Team iPajero’s United States of America Experience 28 March to 15 August 2015

Some pictures from iPajero's adventure.  Left image: At the Original Stash Tribute Plaque.  Middle top image: At Mingo, the oldest active geocache in the world.  Middle bottom image: At the Fremont Troll close to Groundspeak HQ.  Right image: With Signal at the Tri-Cities 2015 Geocoin Challenge Mega event.  See more pictures from their adventure on our Facebook page.  

Map showing the locations of geocaches found on iPajero's trip.

Reason for the visit

When one of our geocaching friends heard we were going to America and the length of time we were going for, his response was, “33 caches per day for 6 days of the week and you will achieve fifteen thousand cache finds”. In America, with over one million caches, this would have been very doable. However, our main reason for visiting America was not to cache but to spend time with our daughter in Atlanta, Georgia and see some of the sights America has to offer. But as committed geocachers there would always be the opportunity for some geocaching.

How we planned our trip

As avid nature lovers we wanted to see as much of and as many of the natural wonders of America in the time available. We looked at a circular route starting from Atlanta heading south down to Florida, then all along the southern border with Mexico to California, up the west coast to Washington then back through the central states to Atlanta. We then looked at the top ten natural wonders in each state and chose the ones we wanted to see and planned our route accordingly. Naturally we had a short list of MUST DO CACHES that had to be planned into the route as well. These must do caches included an old cache for each of the eleven months of the calendar that SA does not offer, the original stash tribute plaque, the oldest surviving cache, a geo tour, attend a mega event and visit Geocaching Headquarters. We will elaborate more on the geocaching later. Since we would be travelling by vehicle, we planned our overnight stops in National or State Parks, wherever possible. Most of this planning was done back in SA with a bit of refining in the USA. Most of our research was done via the Internet.

Finding a Vehicle and Driving in the USA

Back in SA we had thought that we could buy a small camper in the USA and started our search on the internet, combined with our daughter looking in Atlanta too. By the time we landed we had no success in finding any suitable campers and our first two days were spent visiting numerous RV dealers. It became evident that small campers were just not available and popular in the east. There were thousands of huge RV’s (recreation vehicles) available, but we had no intention of driving one of those around. At 37 foot long (11m) these are like a big bus! Can you imagine the fuel bill for one of those gas guzzlers? That was definitely not in our budget. We had to revert to plan B and decided to settle for a “bakkie” with a canopy and a rooftop tent like we have in SA. Finding a “bakkie” was easy as our daughter could buy it on her name (otherwise if we wanted to buy it in our names, we would have had to wait to apply for a US drivers license – including taking the learners test and driving test all over again - and then ensuring that we could get vehicle insurance too). We eventually bought a brand new, four door, Toyota Tacoma (similar to our Hilux in SA). We got it at a great price, due to the fact that it was one hour before closing time, on the last day of the month and the dealership/salesman needed the sale. We secured it for much less than an one year old model that we originally intended to buy from that dealership. Can you believe it? Our daughter made out a cheque and in less than an hour we were driving off in our temporary licensed cache mobile. Getting a canopy and a roof top tent proved much more difficult as these are not the norm in the east. Both of these were ordered and one would expect in a first world country that they would be delivered on time; which needless to say, did not happen. As we anxiously awaited the canopy the excuse we were given was that there was a problem with the transport company. As for the delay with the rooftop tent, there was a shipping strike on the West Coast. Eventually these arrived and by this stage we had bought all the camping gear we needed. The cache mobile was packed to the hilt as we also had to take camping gear for our daughter and her partner who were joining us for two weeks later in the trip. Still in South African mode we did not want people peering through the windows of the canopy so we covered them with cardboard packaging from Walmart.

