Saturday, August 6, 2011 Lethbridge
5:30 am
The temperature is +13 C, with a high predicted of +27 C.
From the Environment Canada website: Today Mainly sunny. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this afternoon. High 27. UV index 7 or high. Tonight Clear. Increasing cloudiness after midnight. Low 11. Normals Max: 26°C Min: 11°C.
12:20 PM Life
I have cut all the boards that needed cutting for the first raised bed. The ends have been coated with the preservative (fortunately all of these ends will not be visible). Weather permitting, tomorrow will be assemby time.
3:00 PM Geocaching
The weather was perfect so I decided to try for a couple of geocaches in Alexander Wilderness Park in the Lethbridge coulees. The first was a regular cache and the second was a 2-stage multi-cache.
- GC2XEZ1 - Oasis CARL3
- GC2XM4K - My home made Brass Cap Cache North. CARL3
The drive out was a surprise. I have been out to this park many times, but this time there was a new sign directing me into a sub-division. Once I was through this, there was a sign indicating the beginning of the park and then I was back on familiar territory. An entire subdivision has been built since I was last here last year.
The walk to the cache was very pleasant and my GPS unit had no difficulty locating the container.
slumping (new this year) along main trail
trail to cache area
Oasis
GeeCee beside container (they are often difficult to see)
GeeCee showing off her find
My log for this find says it all:
"With the experience of the West brass cap, I was looking forward to this one. It did not disappoint. My GPS unit clearly knew where the cap was but I misread the topo map and thought it was down in the coulee. Big mistake. It was a tough scramble up to the BC. I then compounded my problems by thinking that the coordinates for the container were down in the coulee. Big mistake. Days like today are learning experiences. Thanks Joci for helping me lose some weight. TNLNSL. Great sport!"
View from Brass Cap
View from Brass Cap looking at container site at top of hill
GeeCee sitting on Brass Cap
GeeCee with container
View from container site looking back at Brass Cap site at top of hill
