On our trip to Oakdale, we did a little geocaching along the way. We made a quick stop at Kraamer Junction to grab one hidden at Kramer Junction. I figured that there would be one hiding there. When we passed the county line into Kern County, I wanted to get another one. I saw LA to Vegas/Vegas to LA Swap Vault down the road a mile. It was off a frontage road, which turned into a dirt road which turned into open desert. Janet was not real happy that I was driving her car on a dirt road in the desert. She did get a picture of me in the area near the cache.
Geocaching in the desert
Further up the road in Tehachapi we saw a sign about the Apple Shed on the side of the freeway. I energized Geocache Navigator on the BlackBerry and poof, sure enough I saw Apple Blossom Special. Could there be a connection? Found the cache on the underside of a wheelbarrow. I went inside and Janet and I had some lunch. Janet loved the place.
As we stopped to take another break and stretch the legs I checked to see if there was a cache close by. A cache called La Palma within 100 feet. Janet had gone into the store and I scratched my head because the cache description was in Spanish. I had Janet do a little translation and it became clear what I was looking for. I found the cache on a palm tree and we were on our way.
We saw a sign for ice cream and figured that there could be a geocache close by. The place also made cheese. Looking on the BlackBerry I saw there was a Cheesy geocache at the location of the Ice Cream. We grabbed the cache, which was hiding in a light fixture, and went for the ice cream and cheese curds. Thanks for the hide.
The car needed fuel, so we stopped for gas. As I pumped the fuel I checked the BlackBerry and sure enough I saw an end in across the street in the direction of the closest cache. Finished fueling and crossed the street to grab the cache. Time was running out so we made a beeline for Oakdale. We were to meet family for dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. Food was good and the day was finished.