Driving in the USA presented quite a challenge, but in the end managed to cope with the trying conditions. The first challenge presented to us was driving on the opposite side of the road from what we are used to. Secondly, coming from the laid back Eastern Cape, where there are slow drivers and freeways with no more than two lanes, it was a huge adjustment to the freeways with up to eight lanes; where even the eighteen wheelers come flying past us. I soon learnt that whatever the speed limit was you needed to drive ten miles faster than that if you did not want all the vehicles honking at you - there is just ‘no go slow’ there. I am just so lucky that my career was not a trucker there. Fortunately, we had loaded Open Street Maps on our GPS and this navigated us successfully MOST of the time. However, on one occasion it did cause an embarrassing moment which lead to me being pulled over by a sheriff. While travelling on a 70 mile per hour two lane freeway I was in the slow right-hand lane and with a toll gate approaching the GPS indicated that I needed to keep left (fast lane) so I cautiously made my way into the left-hand lane. Not long after making the lane change, there were suddenly blue flashing lights and a siren behind me, which indicated I needed to pull over and off the freeway. Having pulled over, the sheriff came up to me and said “do you realize that you’re doing 58 miles per hour on a 70 mile per hour freeway and that I would cause much irritation to the motorists?” This was followed up with, “where are you going to?” My reply was “I do not know I am just following my GPS”. The sheriff was really taken aback and exclaimed “what do you mean you do not know where you are going to!” After explaining that we were visitors from SA and we were navigating with the GPS (of course to a cache!) which indicated we needed to keep left and that I had just gone into the fast lane all was set right. The sheriff was very polite and helpful and being stopped for driving too slowly is very different from SA. This is the only time I seemingly stepped out on the wrong side of the law.

The roads in the USA are generally in excellent condition which made them a pleasure to drive on. We drove on massive city freeways with up to ten lanes which made for interesting driving when you had to get from the left to the right lane for an exit. Then of course there were the interstate highways with two to four lanes which made for covering long distances quite fast as there is no stopping on the way. These roads were generally very flat, and in the east, lined with very tall pine trees on either side of the road so there was no real scenery, which became very boring. I personally enjoyed some of the back roads with single lanes which were not so busy and it was more relaxed driving. Then, we did travel on some very rural gravel roads so did really experience a bit of everything. We did not enjoy the toll roads in Florida, as one toll we came to only had facilities for E tags (which we did not have) and no cash point. There was no option of turning around or taking a side road (or at least one that was not clearly evident to us), you just had to proceed through even with a warning of a $100 fine. Fortunately, we never received the fine. I think we were lucky because at that point in time we still had a garage number plate. The other anxious experience we had was when we came to a toll that was not manned and had to throw coins in a large half-moon bowl to open the boom. By the time we had thrown sufficient coins into the bowl we were left with one coin (10 cents). l do not know what would have happened if we didn’t have sufficient coins. I believe the slogan on the rear of our vehicle summed up where my preferences lay very well - ‘I would rather be lost in the woods than found in the city’.

Weather conditions that we drove in, were for the most part, very good; most of the time being quite hot. We were very grateful for the air conditioner in our vehicle that worked marvellously well. There was the odd occasion where we did get some adverse conditions. In the Rocky Mountain National Park, in Colorado, some of the higher roads were closed due to them still being covered with meters of snow, from recent snow storms, that had not yet been cleared. In Texas, near Dallas, we caught the tail end of a tornado and experienced some very high winds, but were very grateful we were not caught in the centre as the edges were bad enough. Then, when crossing the Great Divide Mountain range, we encountered a snow storm that we drove through for an hour. Fortunately it was not too heavy and we quite enjoyed the experience. Finally, we did get those days when the temperatures were up to 46° C - that is when you were reluctant to leave the interior of your air-conditioned vehicle. Perhaps the highlight of my driving experience was driving over the longest bridge in the world. This is found at Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana, and is 38 kilometres long and takes about 25 minutes to drive.

Our exchange rate was R12 for one US dollar. Even with this rate we found the fuel to be cheaper than in SA and this was probably the only thing as everything else was more expensive for us. Maybe the gas (as it is called there) was cheaper because you had to pump your own fuel (no labour involved). The only exception to this was in Oregon where when I started pumping gas for myself the motorist behind me jumped out of his car and said it is illegal to pump your own gas in this State and it carries a heavy fine. (The one other state where it is illegal to pump gas is New Jersey, however we did not visit that state). The other strange thing to us was that gas prices varied from state to state and even from one filling station to the next (even when located right next to each other). Prices varied greatly - the cheapest being $2.25 per gallon in the east to $5.50 per gallon at one remote town on the west coast. In general, gas prices became more expensive as you travelled west, with California seemingly the highest.

