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This Sunday is completely dedicated to caching split in two areas. First we start on the Orme Road system which has lots of difficult to find caches placed by a profilic hider and then we are going to Prescott to see some of the most imaginative caches in Arizona created by a famous cacher. We access Orme Road via Old Sycamore Road and search mostly for new caches or caches we weren’t able to find last time.
This time the search actually goes quite well and we find all caches we were looking for. Of course we also find a few cows wandering through the area with some being quite interested in us and where we are going.
In Prescott (Valley to be exact) we start with the library where we wanted to find a cache that can be found only when it is open. We then continue with a couple more of the famous caches in town. They really are quite special and all the accolades are well deserved but after a few hours in town we decide to continue our cache finding spree outside of town where a few more special caches can be found.
Outside Prescott, on the Senator Highway, we find what is likely the most innovative cache we have found to date. It can be found in a forest and there are trees with functioning doorbells. You ring them and then you follow the sound, find the next ringbell ring it and so on until you find the cache. Still the scariest one is built so that when you pick up the cache a spider drops from above from the treetop. A BIG spider. Scary and of course fun!
It is almost sunset and we decide to also try a nearby night cache. As there is still an hour plus left till complete darkness we decide to explore a nearby trail with a few more caches. It is a good trail but it seems to be going up only past some spooky trees.
We return at the trailhead as complete darkness sets in and start searching for the nightcache. A nightcache is a cache that needs to be found by following reflective tacks that can be seen only at night with flashlights. It is always a bit spooky and a lot of fun to walk at night following the tacks while making sure you avoid all cacti and don’t jump out of your skin when you suddenly find that tacks are moving away from you on their own accord. That happens a lot if the found “tacks” are actually the eyes of deer that can be quite common.
As soon as the cache is found it is time to return to Phoenix, quite late in the evening but it was certainly completely worth it. There are still a lots of interesting caches to see in Prescott so we are already planning the next trip in the car!
