Kitsap County Caching, Adventure Labs, The Boat Shed and 9/11 Memorial

I have been trying to finish my Fizzy grid for years now.  I finally got to fill in a couple without knowing I needed them.  Some of them will require special trips and others weren't that far away from home.  One of them was a 4.5/1 and it was between Gig Harbor and Port Orchard.  I've also been eyeballing the 9/11 Memorial virtual cache in Bremerton for a while as well.  I figured since we needed to go up to the Bremerton area let's go to Cougwear too!

I saw I wasn't doing anything that weekend, so I asked Bev and Mom if they wanted to go with me up to Gig Harbor, Port Orchard and Bremerton.  They said sure, sounds like a good time.  The night before I put together some caches that I wanted to get in the area and told them to be at my house by 9 a.m.  I got gas on the way home from visiting a wedding venue with Ben.

The next day, I got up around 8:30, got ready really quickly and they showed up around 9.  We all made sure to use the restroom one more time, I ate a bagel, we got into the Escape and left.  We merged onto I-5 north and hoped that we did not run into any traffic.  We got off at the Hwy 16 exit towards the Narrows Bridge.  I mentioned that's it's been a while since I've been over this way and was having a hard time remembering when that was exactly. 

We get into Gig Harbor, and we had Nuvi direct us to where we needed to go.  It had been several years since we came to Cougwear, our first stop of the day, and I really couldn't remember exactly where it was, even after the three times since 2016. We found the address, pulled in, parked and went inside and were glad it was open because Mom thought she saw something that said otherwise.  We went upstairs and was greeted by a young girl running the shop, she said that they added three new rooms of gear to look at.  It was a lot of stuff to look at.  Holy cow!

We spent the next half hour-forty minutes looking through stuff, I found a decal for my Escape and some Christmas stuff for my Cougar tree I plan to have during Christmas time this year.  I was super stoked to put the decal on my Escape and decorate my small tree with Cougar stuff.  I thanked the girl who was running the shop.

We walked back down to the Escape and left.  We headed to our first cache up near the Burley area of Kitsap County, There Are No Females...(GC6FKQA) which would fulfil my 4.5/1 on my fizzy grid.  We pulled up, parked out of the way, got out and started looking.  We knew it would be a tricky one.  We all started looking while enjoying the fun-loving minions.  We looked and looked and looked and looked.  Mom found a weird piece that didn't look like it belonged, and we read some of the logs stating that they found the log on the ground.  Upon further searching, we found a piece of the log and thought it might have been part of the snap bracelet found on one of the minions. I messaged her for a hint, she didn't respond, and then we sent her the pieces that we found through the messenger through pictures.  We all were going to claim it as a find.  We got in the Escape and left to Port Orchard.

While in Port Orchard, we did the Adventure Lab, but the Farmer's Market was going on. It made parking difficult but luckily, we found a place to park right away.  We did two waypoints to the Adventure Lab near the waterfront and then did the next two in downtown.  The coords were bad so we had a hard time finding them but we did eventually!  We walked back to the Escape and drove up the hill to get the last two, it was a six waypoint Adventure Lab and there wasn't a bonus cache afterwards.

We got back onto the highway and stopped at Torpedo Park (GC7YMF9) because of beach chairs and a cache.  We sat in the chairs and found the cache.  We were there for maybe 10 minutes.  We all hopped back into the Escape and made our way around the Sinclair Inlet and around to Bremerton.  Then I remembered that I haven't been up here since Lindsay and Justin's wedding back in July of 2018.  I just don't come up to Kitsap County very much.

We followed the highway through town and then drove over the Manette Bridge to the community of Manette in east Bremerton.  I had two caches on my list in this area because I enjoy graffiti walls.  However, we had a heck of a time trying to find a place to park.  After three attempts, we finally just parked at the apartment complex up the hill and walked down.  I really didn't want a ticket or have my car towed if we parked near the wall.  We got to the wall, Manette Graffiti Wall (GC9P5FT) and admired the weird artwork.  The virtual cache had us pick one we liked and take a picture with it.  I chose the Japanimation character because Ben likes this kind of stuff. 

We looked for the traditional nearby, Manette Graffiti Wall Up-Close (GC9QYWD) and Bev and I both overlooked it while Mom found it like a mic drop.  It was hidden pretty well, and we both missed it. We signed our names, put it back took a few more pictures of the wall and then walked back up the hill to the Escape.  From there, I asked Mom to find a place to eat and she chose the Boat Shed.

