The drive was pleasant. Lots of great views of the forest, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the coastline and many little towns I have never been to. From Hwy 101 we got onto the 113 towards Sekiu. It rained harder and harder. The first cache we got to was in Neah Bay.
There was barely a town here and you could tell it was pretty run down. We had now entered the Makah Indian Reservation and the most northwestern point of Washington State. It was a virtual cache called Makah Heritage (GC60B4) and it has been here since 6/4/2002...three days before I graduated from high school. We were suppose to find the answer of who carved the totems. I found it quickly on the plaque and then we took a picture with the carvings.
We really didn't want to be out in the rain that long so we got what we needed and started heading back towards Forks, stopping along the way. The first one was along the highway called DNC Micro Set Sail (GC23HC4) and it was an easy find. The view of the ocean was pretty incredible. You could see Sail, Seal and Pinnacle Rocks.
No trip would be complete without finding an Ohjoy cache, Two Traditional Options for Page 27- Wusses Read! (GCXTPE). One was for normal cachers and one was for the handicapped. We could not believe she had one clear up here!! I also made a note in my log about it.
"We came up to Sekiu and Neah Bay for page 27 while visiting a friend in Forks for the weekend. I've never been up to the NW corner of the state before. We should have picked a better day, it rained the ENTIRE time. Oh well. Thanks for the views and the cache!
P.S. We just can't seem to drive anywhere without finding an Ohjoy cache. :)"
I think we ended up finding both of them just for fun.
We tried looking for another one along the road. This time we were able to park the car along the road and hang out along the shore for a while. We didn't find the cache but we got a great view of the rugged coastline and the ocean.
We made it to Sekiu again and stopped for the cache just before the turn by Clallam. Bay on the 112. We had to stop at See You in Sekiu (GC1WV3R) because it was near a statue. This statue was pretty unique and it even had a name, Rosie the fish.
We made the turn and started heading south back to Forks. We picked up two along the way. DNC Micro Cache-Beaver Falls (GC23HCX) and DNC Micro Cache-Sappho P&R (GC23HD1). Beaver Falls was a quick stop along the highway. We walked down a trail and saw the falls. It was a cool place for a cache. Sappho P&R was at a park and ride at the junction of 112 and Hwy 101. There was LOTS of garbage. We took the time to pick up cans to take back with us after we located the cache.
We arrived into the Forks city limits and decided to grab one more, Forks Pride (GC1X7HP). It was in a small industrial area outside of town and we were looking for a nano. For some reason at this cache we got into a lame argument and I don't know how or why it started. I guess I didn't care too much about it to remember the details. Just over the bridge was the cache Welcome to Forks (GC2A3MJ), which my mom and I found back in August 2010 when I was just a brand new cacher. We found it without a GPS. We stopped there again because Derek needed to find it. I just took a picture at the sign made famous by the Twilight series.
We went back to Willmarth's house and started packing up our stuff. He took us around Forks for about an hour while he told us stories that he heard from the locals. He had been here since August and has learned a great deal about the area. His stories were pretty interesting. One even included WWII. We figured we should leave so we could get home at a decent time. It was already getting dark.
We arrived back to Lacey just before bedtime. I threw all of my stuff in my car and headed home. I logged my finds, took a shower and went to bed.
Next Adventure: Finding Bigfoot in Elma, Wash.
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