Where did the weekend go? Got up early this morning and broke camp, loaded the truck, and helped the family pack their stuff up. We decided that we were not going to stay for the pancake breakfast as we had a full day ahead of us. Grabbed ice and gas and where on our way. Was great sharing this experience with my daughter and her family.
Today's goal is to get the oldest cache in Saskatchewan....We plotted our route and set forth. along the way we found some nice caches as well as meeting a couple from Quebec who were also at the Mega. Awesome opportunity to trade pathtags...!!
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We took the detour off of the highway and drove through traditional Saskatchewan. Due to the previous rainfall and flooding there was lots of water in some places.
Finding the cache access was easy. We chose to park in the shade at the road access and walk in. Not to sure of the protocol for driving on private property and with the wet we didn't really know what to expect. As it was the walk in was hot and dry and punctuated by lots and lot of grasshoppers..
A quick little bushwack and GC14F Sask-cache-one was in hand ...literally... We were the first of many finding this cache today.
We continued on our way south. I wanted to get the "cache" at Dog River but they were filming there so only managed a couple of caches before moving on. We spent the night in Estevan and planned for an early start. The following day one of our goals was a mystery that The Pollywog had solved when he was working in the area last year. Found the access and the cache with no problem although the hawks were not impressed. There was a nest close by so we didn't stick around too long.
We continued on our way and made the crossing into North Dakota at North Portal. As soon as we were across we took a side road and some more caches off the beaten path.
The hardest part about traveling and caching is you have to make choices. Do I cache like crazy and not get anywhere? or do I drive like crazy and not cache? Hard decision so we really tried to make it something in between. Selective about the caches we would stop for. Old, larger, and earthcache or virtuals were the priority. Not to say we didn't get any roadside micros but they were more of an opportunity find. Driving in North Dakota was pretty much like driving in Saskatchewan. Undulating grasslands and long corners. We stopped in Minot for lunch with the goal of Bismark for the day.
Shortly out of Minot I notice some fork lightning and dark clouds to the west of us. Didn't think much of it until it got a little closer. And by close I mean real close. Soon we were driving real slow, no shelter, wind driving the rain sideways and lightning all around us. A white knuckle drive for sure.
We learned over the next couple of days that it was quite common for thunderstorms to build in the afternoon and create these nice little supercells that freak out the non residents. We drove through the worst of it as the storm moved east and arrived in Bismark. We plotted our course on the GPS and managed the oldest cache in ND
GC551
The Buck Stops Here! in the midst of rain and wind. Someone commented we were nuts but we don't drive that far out of the way without finding the cache!!
We quickly vacated Bismark and headed west were we could see the skies clearing. We managed a campsite in Dickinson ND after several stops along the way.
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