We had another great day of geocaching with our friend Alastair/Mimring today. In another one of the many county parks/open spaces in the south San Jose Area. I know my own Monterey County pretty well, but every time we venture up for another in the 100-Mile Hike challenge, I see how very small my world is. I'm glad to be expanding it.
On each of these outings, we've had some sort of truck with the Mount Umunhum tower, overlooking us in all its monolithicness. See it there?
Today we hiked almost 12 miles, over 8 hours. We found maybe 37 geocaches (two are in question), didn't find one, and didn't complete one (a multicache that would have required a rigorous 1.5-mile r/t hike).
It was a really nice day, not too warm. And it's always good to spend a day with Alastair. Plus, it was his birthday! I feel honored that he chose to spend it with us.
Here are some pictures I took. They're in reverse order, but I don't have the energy to unreverse them, and anyway, you won't care. Click on them if you'd like to see them larger.
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| The view over the greater Bay Area today was stupendous. |
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| We saw many clusters of these... winged ants? |
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| David aka Fifi Bonacci is always happy when he has to climb a tree to retrieve a cache. |
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| In the foreground, a fallen acorn woodpecker tree, in the distance, Alastair. |
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| Our first cache of the day was at the top of the hill. |
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The next day's Covid-19 statistics for Monterey County: 13,868 confirmed cases, 775 hospitalizations, 114 deaths--up 458, 13, and 3 since Friday.
Stay healthy. Get outdoors. Be safe.
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