#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.

#150 - Swiss Family

6-16-09
Everyone on the website was saying the coords. were 40 feet off so that helped us with the location. There was only one place it could be. We found a huge bush that surrounded the tree. Now we just had to search the piney bush. Lots of possibilities. Finally, I found it in the bush.

#149 - Grandpa's Storytelling Bench

6-16-09
Quick park and grab at a park in Sibley. We came after dropping Keeley and Erin off in Little Rock. This was located behind the sign near the bench in a small glass bottle. Neat container. I found this one.

#148 - Wild Viola!

6-16-09
We had to drop Keeley and her friend Erin off at the boys' baseball game in Little Rock and this was not far from it. We parked on the road for a quick park and grab! Kait found the peanut butter jar in the tree.

#147 - FORE - Geocoinfest 2007 SD #4

6-4-09
We found this one in the rocks at the entrance of Elmwood Golf Course. It was fun to find an ammo can in the middle of Sioux Falls! Kait found this one.

#146 - HW Field

6-4-09
This was a quick park and grab hidden under a skirt lifter at Howard Wood Field. I got this one while Kait sat in the truck.

#145 - Baseball (fun) at Burnside

6-4-09
This was a 5-4-Fun hide! We searched a while for this one. It ended up being a magnetic blinkie in a pole in the dugout at a baseball field! Kait found this one. Sneaky cache!

#144 - In Remembrance #3

6-4-09
This was also found in Veteran's Park. This was a quick find at the entrance of the park! Lots of muggles reading in their cars over lunch hour. They didn't seem to notice us at all! We quickly signed the log and kept caching.

#143 - To Those Who've Gone Before

6-4-09
Another cache that we did on my birthday. This was found in Veteran's Park. I looked under the bridge for a few minutes and could not locate it. Quick find for Kait! It was a very clever hide.

#142 - The Quality TB & GC Inn...Part 2

6-4-09
We went caching for my birthday! I found this one quickly...saw it from the truck. We swapped 3 TB for 3 TB!

#141 - Welcome to our Hangout

5-26-09
This was a First to Find in George...and we didn't publish it! This was located near the George Welcome sign. We forgot to take a picture of this one, so we will go back and take it and update later.

#140 - Easier than it Looks

5-16-09
Another ammo can near the river. This one was in the rocks. Quick find. This was the last one of the day since neither Kait or I felt the best. We had to leave early for graduation parties.

#139 - You get a line and I'll get a pole..Third verse

5-16-09
Still in Cherokee. We found this one quickly at the edge of the river. We took a dollar and left a keychain.

#138 - Lets go Fishin!!

5-16-09
Another ammo can! Quick find. We had to avoid some muggles playing frisbee golf with their yippy dog. :-)

#137 - Big Log

5-16-09
This was located in a forest with a big fallen log. We just missed the FTF becuase ClubMud found it before us. We must be following his footsteps! We signed the log.

#136 - Pine Grove

5-16-09
This was an ammo can in Spring Lake Park. This was a quick park and grab. Kait found this one!

#135 - What a View!!

5-16-09
We found this one at the top of the hill overlooking the lake. It was a great view. We signed the log and were on our way.

#134 - CCT #10, Onawa Junction

5-16-09
This one was located in a pine tree in a small silver tube. This was the location of a train station a long time ago. I found this one. Once again we were just after ClubMud.