Saturday, November 12, 2011

Murray cache run

With some time on our hands, minnie mouse and myself headed to Murray, Ky to grab a few caches. Since my return from deployment, I had not hit Murray. One issue with Murray is that it's not an easy drive from home.

We begun the day with Arboreturn, a really cool location. It's an easy find, afterwards we looked around at the Murray State University facility. A short drive later, we found The 1,000,000th Cache!!!, we chatted with some new cachers while at this spot. Backyard BBQ was the next stop. I figured it would be a commercial style cache and was amused when we arrived.

We swept much of western part of Murray, finding Back to the 80's" series #2 "Hell is for Children". When I find these caches regarding the 1980's music, I attempt to give some of my viewpoint or experience about the group/singer or music. Couldn't give much about this song, since I was not much of a Pat Benatar fan. We also found Rock Solid. Later we visited the Murray State University campus and found Sole Mates, a really cool location, but was annoyed that the coordinates were over 200 feet off.

With the end of the cache day nearing, I agreed with minnie mouse, we would only cache to lunch time. I headed out for I See the Light since it was favorited a number of times. Minnie mouse spotted this hide. We then opted for a difficult cache survivor. This was a return trip to the Clarks River Recreational area, a great place for caches. I was concerned about this cache since it was listed with a 4-star terrain and would have a 9-year in tow. I scouted the initial trail and decided to go after this cache. It earned the 4-star rating with very difficult terrain to transverse. Thankfully, the river was down and the hike was uneventful. We found the cache after some searching. A great cache, with so few signatures. Minnie mouse commented, that not all cachers are as tough as she.

We picked up Skip Skipping these Skippers just before lunch and needed this break after survivor. We headed for Pizza Hut for some lunch and grabbed Back to the 80's series #4 "Burning down the House".

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