We got up fairly early today to get packed up and moved out of this beautiful campground outside of Pella, Iowa. We just finished at the dump station when we saw snowflakes! By the time we got west of Pella, going toward Monroe and then north to I-80, it was snowing so heavily, that we only had about 1/2 mile visibility. The snow was sticking to the ground and it looked cold! The snow was to head southeast and we are going northeast to Monticello, Iowa. By the time we reached Cedar Rapids, it was clearing but the winds were picking up. We changed our plans for this stop. We wanted to stay 3 nights in Urbana, IA so we could cache and bike. Well, this weather is not fit for biking, so we cancelled there and was able to get into Jellystone Park in Monticello. We aren't impressed. So, we hit a snag in our great planning. We got in and set up and decided to go south to Springville to get some caches, as that is Linn County and one of the counties we need for our connecting counties. This mother/daughter duo used to cache and quit four years ago, and now decided to take it back up. They placed all the caches in Springville, which amounted to nine. The first one was missing. The second one had just been replaced by the CO and we found it on the ground and not in the tree where it was supposed to be. The third one was a good hide in a chain link fence. The next one was to be hidden under a rock by the gazebo and there was no rock but a stick of wood. But it was there! The next one was in a heap of things chewed up by the lawnmower man that was cutting the grass. The container was there but no log sheet inside, so we called it a day. We only needed one cache in Linn County to count for our connecting counties, and we are claiming four! We are hoping the weather changes to a more favorable day for caching, and we'll have caches in Monticello, Anamosa, and maybe Cascade to claim. If it continues to be windy and cold, it will be a day to get caught up 'at home'. I think we need a rest, anyway. I know chili is on the menu for tomorrow night! I'm sorry that I don't have any pictures to post today.
Hummm, wondering why the blog was so late on getting published, other than our Geo-caching site was very slow yesterday, also. We checked to make sure the counties we cached in, were on our map for the challenge cache and they weren't yet, as of today. So, we covered for that today, and went west toward Wichita thirty miles to a cache titled, 'I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream'. Of course we were thinking we would get an ice cream treat when we got there. Well, the joke was on us. It was out on the fringe of the city and they are laying some big sewer pipes, so progress is being made. There was nothing at the cache site but a hollowed out tree trunk and a hidden ammo can in there! At least we got our letterbox cache that we drove all that ways for, but no ice cream. Back to El Dorado to go east thirty miles to get Greenwood County. We hadn't planned to go to Eureka, but the caches that were just inside the Green...
OH, NOOOOOOO!!! Not ****!!! Bummer! I can imagine the driving was dicey! Glad you’re in and could still get some caching in today. Sounds like a rough neighborhood! Glad you got what you needed!! Time to warm up!! 😘
ReplyDeleteOh my! Sounds like a rough day! Better days ahead!!! 🌞
ReplyDeleteOh my! Sounds like a rough day! Better days ahead!!! 🌞
ReplyDeleteOh my! Sounds like a rough day! Better days ahead!!! 🌞
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