Into the woods (and back out again)

Today we got lonely and wanted to go hiking as it's been a few weeks since we've had to do any large walks. So after eating dinner (at home since we decided to nix the picnic) we left and went to a small park known as the Gosnell Big Woods Preserve. It's smaller than the name suggests, but some of the trees there are impressively large.

There was another reason for this hike: we missed geocaching. There were a few caches in the park, so we attempted to find as many as possible in the short amount of time we spent there. The first we attempted to find was off the beaten path. To find it we eventually crossed a mudstream, went through a swamp, went up a hill, and then we actually had to find the thing. I eventually found the metal plate (which had the coordinates to the next part in the multicache). Thankfully we took a different route back out (a safer one) and that was uneventful except for E walking through a spiderweb.

The other cache we found was an easily found cache that was hidden under a tree about 30-40 feet off the path. This was a one-part cache so we signed our name and on we went. By this point we were all tired, so were glad to make it back to the car and go home.

Another thing to note was that the park was deserted except for some teens who decided to go for a (very loud) bikeride on the trails (marked only for pedestrians). Other then that it was an uneventful hike, but it was up and down so I'm very glad to be home now.

Now for the brownies and bed (and wonderful sweet sleep!).