Geocaching Port Washington

To celebrate one of the more beautiful (and comfortable) days of this summer, my friend, Malena, and I took a short drive to Port Washington for an afternoon of geocaching. After lunch at Cousins, we parked at Lower Lake Park and began searching for our first cache, Shipwrecked View. As we walked, we realized that this cache was up a very steep hill. Upon finding a path through the hillside shrubbery, up, up, up we went. Halfway up this very steep hill (pausing to rest), we came out of the shrubbery into a prairie-like setting. Here we saw hundreds of dragon flies soaring all around us. It really was a beautiful and unusual sight. Finally at the top of this very steep hill, we saw gorgeous views of Lake Michigan, but noticed we were still about 40 feet away from the cache. At this point, Malena and I knew we were going to have to bushwhack part way down this very steep hill in a different direction if we wanted to find this cache. Following the compass on my GPS, I led the way, being very careful not to slip and roll all the way down the hill. (Did I mention this is a very steep hill?) I finally found the cache, signed the log book, and carefully made the climb back up the hill. I can understand why the terrain difficulty for this cache is 3 out of 5. (Elevation at top of hill is 645'. Elevation at bottom of hill is 543'. I can't even fathom what the slope of this very steep hill is!)

Our next two caches (Endless Possibilities & Mattie's Corner) were both in Upper Lake Park, and are in the Easy category. As we walked, we saw more breathtaking views of Lake Michigan, beautiful flowers, and many families having a great time on a gorgeous summer day. We found both caches without difficulty, and then headed down to Lower Lake Park - this time we took the road. We drove a short distance to our last cache of the day, Goose Poo View. Quickly, we located the cache area and found the cache container after rolling a short log out of the way. We actually did see several geese here but no goose poo (thank goodness).

Port Washington is a quaint little town with many more caches than we had time to find on this day. I am sure Malena and I will be back on another beautiful day to continue our geocaching adventures.

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