29 September 2018 First Day of Vacation

The first day of vacation always offers some hope of relaxation and rejuvenation. Then comes the call from the office when the weekend is over and the rest is sleepless and insanely busy.

Westminster College was celebrating homecoming weekend. Graduating from a college with no football team left me with no understanding of a college homecoming. We were happy the game still appeared to be in progress so we were free to enjoy the college's outdoor education grounds and find the caches there.

Are you old enough to remember the ecology flag? If yes, you, like me, are old. The flag came into existence in 1970. At the time I had an old army shirt that I wore as a jacket. My dad never liked the army jacket thinking it was disrespectful. He really hated it when I added an ecology flag. The flag still flies high at the parking lot at Westminster College. It's a throwback to a time when I thought we could all make a difference.

We always enjoy spotting gentians in bloom.

This was a really peaceful labyrinth. We weren't the only visitors to walk it.

After leaving Westminster, we stopped at one of the two remaining covered bridges in Lawrence County. It is also a virtual cache.

Wolf Creek Natural Area was our next stop for a very relaxing stream-side walk.

Earth caches are my least favorite cache type, but I like visiting eskers. This one was huge and a great location for an esker earthcache. The light was just right for pre-sunset shooting while the dropping sun left a super sunset to watch.