Did you find a geocache on Saturday for International Geocaching Day? I was pretty busy so I figured that I was going to have to settle for a boring park-n-grab to get my souvenir.
The cache I found was more or less a PnG, but it was definitely not boring. It was a cache called ‘Old Road’ by Dillweed (GC7J5AQ) and is located midway down the Poway grade (Poway road between Espola Rd and the 67). There is a pullout there which I had used for a nearby cache in the past, and some care needs to be used when parking. The path to the cache takes you along the edge of Rattlesnake Canyon, with breathtaking views of Black Mountain, Poway, and the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the summit of Mt. Woodson to the northeast. It was a lovely location and I even caught a glimpse of the cave in the canyon below (which reminds me, I DNF’d that cache (“Poway Cave” GCN4VJ) many years ago… maybe I should go back!). One of the things I love about geocaching is that it often takes me to go places I would never know to explore. This was a classic example! Even though the geocache was very straightforward, I now know of a gorgeous, secluded place to come watch a fabulous west coast sunset.
