Most of our days in Idaho (when it wasn’t raining) were spent getting the kids ready, driving to a trailhead, and hiking. By Thursday, we were ready for a little downtime (well, actually, the women wanted to go shopping), so I loaded up the eTrex with a couple of close-by geocaches and went to try my luck.
The first one I searched for was PONDEROSA (N 44° 56.949 W 116° 04.459). This required a short hike around a small pond. At the destination I wandered around for a while because the tall trees blocked GPS signal reception, and so the GPS readings were inconsistent. Finally, I started paying attention to other clues (like where would someone hide a cache and other visible clues). That got me right to it.
McCall Scrabble Scramble Three (Blackberry Bay) (N 44° 56.487 W 116° 04.301 ) was nearby. It wandered off trail near a downed tree and a couple of other pines. I had to search for a while for this one because the eTrex zeroed out several feet away from the actual hiding place. The next day we brought Cortnie and let her follow the arrow on the GPSr, and then gently steered her to the cache.
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