It's spring break time and we planned a couple of trips along with Fernando and family. First was a trip to the coast.
March 5th - We picked Leo up early Friday morning since Fernando and Eva had appointments that morning to get their first dose of the Covid vaccine. Leo spent that night with us.
March 6th - This morning, Fernando and Eva came by to pick us all up. We loaded up their car and drove the almost 4 hour trip to Matagorda, Tx. We found our Airbnb easily and settled in to that cute front row beach house.
We just arrived. How exciting!
First thing we did was head to the beach shortly after arriving. Thing was, it was quite cold and windy! But no matter, we all bundled up and went to the beach. Leo did some splashing around in the waves, but not too much so he wouldn't get very wet with that cold weather.
On this trip, we also (finally!) did searches for hidden geo caches. Many years ago, I joined the geo cache thing but never actually did anything with it because I really didn't understand it at all. So I gave up. Then a few years ago, I thought I'd give it a try again, but turned out I couldn't access my account. So I just gave up again. But now that Scotty and Leo were getting a little older, it seemed like a good time to check into it again and this time actually DO something about getting into my account and then actually looking for a cache. So a few weeks ago, after a small hassle, I ended up having to create a new email to get back into Geo Cache. Browsing the app showed that there were several caches around our neighborhood but once again, going out to look for them just didn't happen. It seemed they were all too "difficult" - meaning where would I park. But finally, when we got to the coast and noticed there were a few caches around the beach house, it felt like the right place to actually get out and do some hunting.
The first cache we checked out was around a pier and we just couldn't find it. The second cache was by a sign near an RV park and we couldn't find that one either! So, we gave up for that day.
March 7th - This morning, we all went back to the beach. It was still cold and quite windy. After the beach, we decided to look for the cache by the RV park sign again. I had checked the cache online for hints and found that some people had posted some pictures - not of where it's actually hidden but suggestions about what to look for. Guillermo was the one who actually found it! It was Guillermo who finally found the one at the pier and he was the one to find the third one by another RV park sign. So, that evening we took Leo back out and we helped him find the cache by the first RV park sign. He was so excited to finally find one! But it seemed to be getting colder and windier so we didn't look for any more that afternoon.
March 8th - Fernando and family went back to the beach and Guillermo and I took a walk on the jetty. It was a MUCH nicer day today. Still a little windy but the wind felt a lot warmer. That was so nice.
Fernando and Leo finally found the cache by the pier when they came back from the beach. As we were leaving to go home, we stopped at the 2nd RV park sign and helped Leo find that cache also.
Photos before leaving.
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