Sunday, September 26, 2010

Geocaching in the Hills Above San Jose

On Saturday evening, while Mom and Becky went to the Relief Society Dinner and satellite broadcast, John and I decided to search for a few geocaches. The first ones we looked for were in the hills of the south part of San Jose (South of where Leigh Avenue ends). We found the first geocache right where we expected to find it in a pine tree, but the area was protected by a guard lizard. John was not afraid and he caught the little guy. Once the lizard found that John's had was warm, he decided that he liked it.

The next two geocaches were higher up on two hills. As we started up the hill on the trail, this was the view of San Jose.
We found both of the next two geocaches also. This was the view from the third cache.
From this view, you can see that it was a bit of a hike up the hill. Next time we go into these hills for other geocaches, we will have to take rocky with us. He would love the trails.
We looked for three additional geocaches down in the city close to Brian's house. We could only find one of the three. It was dark by then, so it was difficult. We told ourselves that we would be able to see better if there was more light.
We then went to the store and bought ice cream and went back to John and Becky's house. When Mom and Becky got home from the RS broadcast, we had ice cream and magic shell. It was quite tasty.

3 comments:

Katie said...

What a cute little lizard. I'm sure Rocky would have loved geocaching, but I don't think that lizard would have liked Rocky.

Karen C. said...

That teensy little lizard is super cute. I'm surprised you guys even noticed it as tiny as it is. The views of the city are beautiful from where you were.

John said...

The lizard was indeed cute and tiny. He quite liked my finger. The views were really nice up there, and we only got slightly dirty and sweaty. The ice cream at the end was delicious!