Bluesman63

In the Walla Walla Valley (99362 zip code) there is: Pioneer Cemetery Series & the Walla Walla River Series both of these by RCH-WWW The Goblet of Fire was a fun one by Mr. Horne (RCH-WWW's son). And last but not least is the Botany series by Franz26. There is one in the Lewiston, ID/Clarkston, WA called the Lewiston-Clarkston Tour which I have got a slight start on.

Only native snake you have to worry about here in Washington is the Western Rattle Snake. I was caching around the Lewiston, Idaho/Clarkston, Wash. area a week ago and I seen more snakes (non poison) in just that one day than I have all spring everywhere else. Have not come across any buzztails yet while caching. The baby ones scare me the most because they have no way to warn you.

Dollar stores are a cachers best friend! I just picked up some "Shark Tails" 100 piece jigsaw puzzles the other day from Dollar Tree. The kids will probably snatch them right up. The 500 piece "scenery" puzzles are popular with adults also. I usually put them in my 50 cal. cans where ther is more room. DVD's, tools, playing cards, kids card games, & flashlights are very popular trade items around here. Oriental Trading Company is another good source for trade items at reasonable prices. I wonder if the dollar store employees are aware of geocaching and how much business it brings in??

I looked at the Washington State Parks website but couldn't find anything on caching there. Here's what the ranger at a park near my house had to say about a cache that was placed with out permission. Bluesman63

Today I wore my usual cutoffs, t-shirt, and Danner hiking boots. It was 60° and sprinkling in the mountains which was perfect weather for me, but 80+ at a cache in the Snake River canyon which was also the hardest hike of the day. Keep all my stuff in a backpack so I don't have to worry about forgetting anything when I take off on a moments notice hoping to bag a FTF.

Saw a 2' long Boa snake sunning it's self on the trail leading to a cache Friday. Then on Saturday I spotted this guy on the trail after I hid this cache. Been lucky and havn't see any buzztails yet. I have seen 2 different cases of snake bites and they are not pretty. Both times it was the persons fault because they were trying to handle the snake.

Havn't seen anything like that while caching or hiking but used to see quite a few cars rocking at a certain "rythym" while working at a drive-in theater 20 years ago.

I also use the $10 Wal-Mart special. Works great for finding the cache and poking around the cache location for buzztails. Seems rugged enough for what I use it for. Nothing sweeter than the sound of the staff making contact with an ammo can in heavy vegetation!

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That's the way it goes around here also. I scored 3 FTFs last Friday and didn't feel a bit guilty. The early bird gets the FTFs!

I'll second that. Ammo cans are the best way to go. Cheaper than dirt usually has the best buys. Don't hurt to check Ebay also but watch the shipping rates some of the sellers tack on.

Please don't add muzak. I can't stand it on regular web pages plus my slow dial up connection don't like it either.

I picked up a Laurel & Hardy DVD at the local dollar store, viewed it and dropped it off in one of my caches and it was traded out a few days later! Family freindly DVD's make excellant cache items especially westerns and classic comedies. Cache on, Bluesman63