LBK caches

We decided it would be fun to see how a Floridian park compares to the parks of home. We rented some bikes from a local shop owner and hit the trails at Joan Durante Park in LongBoat Key. It was a beautiful day with the sun shining and the cool ocean breezes blowing steady. The park had lots of trails and we thought we were riding on trails until we stopped to find our first cache and discovered the white rock was actually tiny little sea shells of all varieties. Many of them were whole so we spent a few minutes looking through them and listening for the ocean in their tiny openings; Grace said she could hear it without a doubt. The park was very nice in that there were palms and other tropical trees and plants lining both sides of the trailway. We rode over a winding wooden bridge with marshy water on both sides and at the height of the bridge on a curve, we stopped to take in the beautiful view of the bay. Are we dreaming or is this for real?

TB update

Our family TBs continue to make their way around the U.S., and we hope to catch up with them in Colorado come June, but today I wanted to write about the TB our girl scout troop planted in the Keepin' It Green cache at Wesselman's Park. I got a note today that a cacher picked it up on a business trip to Virginia and (s)he plans to take it home to....the Czech Republic!!! How cool is that? That is so exciting for our troop since we hoped this TB would travel the world and inspire our scouts and other scouts/people around the globe!

The only caching I've done lately was of the urban variety involving Hacienda, pedicures, and surprise birthday parties. Hey, my girls just don't get it, but that's okay...the turtle 362 team was at the party so they shared my enthusiasm for the sport!

Looking forward to caching on vacation both in December (Florida) and in June (out west)!