South Jersey FPT XVI - GHPCC series

Sunny, 45°F. I actually couldn't ask for better geocaching weather this time of the year. Except for the mud and waterlogged areas at "Andysgang #4" and "Welcome To The 'Shire" from yesterday's rain, all the locations were easy to get to and snow-free. I started the day with some geocaches in the GHPCC (Camden County historic sites) series. Those took me through Mt. Ephraim, Audubon, Oaklyn, Collingswood, and Cherry Hill. Then I continued with more geocaches in Mount Laurel, Marlton, and Moorestown. Found one last geocache, "What a view!", in downtown Woodbury on the way to dinner. I couldn't resist because it was right on the way and in a 24/7 parking deck. (It is the parking garage for the Gloucester County Justice Center. No charge to enter.) Dinner was at Long John Silver's / Taco Bell in Mantua. I had a chicken and fish variety platter.

( The caches... )

South Jersey FPT XVII - Woodstown

Sunny, 55-60°F. Unseasonably warm day. I went geocaching in Woodstown / Pilesgrove, not too far away, and I was able to do the first 4 geocaches in sandals. Those were roadside caches or nearly so. Needed shoes for the 5th cache, "Crockett Heights", though because it was a bit further into the woods. Today was a day when I wasn't feeling too well, but it wasn't apparent until after the 5th cache. So I had to stop at McDonald's in Woodstown to do something about it. While there, I had BBQ and Ranch Chicken Snack Wraps.

After that, I ventured out further to Mullica Hill, Pitman, and Sicklerville. I was thinking of going to Bok Bok Fresh after the last cache of the day because I had some coupons but I'd forgotten that they're closed on Sunday. Yes, Bok Bok Fresh is Christian-owned so that is the reason, but I'm not local to Sicklerville, so the practice of closing on Sunday reduces my chances of going there by half. Instead, I went to the old reliable Plan B: Long John Silver's in Mantua. I had Fish and More. On the way home, I decided to make a short detour into downtown Wilmington to the Wilmington train station to try to find the "DeRRH04-The only one left in Wilmington" geocache at night. My guess was parking would not be a problem late Sunday night and that was correct. I was able to park very close to the cache site. The area was quiet and I found the fake rock quickly.

( The caches... )