River Parks Geocaching, Again

This last week I made a trip to Tulsa River Parks again, so I could find some more of the caches that Extreme Mom had hidden.  Eventually I will find all of them.  I think I have two more left to find, maybe three.  I can’t remember.

So the first one, Ribbit: River Parks Trail East, was pretty easy.  The second one, Urban Art: River Parks Trail East, was a little harder.  The coordinates were off some.  I took a reading with my GPSr, and sent them to her.  She told me she needed to get out there for better coords, but hadn’t had the chance.

Tishomingo: River Parks Trail East was next.  This one took a little longer to find.  It was hidden pretty good.  That’s why I enjoy this River Parks series.  There are different terrain and difficulty ratings.  This was a 2.5 terrain.  I kind of had an idea of where it was, it was just finding the exact place.

Rockhopper: River Parks Trail East was the hardest of the day.  It took me 30 to 45 minutes to find.  I was getting flustered that I couldn’t find it.  I knew it had to be there, but there were soooo many places that it could have been.  I felt like a mountain goat, “rockhopping” all over the rocks.  If I must say, a pretty good mountain goat.  There were a couple of times I almost fell, but my cat like reflexes kept me upright.  After telling myself, this is the last pass over the rocks I’m going to make.  I looked in the right place.  Finally, there it was.  I signed the log, and hid it back for the next rockhopper to find it.  These are the rocks where it was hidden.

I was planning on being done, but there was another one that I needed to find, that wasn’t to far from parking.  The last time I was going to look for it, 35th St. Break: River Parks Trail East, there was someone sitting on a bench real close to where it was hidden.  I wanted to get it.  It wasn’t to hard to find.  It was a fun afternoon.  Thanks Extreme Mom for hiding these.  I’ll be back to find the rest.

While walking to one of the caches, I can’t remember which one, a fire engine went by.  That’s not unusual, so I didn’t think that much about it.  As I drove down the road a little way, I noticed a bunch of fireman and police officers on one of the bridges, and on the banks of the Arkansas River.  I found out later, someone was fishing, and found a body in the river.  It’s always sad when this happens.

Anyway, I don’t want to end on a sad note, so here are more pictures from my day.

Thanks for visiting, and as always, if you want to see more pictures of the day, here’s a link to My Flickr Page.