild Life		Visit Log
This is a fascinating spot. After signing the log, we took a drive back to the refuge. Saw a number of birds, including a pair of eagles. They also have a young deer back there. Thanks for bringing us here. The log book is wet and should be replaced.
12/13/2010	You found Markel Street Park-n-Grab		Visit Log
We parked and grabbed. TFTC
12/13/2010	You found St. Lucie Canal Overlook		Visit Log
Every time we take the expressway from our rental unit in Summerfield to the kids' house in Hammock Creek, the Nuvi dings to tell us there is a cache on each side. It was driving us nuts. We either had to find them or ignore them. We found Tourist Trap and then told the silly thing to GO to this one. It wanted us to park on 95 and jump over the edge. Even when we followed the roads on the Nuvi map that brought us back here, it still wanted us to "Make a U turn". When it's good, it's very, very, good. When it's bad, it's awful! This is a very neat place, we observed the boats with awe. TFTC
12/13/2010	You found Tourist Trap?		Visit Log
Every time we take the expressway from our rental unit in Summerfield to the kids house in Hammock Creek, the Nuvi dings to tell us there is a cache on each side. It was driving us nuts. We either had to find it or ignore it. We found it. The log book needs to be replaced, it is torn and moldy.