I5 northbound

Coming back home from Wasco with Dan and Janet we grabbed GBttS # 302 "Goose’s PINK Egg", BGttS # 301 "Krazy C.O.C.", and Finally a Rest.

I5 south

Driving down to Wasco with Dan and Janet and we stopped to find Tracy Triangle #3, Tracy Triangle #2, Tracy Triangle #1, GBttS # 300 "CACTI", and In n Out Urge.

Fayetteville

Before flying home, I looked for a few more caches in Fayetteville. Follow the giant green arrow (8:53 AM) was a bit of a bushwhack off a paved park trail. I liked the hike to Mount Sequoyah Woods (Bushwack) (9:59 AM). Multiple trails to choose, a drop off into a ravine to be avoided, and an off-trail finish to an unexpected cache container. Another off a paved trail cache find was Frisco Treat (10:54 AM). Bikes, blues, and BBQ (11:13 AM) was right next to a downtown parking lot. The Hotz 4U (11:43 AM) was a nano-cache in a park very near the University of Arkansas Razorback stadium. Got Close only Counts... (12:29 PM) near a horseshoe pitching complex. Took a good hike along Lake Fayetteville, although lake was mostly hidden, to find Lake walk (2:39 PM). Then it was time to head for the airport.

Clarksville

Drove back to Fayetteville today, and stopped along the way for some more cache hunting. At a rest stop I found A Void N the Rush (3:25 PM). For Whom the Bell Tolls (4:40 PM) was right in front of a small church in Atkins. It was a pretty easy find, but a little tough to retrieve. Then while I was signing the log, two guys pull into the parking lot and talk for a long while. I would have been very conspicuous rehiding it, so just had to wait. Another rest stop find was West Bestern IH-40 WESTBOUND Travel Bug Rest Stop (5:25 PM). In the same rest stop, found No Brainer Micro (5:41 PM). Had a bit of an issue with coordinates, but finally went for the obvious place and found it.

There are a bunch of caches around Lake Ludwig. I was just too late getting there to hunt for many of them. Found Ellie’s Slingshot at 6:29 PM. Then found Jethro’s Double Aught Spy Cache at 6:44 PM. At 7:16 PM I found Lake Ludwig Micro 2. As I was leaving the area, I did a quick drive up find on Communication Station (7:35 PM). Last find in Clarksville was Proximity of Vincennes Bridge (8:00 PM).

North Little Rock evening

It Takes a Village (7:28 PM) was pretty close to my motel. It was in a very public park area, so some stealth was required, but fortunately not too many folks were around.

Traveling to LIttle Rock

On my drive from Bentonville to Little Rock (actually trying to outrun a severe thunderstorm) I hunted a few caches.

Found No Name (Oak Grove Cemetary) at 10:12 AM. Stopped in Conway for Conway Cracker-jack (10:46 PM). Another stop along the interstate at a Home Depot parking lot to get Shopping? NOT! (11:03 AM).

Siloam Springs

I spent the morning with staff at FBCNWA, then headed off the get a cache in Oklahoma. I stopped at the first one across the border and carefully tried not to touch the poison ivy (although I sure had to step on it). Found Good 412 Caches W #1 at 2:14 PM.

I drove back across the border to Game Time (2:40 PM) on the campus of John Brown University. This one made no sense until I worked out the hint. The coords were off, and the previous logs indicated that, but no one posted good ones.

I parked at the public library and walked over to a little park close to downtown and looked for Don’t Drink the Water (3:00 PM). I was LTF (last to find) on this one. It had already been archived when I found it, but I managed to sign the very wet log book (the only thing in the cache). I guess other folks didn’t want to put their head in the hole to look for it.

Imagine my surprise when the next closest cache turned out to be 60 feet away. I guess the reviewer blew it on one of these. Siloam Springs 1st Micro (3:04 PM) was an easy find.

"Time" to find a Cache (3:33 PM) was in Twin Springs park. Hico History (3:50 PM) is a virtual at a collection of tomb stones. Looks like a collection of stones from an abandoned cemetery. Interesting markers. Dogwood Springs Trail Micro #1 (was along another park trail and an easy find. My last hunt of the day was Lake Elmdale (5:45 PM). I was running out of time and I had to do a little hike for this one.

After church hunt in Arkansas

I went to the 8 AM service at FBC NWA and then hunted a few caches before getting to my friends house in Fayetteville.

First up was Cross Hollow Micro (10:14 AM). This was interesting to find. The site was the winter quarters for both Union and Confederate armies in 1861-1862. Ten to twelve thousand confederate soldiers occupied the site first, then abandoned it (after burning it) to the Union army.

Springdales Only (11:05 AM) was near a walking trail in a little wooded area. After lunch and visiting, I found Archimedes (5:54 PM), which was a well camouflaged micro hidden along a paved trail running beside Mud Creek. I continued on the trail to also find Stick M Up (6:07 PM) . My last for the day was Million Dollar Bridge (6:44 PM) which I crossed to get to the cache location. This was hard, but using the hint I finally located it.

Bentonville and SW Missouri

I flew into NW Arkansas late last night. I had free time today until 3:30 pm, so after breakfast I headed out for the nearest cache. Bentonville Lake is right at the end of the Bentonville airport. The lake is kind of L-shaped, and unfortunately I started walking on the wrong side. After backtracking, I drove to another parking area (which seemed like it was right in some folks back yard (they don’t have fences). Then it was just a short walk with the last few feet in some brush. I think I spotted and avoided the poison ivy.

Then I drove into Bentonville and found Down by the Station. I suspect the history is this is the old train station, although no marker explained that. The cache was hidden on the old train car.

The next cache was right downtown in the city square. Son of the South is a virtual (get the name off the placque on the statue). Of note is that Sam Walton’s original store is just across the street from the square. It’s a Wal Mart museum now, but I didn’t go in.

I decided I wanted to get at least one cache in Missouri, so I headed north. The closest was Huckleberry Ridge, which turned out to be in the woods and a pretty good hike (in the rain). I managed to find the access road (dirt) and drive about 5 miles to it, but when I got there it wasn’t obvious where to legally park or where the trail was. So I went looking for another cache that didn’t have a long of a walk, but I could not find an access road that would get me there. As I was leaving the way I came in, I spotted the trail at Huckleberry Ridge, so off I went. It was about 0.4 miles in the rain. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very peaceful with the sound of the rain hitting the leaves of the trees.

On the drive back to Bentonville, I stopped at Bella Vista for a nice walk in a park and found Grandpa’s Christmas Cache. This one was a little difficult.

As I drove back into Bentonville, I stopped for a short hike along a new paved hiking trail and picked up N. Bville Trail #1. Then I found Stumped, which was real easy to find, although it was close to a high school. No folks around though.