I noticed this event, Leap to It Olympia - 2020 (GC8GYAJ), a few weeks back and made sure I put it on my calendar so we didn't schedule anything else and feel hurried or double book ourselves. I did schedule a time with Dad to go get rid of our garbage today. I told him we were going to go to an event in the morning and then be available in the afternoon. He said just to let him know when we were done.
The travel bug dog tags that Heather gave us a few weeks ago I turned two of them into active trackables that I bought Matchbox cars for. I got a version of a Chevelle, not the exact car my grandmother had, but it was to remember her by anyway. I got Ben a fire truck. We activated them, gave 'em a description and decided to release them at this event.
We got up, ate some cereal and dressed warmly because it was going to be a cold morning outside. I mean it is winter time after all. Harvey's Pack decided to host the event at Woodland Creek Park, a place we were very familiar with. I've been here several times over the years for caches and events. This is where Ben and I met for the first time seven years ago for a date.
I wanted to leave early so we could be there, log trackables, the logbook and to get mom the Leap Day Event frog geocoin. I made sure I had $12 to get her one because she liked it. Ben and I left the house about a half hour before we were suppose to be there and it took us maybe less than 10 minutes to get there and park the Escape. Harvey's Pack were there with their two dogs getting everything ready in the outdoor covered area. They had doughnuts, coffee and orange juice. I helped myself to a doughnut and some orange juice and Ben also did but he had coffee instead. We chatted with them for a bit, signed the log, got my coin and then more people started to arrive.
Some of the attendees I've met, some I haven't seen in a while and others were new and I had no idea who they were. I spent time talking to Bob and Bev, Seth, Dave, Dan and Joy and some other cachers from Tacoma who we didn't know.
I knew there were going to be caches that publish today somewhere but I didn't know when they were going to publish so we loitered around waiting for them to publish. The crowd started to dwindle and Bob and Bev even decided to head home because they were getting cold. I don't blame them. I was getting cold as well but I wanted some FTF's.
After everyone left the caches finally published. Harvey's Pack, Joy and Dave went on the hunt for the two. We went after the one nearest the parking lot first. I put up A Bonus Cache For a Bonus Day (GC8HF19) on my phone and the six of us walked to the cache area near the pond. The wind was blowing pretty hard and I was cold. We investigated the bench and Ben pulled it out from its hiding spot. We all spent a few minutes passing around and signing it before putting it back for others to find, which I'm sure they were on their way.
We then walked out towards the disc golf area and made a left turn down the trail that follows the creek. We were on our way to grab the other new one in the park called Leap to It - 2020 (GC8HEVF). In the cache description they explained during the time of the year this area may be flooded or puddles hiding in the tall grass. We made sure not to step in the watery areas. We approached a wooden log over a low spot that would keep our feet dry.
We tip toed down the small path to a large tree where the cache was hidden. Ben and I got there first and so we signed it, took the FTF coin and then passed it off to Dave and Joy so they could sign the log. We placed it back and we all walked back to the parking lot near the covered area we held the event at.
We thanked them for hosting the event and then Harvey's Pack and Joy drove out to Tumwater together to do one of hers that I did many years ago. Ben and I got back into the Escape and headed home. I let Dad know we were on our way home. We got home roughly around noon and Dad was there waiting with the truck. I grabbed my checkbook, wallet and keys and Ben and I helped Dad load our cans into the back of the truck. I jumped in the truck and Dad and I headed into Rainier. We got rid of the garbage and the recycle and Dad took me back into Lacey and dropped off me and and my cans. I thanked him for helping me. He had some other stuff he needed to take care of.
Ben and I did a few things in the house and then Josh and Heather invited us over for hamburgers at their house. We brought chips and drinks with us. We headed over around 5 to their complex in Tumwater and the food was pretty much done when we got there. We dug in and ended up sitting at the dining room table talking about stuff for a few hours while a movie Lily was watching played in the background. We eventually got sucked in. Ben and I headed home afterwards and thanked them for the food and the invite.
We went home and relaxed for a bit. Ben got on his game for a bit while I watched some TV shows, logging the caches and worked on my blog. We earned our Leap Day 2020 souvenir.
This was probably going to be the last normal weekend for who knows how long because of the Covid virus that's spreading like wildfire. I really hope it doesn't impact my trip here in a few weeks because I was getting super nervous that I was going to have to eat a lot of money I paid for this trip.
Next Adventure: Cache Maintenance on Hwy 507 and Picking Up Two New Ones
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