Mr. Piffles, The Geocaching Cat

by rawevil

 

Like many of you, we spend a fair amount of time on the trails. While on the trails, we see many animals. We’ve come across a lot of gray, red, and black squirrels. Chipmunks cross our path more times than we can count. Field mice have a tendency to make us jump when we disturb their nests searching for a cache. We never knew how large wild turkeys were until we were up close and personal. And yes, turkeys do fly!

 

It’s always awesome to encounter deer nesting or grazing in the trees. And once you spook them, it’s a flick of that white tail and they are off. On the Eisenbahn Trail, there are a couple of holy cow cows as well. If you have ever been there and seen them you know exactly what we mean. That’s a lot of beef! Lastly, we cannot forget the dogs. We have come to the conclusion that dogs and caching go hand in hand.  A lot of cachers have dogs and take them on their geocaching adventures. They are dual purpose. One, they get in their exercise, and two they are a good cover for what you are really doing in the woods on the side of a trail. Very clever.

 

With that in mind, it got us to thinking about taking one of our fur-real friends on a caching trip with us. Our older fur-real friend doesn’t quite have the energy or particularly care for car rides. However, our newly adopted kitty chaos would be purr-fect! He doesn’t seem to mind riding in the car and he’s full of energy most of the day. On top of that, literally, we found out most recently that he loves trees. What a perfect complement for those terrain 5s that are just a bit too much for some of us to handle as we mature.

 

Introducing, Mr. Piffles, the geocaching cat, coming to a trail near you! (Now, how do we get him down from that tree??)