Caching Around Vail and Lawrence Lake

I thought it would be kinda fun to go find a few caches with mom after she got off work.  I went on the website and wrote down a few caches I thought we would be able to find.  Because I didn't have a GPS yet, finding caches were very involved.  I looked at the map, I wrote down all the information I would need off of the logs, the cache details and anything else I could find that would help us.

The first one we came to was called 2000 (GC13B5P) and it was off of the bridge on Vail between Reichel Road and Lindsay Road towards Lawrence Lake.  We pulled over on one of the pull outs near the yellow gates and went over to where we thought it was.  I thought it would be underneath the bridge within the rocks, but then I reminded myself the size of the cache.  We looked and looked and looked and eventually a half hour went by.  Then mom asked me if I looked inside the guardrail.  I didn't (this was my first guardrail cache and I hadn't known about hiding them or finding them inside yet).  Sure enough, I put my hand inside and found an Altoids tin stuck to the top of the rail.

We hopped back in the car and took Lindsay Road towards Lake Lawrence and a small tiny stone cottage that was in need of some TLC.  Little Stone Cottage with a Big Mountain View (GC24H4Y) was definitely in need of some love.  According to some of the neighbors, it's been for sale for years but no one seems to want it.  We got out and started looking.  Without a GPS it was hard since it could have been anywhere.  After looking for several minutes, I zeroed in on where I thought it would be.  I saw the obvious pile of sticks and there was the cache!

There was one more I had written down, Home, Away from Home (GCRG6P) and when we arrived, it was rather difficult to find a place to park.  We parked the car on the side of the road and went to where the hint told us to go.  We found the cache quickly and really hoped the people didn't come out to talk.  I knew they knew about the cache but I am just not too fond about caches on people's property...or near their house.  We signed the log, put a trinket inside and drove home.

Next Adventure:  Don't Drink the Water!