IT’s “Hick@Heart” SECRET Cache

Well...it is NOW posted and active!! Our very own IT's Hick @ Heart Secret Cache!!!! This was the coolest cache idea that I had ever heard about...and I have to give Kudos to Team Hick @ Heart, my new geocaching friend here on Blogger!!! You totally ROCK!!!!

Make sure you check it out!!!!!

More about this cache to come later....when I have more time!!!

A Quick Night of Caching!

René and I decided the other night to go to the library...which just happens to be close to a few caches that we had not got smiley faces for yet.....so of course...we had to hit them!

Our stops took us to the Fall Creek Trail system in Indy.



The first one we hit was "Katie's Cache". Now I was really proud of René on this one...as we had to cross a long walking bridge to get to the cache site. And René is not very fond of (SCARED) bridges. But caching is helping her get over the fear. She even stood on the bridge so I could take a picture.



The next cache we hit was "Mud Free Zone" which...well....lets just say with the weather we have been having...there was plenty of MUD!!

We traded out some swag and dropped off a geocoin and a TB that we had...and moved on our way.

On our way back to the car....I noticed the next two signs. Now...look at them...and know that they are within 100 feet of each other. It just really made me laugh!!!!

We hit a couple of others that night....for a total of 4....but we did need to get to the library before it closed. Wait a second....there is one AT THE LIBRARY!!!!!!

Out Caching Last Night

So last night after I got off work, I got home....and decided that since there was absolutely NOTHING on TV to watch...we would run a couple errands. That means....we hit Wal-Mart for a couple things we need and then GEOCACHE!!

We ended up doing 6 caches last night...and enjoyed every one of them.

This first picture shows us as one called Dougsmiley's Got 5000 Finds. It was placed in honor a cacher here in Indiana that has now well over 5000 finds. It was a cool cache....but a little further of a hike than we thought. **I hate taking pictures like this...as it shows how FAT my face is! LOL**


This next picture shows you our VAN which we left just parked along side the road. It looks a little closer than it was....because it was just about 400 feet away. But this little cache took us about 20 minutes to get to it because there was a lot of water that we had to be careful of. And of course...we took the wrong path the first time...and would have ended up having to cross the creek. I DONT THINK SO!! So we went back to the road and came back around.

At the bridge where we parked....just underneath...we saw this. Its amazing how much graffitti you will see while out caching. And although some of the artwork is beautiful...we wish that people would present it in art musuems or something...instead of messing up public property.

We also saw this sign on the way back to the van. There was nothing really there to disturb....so this sign kinda disturbed us. We are still wondering what was out there (Behind that fence) that we shouldn't disturb.

We also were able to hit this tiny little cemetery cache out in the middle of nowhere (but very close to the other caches we hit tonight). This one also took us a little longer than normal...as the coords were WAY off. But using our geosense...we quickly found it.

This next cache was really cool! We had been to this area before....but at that time....the cache we were seeking tonight was not in place then. I knew that it was on or around the giant bear statue pictured below....but I had no coords at all written down, but we decided to try it anyway. Less then 8 minutes after getting there...we had it in hand.

We weren't sure we were going to be able to get to the Bear one....as when we got there...the gate was closed and the sign below was posted. Well nothing stops us geocachers. We crossed over the gate...walked about 1/2 mile...and got our find!!

We hit a couple others last night as well.....a puzzle cache and another small one near a Hospital. And without much incident...we got our finds....got our stuff from Wal-Mart....and was home around 8:00.

Over all....a GREAT night!!!

Caching in Cemeteries

When we first started geocaching...one of the most popular spots in our area to place caches...is in cemeteries. At first we thought this was kinda wrong...and morbid....but cachers are very respectful and always make sure that nothing is close to or on any grave-sites and there are a lot of spots in cemeteries that are great cache hding spots.

Going through the cemeteries is always really interesting if you stop to check out some of the tombstones, etc. There is a lot of history there if you just take the time to explore the Cemetery.

I have started to take up photography....and cemeteries are very photographic!! And I love using the Black & White features there. I thought I would share a couple of those pictures with you here on this blog.

This first picture is of Augusta Cemetery in Indinapolis Indiana. We have actually placed a cache here...as we absolutely love this Cemetery. It is called "Dying Cemetery II" as we actually replaced the original cache that was there...as the owners of the first one archived theirs.

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The next three photos are of three different cemeteries in Indiana that we have found caches out. The first one is Richland Cemetery, the second one is Oak Hill Cemetery and the last one is Calvary Cemetery.