Camping Facilities

We had chosen to camp overnight in either National or State Parks wherever possible. One of our wise decisions was purchasing a National Park Pass for $80 which gave us free entry into all the numerous National Parks we visited. We were very surprised to find the facilities at most of these camp sites were very basic, with only a tap for drinking water, flush toilets and most camps not having any shower facilities. Fortunately we were able to buy a tent shower cubicle and shower bag along the way. When our daughter and her partner joined us, the first camp site we stopped at in the Rocky Mountains did not have a shower. Our daughter’s partner, who is American, could not believe this. These were quite luxurious parks - some only had long-drop toilets (“pit toilets”), and water taps situated away from the toilets. Then there were those that did not even have any water. Now we understood why those Americans have their massive RV’s with built-in showers and toilets. The very rudimentary camp facilities did not bother us at all, as we are accustomed to wild camping in SA without any facilities whatsoever. The only campsite bookings we had made were for the period that our daughter joined us, Memorial day long-weekend and Independence Day (4^th of July) long-weekend. We found campsites for all the nights, with the exception of Grand Tetton National Park, Wyoming, where all the camp sites were full and we had to settle for the last log cabin at $80 for the night, which only had a double bed with no bedding and a side cupboard. Just to end off our camping section we must mention that wherever we camped our “bakkie” with a rooftop tent drew much attention and curiosity as most people had never seen one before. How unlike SA where this is the quite the norm!

Geocaches and High-lights of the Trip

Having travelled 30 000 kilometres and passed through 33 states we really saw some amazing places and found many wonderful caches. Therefore, we will only be commenting on the “wow” caches, to keep this write-up to a reasonable length. Even then the comment will be brief, so we have also listed the cache and the related link. By clicking on the link you will be able to read more about it. As mentioned previously, our aim was to see as many of the natural wonders and find some must do caches in the USA. Fortunately, as geocaching is largely an outdoor hobby site seeing and geocaches were often found at the same location. We did some caches in the city, some in small parks, others on longer hikes and some on country roads. We did not do many puzzle caches due to time constraints and the length of time required to solving the puzzle. On the other hand, we did many earth and virtual caches in the State Parks as normal caches are not allowed. We were also able to find three webcam caches and a few NGS (National Geodetic Survey) benchmarks (not found in SA). In general we found geocaching in the States very similar to SA and really enjoyed the experience.

Now onto some of those wow occasions. Another one of our goals was to do a cache a day in the USA to be able to do a long caching streak. In SA, we do not have caches available in our home town to be able to accomplish this. So within hours of landing at Atlanta airport we were able to find our very first cache for the day. This cache was also a must do cache to fill one of the four outstanding blocks on our fifth 81 matrix grid - GC1BE4 One Way To The Right Way. This cache had us driving around the Atlanta airport in circles before we found the correct road and approach, and from there it was an easy find. On the way to our daughter’s home we could not help admire the neatly kept verges of the highways and the sidewalks (not pavements – as that actually refers to the road in the US) in town. It was spring time and the flower beds on the side of the roads where full of tulips and daffodils in full bloom. I wish our city looked half as good.

Our first trip out of Atlanta was to Stone Mountain and what a surprise we were in for. The Confederate Memorial Carving is the largest high relief sculpture in the world, which depicts three confederate heroes of the civil war, president Jefferson Davis, general Robert E. Lee and Thomas J “Stonewall” Jackson. The entire carved surface measures three acres, larger than a football field and Mount Rushmore. That night we witnessed a fantastic laser show that was projected onto the memorial and ended the evening with a spectacular fireworks display. We climbed the mountain to do an earth cache on top of the mountain (it was too windy for the cable cars to be working) - GC42BM4 Stone Mountain Swirl Holes.  This is a large granite mountain and reminded us very much of Paarl Rock in SA. We also did a very long 5 stage multi cache around Stone Mountain - GC1E Tour of Stone Mountain. This was a must do cache for us as we could tick off one of the 11 old month caches that SA does not have and it is also the second oldest cache in Georgia.

While in Atlanta we also attended an event cache where we met a number of the local geocachers, some with finds far more than us - GC5N366 NMAC Eat & Greet - April 2015.

Our next trip out of Atlanta took us past Lake Lanier where we had another must do cache to fill another month and year on our calendar that is not available in SA -  GC21 Lake Lanier.  This cache took us on a lovely walk in the forest along the banks of the lake.

