Typing and Searching

This last year I have taken on the challenge of helping a resident in our Branch at church type up a novel that he and his brother have written. It has been a long process and I feel bad that it has been slower than I would have liked, at least on my end, but I am excited to say that this weekend Matthew and I went over to Carl's home and finished the final edits of the book. We were there most of the day and although it was tedious it was enjoyable.

Later Saturday night Matthew and I had plans with our friends Cory and Danielle. The plan was for them to come over after a wedding reception and we would play some games. About an hour before we were expecting them Elisa and Alex called wondering if we would like to attempt to go geocaching again since they had just bought a handheld GPS. We thought it would be fun so we told them to head on down. When they arrived it as already starting to get dark and the Andersons had not arrived, so we watched some TV and chatted while waiting. Once Cory and Danielle arrived it was pretty dark, but we wanted to find a cache anyway, so we picked a few caches close by and were off.

The first cache was only 2 blocks away from our home and it came with a clue that said something to the effect of, the cache is by the post under a big rock. Well, there was a post and rocks indeed, so many rocks in fact that we weren't sure which rock it was under and after digging around in the dark for 10 or 15 minutes we decided to move on.

The second cache was also only a few blocks away and came with a clue. The clue it came with stated that the cache was in the landscaping on the west side of a mirrored building. There were two mirrored buildings in the area so we split up. Alex, Elisa and Matthew picked the right building and called us over a few minutes later to open our very first cache! It had all sorts of random little trinkets inside and we added a couple of batteries to the mix.

Excited by finally finding our first cache we headed to the last one of the night in high spirits. This cache was located right by Trolley Square. We searched and searched, but to no avail, so we headed home a little disappointed.

When we arrived back home we put some yummy treats in the oven and chatted while they baked. Unfortunately, Alex and Elisa had to start back towards home before the treats were complete, but we were glad they could come and help us explore the neighborhood around us. Who knew there were so many hidden treasures around us.