Caching in St Joe with Janell on Memorial Weekend

My friend Shelley from high school was getting married Memorial weekend. Janell and I decided that we were going to be there no matter what. It was interesting being in St Joe without Jason, but it was even more interesting being there the same time as Janell and being able to hang out with her. It was almost like being in high school again, but we had these alternate lives we had to return to after the weekend.

I arrived on Friday and the weather was actually great! It was getting to that humid time that I HATED! By Friday I was getting a little irritated with the weather, but that is one of the greatest things about Missouri. I love how it can have a down pour in the middle of the day and be beautiful the rest of the day.

When Jason and I were on our honeymoon a cuople months before this trip, we got hooked on geocaching. I told my mom about it and she was yearning to learn more about it and actually go out and do it herself. Janell joined us on a few caches. Being new to it myself, we still ended up in very random places far from where we should be, but like most things, you get more used to it after you have the experience.

I have to admit when it comes to caching, Missouri cachers are almost as creative as Canadians. It felt like my mom and I walked all 30 miles of Parkway til she found this one IN the tree. She nearly fell in the middle herself just trying to get it out!

There is also the bird. When you are placing a cache, you always need to check with the owner of the property that it's ok to place the cache. When looking for the bird one, there was a gazebo right next to it that I thought it JUST HAD to be there. I didn't want to get caught walking around on people's property, even if they give the ok - I still feel like I'm terespassing, so I made my mom go hunting for it. After a few minutes, she gave up. I HATE not finding caches, so she satin the car while I went on a last hunt. Finally, after looking in a bush on the opposite side of the bush than the gazebo, I found the bird which was the cache!!! VERY CREATIVE!!!