A Day with the Grandson

We had decided we were going to have the grandkids stay with us one at a time. Miss W may have had a sleepover once in the past year. That would have been the only time the two of them have been apart, in eight years as far as we know. With Covid-19 circumstances, no spring sports, no school, no shopping, no movies, no friends' play dates, and all their time with family, some one-on-one time with grandma & grandpa was on the agenda. M got to stay over first.

We decided to take him along for some geocaching. He used the GPS and helped find the first geocache, but got bored when we looked 'way too long' for a cache that was supposedly 'in the ground.' 

he walked in with G'pa to find...

this creature cache

Family Park was a good place for the dog walkers

folks trying their hand at fishing

M had a scavenger hunt to help pass the time

making a wish on a dandelion flower

Then it was off to another area for a final cache of the day. Bridge Closed??? There is no bridge!!!

can you see the geocache?

notice all the high-water debris?

from the flooding of last summer

now do you see it?

pink-capped little tube?

he had the right tool of the trade along

he suspected, knowing the cache owner, 

 a ladder would be needed for retrieval 

I found a safe way for him to climb down to the 

shore of the river/creek

I am positive the bridge was gone before last summer

and was not washed out during the 2019 flooding

as you can see...no bridge

while Hubby was getting the cache a landowner

drove by and engaged me in conversation

so I missed the dramatic climb to reach the little container

but I did get a photo when he put it back

that water level was REALLY high last summer

a successful find

no injuries

and a much needed TOTT for the geocache

horses along the road on the way home

and another in the pasture

opposite colors as noted by M

puzzle time after dinner

1000 pieces vs. 100 pieces

it was a start 

but then the TV movie took priority

helping to bake cookies

some treats for his family

when he goes home tomorrow