Today, Cordell needed to check out two of his geocaches
which he had placed and which need maintenance. So, he and Hugo set out while I
stayed behind and did some household chores. While they were out, Cordell took
Hugo to look for some caches that we had previously found. We are trying to
give Hugo a good experience with a variety of caches.
We had a lunch of grilled cheeses
sandwiches with sliced tomatoes. Then we gathered up our things and rode over
to Janelle’s house. She had finished her school lessons so she and Corinne
joined us and we went to Brownie’s Beach which is on the Chesapeake Bay and
just over the hill from their house. Corinne is very adept at finding shark’s
teeth, so they spent some time doing that.
Janelle noticed an area where
crabs and tiny fish seemed trapped and separated from the bay. She and Hugo
began digging out a canal of sorts to give the crabs access to the deeper
waters of the bay. Once the connection was made, the force of the water widened
the canal considerably. Janelle counted 26 blue crabs that took a ride through
the canal and entered the bay. We were wondering if there was going to be a
news report on the TV this evening about the creek or swamp mysteriously being
drained of water and the scientists had no answer to how it occurred!
It was beautiful weather on the
beach and we would have liked to have stayed longer, but we had more plans for
this evening.
Back at home, we had time for a
quick shower and then we went to a pizza shop in Dunkirk for a geocaching
event. Kelly and Alexis joined us there. Our former neighbor’s son, Bruce, was there.
He is an adult now and we hadn’t seen him since he was a boy. He is a new
geocacher, too. Again, we were able to spend some time with other people and
talk about our geocaching adventures.
There are several geocaches in
Dunkirk and when the event was over, we took Hugo, Kelly, Alexis and Bruce to
look for them. I realized two days ago that Hugo has become an experienced
geocacher now and it was quite evident during the hunts this evening. He was
able to see that he had a lot more knowledge and experience than the others. We
all enjoyed spending this time together and were sorry we had to stop, but
Alexis needed to get home since she has school tomorrow and Kelly was very
tired from a long day of working.
Hugo watched the Orioles baseball
game on TV with us again and we were delighted that they won this important
game.
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