Hiking and caching with friends

It is now November, and Hope and I finally got some caching in with our geocaching friends, Wetpaws and Waterlassie. We hit the Rattlesnake Bar area in Loomis and found 7 caches, it was the first time I was ever here. Lots of nice trails, so we'll be back. Unfortunately, the dogs (Hope, Kane, and Guinness (who I was puppysitting)) all had ticks on them, so we had to do a thorough tick check when we got back.

The next day, we went hiking with a muggle friend, so we only found one cache after we were done hiking along the river. This is a picture of the four dogs, Hope, Kane, Toddy, and Linar. Toddy is Hope's mom, Linar is Kane's mom, Toddy is Kane's grandma, and Hope is Kane's aunt. Hope is also distantly related to Linar. Guess its a family tree on a tree! :-)

The day after, we went to Cronan Ranch with the dogs and I found 12 caches, it was a beautiful day and another day of walking through stickers. I love Cronan Ranch as the half-way point is the river, so we were able to take a nice break and let the dogs swim.

This is on the way to the river. From left to right: Kane, Hope, and Maggie

Hope poses on a rock down by the river...

We were still rather cautious about reaching into spaces where snakes hang out. Even though the weather is cooler now, it is still wise to be careful just in case. We had a great afternoon, and came home with our socks full of stickers.

Wetpaws hit her 1500th cache, I'm closing in on my 1000th...almost there.