#193 - Rock Valley Trails #6

7-15-09
Our last one for the day was another 1/2 mile of walking! I found this one in the tenting area. The clue was "It's Huge" which was in reference to the huge tree the cache was in.

#192 - Rock Valley Trails #1

7-15-09
We walked a ways down the trail and found this cache along the old railroad route. It was off a dirt path in a tree. I found this one in a green pail that was painted green.

#191 - Trails Edge

7-15-09
We walked along the Rock Valley bike trail. Kait found an ammo can at the edge of the trail near the driving range.

#190 - Rubber Tires on Tractor

7-15-09
This was located in Bicentennial Park in Rock Valley. There was a monument there and the cache was in a bush behind the monument. I found this one.

#189 - Last Stop

7-15-09
We came back to this one after looking a few months ago. When we found it, we realized it was here all along. Kait found it, it was a magnetic reflective red and white strip with a signature log on the back. Cool!

#188 - By the Wayside

7-13-09
This was our final cache stop for the day. We had lunch with Sandy and then were on our way home. This was found at the Wayside Chapel across from where Aunt Priscilla used to live. I have lots of memories playing here when I was younger. Keeley was the "cache-hog" today! She was the only one to find a cache.

#187 - ANAMC

7-13-09
This one was located in a skirt lifter under the flag pole by the Veteran's Memorial in Sioux Center.
A-Army
N-Navy
A-Air Force
MC-Marine
C-Coast Guard
Keeley gets credit for another one today!

#186 - Open Space Park

7-13-09
This one was located in Open Space Park in a pine tree. We all searched, but Keeley came up with this one.

#185 - Dordt College ASC

7-13-09
This one was found by the Ag Stewardship Center sign north of Sioux Center. We walked up and I saw the ammo box under the big pine tree...however, Keeley thinks she gets credit because she went through all of the dead branches to get it.

#184 - Ken's Ten #2

7-7-09
Another quick find for Kait! Wow...I am not very good at caching lately!

#183 - Ken's Ten #7

7-7-09
Kait found this one too! This was a quick find for her. We had fun as we watched about 30 3-year olds playing at the park! Too cute!

#182 - Sherman (Fun)

7-7-09
We went to Sioux Falls to take a few senior pictures, go to the doctors, do a little shopping, and of course find a few caches! This was the first one we found after taking successful senior pictures. Kait found this one!

#181 - I-90 Eastbound Rest Area @ MM 218

6-27-09
This was the last find on our way home...the kids were sleeping the rest of the way to George. Keeley found this one under a light pole! KJ and Keeley found a lot of caches on this trip! Kait and I will have to go out on our own to get caught up with them! :-) Ha! Ha!

#180 - I-90 Eastbound @ 129

6-27-09
We stopped at a roadside rest and KJ found this silver magnetic keyholder high on the back of a sign. Quick park and grab for the "cache hog!"

#179 - I-90 EB @MM 100 Wasta

6-27-09
We grabbed a few caches on our way home from the Black Hills! This was a quick park and grab for Keeley!

#178 - Rosedale's Cache

6-26-09
Kendall and Keeley went after this one too. They said it was a very "strenuous" hike, but worth it. Kendall found this one while we waited in the truck!

#177 - Keystone Cache

6-26-09
This one was only about 300 feet from the truck...but it was up on top of a rocky hill. Kendall and Keeley had tennis shoes on and decided to go rock climbing to get this one. They went up and found the cache and a beautiful view! Keeley gets credit for this one.

#176 - Keystone / Rushmore Dancing Bear - Juan Bearvolta

6-26-09
This one we grabbed after taking an "Old Time Photo" with the whole Kruse family and playing mini-golf. This was located by a wooden carved bear. The girls and I got out and looked, but Jack noticed where it would be from the car. We will give Jack and Kendall credit for this one...he told KJ where it was and he went to grab it.

#175 - Sturgis Historical Park

6-26-09
We grabbed this one before leaving for Keystone. Kendall found this one before Kait and I even started looking.

#174 - Sturgis Stud #5

6-26-09
Another park and grab for Keeley. Kendall doesn't like these kind, so Keeley has a great chance to get them. This was in a parking lot on the main drag in Sturgis.

#173 - Sell Out

6-26-09
Before heading to Keystone for the afternoon, we stopped in Sturgis to check it out and find a few caches. The first one was located in the park. Kendall found it again. There were lots of cottonwood trees in the area, so Kendall's t-shirt was spotted with cotton.

#172 - Rapid Rubberband Gun

6-25-09
This was a cache found next to Rapid Rubberband Gun factory. It was next to the air-conditioner in a cooler. The cache was full of lots of toys. We left Minnie and Mickey travel bug since we are going back home soon. Kendall found this one.

#171 - Mammoth Site

6-25-09
We went to the Mammoth Site in Hot Springs and did a "Virtual Cache". We took a picture and took a tour to learn about the mammoth site. It was very interesting.

