May 13, 2008
I've had my kayak out twice so far this year. Today will mark the third time. I was up for something new, so I headed down to Poland. There are a couple of geocaches on some hiking trails. They looked close to the water. I guess I will go by 'sea' so an extra lantern can be hung in the Old North Church (Remember the Paul Revere poem: one if by land, two if by sea). Here's today's track. The geocaches are marked by treasure chests.
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Off I go
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There were a few houses near the pond, but not as many as most lakes/ponds.
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Hmmm? There's an island. I'll investigate further on the way back.
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I neared my first geocache (named 'Range Pond'), so I pulled near the shore. My GPS zeroed in on the spot, and I found the cache within a minute. I signed the log, returned the cache to it's hiding spot, and returned to my kayak. There was a large beach near the southern end of the pond. It will be busy there in a couple weeks when school lets out.
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After reaching the southern most end of the lake, I turned and headed back up the other side. I stopped to find the second geocache (named 'Our First Foray'). This was an easy find as well. That's what I like, once I'm at the spot, I don't want to have to search forever. I'm still new to geocaching. This was my 30th find.
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On some of my hiking trips, I've started to take 360° views.
I haven't figured out how to do that in a kayak yet, but here's a 180°.
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Passing by a golf course.
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I came up to the island I passed earlier. Looks like there is a good size house on it.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I then paddled my way back to where I had parked. I leave for the Appalachian Trail in four days. Yeah!!
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