The Rest of the Norfolk GeoTour

Sunday was a new day. We had 5 required caches to find, sign and collect the "required" word, all north of Norfolk and in the small community of Pierce. We added a few others to the list just because they had been found recently and we knew who had placed them.

Many little towns had railroad depots, but not every one was saved and preserved. The geocache was nearby.

I noticed a couple of blocks in Pierce were paved with bricks from Norfolk Brick and Tile Company. Bumpy, but very cool! Well over 100 years old!

We had to take an alternate route to Pierce because of road closures due to the spring flooding. It was very evident how high the water was earlier in March and April.

The water level had subsided in the North Fork Elkhorn River that runs through Pierce. The river during the thawing, spring snow falls, and rains was 12+ feet above normal. This bridge stayed in place, but others in Madison County did not.

a common sign

the river along the detour road

We took the detour road to Hadar on the way back to Norfolk. The little community had 3 geocaches. This one was worthy of a Favorite Point. Take a Book, Leave a Book was in the front yard of the cache owner.

little houses holding books for various age levels

and dvds and cds

cute metal yard art

surprisingly, Hadar also had a very nice public library

Then it was back to Norfolk for the Cache In, Trash Out event at the brick yard park. 

followed by a coffee/lunch event at the nearby Dairy Queen

We checked in at the coffee event, thanking the organizer of the event and the GeoTour. We did some more geocaching around Norfolk until 1:00 when the Chamber reopened so we could return our GeoTour Passport and receive the souvenir GeoCoin.

a specific, special word found at each geocache

had to be written in each of the 40 boxes

the reward for a fun weekend in Nebraska

and 50 or so new geocache finds