#170 - Deadwood #6

6-24-09
We found this one on our way back to the house after a fun day of caching. Of course, Kendall found this one! :-) He is a great cacher!

#169 - Sunday Gone Wrong

6-24-09
This was a scenic overview where a pastor was buried outside of Deadwood. Kendall found this one in the guard rail. We left "cute little sheep" travel coin and picked up the travel bug "seas and salty".

#168 - Two C's Bite the Bullet

6-24-09
Coming into Deadwood we stopped for a quick park and grab. Keeley found this one hanging between two road signs. Cars driving by were probably wondering what was going on! :-)

#167 - Sugarloaf Cache

6-24-09
This cache was off of the Mickelson Trail. The clue was "take the high road." We took the high road and walked for about 1/2 mile uphill on a nice path. Jack spotted an old rusty car and told us he saw the cache. Kendall went down the hill after it. They both get credit for this one.

#166 - Southern Hospitality

6-24-09
We found this at the bottom of Terry Peak at Rec Springs Resort that looked like it was closed for thee summer. The cache was found in a bird house at the resort.

#165 - Terry Peak Lookout

6-24-09
We drove up to the top of Terry Peak Ski Area to look at the great view and grab a cache along the way. Kendall and I found this one at the top of the Peak. KJ tried on these cool glasses, but left them in the cache.

#164 - Bridal Veil Waterfall

6-24-09
KJ hiked up the hill 80 feet after we went to the waterfall. He didn't think it would be that steep and he was wearing flip flops. It was found by a "small Christmas tree".

#163 - Spearfish Stud #2

6-24-09
Keeley found another skirt lifter behind K-Mart. A quick park and grab before we headed into the canyon.

#162 - Spearfish Stud #8

6-24-09
Keeley jumped out in front of the Mercantile. She was excited for another quick park and grab, skirt lifter.

#161 - Spearfish Stud #3

6-24-09
On Wednesday we drove through Spearfish Canyon for a little caching and taking some senior pictures of Kait. The first one was found in the Walmart Parking Lot. We needed a few supplies before we left for the day. This was a park and grab under a skirt lifter.

#160 - Homestake Artifact

6-21-09
After unpacking we decided to drive down to Deadwood to check out the town. We drove through Deadwood to Lead, a few miles up the road. There was an old compressed air train by the Homestake Open Mine. Kait found this one behind the box in front of the operator's cabin.

#159 - Welcome to the Black Hills

6-21-09
This was located at the Visitor's Center as you came into Rapid City. We stopped to grab a cache and a few brochures for the area. Kait and I went after this one. I found this one.

#158 - Wasta Westbound Cache

6-21-09
This was another rest area after we had just left Wall, SD. The clue to this one was "a bush and a tree keep me company". It was a big tree with a bush around it. We found a camo peanut butter container with a "cute little sheep" travel coin in it. We left the Silver Peg travel bug in it. I found it.

#157 - I-90 Westbound @ 138

6-21-09
We all got out at the Scenic Overlook that looked over the Badlands. The cache was located down the hill by the fence. There were lots of people looking there so Jack and Kendall went down and pretended to study the fence and how it was made. They signed the log and came back.

#156 - I-90 Westbound @ MM 221

6-21-09
This was a magnetic Bike container that we found on our way to the Black Hills. It was hanging on a fence through the grass. I found this one.

#155 - Chamberlain Rest Area Cache

6-21-09
Another stop on our way to the Black Hills. Kendall and I went after this one...we thought we were taking the easy way. Ha! We ended up in a forest of wet branches that we could not find our way out of...but we were only 50 feet from the cache. After getting very dirty, we finally got out of the trees and were in wide open spaces again. KJ found this one under a small pine tree. It was an ammo box with a Minnie and Mickey TB in it. They wanted to visit Mt. Rushmore. So we took them with us.

#154 - I-90 Westbound @ 293

6-21-09
It was still raining out so Keeley and I went looking for the cache! We went through some wet weeds and I found the silver bison tube tied to a fence post. We quickly signed the log and ran back to the car!

#153 - I-90 Westbound @ 337

6-21-09
Our 2nd find on our trip out to the Black Hills. It was still raining so Keeley and I went to get this one. Keeley found it. It was a cool flat metal container stuck to a billboard in the ditch. We were soaked when we got back to the truck.

#152 - I-90 Westbound @362

6-21-09

This was the first of our caching on our way to the Black Hills. It started out as a very rainy day! Oh well, cache on! I spotted this one and sent Keeley into the trees to get it.

#151 - Winkle East

6-16-09
Our last find for the day! This one was located on an old railroad track that they have made into a walking trail. As we were walking to the trail we were surprised by a gray dog. I let out a scream...and then realized it was a friendly German Shepherd. He ended up being very friendly and even continued to cache with us. I found this one.