It was on the same side of the bridge as we were, so it made it easier.  However, the restaurant was located down by the water and parking was interesting.  We had to drive down the small one-way road to park down below since the upper parking lot was full.  We parked, got out and went inside.  We were seated out on the dock with a great view of the Sound and the bridge.  She got our drink orders and food since we knew what we wanted. We all got strawberry lemonades because Bev didn't love her tea.  Mom and I got fish and chips, and Bev got a Caesar salad. We enjoyed our food and our view.  We shared a blackberry cobbler for dessert.  Bev accidentally threw her pen in the water down below us and we laughed at her.

We paid, the waitress almost lost my card when it almost fell through the deck and into the Sound but luckily it didn't.  I looked at the app and saw there was a cache nearby, Whitey (GC6Y1FE) and we went to look for it for about 20 minutes and didn't find it.  We think it was supposed to be in the nearby guardrail and it was missing.  We left the area, went back over the bridge, turned right onto Washington Ave, followed that road until we saw the Evergreen Rotary Park.

We parked, grabbed Zinc-Element 30 (GC9P0EE) really quick while we waited for our turn at the 9/11 Memorial--the reason why we came to this park. 

But we had to go do the others because this lady was hogging the memorial and got irritated when we were trying to answer the questions.  So, to avoid confrontation, we walked over to the boat launch/park area to try the letterbox, The Sleeping Giant (GC9Z1CQ) and obviously did it wrong because we couldn't find the cache after searching for at least 20 minutes.  Meanwhile, I found another cache container that wasn't supposed to be in this park.  It wasn't even supposed to be in this city after we looked up its GC code.  We signed it and put it back.  I told Bev I would message the cache owner when we got home.  It was from Poulsbo, called Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park (GC9GWR9) which was about 11 miles line of sight from the park we were in.  We wondered how the heck it got there.  I suggested aliens. 

We attempted to look for the final to that letterbox and finally gave up.  There were lots of people in the park playing on the playground equipment and a birthday party featuring Ariel from the Little Mermaid and Elsa from Frozen.  Mom and Bev used the facilities while I walked to the corner of the park to pick up Gallium - Element 31 (GC9P0FY), the magnetic key holder was hidden underneath a picnic table/bench. I met back up with Mom and Bev and told them about the cache.  I still kept my eyes open for the clues for that darn letterbox.  Lame.

We walked back to the 9/11 memorial and finished exploring it without anyone scowling at us or being in the way of us completing the requirements and taking photos.  We probably hung out there for about 10 minutes to make sure we had all the info we needed.  We saw this memorial has parts from all three locations from that day:  the steel from the Twin Towers in NYC, a piece of the facade of the Pentagon in DC and soil from the crash site in Shanksville, PA.  This memorial was thoughtfully put together.   

We went back to the Escape and drove into downtown Bremerton to do one of the Adventure Labs.  There were several of them, but we didn't have a lot of time to do a bunch of them at the same time.  

The Zombies in Your Neighborhood Adventure Lab, was a sequential lab that took us to five various locations in downtown Bremerton to gather "supplies" such as we stopped at a clinic to gather medical supplies for the zombie apocalypse.  It didn't take us long to finish it. 

We decided we were done and made our way back towards Olympia through Shelton because then, we didn't have to pay the toll to go over the Narrows Bridge.  It was probably longer but we didn't care.  We did end up stopping in Shelton to do Frisbee'rs Shelton Logging History Adventure Lab and the bonus cache (GC9HD44).  That one was also pretty quick.

We headed back to my house, and everyone got out, grabbed their stuff and Mom and Bev got into the Expedition and headed back into Rainier.  I got in a shower, I logged our caches and relaxed for a bit until it was time for bed. 

I only need nine more caches for my 13,000th cache milestone!

Next Adventure:  Tacoma Rainier's Game with Tammy

Going Ape XI

I decided about a week ago that I was going to go to the Ape Event at Hyak this year.  I haven't been since 2017 when I took Ben, Mom, Dad, Trish and Amy through the tunnel for my 12,000th cache milestone at the Ape cache.  I thought about all the stuff that had happened since then and it was a lot.  2017 was the last year my life was somewhat normal. I love seeing what the future holds but I definitely miss what life was like back in 2017. 

