Ok, had trouble figuring out the whole dipping/visiting a cache thing as this was a first attempt to do that (yes, I figured out is was really easy to do...after I mucked it up totally! I'm hoping I got everything back on track, so here it is, in Mexico! And here is the exploit your TB had with me today:
WOW!. That's the only way to describe this great day out to San Sebastian Del Oeste and the one and only cache up there, Stairway to Heaven, a new cache this year and we were second to find. First, love the double meanings in the cache title, the cemetary and the stairway to it and the fact we were heading up to the top o' the world on this trip. Being from California where closed gates mean closed, it took us a moment to find our way into this cache...through the gate, duh. Then of course as the title says, up the stairs (behind another closed gate...duh number 2). We happily dipped four TBs and exchanged a Disney pin for an datstayplay token. If you are stahlwart enough to make it this far, over hill over dale, over severly winding roads, unpaved roads and worse, over cobblestone roads (I had to put earplugs in against the roar the car made going over those...and I'm sure I'll make my chiropractor rich when I get home), be sure to go the extra thousand feet (ten minutes by car or five on foot--only kidding...I think) and visit the interesting little town of San Sebastian. Not to be missed is the tiny little place to buy coffee to your right as you come into town (La Quinta is the shop name). For the price of a tip you self serve a thimblefull of coffee that is grown and processed here, basically a taste to get you to buy, which it did. Hubby, newly into coffee, has been on the hunt for the past two years for great coffees, and he says this ranks in the top four...and it was only 4 dollars for a half pound. Try getting Starbucks to give you that deal. He says it beats coffees he's paid ten times that for. We ate at Lupita, immediately on the right just on the other side of a little stone bridge. We ate family style on the patio next to the stone wall that was the end of said bridge. Best Mole ever! Even hubby and mom, who whined that they didn't like mole, liked the mole. Complex flavors and not overly strong like in the US. Everyone also recommended the beans...Again Mom and hubby don't eat refried beans...or should I say didn't. They said if they tasted like this in the US they sure would. And finally we viewed the very pretty church. The silver shop, something of a disappointment. So there you go, a day in the life of a geocacher in San Sebastian area and your TB saw it all! I'm so thrilled someone put a cache up here and that we followed it. Caped Cavy Crusaders--AWAY!