Hemlock Overlook Park

Much to the dismay of the spousal unit, I've been sucked back into the world of geocaching in the last few weeks. The wet weather here in Northern VA has most of the mountain bike trails closed down and I was desperate for an excuse to poke around the woods. The combination of outdoors, dweeby technology, and inordanitely meticulous data logging has me hooked.

We took advantage of the sunshine yesterday to explore Hemlock Overlook Park. This is the second neat-o pocket of forest I've stumbled upon through the world of geocaching in as many weeks. I'm kicking myself for forgetting the camera. Not only did I miss out on snapping some nice winter landscapes, but the camera gives the SU something to do while I tramp around in circles looking for deviously hidden ammo boxes. Yesterday she spent lots of time standing amongst the dead leaves with the I-haven't-been-this-bored-since-Transformers-The-Movie look on her face.

The oddest part of the day came when we stumbled across the Summer Camp. It's amazing how decrepit the various benches and wig-wams in the woods look in the dead of winter. Entering from the back-end of the camp, the place looked like it had been deserted and rotting for years, but the website indicates the place thrives every summer. Check out the professinal team-building high ropes course here. It's going to take a killer PowerPoint package to talk my boss into shelling out $4K for this :-)