mortonfox: (morton blvd)
Sunny, 90-95°F. Had some errands to do but finished those early in the afternoon so there was time for some geocaching. My choices were 3 new geocaches in Exton/Uwchlan or 5 challenging (so I heard or thought) geocaches in this area. I figured I might as well try the hard ones since I'd go for those sooner or later anyway.

In reality though, none of those were as difficult as I thought. Although "Surprise Ending!" is a 4-stage multicache, the only long part was the walk to the first stage. The other stages are very close to the first one. That was also my last unfound cache in Glasgow Park so I've now done all 16 caches in this park! Just wait; someone will put another one there and ruin my perfect record. :)

"YALEDO-REMEEDER" is in a wooded area with no trails but it isn't as swampy as I thought. It's dry with not much undergrowth, making for an easier walk than most wooded areas. "It's a jungle out there" is in a thorny thicket but at least a few people have stomped their way through there this summer and I took care of the rest of the thorn branches with scissors.

"Little Cache in Little Egypt" -- saw this one quickly even though it is rated 3 stars and tiny, so there's not much to say. "True Blue Spirit" -- again, not that difficult despite the 3-star rating, but the location is blue and chicken-like.

The caches... )
mortonfox: (chicken fries)
Sunny and 46°F. I had a coupon for a free burger and fries for joining the Denny's Rewards mailing list. Of course, I had to make a day of it so I threw in some geocaching and a bit shopping too.

First stop was Glasgow Park to get two geocaches that were both about half a mile from the parking area. I was surprised that the park, even the wooded areas, was almost free of snow. Next, I got two geocaches on the Mason-Dixon Trail. That section of the trail crossed a residential area, where I parked, and followed a powerline right of way. Then came two caches in Deerborne Woods. Both were quick caches in small parks. Then I got two geocaches in Iron Hill Park but decided to leave a third one for another time.

By that time, it was well past lunchtime (a bit after 5pm, actually) so I went to Denny's to have the burger and fries. The last time I went to a Denny's was many years ago, back when Anthrocon was at the Adam's Mark and Denny's was just next door. I went just once and was so unimpressed with the service that I never went to that Denny's again. So I arrived at the Newark Denny's with very low expectations. Well, surprise! It's actually a pretty good restaurant. Granted, there were only 3 customers there this afternoon, so I have no idea if service is worse when they're busy, but I wouldn't mind going back.

After that, I went to downtown Wilmington for one more cache. I figured street parking wouldn't be a problem after working hours and that was indeed the case. "Pico Parking" is at the top of a high-rise parking garage. Since I didn't have a parking pass, I parked on the street and took the elevator up. Pretty simple.

The caches... )

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