Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone Indian tribe...yes we found ourselves in Pocatello, Idaho, last weekend. We needed to make a trip to Bear Lake to interview 2 prospective renters (we chose one and so we're giving renting another try) and after noticing that there was an Easter Egg Scramble for geocachers on up the road, we decided to mix a little pleasure with business. First we did some geocaching on our own (found 9 caches and a travel bug), ate dinner at Ruby Tuesdays and stayed overnight at a Hampton. We were up the next day to start the hunt at 10:00am. We raced around Pocatello (putting about 50 miles on the CRV) until 3:00pm and found 10 of the 12 hidden eggs. I think we came in 4th place out of 6 teams and enjoyed some trails and view points and parks and then met with everyone for a late lunch at Uncle Jim's Family Diner. It was a disadvantage to have had no experience in the area...there were lots of one-way streets and dead-ends, plus every other team had more than 2 members to help solve puzzles and look for some pretty tricky hides, but it was still a lot of fun. We didn't have time to take photos...the scenery shots below are from the caching we did on our own. The temperatures were nippy in the morning (with a few snowflakes even), but it got better as the day progressed. Good times and noodle salad.
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View of the Portneuf River from a cache.
Mr. Geo Idiot at a cache (hidden in that cedar tree, Autumn!) in the Mink Creek recreational area of the Caribou National Forest.
Mrs. Geo Idiot at the "Dragon View of the City" Cache quite close to our motel...steep with deep ruts. We were wishing we had Elle the Rubicon.
Oh yes, we spent some time driving around Chubbuck (on the northern end of Pocatello) the home of chubby cats...Maki's birthplace!
The gathering place for the hunters after the Easter Egg Scramble.
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