The next wow cache and site was Tallulah Gorge - GC15VK0 Tallulah Gorge: A Product of Rock and Water. This was an earth cache and the answers had to be collected at both the top and bottom of the gorge. Fortunately there were steps leading down. In 1970 Karl Wallenda tight rope walked across the 1,000 foot wide, 100 feet high spans of the gorge.

On returning to Atlanta we had the privilege of finding the oldest cache in Georgia -unfortunately there are no beavers there any longer - GC1D Beaver Cache (the beavers have moved on).  

The next to do cache to fill an old month on our calendar turned out to be a disappointment, after searching for 2 hours we had to log a DNF - GC359 Morgan Falls. Yes we had a number of DNF’s there as well. Fortunately we had an alternative cache to fill this block. GC2475 A Blast From the Past...Virtual Cache - this virtual cache took us to a beautiful well-kept cemetery, which was just a sea of flowers. What a far cry from most of our cemeteries in SA.  This was also the fourth virtual cache in the USA we completed. We only have a handful in SA and have completed them all. What a bonus to get so many more.

It was now time to commence our long journey and the first must do cache was to fill one of the old calendar months, which was the alternative for the DNF at Morgan Falls. It was just a short walk in the forest and we were very relieved to find this cache -  GC219 Big Pine Cache - NE Florida.  The next to do cache was to fill another old missing month -  GC51A Bethesda Park.  Another lovely walk on a trail in the forest. The cache was found easily. Four done and only seven to go to fill the months. While in Daytona, Florida we visited the Nascar race track which is a very impressive structure and track. We took the opportunity to do a virtual cache there -  GC4E07 The Man In Black -  which was a statue in honour of a famous racing driver Dale Earnhardt. Once the fast track was completed, it was on to something even faster - the Kennedy Space Centre where the magnitude of everything really impressed us and yet another virtual cache to remember it -  GCBD49 STS-107 Columbia (was Kennedy Space Center). 

Now it was time for us to find a new cache type and really enjoyed our first webcam cache -  GCJT79 Pt. Canaveral Web Cam Cache. If that was not enough of a treat we were able to do another webcam cache on the same day - a double joy - GCBFE3 Park Ave. We See You Webcam Cache.

No visit to the States would be complete if you do not visit Disney World, where we chose to go to the Magic Kingdom (one of four parks to choose from at Disney World). Words cannot express how marvellous it really is. The enormous crowds there bear testament to the splendour of it. We spent an entire day enjoying the rides, shows, character greetings and the electric light parade in the evening was spectacular to witness. Of course there was a virtual cache right in the centre to end an unforgettable day - GC10FB Magic Kingdom. 

We were fortunate to witness the earth cache - GC5GMY9 Weeki Wachee Springs - Home of the Mermaids. It was phenomenal to see where daily, 115 million gallons of water gushes out of the ground and is the start of this river. It is known as a karst spring. Just as Disney World was a must see, so was SeaWorld. We spent the day here enjoying the various shows, the orcas were really impressive but the dog and cat show was fantastic for us. This was a milestone cache for us at 12,000 caches and we could celebrate it with a cache at this very special place - GCB3AB SeaWorld Serpent.

We were also very fortunate to be taken on a boat trip for the day around the Gulf of Mexico, near Tampa Bay, Florida, which presented us with the opportunity to do an earth cache - GC5R5M9 Shifting Sands EarthCache. While in Dallas, Texas we were able to do the oldest cache in Texas a short multi cache - GC62 Tombstone. On occasions our route did take some deviations from the more direct route, and one of these deviations was going to Amarillo to see the impressive Cadillacs. We were not disappointed with this decision and marvelled at the ten caddies half-buried nose down in the field. There were many muggles adding their artistic touches to the cars with spray paint. We were able to sign our name on a cache here -  GC4K7Y3 Cadillac Ranch Cars.

We had a few hours to visit White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world’s great natural wonders – the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world’s largest gypsum dune-field. We were privileged to see this and find a cache - GC3V1PY White Sands.

