What a Weird Day of Caching

This weekend Erin and I were finally able to cache again and in doing so we collected a mere 23 finds. It may not sound like a lot; however, we were deep in some crazy forest that had many ups and downs, literally. My dad had talked with his caching friend and they both decided that if we all went caching this weekend that it would be in a park in Oswego, Illinois. I had no problems with this idea because I know that spring is upon us meaning that the weeds and bugs will be back sooner rather than later. I really wanted to take advantage of the fact that it was going to be nice out without the annoyance of the bugs or weeds yet. Naturally, I figured that it was going to be the typical, yet exciting journey into a new park. We would discover many new places that would undoubtedly shock and awe us as they usually do. I was not mistaken with the shock and awe, however it was kind of mixed emotions. These were not your typical hiking trails. In fact, they were built for horseback riding which still surprises me as I write this. The paths went up and down constantly bringing us down steep hills and then forcing us to jog up the other side. It was indeed a nice workout. Not only that, but when you tried to bushwhack, it was nearly impossible due to the thickness of the brush. Some caches did get a little aggravating because we were walking through walls of brush that just scratched at you relentlessly. Not to mention, there were a lot of creeks and streams that we had to traverse. Erin did not enjoy this seeing as she got wet on nearly all of them. In the end, the park turned out to be alright once we found better paths to take. It was a very large park that we were able to clear out and discover every cache. I can only imagine how hard these caches get in the summer.