The Last Part - Annual Geocaching Trip - 2018 version

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Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6

Day 18 - June 4

So after visiting with family - it was time to get back to geocaching!!!

If you remember the start of this adventure,
we actually delayed the start of our trip by one day due to weather.
Clingman's Dome was originally the target cache
for the first day but was moved to the end of the trip.
But first we have to get across Tennessee!

When I was first laying out caches for this trip,
I noticed quite a lot of Challenge Caches in and around
Madison County Tennessee.


We didn't get the entire grouping but we did manage
to find just over 20 of them.

We arrived in the area of the Dome but, it was to late in the
day to attempt the climb.  We elected to stop for the day, 
grab a couple of LPC caches and call it a day.

 Finds with the most favorite points:

GC1KJ5K - Sevierville Visitor Center 2 - 154 Favorite points
GC3HG7D - Night Moves TB Hotel - 129 Favorite points
GCJFKF - Minnie's Pearl - 125 Favorite points
GC8ED9 - Something "Odd" - 105 Favorite points

We awarded Favorite points to:

GCJFKF - Minnie's Pearl - 125 Favorite points
GC8ED9 - Something "Odd" - 105 Favorite points

States Cached Day 1:

Tennessee

Total Finds Day 18 = 27

Types of Finds Day 18

Unknown (Challenge) - 21
Traditional - 4
Virtual - 2

Total Finds for Trip - 286

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Day 19 - June 5

The agenda for the day is Clingman's Dome - plain and simple.
Anything we get after that is an extra!!!

We awoke, made sure the SNAP!!!-mobile was full of fuel
and good to go and then commenced the 
climb to the top of the Smokies!

It took some time, but we drove the switchbacks all the way to the top!!

We arrived at the parking area for the Dome and still had
the half mile trek to the top!!!

We arrived at the top and we were extremely glad we had
rescheduled this stop!!!

A panoramic picture

We made it!!!

After making our way back to the SNAP!!!-mobile, 
we made our way down the mountain.  We stopped and
found two more caches but we are so
anxious to make it back home!!! 

 Finds with the most favorite points:

GC84C0 - Top of the Smokies Virtual Picture Cache - 496 Favorite points

We awarded Favorite points to:

GC84C0 - Top of the Smokies Virtual Picture Cache - 496 Favorite points

Winner of the "COVETED" SNAP!!!

Cache of the Day Award (and a favorite point):

GC84C0 - Top of the Smokies Virtual Picture Cache - 496 Favorite points

States Cached Day 19:

North Carolina

Total Finds Day 19 = 4

Types of Finds Day 19

Traditional - 1
Virtual - 1
Benchmarks - 2

Total Finds for Trip - 290

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Day 20 - The Last One - June 6

The main agenda for the day was yo get HOME!!!

20 days on the road is more than enough for us!!!

After the terrific day we had yesterday at the "Top of the Smokies"
we considered the trip to be a huge success!!!

We did stop for just one more cache!!!

It was a Virtual cache that had been on our to-do list
for many years, we had just never gotten close enough 
to grab it!  Well, today is the day!!!

States Cached Day 20:

North Carolina

Total Finds Day 20 = 1

Types of Finds Day 20

Virtual - 1

Total Finds for Trip - 291

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20 Days
5,355 Miles
12 States
291 Total Caches Found
Total Favorite points for found caches:
23,352

WOW!!!

Just wish we had geospillz stamina!!!

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That is all for now

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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