West Fork, Schuerman, AND found 3 caches!

It's a duck!
looking up from Oak Creek
picturesque
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We started out the door this morning at 10:00 a.m. with backpacks, lunches, plenty of water and our GPS units. We headed up the canyon 11 miles to West Fork, the most popular and scenic hike in the area. There were 2 caches we were searching for on this 3 mile trail.
As we got close to the first one, we decided the huge red rock in the middle of the creek would be a great place to eat our lunch, and take a nap (of course, we didn't). Turned out, the cache we were looking for was right at the spot we chose to eat our lunch. Behind the "Christmas tree", there it was, a Christmas cookie tin buried under the rocks, full of small items from other geocachers.
From there, we continued on to finish out the trail, another 2 miles through the canyon. On the return, we began our search for the 2nd cache. The GPS was directing us to an area that looked untraveled and was straight up. Henry followed the GPS up the side of the rocks, and I elected to stay put and watch. He was right! It was there. So, Henry enjoyed the views, found the cache, and logged his find. (I should have made the climb, darn it). We hiked our way out of the canyon and back to the car, now 4 hours later. On our way home, we decide it's the perfect time of day to do Schuerman trail, find the cache, and watch the sun set. Short 1/2 mile hike in, easy find on the cache, incredible 360 degree views, and back down the mountain to home! I'm bushed, and ready for dinner! (I think Henry is bushed, too).