On Thursday morning, March 18, 2010, Christopher, Catherine and I went to Walla Walla for the Cache Machine Event. I picked up Christopher in North Portland, picked up Catherine in east Vancouver, and headed east on I-84. Catherine got a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit at Troutdale McDonalds. We had lunch at Subway in Biggs. I found nine caches, Christopher found ten caches and Catherine found 11 caches on the way to Walla Walla. We also found a benchmark by the Two Sisters marker and another at the Fort Walla Walla monument. We explored both ends of an old concrete highway bridge over the Walla Walla River with the middle section missing. The bridge had been inundated by waters of Wallula Lake in 1964. We checked into the Holiday Inn in Walla Walla and later had dinner at Shari’s Restaurant.

On Friday, March 19, 2010, Christopher, Catherine and I had breakfast at the Holiday Inn. We started Geocaching about 8:30am. Catherine bought a Goodtime Crossword Puzzle Book at Rite Aid. We found about 19 caches. We found an Elevation 1264.29 Benchmark atop a rock mound however it was not listed. Catherine really liked a nearby cache – “A Bird’s Life.” I enjoyed “Log Book on Tape” where I took a photo of each of us standing in front of the statue -- "Matilde On Her Way to the Market," by a local artist Nano Lopez. We attended the COWWS Poker Event at the Crossroads Steakhouse. We talked to a few cachers, had dinner in the poker room, didn't play poker, signed the log and left early.

On Saturday, March 20, 2010, Christopher, Catherine and I had breakfast again at the Holiday Inn and started Geocaching about 8:30am. The car was frosty. The days are quite warm but the nights are cold! We found about 18 caches. We had light sandwiches for a mid-afternoon snack at Taco Bell. That evening we attended the Cache Machine Event Dinner at Lorenzo's Pizza. The pizza was not very good. We did a couple caches and then went back to our motel. We watched “The Nanny Diaries” starring Scarlett Johansson on television.

On Sunday, March 21, 2010, Christopher, Catherine and I had breakfast at the Holiday Inn, packed the car and headed home. We found four caches on the way. We stopped at a gazebo at Umatilla to eat wrap sandwiches that I had purchased at the nearby Harvest Foods market. The wraps were delicious! It was a lovely spot but a bit chilly. Catherine drove part of the way so I could take a nap. I got a hot fudge sundae at Biggs McDonalds. Catherine got home about 4:00pm. We went to my house where Christopher logged his finds and ate dinner. We watched “Amazing Race.” Christopher went home afterwards. I logged most of my finds and then finished logging the next morning.