This would be my 7th time at this annual event that the WSGA sponsors (except for 2020 and 2021).  This time it is being held in September when it's usually held in mid-August.  This year we were still catching up on event's that had been postponed so August would have been too busy to hold it then.  Ben had a race shift South Sound Speedway and Mom had a CPR training at the office, so I guess I was going by myself with my bike.  I prepared the Escape the night before by putting the bike in and other various things I thought I would need like the bike pump and the helmet.  I put in some extra shoes and a bag of snacks.  I also made sure I had a full tank of gas, so I didn't have to stop anywhere in the morning.

I set the alarm for 6:30, got up, got ready, put on the appropriate clothes for the day, grabbed some drinks for the cooler, fed the kitties and told Ben to be safe at the racetrack.  I added that I wasn't sure what time I would be home but would update him throughout the day.  It was very smokey outside because of the bad wildfires and I was really hoping the pass would be less smoky.  I left the house by 7:10.

I got onto I-5 north, merged onto 512, then to 167, Hwy 18 and finally onto I-90.  I didn't hit one lick of traffic and it was awesome because I was making great time.  This is how the drive should be, but I know it will never be like this every time, besides it's early in the morning on a Saturday.  The drive up I-90 was really easy going.  I think I drove past a couple of geocachers that had visible trackables on their vehicles. 

I arrived in Hyak around 8:30, parked, used the restroom and then got my bike out.  I made sure my bike had adequate tire pressure, I threw on my tennis shoes and wheeled over to the event.  I said hi to a couple people I knew but didn't want to impose because I knew they were busy getting the event ready for the 10 a.m. start time. I went over to the refreshment tent with Annette and Dick to chat for a little bit.  I hadn't gotten to talk to them that much since Covid.  We had a great time chatting as we waited for the event to start.  I also did a bunch of the Adventure Labs while we hung out because some of them didn't have a geofence.  I signed the WSGA's Going Ape XI (GC9N8PG) logbook and talked to Brian and Vickie for a little bit.

I decided it was time to go through the tunnel before it got really busy.  Before I grabbed my bike, two ladies came up to me at the refreshment tent and asked if I was cougarcach24.  I told them I was!  They introduced themselves as Dicentra and Quiltist2.  I told them it was very nice to meet them and told them how that Adventure Lab went in July.  They were the ones who helped Ben with it and both beta tested it.  Before they left for their adventure (this was their first ape event), I told them thank you for helping with the big day.  They said they were happy to help and congratulated me.  I smiled and felt famous for the rest of the day.

I grabbed my bike and headed towards the tunnel. It wasn't that busy yet which is what I was hoping for because nobody likes a crowded tunnel.  I did some of the Adventure Lab waypoints as I went and did an archived cache, Canadian Ape Cache FVCB3 (GC8JQ21).  You pressed a lever and slide the lid and an ape hand tries to grab you.  It was a fun cache.  

I stopped at the entrance, put my winter hat and the headlamp I borrowed from Mom and Dad on.  It is chilly in there even though it was summer like outside.  

I rode through the tunnel trying to avoid the occasional walker, bike rider and small child or dog walker.  As I cruised through, I got dripped on a couple times by the cracks in the ceiling, rode through some muddy spots and was really glad I remembered to bring my hat because I could see my breath in front of me in the middle of the tunnel.

It didn't take me long to get through to the other side.  This is why I love bringing my bike with me.  I've done it several times with the bike and walking throughout the years. 2.25 miles definitely feels longer when you walk it!  I stopped just to the side of the tunnel so I could take off my hat and headlamp.  I overheard some people talking about the Adventure Lab R65 Trifecta and that one of the five waypoints was on this side of the tunnel.  I had gotten the one at the Seattle event a couple weeks ago.  I picked up that one and finished another Adventure Lab I had begun in the parking lot. 

I rode further up the gravel trail to the Misson 9:  Tunnel of Light (GC1169), which is a high sought-after cache since there are only two left in the world. Here and Brazil. I found it for the first time back in August 2017 after it was resurrected.  This time, I was leaving behind and picking up trackables and doing the Adventure Lab.  There was a small group of people near the cache and its guardians, GrnXnham, two local cachers and WSGA members from Graham.  I've chatted with them before in the past, did GCD with them, twice, and they are also Cougar fans. I visited with them for a few minutes and gave them one of my pathtags and they reciprocated by giving me one of their wooden nickels. 

I chatted with a lady from Montana, a girl from Mount Vernon and a guy named Yosemite Sam for a while.  He traded a pathtag with me before pedaling away.  I was there for a good half hour, forty minutes before deciding it was time to go back through the tunnel.  I put my hat and headlamp on again and made my way through the tunnel.  This time it took me a little longer because there were more people, dogs and bikes inside.  I passed quite a few people. 

