I took the kids out to Paint Road to place a new geocache this evening after I got off work. This one required a little bit of “engineering” because the road signs are made of aluminum and the magnets wouldn’t stick to it. 🙂 I had to screw a steel plate to a signpost, and about froze my ass off out there with as cold and windy as it was. It was quite a contrast to last weekend’s warm and sunny weather. I still can’t figure out why they call it “Paint Road.”
I’m starting to get a little worried about next week’s weather–if it rains or snows a day or two before Saturday, then the trailhead will be unreachable and the hike will have to be postponed. The weather forecast is never accurate up until a day or two in advance, so I have no choice but to wait until the last minute to make the call.
I completely deleted the Nutty Putty Cave site that I’ve been maintaining for the last eight years or so. Since SITLA closed the cave to the general public, there is no longer a reason to keep the site going. I may still make it back to the cave someday, but I’m not very enthused that I won’t be able to take my kids until they turn 14. Stupid rules.
Speaking of kids getting older, Michael turned six years old last week. The day before his birthday, he got his first loose tooth. It just doesn’t seem as though I should have a kid old enough to be losing his baby teeth. I don’t really consider myself old, but compared to the friends I grew up with, I’m the first one having to deal with this kind of stuff. Haha suckers–that means I’ll be kickin’ back in my empty nest while they’re still dealing with driver’s ed and “Dad, can I borrow the car tonight?” 🙂