Geos & Short Hikes

After being cooped up in the house all week, it was a nice warm Friday afternoon and we got out for a bit.  It was so nice!  We went to find 5 close geocaches (about 3 miles from home) which required minimal hiking - not even a mile in total.  

Before we left, Hannah and Shelley drew some chalk designs to bring some color to the day

The first geocache was up top of a small hill next to new neighborhoods and the flat lands.  

The valley is so big...this little hill doesn't seem to fit

The geocache was hidden next to these rock with petroglyphs on them!  There are some other petroglyps not far from here that we found a few years ago from a different geocache.  

Not too many people know these are here

Hiking back..not sure why Shelley and Hannah are both scratching their heads the same way at the same time!

Someone made this really large cairn......good thing otherwise we might have gotten lost!

The next three geocaches were on another hill close by.

One was hanging in the middle of a big Juniper bush.....Easily found....

The next was about a 10 minute walk up the hill...There really wasn't a trail but luckily it was early in the season so the weeds had not yet started to grow...otherwise it would have not been a fun walk up through the weeds and stickers

Our destination is those two Juniper bushes

Under the bush/tree, this was a large ammo box....very easily found.....

Then it was back over the top of the hill and down the other side.  Just to the left of the houses in this pic, is where we just were - where the petroglyphs were

This one was also easily found, just under some rocks

The last geocache was hidden at a little information park for the Pony Express Trail - which goes right through Eagle Mountain.

The geocache was a small one hidden under some rocks, which for some reason, I did not get a photo of.  Oops.

We really liked reading about the Pony Express Trail and are so glad we don't have to walk or ride on a horse to get to Sacramento!