Estes Park Adventures

The last few weeks have been incredibly insane especially since we thought things would slow down after Easter. That hasn't been the case. Last week the children and I decided to skip town and go where there are signs like this.

My Lutheran Stud was attending a Psalms conference at this place, YMCA of the Rockies. He had an extended afternoon break on the second day, so we drove to the mountains to meet up with him for the afternoon. I'm sure you can guess what we did. Yes!

Right next to that YMCA sign was a geocache. We found it along with some goodies inside.

Do you see it? No? Good. That means it's well hidden for the next geocacher. :)

This was probably my favorite cache of the day. The view was gorgeous.

Rebecca found the cache hidden in some rocks. It's pretty common to find caches hidden in the rocks.

We've seen many boxes like this as well. Our girls are becoming seasoned geocachers. They carry their backpacks filled with goodies to trade as well as pens and pencils since we often forget those things.

Thomas picked up this cool cache. We didn't realize it at the time, but this is called a Travel Bug. There are numbers on it where we can track where it has been and where it originated. How fun is that? This particular guy started it's travel in Vermont. We're hoping to go caching again soon and place it in a cool place.

This cache just happens to be at a retreat center. Gorgeous right?

This cache was a little tricky to get to since it was down a steep hill that drops off even further if you're not careful.

The boys retreived it and carried it up to us.

Then my Lutheran Stud took it back down the hill and hid again.

Our next cache was a interesting. It was hidden under someone's shed in a small neighborhood. Normally the caches are on a trail somewhere or in a more public area.

It was a small tupperware container with some little goodies.

Rain was on its way to town, but that didn't ruin the beautiful view.

Our last cache before supper was here. Any guesses where it might be? Many caches also have clues. This clue was "8-4."

This last cache was just a tiny little thing.

All that was in it was a scroll to sign our names.

After running around all afternoon it was time for some BBQ. Smokin' Dave's is the place for BBQ in Estes. They have fall off the bone ribs and smokin' pulled pork. It was finger lickin' good!

Our last stop was back to the Clemmers home where we needed a photo with the ram in their yard. Until next time . . .