A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to a Geocache

We are nearing the end of week two in Denver CO. We are here because of a huge geocaching event called GeoWoodstock14er which happened on July 3rd. There were many events prior to the big one and even one event after on July 4th. We have stayed because we are having a good time and we are seeing CO friends. And because there are also so many geocaches...and not enough time.

We have done a little caching each day; some days more than others. Internet service at this campground is horrid most of the time. When it works we log what we did for the day and try to plan the next day. Tonight, I chose to sit outside and Lo and Behold...I have internet, and neighbors who are not streaming movies.

So, I am way behind on some of our adventures. They will slowly make it to the blog, hopefully before the next adventure. Bear with me.

I just have to share what happened today. Hubby and I had decided to do some geocaching in Boulder, about 20 miles from our campground. We had some specific caches on the agenda, one involving driving to Flagstaff Summit, a high peak southwest of the city. There were two geocaches to get on the mountain drive. They both involved stopping at specific destinations and locating specific information required by the cache owner. These are called Virtual geocaches.

As we approached the second location for the second geocache (it required 3 stops) the car parked next to us was smoking. Hubby got out of the truck to ask the older gentleman if he could help as he appeared to be alone and rather uncertain as to what to do.

When we drove in to park, I noticed a younger gentleman dressed in a white shirt and black pants talking to the older gentleman. Hmmmm

Then I saw the younger guy let two dogs out of his vehicle, put them on leashes and place flower leis over their collars all the while a photographer videos the task. OK. I think I know what is happening. (Hubby is unaware of all this.)

Hubby offers to duct tape the engine coolant hose that broke. (He probably used the AC on the laborious trip up the mountain. That is a No-No. We learned that on the drive to the summit of Pikes Peak, but that is another story.)

In conversation with the gentleman, we learned he was performing a marriage ceremony. His son was the photographer, who came in his own vehicle. They were waiting for the bride to arrive in a white limo...and she did.

Anna was a beautiful and gracious bride. There was a flower lei, for her head, waiting for her when she finally met up with her husband-to-be. Yes, it matched the ones the dogs were wearing. 

She hugged her friend the minister, and then posed with Hubby and I, for photos...at the request of the photographer. She won't forget this day!

After Hubby did the best he could with duct tape, and we used our bottle of water to fill the coolant tank, we learned 3 of the 4 bride party members had AAA. they probably needed AAA because the hose still dripped and all the water we added was gone. In further conversation, we learned the father and son had just been to SD where the wife/mother was raised. They had visited the Black Hills and Aberdeen. Small World!

The amphitheater was rented for only one hour, so we all shook hands, said the appropriate words to a young woman about to get married, took photos to commemorate the event, and headed in different directions. I hope the minister made it back down the mountain. I know he did not make it back to Denver with out a real mechanic.

just one of several switchbacks on the road

Denver area is so green right now

a view of the University of Boulder

red tiled roof buildings

visited the campus for Odyssey of the Mind World Finals

back in the late 1980s

another geocache near a rushing stream/creek/river

can't resist wildflowers

this is a xenolith

learned something new today while geocaching

look it up

more wildflowers along the stream/creek/river

Boulder CO

We stopped at a brew pub for some lunch before heading back to Denver. The World Soccer Games are still in progress and the pub was getting crowded. I took this photo for our son, the soccer fan.

I hate selfies.