part 1 of- geocaching 2008

are you are aware of the craze that has been taking the world buy storm?
geocaching is one of the fastest growing outdoor sports in the world. yes thats right "sports".
"the sport were you are the search engine" . ok.........the sport is played with a standard G.P.S. (global positioning system). THE OBJECTIVE- using satellites in space you can pinpoint any place on earth with in a few feet. and buy using this ability you can find hidden treasure. now when you were a kid, did you ever dig holes in your front yard in search for lost treasure? well i did. i also polled a burning log out of the fireplace and set the carpit on fire.....but ill save that story for later. well believe it or not, there is buried treasure all over the world. and all you need to find it is a G.P.S.

this last weekend my good friend Sean and i left on an epic advencher in to the mt. hood national forest. are friend Greg was going to come as well, but do to car problems he was unable. we set out Saturday morning. it was was a beautiful day and a fun drive to the mountain. are first stop for the day was a great little hike on the old mt. hood highway.
the old mt. hood highway was the first road constructed over the cascade mountains.
it has sat inactive for years. each year the road becomes less and less visible do to forest growth. we found are cache A.K.A treasure, celebrated, took some pic's, and went back to car.

things were going smooth until we got to number 4 on are list of caches. the G.P.S. lead us in the middle of nowhere. sean and i were up to are knees in this swamp. all around us was wetland. we were far from any trail. and to make things worse, the cache was nowhere to be found. now don't get me wrong, there is nothing bad about taking a swamp bath with a bunch of
parasites and pond scum. we just thought it would be best to work are way back. on the way back to the car we heard what sounded like a bear off in the woods. needless to say are retreat was made in prompt time.

once back at the car we found that are spirits were low and are tummy's were empty.
it was a short drive to the small town of government camp. this small town is a booming tourism capital in the winter. however in the summer there is no snow to ski on. and the population of the town plummets. leaving only a hundred or so residents to keep this town a respectable rest stop. we stopped at a gas station and got the essentials, water, junk food, and beer. Sean was happy because the kid behind the counter did not ask for I.D. we came to the conclusion later that if we had been nine years old, he...probably still would have given us the beer. its a small town thing.

looking for a place to camp, we drove to trillium lake campground. this place is so beautiful, it would take to long to describe in this blog! the camp ground was full, but i tried to talk are way into a spot with the camp host......

DAVID> hi,..it excuse miss. my friend and i are looking for a place to stay to night.... see we were just passing throw on are way to christian youth camp. and well we are just to tried to keep driving.

MEAN OLD LADY> so why did you come hear?......are sing says campsites full. did you miss that or something?........

DAVID> (bitch)............no...no i saw that. we were justing hoping there might be some openings.

MEAN OLD LADY> (lets out sixty year old smoker laugh) .......hahahaha....if there were openings the sing would say campsites open..hahaha.

DAVID> .............do you know of any places that are close and might still have openings?

MEAN OLD LADY> nope......... wait,..... just up the road a mile there's a place. can't promise anything......thay don't have running water or a pooper. just reed there sing first.

DAVID> (what a bitch, some day someone is going to put you in your place)........ok, thanks!


so we left the she devil, and went of to find this other camp. as we were leaving the parking lot,
this man runs up to Sean's side of the car and waves us down. Sean rolls down his window.
"have you seen a old lady in a wheelchair" the man says. "i have been fishing with my kid, and mom. well my mom is in a wheelchair. i took her to the restroom and then left her to go get the car. when i came back she was gone!"

end of part 1