Aug 23 2009
White Dot Cache
The geocache adventures this week were somewhat impacted by the extreme heat and humidity of the week. My Sunday cache was a short hike and I thought it might have been a refreshing cache when I reached ground zero. White Dot is the name of a trail in the Mount Monadnock trail system.
I pulled off into the parking area and headed on up the trail, it was a warm and steamy afternoon and there were not many hikers out - the parking lot was practically empty - I know why, heat, hiking, and humidity do not mix - it is not enjoyable. I thought that with this cache and being that White Dot was one of the easier trails, that this would be good find and that it would be cooler when I reached the cache.
The cache was an easy find, however, it was not very high up the mountain, it was well below tree line and what I thought would be a cool refreshing breeze from above tree line, well, I never made it up that high. The trek was just under 2 miles round trip. There are other caches with in the Mount Monadnock trail system and I will save those caches for other days - in the fall when the leaves change.
Tuesday is my normal day that I escape from the office to do a mid-week cache, however, with the heat and humidity still extremely high, I decided to forego the escape from the office and stay in the air conditioned environment and resume cacheing when the temperature went down. Us New Englanders are not used to the high heat and humidity that our southern friends enjoy.
Thanks for stopping by - geocaching is fun and yes, you have to be careful when searching for caches, especially in high traffic areas where there are a lot of people. Geocachers also need to pay attention where they hide caches - they hide caches in areas where it might draw attention and take away from the sport.