Once on the other side, I did another Adventure Lab but, I had to go back and forth into cell service because it wouldn't work and soon got super annoying.  I eventually finished it but took me way too long to do it.  I decided, since I had my bike, to pedal east on the trail towards Lake Keechelus.  It's been quite a few years since I've gotten caches out that way.

You could clearly see the smoke getting thicker as the afternoon wore on.  It wasn't nearly as bad as it was down in the valley though.  I was glad to be in the mountains during a really smoky day.  I saw that another Adventure Lab published while I was going through the tunnel, but I decided to do it on the way back to the event when I was done. 

I followed the trail past the event and to another trailhead lot or overflow lot.  I saw I was getting closer to Lake Keechelus Trailhead (GC5B5G0).  I grabbed a couple pictures of the trailhead marker and then ventured over to where the phone was telling me to go. 

The only place it could be was hanging on the metal sign on the edge of the parking lot.  Bam, there it was.  I unscrewed it, signed my name and the date and put it back where I found it. I knew this one was going to be found a bunch of times today.  

I got back on my bike and made my way down the trail to my last one, Alpine Lakes:  Lake Keechelus (GC4JRQ2).  I read the trail map wrong and ended up going off roading to get down to the road.  It was quite a journey, and I am glad I didn't fall and hurt myself.  Looking back, I probably should have but got lucky.  I got onto the road and followed it out to the boat launch.  I didn't need to quite go to the boat launch but the bluffs overlooking the boat launch.  There was a vehicle nearby, they ignored me, and I ignored them.  I put my bike down near some bushes and walked up to the tree at the top of the bluff.  It took me a while to figure out where and what I was looking for, but I did find it.  The view was pretty amazing from up there. 

I got my bike and rode back to the event.  I hung out and caught up with Dick and Annette some more, talked to a lot more cachers from that refreshment tent.  We spoke to a guy from Moldova who was here visiting friends and geocaching.  He said he did a bunch of caches in Seattle and decided to come to the ape event.  I briefly talked to Ben and Jayme. They said they would have been here sooner, but they got rear ended on the 405 trying to get to the event.  He said they're fine, but it was annoying to deal with.  While I was there, I decided to do the other Adventure Lab but couldn't get the phone to cooperate, so I went back to do it later.  I talked to Brian and Vickie again for a bit about my trip to New England and our visit to Salem.  She said it's a pretty amazing place.  I was excited. 

As it approached mid-afternoon, around 2ish, I said my goodbyes, loaded up my bike and got onto I-90 west.  I was regretting not making myself a sandwich before I left that morning.  All I brought was snacks and I needed something with more sustenance to eat.  I saw there was a Jersey Mike's at the North Bend exit, so I pulled off I-90 and managed to find where it was in town.  I found a place to park and went inside.  There were a bunch of 20-somethings in line ordering a bunch of food.  They were all dressed in swimming attire and must have been out on a lake somewhere.  It eventually got to me, and I ordered my usual, turkey and cheese.  

I walked over to the Bartel's in the same lot and got a couple Milky Ways, a small bag of chips and some Pepsi Zero's for the road.  I ate a few bites of my sandwich and got back onto I-90.  I got off at the Hwy 18 exit and had to wait for a bunch of people to figure out how to merge.  It took a while, but we eventually got going.  I went the length of Hwy 18 until it merged into Federal Way on I-5 because my WSDOT told me to so I could avoid backups on 167. 

I saw I was getting low on gas and saw Fife was coming up.  It was easy to get in and out of.  I called Mom to let her know I survived and that I was almost home.  I filled up the tank at the 76 Station and got back onto I-5.  I called Ben to let him know I was almost home.  He said he was at the racetrack getting ready.  I decided to stop by Costco on the way home to pick up a few things.  I got home, unloaded the Escape and decided to get rid of Erika's green beans and other stuff I was storing of hers in the garage.  I talked Doug into going with me over to her house to drop those items off.  He brought Charlie so we could stop at PetSmart on the way home. 

We drove out to Erika's house; she wasn't home but told us to leave it in front of her garage.  I took a picture and sent it to her so she could see the stuff and knew where it was.  I took Doug and Charlie to PetSmart to get a dog toothbrush and paste, some treats, a dog toy (picked out by Charlie--"Octofox") and a large dog water bowl for the bedroom.  We went home after that.  It was super smoky outside. 

