Geocaching Today

Headed out to north of Santee to do a little geocaching before it rains.  Found twelve caches, didn't find one, twice.

This is the cutest cache of the day, a little bell in a bush.



Lot's of pretty views from the tops of the ridges. Lots of ridges. Lots of up and down!

I could hear a Sheriff's helicopter down in the valley telling the occupants of a house to come out with their hands over their heads. Always exciting times in Santee!



The sun was coming in and out, I thought it maybe was going to rain, but it didn't. Nice sunbeams, though!



Cowles Mountain way off in the distance.



I find power lines dramatically impressive. I don't know why.



Did not see any deer or rabbits, but I DID see:

A hummingbird.



A caterpillar.



And this bird that hovered on that thermal for about two minutes. I took a movie, but it was less than impressive. So you don't get to see it.



Slippage of the terrain is always interesting. These hillsides have been here for zillions of years, how come it fell down?



Oh, I forgot this one, it's Sycamore Canyon north of the Santee Lakes. Ain't that pretty? We used to ride our motorcycles and go target shooting out there.  I vaguely recall braving the dirt roads in the Buick White Phantom for a little canoodling, once. Ah, youth!



I found a couple of Monster Energy drink cans. I guess the partakers of the beverage didn't have enough energy to pick up their trash! So I did.




That's about it for today. Only 140 more caches in area to go!