Gig Harbor
Jan. 3rd, 2015 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fenchurchWe tried getting up early this morning and were only moderately successful... but we did manage to get out the door by 8:30, which means we made it down to start doing the Gig Harbor Cache Machine by about 10:00. For those not in the know, for a Cache Machine, basically someone spends a good bit of time selecting Geocaches in a particular area (in this case, the town of Gig Harbor, WA) and setting up a route to take you around to all of them in the least amount of time. Today's route had around 90 caches, of which we found 35, I think (we got a very late start compared to most people and actually stopped for lunch). There was a fair bit of hiking involved in today's adventure (I believe I'm up to nearly 17,000 steps) and we got to see a lot of cool things. In fact, I debated posting several photos... today's caches took us to some really neat stuff, including a gigantic, incredibly intricate wood carving (done from a huge old stump) and a gorgeous old stained glass window (made in Portland in about 1910).
In the end, though, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge won out. It's actually two bridges these days and I really just love the lines of them. I took photos while we were driving across on our way there and then a bunch more from several different angles, but this was a spot I've never gone to before and it really does have a great view.
Oh! And an addendum to my post on goals yesterday... I forgot one!
8) Design, build and install a Little Free Library in the front yard. I've been wanting to do it since we moved in, so it needs to be done this year!
Crossposted from my Livejournal.
In the end, though, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge won out. It's actually two bridges these days and I really just love the lines of them. I took photos while we were driving across on our way there and then a bunch more from several different angles, but this was a spot I've never gone to before and it really does have a great view.
Oh! And an addendum to my post on goals yesterday... I forgot one!
8) Design, build and install a Little Free Library in the front yard. I've been wanting to do it since we moved in, so it needs to be done this year!
Crossposted from my Livejournal.
