Six months ago, a certain unnamed geocache vexed and flummoxed Miles and I, and we ended up marking it DNF (15 minutes later I cut my hand wide open on barbed wire). Felt like we were so close and yet so far on that one (and it was a beautiful area), so returned to Carquinez today for a re-match. This time, we found it within three minutes, and it was a well-done doozy – a micro “Buffalo tube” tucked inside a tumorous growth on the branch of an old oak tree on a solitary hill in the middle of nowhere. Great place for a picnic, too.
Miles was on a mission to photograph his Bionicles in natural settings, so spent half the day shooting macros of various Phantoka (and their off-spring) hanging from trees. If that sentence means anything to you, you have a 5-10 year-old-boy.
Also encountered a 4′ bull snake in the middle of the path, soaking up the sun, completely content to be petted and photographed. After a minute, it slid calmly off into the weeds.
I really enjoy your geocaching posts. Also, my kids and I used to make videos of GI Joes in natural settings; and my dad used to take photos of my GI Joe when we’d go on hikes. Awesome.
That looks like it could be a bull snake.
Josh – Were your GI Joe videos stop-motion animated, or were there kids’ hands in them? I think GI Joe would fit into a botanical environment much more naturally than Bionicles.
@Jeff – You’re right – it’s a perfect match with the photos at Google and Wikipedia. Thanks for the tip.
If that sentence means anything to you, you have a 5-10 year-old-boy
or girl.
Gack! How presumptuous of me!