Cache & Camping Day - Round 2

Activity choices are pretty limited in Walla Walla this time of year. The wineries would be open but 4 kids in tow probably would not make us welcome. We decided to do some geocaching. Von would be our chauffeur, I would be the navigator, and we would see how many caches we could do while putzing around the area.

The only items on our itinerary were to visit the Whitman Mission Historical Site and to check out the Harris Park campground along the Walla Walla River outside of Milton-Freewater, Oregon.

So at about 10:30 we got started and our first stop was over to the Fort Walla Walla Museum (closed for the winter) and do a cache called “At Ease” located in the military cemetery. The cemetery was interesting in that not only were there graves for the military personnel and their families but I saw one labeled “Indian, Nez Perce” and “Indian, Prisoner”.

We did 5 more caches around town and on our way out to the Whitman Mission Historical Site. There we watched an interesting movie about the history of the mission, went through the museum, walked up (way up) to the monument, and checked out the grounds. We then did a cache located near the mission and then headed back into town for some lunch at Taco Bell.

We did a nearby cache then headed down to Oregon to check out the Harris Park Campground for a possible stay later this year (when it is much warmer). The campground was closed for the winter but looked like a nice place to stay for a long weekend.

After visiting the campground we did some caches in Milton-Freewater aka Muddy Frogwater. An interesting cache was the “Pioneer Cemetery:Ford” which had graves going back to the 1870s and “Cache Some Air” which promised a roller coaster ride as the road undulates under you.

All in all we were able to do a dozen caches. The kids had a great time and Von tells me that they are already asking to go camping again soon.