As Winter Caching Comes To An End…

I am sure I have mentioned it already in the past, but winter caching is my favorite time of the year. I love to cache year round, do not get me wrong. If I had to pick a time to get a lot of caches found though, I would pick winter in a heartbeat. With that said, another season of caching is upon us and it is bitter sweet for me. No longer will there be days when I can wander wherever in a forest without the fear of poison ivy creeping up on me. Not to mention the spider webs that you seem to walk through with every step. I realize I am probably sounding like the anti-warm cacher, but in all reality I am not. I love to cache when it is warm because I do not have to bundle up like I live in Antarctica. At this point in time, I have a few more weeks of safe “jungle” caching before it is more time for the urban caches. I still try to cache in the woods as much as possible in the warmer months; however, I have to be much more careful. So long go the days where few muggles are around as well. I think that everyone can agree that winter caching is peaceful in that there are not many eyes on you at all times. It should be expected though. As much as we love it when the weather warms up, everyone else does as well. The best part of the future months ahead of us is definitely the longer days. Now, instead of being limited to caching until 5 before it is pitch black we will have until virtually 9 by the summer time. This is going to allow us to get out for longer periods of time and hopefully up our numbers even more. If not, at least we will be able to decide at 4:00 p.m. if we want to go caching or not because we still have 5 hours of daylight. You just have to love that!