Independence Day Geocaches

We went Geocaching on July 4th in the Naches area. The first cache we found was located near Tim's Pond, shown below. There were several muggles in the area; some were fishing and some were tent camping but none of them were near where the cache was hidden so we didn't have to go into stealth mode.

This was an exciting cache because it contained a traveling geocoin. This travel coin started in

Germany and had already traveled 6,104 miles before we found it on Saturday. After logging it into the web site, we will put it into another cache so it can continue on its travels. The point of the cache is to educate people about the Trabant, the car shown below.

The next cache we found was located on Cleman Mountain, not too far from the winter sheep feeding station. I want to return next winter and feed the sheep.

I like the larger caches because it is fun to look at the items left behind by other people and we get to leave something as well. The small caches only allow you to sign your name and the date you were there. What's the fun in that?

When we were finished Geocaching, we went to lunch at the Peppermint Drive-in located in Union Gap. This is a throw back to the old style drive-in style restaurants from the 50's. This one still serves hard ice cream, homemade shakes and a large variety of breakfast and lunch items. Yum!