Karen wanted to drive up to Murphys today for some window shopping, have lunch, and then tromp around on our property in Copperopolis. I figured there must be some quick, easy-to-find caches on the way.
We stopped for coffee at Starbucks at the intersection of Highways 4 and 49. I turned on the GPSr and there was a cache 0.1 miles away (the Altaville Schoolhouse). We went, but I hate this kind of cache. It seemed like we’d be poking around right on someone’s doorstep (not really, but I just don’t like looking in these kind of locations).
On the way out of Angels Camp towards Murphys we stopped for Angels Camp. Dan told me about this one being a quick find just off the road, and it was. There was a deer skull with antlers nearby, and I wanted to log something about the horns of a dilemma, but couldn’t think of anything that made sense.
We walked around quite a bit in Murphys and ate in a nice little cafe. I didn’t turn on the GPSr until we were leaving and then saw there was a cache right in the local park. Well, there’ll be another time.
After we’d checked out our Copperopolis property (unfortunately, we lost about half a dozen trees in the recent storms–one of them a 3 ft diameter Oak), I checked the GPSr and noticed a cluster of 3 caches just 4 miles west. That put them right off of Highway 4 on the way back to Stockton.
Two of them are accessible from a viewpoint area. Stone Walled is near one of the old rock fence lines in this area. This was a micro hidden in some rocks and Karen found it in fairly short order.
Then, walking the other way from the car we grabbed Cache With a View. This one just doesn’t keep the water out, and the log was wet. It’s important to have a good pen that will write on wet paper, because it’s not uncommon to find wet logs this time of year.