Pendleton Oregon Geo Coin Hunt

My #2 son, Christopher, and I traveled to Pendleton, Oregon for three days of geocaching, benchmarking and waymarking from September 16-18, 2008. We had a Jr. Suite at the Pendleton Red Lion which was a great location.

We found 26 geocaches and benchmarks during the trip. In Pendleton I waymarked a "Survey Gaging Station Shelter House," a Union Pacific Yellow Caboose, and a sculpture "Art Inspiration."

While it was interesting visiting a place where I lived briefly as a child, I was deeply disappointed in the Pendleton What a Kick! geocaches. Christopher and I did nine of the 12 Pendleton What a Kick! geocaches (three were temporarily unavailable/archived). Some of the caches I was not physically able to hunt for, no tie-in between Pendleton's history and the cache locations, way too difficult and time consuming for a Geo Coin hunt, and dozens of ants and wasps/bees but, thankfully, no rattlesnakes.

My favorite geocaches were not part of the Geo Coin Hunt: "A Sculpture Tour of Pendleton" (GCTWCA), "Helping Hands" (GCTP6X) and a Virtual. My absolute least favorite geocache was "Reith Overlook" (GC1A64D)--great view, clever hide but miserable long search in the scorching sun ending in a DNF.