Next it was a visit to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico, where in the late 1200’s people of the Mogollon Culture built rooms on the cliff face where they lived for about twenty years. The walls still stand today and was wonderful how they used the cliff face to create these dwellings. We did a virtual cache here - GC6077 Trail of the Past. We visited more magnificent cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, Colorado, and did an earth cache there - GC31E22 Balcony House Cliff Dwelling at Mesa Verde.

While driving to the Great Sand Dunes, Colorado, it was snowing on the Wolf Creek Pass. On arrival we found the eastern slopes of the sand dunes covered in snow. As usual there were a number of earth caches - GC2AM2B Sand Recycling through Waves in a mountain creek.

We had heard so much about the Rocky Mountains so were blessed to visit the area for a few days. Some of the passes higher up on the mountains were closed as they were covered in meters of snow from recent snow storms, even though it was already Spring. We really had a feast of earth caches here and enjoyed many, but this was my favourite - GC230AV Glaciation at Bear Lake.

While in Colorado we got the opportunity to do the oldest cache in that state - GC18 Tarryall. A visit to the Dinosaur National Park was unbelievable to see all the dinosaur bones in the excavation - GC3PTKQ Dinosaur National Monument Quarry. Colorado National Park was a must to visit with its many massive sand stone formations - GC17X00 Otto's View and Legacy.  We visited many canyons but will only mention the most impressive for us - the Black Canyon of Gunnison, being one. The steep pitch black walls were most impressive - GC13DYQ Uplifting Moments. The Arches National Park, Utah just had so many magnificent arches for us to marvel at - GC177KB Delicate Arch. Canyon number two was Bryce Canyon, Utah with its many splendid pinnacles - GCZCME Avalanche on Wall Street- Bryce Canyon NPS. Then it was on to the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Well the magnitude of this canyon is just unbelievable, makes the Fish River Canyon in Namibia look like a miniature version - GC206DD A Window on the Canyon. We could not pass through Las Vegas without a stop over to witness the night life. We were treated to a night in the Planet Hollywood Hotel. This was luxury after our weeks of camping. We were also treated to a David Copperfield magic show.

Death Valley is known as the hottest place on earth and it certainly lived up to its name. We experienced extremely hot weather there (48° C in spring) and our camp site was aptly named Furnace Creek. Night time was 3° cooler at 45°! GC2V539 Dante's View – Basin and Range Topography. We even managed a FTF on an earth cache in Death Valley - GC5X6V9 Death Valley Borates.

The Yosemite National Park, California, boasts the biggest granite mountain and the highest leaping falls in the world - GCJHJ4 The Highest Leaping Waterfall in the World. We certainly have seen the longest, highest and biggest things in the world. The giant Sequoia tree is the biggest tree in the world and is found in the Sequoia National Park, California - GCHDCZ Living Large. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, was also a special place and it has the deepest lake in the USA - GC1CWYT The Pinnacles.

Now for some must do caches on our list - this one to fill our calendar for May 2000 - GC12 5/12/2000. Then it was on to the original stash plaque which was an absolute favourite for us as this is where this wonderful hobby began - GCGV0P Original Stash Tribute Plaque. Then it was time to tick off another outstanding month on our calendar, October 2000 - GC92 Un-Original Stash. We enjoy challenge caches and could not pass this “fizzy” challenge as we had qualified to do it and it was the largest ammo container found to date - GC18RVM Oregon's "Well Rounded Cacher" aka Oregon's Fizzy. Oregon had rewarded us well with old caches and we could tick off November 2000 on our to-do list too - GCA5 Hembre Ridge. Finally, we reached the day to do a geotour, one of the items on our to-do list and which better one to do, than the Geocaching HQ one. We really enjoyed all these caches on the geotour, but only list our favourite one - GC32A0H HQGT: Ode to the Golgafrinchan Phone Workers.The next highlight for us was our visit to Geocaching Headquarters and it was a privilege for us to have been there where everything for geocaching originates - GCK25B Geocaching Headquarters.

We had also planned to attend one mega event and the Tri-cities geocoin challenge fitted in with our plans. On the main day (Saturday) we visit four cities and did eight caches in each city which qualified us for a beautiful geocoin, being a base into which slotted a geocoin for each city. It was a great event but the heat of 46° C made for some tiring geocaching. We were glad that we could complete it - GC5FNHE Tri-Cities 2015 Geocoin Challenge.

