Family Caching
Posted By Shirley on February 21, 2009
It’s been a long winter for caching. We’ve finally hit the 800 mark and now we’re creeping slowly toward the next milestone. At this rate that’s probably 810! There’s been lots going on that doesn’t involve caching…..there’s holidays and birthdays, snow storms and especially cold temperatures, social engagements and now tax season…..and for some reason our employers still expect us to come into work during the week! All this has meant some very busy weeks since late November and we’ve only gotten out to hike and cache sporadically since then.
But we finally got out last weekend with Jim and his family. It was a different kind of birthday celebration for him…..but one that I think we all enjoyed. All six of us went on a late day walk through Fort McLary in Kittery, ME. Sunday was a beautiful winter day…..not too cold and surprisingly not too much wind coming off the water. Everything is still pretty frozen and covered in snow and ice but not so much that we couldn’t do a little exploring. It’s a small fort with some interesting features including a staircase leading into a short but dark brick-lined tunnel that brought you to a small window (presumably a gun mount) overlooking the harbor. There’s several forts in the Kittery/Portsmouth area that were actively protecting us in the 1800s. They’re all fun to visit and have interesting stories to tell.
We checked out all the nooks and crannies, all the dark and ‘scary’ rooms of the fort. The kids loved climbing on some of the huge boulders and up and down the hills. They found deer tracks in the snow then went on to find the cache. This was a quick find…..the grandchildren are getting good at this! They love these ‘treasure hunts’, especially when we can swap some swag like we did at this find. We also left a TB for the next cacher. Because the sun was getting ready to set we decided on a birthday dinner at Warren’s and figured it was best to wait for another day for find #809!
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