Election Day and 65 Degrees in November? I'll Take It!

I went to work and when I was done I saw the weather was awesome for a fall November day.  I could have worn shorts.  I grabbed a few things at the store before I wandered around the Hawks Prairie area clearing out the newer caches I haven't gotten yet.

The first one, Travelin' Stan's First Can (GC6R0B3), was behind the Walmart.  I had no idea there was a small "greenbelt" area between Walmart and the neighborhood.  It had a sidewalk and lights and even a rock wall.  I'm sure a lot of people bring their dog here to poop.  I watched where I stepped.  The coords were off a bit and I had to look at the hint before I found it next to a tree with bark over the top of it. 

I drove less than a quarter of a mile to the next one. Quick Stop (GC6RWDP) was near the Chinese Buffet and the Big Lots parking lot.  I parked where I thought it would be and walked.  The coords were off, took me right to the middle of the parking lot, I read the name of it again and knew where to look.  It was a small nano cache with a point on the bottom of it and they tucked it into one of the holes in the stop sign.  I found some room on the log sheet and signed my initials.  I had to wait for a few cars to pass before I could put it back.

I checked the app to see where the next one was.  I've had my eye on Marvin Road, Exit 111, Travel Bug Hotel (GC65ZGV) for the past couple months but either didn't have enough time to get it, it was dark or pouring down rain.  I knew there was a better day to go get it hoping that it wasn't muggled or archived before I could get it.  It was on the side lot next to the Mayan Mexican Restaurant.  I parked pretty close to it and noticed all of the garbage people left behind.  There were a few TV's, a couch, trash sprinkled all around, glass and car parts.  What a great place for a cache right?  I found the cache. signed my name and got out of there as quick as I could.

Speedbumps (GC6G2D9) took me over to the Costco.  I thought the hide would be harder than it was.  The difficulty was a joke because the bakery was nearby and it might be hard finding the cache while smelling fresh bread and or doughnuts.  I smelled the bakery as I got out of the Escape.  The cache was easy to find and there was a bonus inside, a pathtag from the last people who found the cache.  It's been a while since I found a pathtag inside of a cache.  It was pretty cool actually.  I signed my name and put it back.  No muggles were around surprisingly. 

I drove over towards River Ridge High School to the small forested area.  I've found caches in the past here before.  They've all been archived since then.  I parked the car across the street at an apartment complex and ran across the street.  I didn't think the Presidential Suite:  A Travel Bug Hotel (GC6TXP6) cache would take me very long to find.  Turns out the coordinates bounced all over the place.  I had to read the hint.  It was going to be next to a bush...but which one?  I scoured as fast as I could because the mushroom farm poop smell was pretty ripe.  After about 7ish minutes I finally found the darn thing.  I thought it was appropriate since today we find out who our new president was.

I thought I had some time to find two more.  Since it gets dark an hour earlier now I had to hurry.  Plus I wanted to leave the area before everyone got off of work at 5.  There were two more in the direct area that weren't too far apart.  I got crappy signal before I could use the hint to find Pam's Silver Bullet (GC5YKRM).  So I had to just guess where it could be.  I made a pretty good educated guess and found it very quickly.  I didn't have to be there that long.

The last one was less than a half a mile away near some houses at the edge of a cul-de-sac.  Not For Fire (GC678XT) I originally thought might be a fake sprinkler head or a fire hydrant.  Nope, it was  a fake log next to a small tree.  It was a quick find, sign and place back.  I walked back to the Escape and made my way home before traffic got insane.

Then the election stuff was out of control.  I really didn't think Trump would get elected but he did.  I hope the next four years we don't regress in all of the progress we've made.  I would like to see Obamacare disappear though.  Four years is so long, ugh. 

Next Adventure:  Veteran's Day Rainier100 Caching in Lewis County