Tarryall, Colorado's Oldest Geocache

We started the drive up to the summit of Pikes peak at 11:20 AM and were on the road to Lake George by 3:00 in search of the oldest geocache in Colorado. It was nice to be away from traffic and people as the road getting to Colorado Springs is heavy traffic and of course, this time of year, any of the tourist attractions are busy. We were looking forward to some time on the back roads.

We passed MANY timber and chink houses and buildings in this area. This one was unoccupied, but many were occupied homes, on farms and in small towns. Most had newer windows, and it was obvious they were living in the chink houses.

There was road construction on the way to Tarryall. We stopped and waited maybe 20 minutes for the  pilot car. I was surprised to see these folks take out their chairs, guitars and entertain the waiting travelers.

More green countryside on the way to Tarryall. There is a community with that name, but we were headed to a geocache with the same name in the vicinity of its namesake.

some wild roses along the road

some blooming prickly bear on the walk to the cache

and there it is

an orange 5 gallon bucket hidden under wood

while waiting for the pilot car, a car with MN plates

pulled up behind us

we knew the geocachers!

small world

Tarryall is behind one of the three

interesting rock formations along the road

and yet another cemetery stop

you'd think we were scoping out property

we've seen so many in so many states

nothing spectacular about this one

a rebuilt chick house as a museum

the geocache was hiding behind one of the hanging 'tools'

the sunshine made the water of Lake George glisten

lots of deer in the tall grasses when we have been

geocaching in CO

So, not only did we get a personal best with the caches at 14,000+ feet, we also found Colorado's oldest geocache, placed July 2, 2000, less than 2 months after geocaching started. We now have geocaches way above sea level and some below sea level after our visit to Death Valley in April.

Tarryall makes four of the oldest caches we have found in the states of Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, and now Colorado. Finding Tarryall so easily was the frosting on the cake for an awesome geocaching day on July 5, 2016. Beautiful scenery was the cherry on top.