#6417 – Castle Rock – July 19th, 2015
Write-up: Donna Wester
Leader: Donna Wester
Co-leader: Anne-Marie LeClair
What a gorgeous day it was in the Adirondacks while it was hot and muggy down in the valley. Had 6 folks show up and told them a little about Geocaching and how to find them. We had 6 caches planned for the day. Co-leader Anne-Marie and hubby Gaston scouted out where the parking was and ran the trail on Thursday before the big day. They saw a few of the caches but didn’t log any as they were running out of daylight.
They found out that most of the caches were on the Red trail and we soon found it to be a gentle grade up but we still took lots of breaks at the top of the small hills. Between my asthma and Deb’s knees it was a good break. Wasn’t too buggy except when you stopped too long. As we got closer to the top there was a nice cool breeze that made it easier to get to the top.
Once on top with the gorgeous view of the lakes below, another hiker from GE Ski Club came up carrying a huge umbrella. She thought it was going to rain. But at least she used it going down as a hiking stick.
YES – Even the leader made it to the top!!!!
As we are descending back into the woods after the steep vertical climb down. Glad we didn’t go up that way!!!
Anne Marie and Gaston (Peppie) came with 3 gallon bags full of ice cold watermelon. I think we all had 5-10 pieces each, at least I know I did. 
C0-Leader Hubby (Gaston) aka Peppie and Leader (Donna) resting after the hike.
We ended up with 5 geocaches found and 1 DNF (Did Not Find) as we believe it was either muggled (taken) or it was hiding under the fallen trees. Since I rode up with the co-leaders, we cached til it got too dark to see without a flashlight on the way back to Mapledale. I ended up with 10 caches found and Anne-Marie & Peppie with a total of 13.