My 33rd Birthday, Geocaching and a Big Seahawks Victory

We got up around 10ish and Ben made me some pancakes and bacon for breakfast.  Of course he always makes way too many pancakes because he thinks I can eat like him.  He made enough food to feed at least 4 or 5 people.  We ate our food and sorta listened to the football game in the bedroom.  There wasn't a TV in the living room, which sucked actually.  We were more likely going to watch TV out in the living room instead of the bedroom.  Oh well.  We made it work.

Of course the full day we were there it rained, the ENTIRE day.  I really wanted to go geocaching for majority of the day because I have not cached in this area yet except for the state park to the north of us.  I wrote down 11 of them, grabbed our rain gear and headed out.  I was really upset it was raining.  Ugh.

We started with the most northern one in Moclips and made our way south down 101 towards Copalis Beach.  We didn't go into Ocean Shores because there were tons of them and it was best saved for another day when we come back again.

We drove down toward the beach and we needed a Seahawks picture at the beach.

Our first one we came to was Athena's  Booty (GC5R8V8) which was on the beach tucked into a rock wall.  We drove down the hill towards the beach access road and drove to the poles, parked and walked the rest of the way to the cache.  The side with the poles was closed from Labor Day to Memorial Day.  My GPS went all over the place but luckily there was a high defined geotrail that led right to the ammo box.  I opened it up and saw a plastic poncho and took it to keep me dry the rest of the day.  It really came in handy.  We signed the log and put it back where we found it.

We walked back to the car and I put on my poncho for some photos to show how rainy and windy it was.

We went back up the hill for Fire Me 20 Pacific Beach (GC42MJ3) which was at another fire station.  We got out, read the hint and looked for it.  As we searched, we assumed the Captain of the fire station came out and talked to us for a bit.  He knew we were geocaching and told him a little bit about ourselves.  He added that his birthday was a few days ago.  Ben told him that he worked for West Thurston, a fire station east of here.  He thought that was pretty cool.  We thanked him and moved on.

We went back down to the access road and Ben had an idea about the Tsunami sign.  Apparently, there is a dub step/techno song and he had an idea for a fun little video.  I went along with it.



We tried looking for The Bungle in the Jungle Coast Cache (GC95D3), this cache was literally unreachable in the rain and Pacific Beach, Washington's Best Kept Secret (GC4FEQF), was missing and very disappointed it was missing because it should have been there.

We drove to the state park, a place I have been a few years back to get the WaStPks100 cache but this time we were there to get the earthcache Tsunami (GC6MQ2A).  Ben grabbed the state park cache as well since we were literally 10 feet from it.  We read the signs, took pictures of the signs and took our picture to prove we were really there.  I would use my information and the internet later to log the cache.

We continued to follow Hwy 101 south and stopped to get Cache Across America (GCX7TR).  It was literally a wide spot in the road with the view of the ocean.  There really wasn't anything special about this cache except that there were 49 more of them one in every state with the final in Washington DC.  Other than that, the cache was lame because it was a guardrail cache and the cache was a plastic bag with a tattered old log book inside.  I wasn't sure if we had to get a code, a number or a phrase off of the container for the final.  I really don't foresee us finishing this series.

When we arrived at The Surf, The Wind, The Cache (GC5M9XC) I was not expecting a hide like this one.  We parked on the beach and had to walk across a small creek, luckily our shoes were waterproof, and try to pinpoint where to look without a hint because my GPS was everywhere.  After it had settled down, we were able to figure out we were no where near the cache.  We didn't even have to cross the small creek.  In fact, we didn't have to go that far from the car.  There was a log and for the life of my I could not figure out why I couldn't find the cache.  It was pouring down rain and now I started just feeling with my hands just in case something moved.  Oh my god!  Here it is!  Part of the log came off and they had stuck a bison tube inside one of the holes.  Cleaver. 

We got back into the car and drove the half a mile down the beach to A Cache for Payton (GC5HR4H).  Again our GPS led us astray and the cache was inside of a sign literally a couple of feet from the car.  Lame.  We signed the log book in the pouring rain and ran back to the car as fast as we could.

I wanted to get one more before we went back to Seabrook.  We had enough time to grab this one and head back to get cleaned up and start our nachos for the game at 5:30.  We stopped at the small grocery store by the small community of Iron Springs Resort, sat there for a few minutes to decide where we really needed to go. I guess there was a small pullout off of Hwy 101 and the cache,
Iron Springs (GCXZC1), was a short walk down to the rocks near the small river.  In a few short seconds we found the container, signed our names and we were ready to be out of the weather.  It was around 3:00 that afternoon.

Went on a short drive around Seabrook just to see where all the roads went.  There were two caches along the trail system inside and just because of the weather we decided to get the two caches in town tomorrow.

The Crow's Nest could not come any sooner.  I was so ready to get back to the house and took off our soaking wet clothes, took a shower to get clean and warm, started some laundry and started our nachos.  I forgot the chicken at home so Ben had to go get some expensive ground beef and laundry sheets...because I didn't know we would have or need access to a washer and a dryer.

We prepared and cooked our nachos and got the bedroom ready to watch the game...we had to move some furniture so we could eat at a table and sit on some chair-like seats while we watched the game. 

The game came down to the wire and we won 31-24 with a 4th down goal line stance.  Another high anxiety football game that came down to the last literally 10 seconds.  I was dying with anxiety.  I actually got up a few times to do the dishes and the laundry just because I could not stand it!  We ended up winning on the last play because Brady could not get the ball to Gronkowski.  Gronkowski held Chancellor in the end zone for offensive pass interference.  The ball was also uncatchable so it didn't matter.  Seahawks win 31-24.

The game got over around 9:30 and we just chilled on the bed working on geocaching logs, Ben's tsunami video and watching whatever was on the TV, the news, Friends and How I Met Your Mother.  We got tired around 12:30 and passed out.

Happy birthday to me!!

Next Adventure:  Returning From the Ocean and Dinner in Aberdeen