Bluebonnets

Yesterday held another geocaching adventure for Jared and I. And what perfect weather for an afternoon outside! We went to Prospect Park this time, which is where we went on our first date.

The first cache turned out to be a birdhouse. It was so obvious that I pointed it out and continued to look for the "real" cache without actually looking in it. We spent probably 15 minutes searching the area for something else before I decided to look inside it. Ta da.

Deeper in the park, there was another cache or two. I was too distracted by mosquitoes to really keep track. I know that I found one hidden in a crazy tree. The GPS had a hard time getting us close to that one because of all the tree cover.

Then we went on to find one that was labeled "Bluebonnets" in the GPS. Usually, they have names like NG1067 or something, but this one was different for some odd reason. I kept going toward the coordinates and landed in an area full of bluebonnets. An odd place to put a cache, I thought, because the bluebonnets aren't there all year long and the only other place to hide anything would be in some of the cactus. So I was poking around trying to see if there was anything there, without success.

I came back around to a spot Jared had been looking at and found an orange matchstick container. As I opened it, I saw that there was a piece of paper tucked inside. While I pulled it out and began to unfold it, I was thinking that it might be one of those caches that's part of a chain, so it would give us clues/coordinates for the next one and the next, etc. I was wrong, but no less delighted! In the middle of unfolding the paper, Jared got down on his knee and waited for me to realize what the paper said. "Will you marry me?" he asked.

Yes! Of course! YES! I love you! We're getting married!