We did experience unbearable heat in places and Hells Canyon (very aptly named), Oregon, was one of them - GC4B8RE Hells Canyon History. We also did part of a power trail to see what they were like. One just had to replace the first cache with a film canister and then roll the caches forward. All were very easy placements right next to the road. We did 221 caches in under two hours and then called it a day. Not sure how many caches were on the entire trail - GC1KBRD S.R.B.O.P. #3.

Craters of the Moon, Idaho, proved to be a very interesting park and from the landscape you can easily see how it got its name - GC4NX9B Lava Tubes - Craters of the Moon.

Grand Teton National Park provided us with the opportunity to seeing the only moose on our trip and the first of two sightings of bears. Many of the campsites we had stayed at had warned of bears and all food had to be stored in bear proof containers provided, but alas no bears were noted anywhere near those campsites - GC1D3B9 Grand Teton.

Then it was on to the celebrated Yellowstone National Park. The geysers were spectacular and we witnessed many erupting, and definitely not missing out on Old Faithful. We were a bit disappointed with the number of wildlife sightings here - only seeing two bears. However there were many bison to be seen. What we did not appreciate was the traffic rushing around at ten miles over the speed limit and became very impatient if you did not do the same. Most unlike SA parks were driving slowly and relaxed is the order of the day - GC10HZW Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone National Park.

Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, is a very impressive stone formation and was well worth the visit - GCZD8H Devils Tower. Next was another massive stone mountain, but this time defaced by man; Mount Rushmore containing the sculptures of four presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. A most impressive site - GC33JW4 Granite Rushmore.

In life people are always trying to create something bigger or better and this is the case with the Horse Memorial, South Dakota, which will be the largest sculpture in the world when completed. It has been in progress for 68 years and will likely take many more to complete - GC2C5RG Crazy Horse Rocks! 

Having been to the Cadillacs at Amarillo we could not pass by Carhenge, in Nebraska, without stopping. Another very interesting collection of old relics - GCGN58 Carhenge - Sacred Tourist Trap.

We had time to do a Geoart series that spelt the name of the town, Ellis - GC3YPTM Ellis #58. Then a very important cache on our to-do list - the oldest surviving cache in the world Mingo, located in Kansas. We consider it a great privilege to be able to log this one - GC30 Mingo.

The USA boasts another world record, the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, being the longest in the world. We did a cave tour here and the formations were great but not as impressive as the Cango Caves with their coloured lights. Oh, and the KFC in Kentucky where it originated is not as tasty as ours in SA! Bigger portions but spice is not like ours.

Our road trip of eleven weeks, 18 000 miles and through 33 states was almost done, but there was one final cache on our to-do list - Modoc Stash in South Carolina (after driving through the Smokey Mountains). We needed this one to complete “our finds by month matrix” on the geocaching grid. Finally, mission was accomplished! GCF4 Modoc Stash.

We did keep our geocaching streak going for the time spent in the USA and found 1,900 caches and ended our last three days with challenge caches which we had qualified to do. GC3CJHB Georgia G-E-O-C-A-C-H-I-N-G Challenge Cache,GC3QC73 Trio oldest challenge and GC46EC9 10 State Virtual Challenge.

So to sum it up here are some of our caching highlights on this trip through the USA:

• Travelled from the East Coast to the West Coast and back again.
• Cache mobile clocked up to 18,555 miles (approximately 30,000 kms), visited 33 States and found 1,900 caches.
• Found at least 1 cache per day that we were in the States, resulting in a 138 day streak.
• Found the oldest active caches in Georgia, Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Kansas, North and South Carolina.
• Visited the site of the first cache ever placed.
• A visit to Groundspeak Headquarters,
• The Tri-Cities Mega Event in Washington State.
• Found caches to complete our matrix of Caches-placed-by-Month.
• Our original plan was to get our finds on Earth Caches up to 250, but with all the National and State Parks we visited (as there are no physical caches placed), we succeeded in achieving 515 earth caches in total.
• A total of 116 Virtual caches.

We certainly have overcome our apprehension of the concrete jungles and massive highways/interstates which seemed a daunting hurdle when planning our route through the country. It was a most amazing experience as we have visited numerous wonderful sites and places in the USA, but we were glad to get back to our beloved country South Africa.

Article submitted by Team iPajero

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