Trip to Moab & Delicate Arch

Our first Geocache!


Today was such a nice day - 50 degrees! A nice change from the cold wet weather we have had the past 4 months. Last fall I bought a GPS unit and I have spent the winter playing around with it learning how it works. I have been waiting for the first nice day to go out and try our first geocache and today was the perfect day! For those who may not be familiar with this hobby, its basically a treasure hunt using your GPS unit. I decided that we better do one close to home so we picked one called the "Caveman Cache" which is less than a mile from our house. It took us a few minutes to figure things out and then we used the hints and clues to start searching for it. It took us about 15 minutes of digging, moving leaves, tripping over branches and then Mike finally discovered it at the "base of a tree" (which was one of the clues we had to decode). Inside the box there was a notepad and a pencil to write something down about yourself. It also had little treasures that you could take and replace with something else. All we had with us was a magnetic business card for the Texas Roadhouse so we took a compass and replaced it with the business card (I think we will go back tomorrow and leave something better since we didnt have anything with us). We then re-buried it for the next geocachers to find. The second hunt was called "Dear Old AF High". It lead us to the high school near a picnic area but after looking for 10 minutes or so, we couldnt find it anywhere. I think I will see if there are any clues in finding it on the web. It was a lot of fun, we plan on doing many more now that the weather is warming up.

First signs of Spring!

Today my crocuses bloomed! It was such a nice suprise to see colors of purple and yellow blooms today, what at treat! Spring is my favorite time of year. Seeing all the bulbs emerge from the frozen ground in the late winter never ceases to amaze me. Its hard to believe that anything can survive the cold wet winters but they do and even better they start coming up regardless of the weather. My bulbs faithfully start budding every year in mid February. Every morning in February I study my front flower bed and wait for my bulbs to break through the ground. Its so fun to watch a flower bed that looks like nothing but dirt transform into living plants with every color you could imagine within just a couple months. Every week from February till the end of summer there is something new growing or blooming and I love it! Even though the winters are long and cold I am glad I live in an area that get winter weather because it makes me apprecitate and look forward to spring that much more. I cant hardly wait for the daffodils and tulips to bloom next!