I vacuumed out the Escape, washed clothes, showered, did laundry, Doug ordered pizza and didn't realize he did takeout instead of delivery, so our stuff didn't come.  Doug called and changed it to delivery, and we eventually got it and ate cold pizza, but that was his fault, not theirs.  I made dirt cups, folded laundry, watched football, worked on my blog for a while, logged caches, did dishes, cleaned up the kitchen, cleaned the cat fountain, made bird water.  Ben came home just before midnight from the track.

I came home with 4 caches and 23 Adventure Labs.  It made it that much closer to milestone 13,000.  I ended up going to bed around midnight.

Next Adventure:  Kitsap County Caching, Adventure Labs, The Boat Shed and 9/11 Memorial

Labor Day Weekend

I wish I would have had something better planned like a short trip somewhere, but I didn't.  It would have been horrible to travel anyway with everyone else on the freeways and roads.  Just as well.  Instead, I stayed home and helped Mom with stuff, did chores and went shopping. I mean, it wasn't terrible since I was gone all last weekend in Spokane.

Friday, September 2

I spent most of my Friday working and it was a pretty normal day, thank God. I hate it when Fridays are ruined by late transfers or broken programs.  After work, I drove to the West Side and did some shopping at TJ Maxx to see if I could pick up anything for the upcoming holidays.  I ended up buying a toilet paper holder because our bathroom is so small, we had to take the actual toilet paper holder off the wall so we could but a behind the toilet shelf in.  We've been putting on toilet paper on the shelf and it has fallen in the toilet by accident several times. 

When I brought it home, Ben said it was an excellent purchase. I went to Costco and Walmart for a few things and then went home. 

At home, we made dinner and I cleaned most of the evening.  I was kinda sad that I didn't have something fun planned.

Saturday, September 3

I got up around 8:30 a.m. and Mom picked me up and we drove to Puyallup to purchase green beans.  I know, we were pretty late in deciding to can this year.  We should have started weeks ago.  Dad was a little indecisive about wanting to do it or not.  She had called in a day before to find out if Duris had green beans or not.  They said this was the last weekend they would have them because it was getting a little late in the season.  Plus, we did have an unusual growing season this summer because of the terrible weather we had.  I felt like we were never going to get a summer. 

We got there quickly, found a place to park and went inside.  We walked around for a few minutes to check out the place.  Mom said she's been here before and I don't remember ever coming here but have been past it several times driving down River Road. 

I bought some cool spoons and Mom purchased six boxes of beans.  We loaded them up in the Expedition and headed back towards home.

We stopped by Costco (purchased a Battery Daddy), Walmart, the UPS Store, Mom felt like Tacos from Taco Bell, we went to Michaels, Famous Footwear and the Hallmark Store.  We drove back to my house and spent the next four hours snapping beans.  We got through 2 1/2 boxes. Thank God for football as the Cougs beat Idaho.  We watched Sportscenter, I did the laundry, dishes and Instagrammed photos I got behind on.  Doug fell off the wagon today and acted like an idiot for some reason.  Mom had to talk to him for a bit to find out what was wrong.  He didn't want to talk to her or me.  

Mom went home and I continued to snap beans because I wanted to get them done.  She did take a box with her so Dad could snap some.  I was left with the rest. I did as much as I could and then went to bed late.

Sunday, September 4

I set my alarm for about 9:30 a.m., got up and ate some food.  Ben finally got up and made himself some pancakes.  We got ready and headed to Delphi to do a round of 18 at the disc golf course.  We had a 12:15 tee time so we didn't get in any golfer's ways. I haven't been out this way in some time because there was no reason for me to come out here after I picked up most of the geocaches. 

We parked, grabbed our discs and bags and Ben checked us in.  Neither of us had been on this course before so we really didn't know what we were in for. We did read that there was a pond we would have to throw over and try not to lose our discs.  It started out well and then we hit a couple holes that hurt our scores.  There were a few that put us over par. 

When we did get to the pond, I decided to take a stroke because I didn't want to lose my disc, Ben on the other hand, threw his and lost his disc.  It made me wonder how many discs this pond has eaten so far.  We got confused for a second on several of the holes when we didn't know which way the next launch pad was.  Some of them were not labeled very well.  We had to look it up the map on our scorecard. 

Near some of the last holes, someone's dog got out of their yard and was running down the length of the golf course and we weren't sure who it belonged to because no one ever ran after it.  Hole 17 was one of the mid-range distances we had to throw.  Ben pared and I did it with one stroke over par.  The pin was on top of a stump, and you had to throw it up int the basket, which was a challenge because I did not do it in one throw.

