Some Caches To Remember

This proved to be an incredibly busy weekend! Our friend's baby shower was yesterday, today is father's day, it's the beginning of festival season all over Southern Ontario, and Green Lantern opened in theatres! So, Joe and I were and still are being great little weekend warriors!

First off was Neil and Mary's baby shower for their little guy, Ryan. It was a BEAUTIFUL day yesterday and everyone was in great spirits. Thanks guys for a wonderful afternoon! We ate some delicious food and had a fabulous time socializing with superb friends! We stuck around until approximately 6:30, then realized we had to go home to take care of Tumbler before heading out to our next venue, The Sound of Music Festival in Burlington.

The Sound of Music Festival is a 4 day long, FREE music fest, that boasts a beautiful lakeside setting, scrumptious food, an amusement park and amazing musical talent from all over North America. Joe and I have been going for the past few years and have been lucky enough to see some phenomenal free shows. This year we able to catch, The Hollerados and Tokyo Police Club, who incidentally put on great performances.

Tokyo Police Club:

I would highly recommend trying to check out the festivities next year if you happen to be in the area. Not only is Spencer Smith Park a stunning setting, the music is great and of course for the avid geocachers amongst us, there are several treasures lining the lakeshore.

I thought Sunday was the day of rest?

Today, after recovering from the concert last night, Joe and I hitched up Tumbler and decided to take her out for a little exploration. Our first stop was just off Derry and Creditview, in Mississauga. Surprisingly, Creditview transitions rather quickly from a bustling industrial area, into a serene, lush setting. 

We began our search just off of an incredibly busy road, where we had to carefully sprint across to an auspicious looking wooded lot. Upon closer inspection however, the area proved to be thick with inhospitable vegetation. Also, while walking along the thin patch of grass that lined the street we had to dodge various types of roadkill. One of which resembled a fur covered throw pillow with a head, which I later surmised was most likely a racoon. 

Joe very bravely jumped through the high wall of grass and vines, while Tumbler and I chilled out on the grass. After finding the micro cache, he burst out of the woods covered in mosquito bites and scratches on his legs from all of the brambles he encountered. Needless to say, I was glad I had not entered those woods. I was hoping the rest of our day was going to be more fortuitous. 

Fortune Smiles!

Our second stop, was farther down Creditview Road, in a very interesting municipal park. The park itself resembled more of a nature preserve, with mowed walking paths carved out of high lush grasses. We felt like we were exploring another country as we followed the winding path into a dense forested area. 

The name of the geocache we were looking for was entitled, "Dinky Car Treasures" and the clue was, "Less than natural graveyard". Minutes after leaving the trail both the title and clue for this particular cache came together as we encountered a rusted out corpse of an abandoned vehicle. The cache was easy to find, and contained serval toy cars within it. We took a small Batman toy and a toy car and left behind a trackable item called the, GeoKid Micro Geocoin. I hope someone finds it and keeps it moving on its journey.

Our third and final cache of the day was situated in Joe's old hood, so it was rather nice to go down memory lane. It was entitled, "Levi Creek" and the clue was, "2 storeys up". Once we got to the general vicinity, we were thrilled to see two very large dilapidated trees, one of which had an old set of steps leading up the trunk. Here's a picture of the first tree, with Tumbler taking a much needed break on one of its fallen branches. 

Again, Joe used his Spiderman-like climbing abilities and scaled the rickety steps, while I played babysitter to our little dog. I desperately wanted to climb that tree, it looked SO fun, but alas duty called. So I waited down below, snapping pictures and hoping to spot the cache from the ground to aid Joe in his search. 

After about 20 minutes of descending one tree and ascending the other, we eventually found the much desired duct taped wrapped container. Joe very carefully signed the log while he was still up in the tree, we took nothing and left nothing. It proved to be a very fun and challenging geocache. It's a very rare occurrence when it takes us longer than 5 minutes to discover a cache's location, so we were grateful for the challenge! 

All in all, it ended up being an exceptional weekend! Tonight to end it off, we're planning on watching Green Lantern in 3D. It's getting deplorable reviews, but we're such big nerds that we desperately need to get our fix! 

FYI:

A few weekends ago, Joe and I joined our friend Neil for a few geocaches around the central hub of Mississauga. He brought us to a rather beautiful park just off of Hurontario and Karya. It's a Japanese garden park, equipped with gorgeous Japanese architecture, turtle pond and colourful blossoms. While there we managed to find a small geocache situated behind a little waterfall. If you're ever in the area, check it out! It's beautiful, peaceful and ripe with stunning photo-ops! 

Kick that bell Neil! ;)

P.S. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DADDY!