10-11-08 We were blessed to be outdoors all weekend. The fall weather was perfect-warm sunshine with a chill in the air by night. We just love Lincoln State Park! Between bouts of being lazy sitting around the campfire, we took a hike, rowed the canoe around the perimeter of the lake, and played a little whiffle ball. We snuck in a little caching, of course, and though we didn't know it until we got home to log the finds, we weren't alone. Two other teams were caching, too. Our favorite of the three caches we found was Towering Inferno (GC1DTZX). This cache was at the fire tower. Revision: This cache was at the TOP of the fire tower. Whoa! For me, the one afraid of heights, this was a challenge. First, J and the kids went to the top without me and came down empty-handed (at that point we didn't know it was at the top-we suspected it was at the base). After decrypting the hint, I headed for the summit. I think it was actually the fastest I've ever made it to the top, but then again, this is the best motivation I've had to climb the frighteningly high chamber. I. and I searched as best we could between the wasps and fear, but descended without a find. J. decided to give it a second go and we heard him holler, "Huckle Buckle Beanstalk" after about 10 minutes of silent searching. Woo hoo! Unfortunately, we didn't have a pen with us so we took photos of the cache to confirm the find. The hike was a good one. Post Script note-One of I's highs from the weekend was waking up to find deer just a few feet from our campsite. He got to take a few photos of them, too.
