The Fourth of July is really more then just the one day, it's really the whole weekend. Saturday the fifth found Number Seven and his faithful sidekick Lacy going down Piper pond in their canoe so Number Seven could do my new cache Outah Piper, while I tagged along in my kayak. Lacy having already logged a first to find on her bike. This means the first two people to do this one did it either by bike or by water. ( I only clarify this for Hiram's sake. ) In the afternoon we bike to Butterfields in Dover our favorite ice cream stop. Going down the railroad bed on the way down, and up the main road on the way back. A 25 mile bike ride.
The sixth found the same three some headed for Greenville where Lacy and Seven rented kayaks At Northern Outfitters so we all could go to Big Indian pond and do the Under water Railroad cache. Lacy and Seven had done this one back two years ago, but I hadn't done it, or for that matter had never been on the pond before. This is a must do water cache, the pond is awesome, being actually the beginning of the Kennebec River. We not only did the cache, but ended up exploring a lot of the north end of the pond. By my calculations we did 8 miles of kayaking, experience white caps on the lake on the return trip. This being the first experience with white caps for any of us novices, we did quite well.
Caching, biking, kayaking, all in one fun filled weekend spent with close friends, doesn't get much better then that.