Project365: Day 225 - Geocaching on the High Trestle Trail

My brother (Dan) and his fiancée (Roxanne) came down to Des Moines for a weekend visit. On Saturday, I took them to ride 27 miles on the High Trestle Trail from Slater to Woodward and back. Along the way we stopped to find some geocaches, and for a few of them we had to do a little climbing.



We tried for a multi-cache that eventually brought us down the hill underneath the impressive bridge, but it appears that the cache was likely washed away in the flooding earlier this year. The view of the bridge from down below is pretty amazing though.





On our way back towards Slater, we stopped for lunch at the Flat Tire Bar right along the bike trail at Madrid, Iowa--perfect location! The patio and bar were full of cyclists stopping in for a break on a perfect day to be riding.

Project365: Day 126 - Heritage Micro

Day 126 - Heritage Micro, originally uploaded by Tim Bungert.

I checked in on one of my geocaches in the Twin Cities. The bent coat hanger helps to prevent the container from sitting in water that collects in the bottom of that hole in the rock.

Project365: Day 113 - Geocaching: Inside the Tree

Geocaching with my family on their visit to Des Moines. It's a good thing we had a ladder for this one!

Day 113 - Geocaching: Inside the Tree, originally uploaded by Tim Bungert.

My brother slid way down to the bottom of the giant hole in the tree to retrieve this cache.

Project365: Day 85 - The Golden Dome

Day 85 - The Golden Dome, originally uploaded by Tim Bungert.

More geocaching with my brother today. This time near the Iowa State Capitol Building. I had already photographed the Capitol at night, but didn't have any daytime shots that I liked yet. I'm happy with how this one turned out considering I took it without much planning or setup.

Project365: Day 84 - Hanging On

Day 84 - Hanging On, originally uploaded by Tim Bungert.

My brother was down visiting in Des Moines this weekend, so we got together for dinner and a little geocaching of Friday night. I had come across a couple caches that I needed a second person's help in finding and he offered to come help.

This one was hidden about 10 to 12 feet of the ground in a hole of a tree. The tree had leaned over to the point where it was very difficult to climb to the hole, but the hole still high enough off the ground to be out of reach.

I lifted him up as high as I could. He reached into the hole, grabbed the ammo can, and tossed it to the ground. Knowing we would have to put it back after signing the log, he decided to stay hanging from the tree. I took my time signing the log book and taking this photo before he put the cache back and hopped down.

Always good to have help for the tough caches!

Greenbelt Geocaching

It is finally warming up in the DSM area. We decided to take advantage of a beautiful evening and go for a walk along the Greenbelt Bike Trail. I knew there were a few geocaches along the trail that had not yet found, so I figured we could grab a couple easy ones along our walk.

Easy ones. Why do I always assume that caches along a bike trail will be easy ones?

I had to climb up the skinniest ladder on the side of the wobbliest old neglected windmill to make this find. I think my climbing made Brittany a little nervous, but she was able to snap a great photo of me on my way up to the cache.

I hadn't done a lot of geocaching lately due to the terrible weather (I don't really care for winter) but now that it's getting warm again I'll have to go out and find some more excellent caches.

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