04:40 pm - West Virginia
Last week we spent the week at Timberline Resort in WV. Here's a day-by-day breakdown:
Friday
Got up relatively early to finish getting ready. Dropped off Nanaki the puppy with Matt. Dropped off Mitsu the cat with my parents. Started along route to resort office thanks to new GPS. Stopped for lunch at a nice diner. Met up with my in-laws and took on Ben so that the rest of the family could have a little more room in the CRV. Arrived at resort HQ around 3. Checked in, got keys, unpacked. Relaxed around house while Elyse and her dad cleaned out the local grocery store. $300 worth of groceries! The fridge could barely hold it all.
SaturdayJustin and Tamara had arrived late the previous night. Greeted them in the morning. Went out with father-in-law to find first geocaches. First one was directly off a maintenance road whose sign also had a Gecocaching marker on it. Took us less than 5 minutes. Second one was off Deer Run trail. Started out 0.3 miles away from it, but had to walk around a marsh and ended up walking 1.25 miles total before arriving at it. Waypoint was off by at least 75ft, but my father-in-law found it.
Sunday
Skipped church. General relaxing around house. Lia and Glenn arrived at some point (either Saturday night or Sunday night, I can't remember) and Justin and Tamara got on the road around noon because she had to be somewhere at 8.
Monday-Friday
General geocaching, hiking, etc. Favorite trail: Rhododendron Lane. You walk in very cramped quarters between some rhododendrons and then all of a sudden exit the other end of the path on top of a mountain. Never see it coming. Wonderful view!
PS This entry took months to finally complete. I suck.