earthcache one

We were in Decorah, Iowa, on Saturday for a Speech competition.

Tractor joe..."can't we go anywhere and not have to find a cache?"

Me...."I guess not my love, you know how we enjoy caching."

Tractor joe..."WHO enjoys it?"

Me...."oh yah, it is ME who loves it. But these are earthcaches. There is no box to find. Just geological wonders! Then we just have to answer questions to claim them. Doesn't that sound cool and easy?"

The first one was called.....
ICE CAVE!!!!

The cache page said: Bring a flashlight and we did!
We were ready to be spelunkers!!
We needed to describe the terrain into the cave up to the point where it is gated off.
(it was downhill on a rocky, ICE covered path, and dark except where there was daylight coming in because of fissures above us)

We needed to take a picture with our GPS at the mouth of the cave.

Since I failed to hold up my beloved GPS....I will use the picture of tractor joe on the cache page.

The steps down to the road were even more treacherous than the cave itself.

We both manuvered them safely.

We both know we aren't to thrilled with cave exploration.
But in the end it was all worth it!!!

Except....here is where we recieved a text from Crispy that said: 20 minutes....

oh oh... we had to high tail it over to the highschool to see his Reader's Theater performance.

We made it with time to spare!

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