Monday, January 16, 2012

Geocaching in the Cold


Temperature waking up this morning was 9 degrees and when I left the house at 9:45 am to meet friends and family to go Geocaching it was around 15 degrees.  We met at the end of Blackbridge Road and did the Geocaches in Rocky Glenn State Park that are mostly along Al's Trail.  It seems that there are quite a few side trails that go all over the place and we didn't get the last cache because of that.  Once you get up on the ridge it's pretty flat and could be some nice riding but is quickly short lived because the trail quickly becomes more suitable for a mountain goat.  Still we had fun, despite the frigid temperatures.

Found the second Cache


Walking down Blackbridge Road


At the Cave/Mine looking down towards the Pootatuck
from a branch of Al's Trail


That's about a 100 feet down from where I am standing


Taking the hard way up


Trail goes right between the branches


Cave but more like an old mine


Icicles


That is the cache


Julia and Will


Stone Bridge


Looking down at the Stone Bridge




Will walking up from the Stone Bridge


Old Woods Road with a stream crossing
Frozen Stream Crossing

Pootatuck River Valley


Looking down at Blackbridge




Glass in an old Farmer's garbage dump

1 comment:

Chris Thompson said...

Cool. I used to hike/ climb there before there was a trail (and when there was still a rail bed!) We never did find the cave, though.