We reached hole 18 and again, Ben did it within par and I was one stroke over par.  The total for this disc golf course was 57.  Ben got a 74 and I got an 84.  We walked back to the Edge and Ben went to go find the cache at the golf course.  I had gotten it several years ago.  When he got back, I asked him if we could go get a couple more of them and he said sure.

I really wanted to get Delphi #2--Heroes (GC3TJDQ) because the last time I was there, I didn't have a lot of time to look but I didn't end up finding it.  Now, I had two sets of eyes looking for it and as luck would have it, Ben made the grab.  I didn't even think to look there last time.  Oh well, at least we made the find finally.  We got our names on it and put it back exactly how we found it.

I navigated Ben to Kenneydell Park.  We did stop along the way so Ben could pick up two more that I've already found.  The one at the grange and the one near the camp that girl scouts frequent.  I let him get out and find them.  After grabbing those, we followed the roads to the park.  We parked in the lot and walked to Zodiac Series: Sagittarius (GC8FZK3).  It was along a hiking trail with bridges and plenty of foliage.  We followed our phone's directions and then got to ground zero.  The hint said, typical PNW hide located about ten feet off the trail. I think we were looking for a stump.  We checked a couple different spots and found the stump we were looking for. We signed it, took a picture and put it back.  We went back towards the parking lot.

Ben used the porta potty while I looked for Bear Den (GC4B00Q).  I saw it had a DNF, but I was going to look anyway.  I did not find a thing that resembled a container.  I was bummed out because I was trying to clear out this area.  Ben got done and I walked over to him and told him that it was missing and was upset that we might have to come back again someday.  We hopped into the Edge and made our way to the Black Lake boat launch.

Cell service was spotty here, but I was able to get what we needed from the boat launch sign to complete this field puzzle, Black Lake Boating (GC22QRM).  The cache itself was hidden up near the entrance to the boat launch.  It had not been found in about three months, but I knew it was there.  I had Ben pull over so I could get out and search in the brush for it.  I found it quickly as the container was covered up with tree bark, so it stood out. 

I was pretty bummed out that the paddle cache was archived a few days ago.  I needed it for my fizzy grid. Oh well, that's what I get for waiting so long to do it.

We were getting hungry, so we went home and made steak on the grill, a baked potato and salad.  It hit the spot after being busy through most of the day.  After I ate, I watched some football and random shows while I snapped the rest of the two boxes of beans by myself.  I didn't get done with them until after midnight.  

I showered and then went to bed.   

Monday, September 5

I was so happy for the three-day weekend.  Ben got up for a 12-hour shift at the fire station.  I slept in and it felt good.  I ate some breakfast, got ready, picked up some stuff at the store and then went into Rainier.  I helped Mom with the canning of the beans while she watched tennis off and on.  I ate a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch and filled up the water jugs.  She had gotten a few batches done but many more to go.

The ones that were done, we labeled and boxed up.  We figured that everyone got four boxes of 12 each.  The four boxes should last everyone for a while too. I packed up the Escape with boxes of beans and canning things that Dad found at Grammie and Grandpa's house, he wanted Erika and I to have a set of them.  I told Mom I was going to go do some errands and she said to have fun.  I fixed my Roy cache and picked up a recently published cache, A Little Stroll Down a Little Path (GC9ZBC6).  It was in my friend Shauna's old neighborhood in Yelm.  I parked the Escape on the street in hopes no one would notice I was here.  I wanted to make this as quick as possible.  I found it but noticed it was in a very odd, very obvious place.  It may go missing a lot and was glad I found it before it did.  I signed my name, put it back and walked back to the Escape. 

I called Dad to see what he was doing, and he told me he was at Grammie and Grandpa's house going through stuff and getting ready to build a pump house. I asked if I could stop by and look at one of her cabinets.  I wanted to find one that I could eventually store my dishes in.  He said he would be there.  I stopped by and took a look at the one in the dining room and put my name on it for later on.  We just didn't have the room for it currently. I told Dad I would see him later and I went home.

I unpacked the Escape, got in a shower, did the dishes, a load of laundry, made zucchini bread (with the zucchini I bought at the farmer's market), watched some shows, worked on the blog and made the changes on the cache pages.  

Ben came home around 8:30ish.  We prepared for the rest of the work week.  I am always sad when the long weekend is over. 

Next Adventure:  Going Ape XI