Bank Geocache Container

I was caching and hiking in Dishman Hills in Spokane.

I stopped for a field puzzle cache and found this container.

It's a bank with a rolling ball in the five-sided maze.  Opening the bank requires moving the ball through the maze to a point where the latch release on the bank will open.  It took me about ten minutes to free the log book.

The bank cavity is quite spacious with room for the log and trade items.  The opening was big enough for me to trade the flat disk trackables which are given to reviewers and lackeys.  It was a fun cache at one of my favorite parks and earned a favorite from me when logging.  The containers are readily available on line.  I would protect the maze from the elements in an extra container like an ammo can, but so far this one was holding up well.

Peace Love Trails

What a great name for a place to be caching.  In the real world this is the bike trail at Morsches Park in Columbia City, but the name can't help but bring a smile to your face.  The trails are peaceful and the caching is good.

5/7 of The Ghost Orchid

The Ghost Orchid is a 5/5 cache in Fakahatchee Swamp.  We now have three trips into the swamp with no smiley, but we are getting closer.

We jumped into the wet and wild journey in February 2018.  We spotted an ibis.

and a warbler

We enjoyed the flowers

We could not find stage 1 in the rain.  😞

Undaunted, we came back this year for another try on the 6th of February.  It was still wet.

This outing we found three stages!

We were also treated to ibis sightings,

AND a green heron

Flush with confidence we made our way back on Thursday.  We were confident.  We were sure.  This would be the day.  😏

Much of each of these journeys looked a lot like this.

For the little stretches that were not spent working through dense growth, the journey was peaceful and the views were awesome.

Even though they were not in bloom, there were orchids everywhere.

Despite our third effort in the swamp it was not to be.  We left with two unfound stages remaining.  It will be another year before our adventure can continue.