Hello from Carleton Place, Ontario;
After telling my family about Geocaching they were very excited to get started, especially the children. On Sept 19th, I picked up my 12 yr. old son from school and with much pleading from him we decided to do our first caching expedition on our way home, so very close to home.
This was the first time using the Geocaching application and compass, so was we were not expecting to do much but learn how to oreinteer once again - it's been a while...All was good!
Ross was so excited, he got us to the closest location in the car, lead me up down, all around and soon lead us directly to a big wet mess in the brush. It has rained quit a bit in the last couple of weeks after a long, hot, dry summer. I was in dress clothes, but he was determined to find his first cache, so I trudged on.
The GPS lead us directly to it on the first try, however, it did not look like there was anything to hide here, so Ross decided the GPS wasn't working and tried a different route. Of course, we headed back to the same spot. Ross immedately honed in and found it - in the scarry forest. When he opened it up, he was excited to find a trackable inside. He didn't want to take it because we didn't come prepared with a swap...
We planned on moving this to a scarry location in a cemetary, however, the cache was not big enough. We are on the hunt for a very scarry place! Stay tuned...
Very Cool find for our first! TFTC!
CachAddicts
P.S. We have included a photo and approximate location where we found Count Cacheula - Enjoy!
History of the Town of Carleton Place (from Wikipedia)
The town is situated on the edge of a large limestone plain, just south of the edge of the Canadian Shield in the deciduous forest ecoregion of North America.[2] Carleton Place was first settled when British authorities prompted immigration to Lanark County in the early 19th century.[3] The Morphy and Moore families were among the first to arrive. Edmond Morphy chose the site in 1819 when he realized there was potential in the area waterfall. He built a mill there and was the first of many such textile and lumber industries to reside in the area. The settlement was then known as Morphy's Falls. In 1829, the area was renamed Carleton Place, after a street in Glasgow, Scotland, when a post office was constructed. It became a village in 1870, and a town in 1890. The community's economic growth was enabled by the construction of railway lines from Brockville and Ottawa later in the century. The town was also renowned for its access to Mississippi Lake, and had steamship service to Innisville between the 1860s and 1920s.[4] The river led to the development of the Ottawa Valley Canoe Association in 1893, which still exists today as the Carleton Place Canoe Club. The town received further recognition when a World War One fighter pilot, and town resident, Captain Arthur Roy Brown, made history by shooting down the Red Baron.