I parked at Lake Murray, then headed into land of snakes and weeds. I climbed up to the area of the first cache, near the top of the Del Cerro hill, to find I had lost my maps/hints printouts. I managed to make the find anyway, being the clever lad I am. The trick now was to figure a way to the second cache. What with spring, and the rains, it was all quite overgrown. Oh, and it is back down at the bottom of the hill, near the road. I was able to find a pathway that only required a minimum of bushwhacking. A couple on the road looked at me strangely, being on the other side of the fence, and I shouted out, "I'm on the wrong side of the fence!", which seemed humorous at the time.
So here is a view you won't see again soon. It is beyond the perimeter road turn-around point, so "civilians" are not allowed on that section of the road. Cowles Mt. in the background.
After all that excitement I headed back. It was just as much bushwhacking, but at least I knew I could do it, since I had just, um, done it.
I found those missing maps/hints printouts back towards the tennis courts. You can see them in the grass, there.
I headed west, with some arduous bushwhacking. Arduous UPHILL bushwhacking, at that. I was pretty whacked when I got to the top of the Del Cerro hill. Again. And again, I found I had lost the maps/hints printouts. I did not go back for them. I DID manage to find the cache, although it was a near thing, with much toing and froing, and finally going back to where I started, and Lo!, there it was, just as the half-remembered hint described!
The final cache was the first of a multi-cache, but as I mentioned, I was pretty whacked, so I headed home. Loaded down with a million or so weed seeds and stickers stuck in my socks, shoes, and laces.
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