We need to start somewhere, so we will start at the bottom of the list with number 10. Dawn of Aviation is a virtual cache located at the Wright Brothers National Memorial Park, on the Outer Banks. It was placed in December 2002 and has 145 favorites. Naturally being in the Air Force as an aircraft maintainer this was a special place for me. Orville and Wilbur changed the world forever. We discovered this place on our second trip to OBX, and had a great time!
"They taught us to fly"
Markers
My jeep...I mean monument
The rest of our weekend...
Number 9 on the list, Not From I-40 And Not From The BRP. What's not to like about this traditional cache? Hidden in March of 2009 with only 2 favorite points near Ashville, NC? Security cameras, razor wire fences, electric gates with finger print/key pad access. Unmarked white sedans entering and exiting from a dirt road that goes under a railroad? This cache was awesome! Talk about a little creepy, I was expected to get surrounded by agents in suits and automatic rifles at any second. Luckily this cache was in a good hiding spot as I wasn't detected. Or was I? Satellite images do not reveal a whole lot, so don't bother I already looked. Sorry no pictures, I didn't want to get arrested and interrogated...
Number 8 on my list, LPC? which is archived now, but was located on a abandoned shopping center building in Camden, SC. It was placed in January 2011, it had 9 favorites. We were not expecting to find such a clever container in this run down shopping center, and quite frankly it was a little spooky here. Ground zero had us two feet away from this brick building, and the only thing near was a old beat up lamp attached to the building...it looked genuine, but I unscrewed the light bulb anyway, and there it was, a fake light bulb with the log in the center. Very clever. This is the only one like this we have found to date. Sorry no pictures for this one...
From historic significance to government conspiracies to parking lot caches, number 7 on my list is none of the above. Fission around the Bend is a very clever geocache. On our way to find another one of my favorites, The Narrows we had to make a slight detour in Spartenburg, South Carolina to locate this very awesome cache. Unfortunately, we were the last group to find this cache, someone has muggled this one, and we can only hope the owner can replace it. This cache placed in March of 2009 has 99 favorites and is one of the top favorited geocaches in South Carolina. I will not give away any details, you will have to make the trip for yourself to find it. No pictures to share here either...
Number 6 on my list and near 7000ft, Dome Rock is the highest cache we have found together. It is located in Sequoia National Forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Dome Rock was hidden in August of 2001 and with only 76 finds I am surprised it only has 4 favorite points. There is nothing special about the container, your typical container, but this place is stunning. At 400' high and 800' across, Dome Rock is a favorite for mountain climbers. We were also lucky enough to nap a FTF on a cache that was placed 8 months prior to us finding it! I'm guessing the winter had something to do with that! The road is suggested for high clearance vehicles only, but we got our rental car to the parking location, we only scrapped the bottom a couple times! Oh and please DO NOT throw anything over the side!
View near cache site
Me and My Mom near GZ
The better half of TheLoneGrangers
Not my photo but had to share
Half way there! And number 5 on my list gets two spots! So technically you could call this my top 11 list, but considering these both required a canoe to retrieve they both share the number 5 spot. What better weekend adventure you and your wife could have in the middle of a South Carolina August? Paddle a canoe on a three mile canoe trail through a wasp invested swamp, oh and with alligators too! Lost In The Swamp III is just that, a three mile round trip paddle in Goodale State Park near Camden, SC. If you want to come back drenched in sweat then this cache is for you! Or, just don't attempt in August, unless you want to punish yourself. But really we had a blast, and a first time in a canoe for both of us!
Headed in...
Somewhere...Lost in the Swamp
Paddling in..
Near Ground Zero
Number 5 part 2, Island Break took a buddy and me on a 3 day, 54 mile trip down the Wateree River, we found 15 geocaches, 2 FTFs and placed 6 caches on this trip. Why is this cache so memorable? It was the first cache we found after tipping and almost sinking the canoe on the rapids just before this cache. Oh! You have to climb up a cliff wall and up a tree to get to this one! Causalities on this trip: One wedding ring, a 400 dollar camera, and a muddy angry wife! A future blog post? Most Definitely. Yeah...I destroyed my camera.
Now that you've seen my favorite geocaches 5-10, you will have to check back sometime in the near future when I write about my top 4 favorites, and they are good ones! If you've enjoyed my story don't forget to follow me or share this post with your geocaching friends. 'Til next time...
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