HCG part 3: Random Scenes

I thought I would finish out my short series on our visit to Cowpens with just some random photos.

SPOLIER ALERT!!  THERE ARE PHOTOS OF THREE CACHES CONTAINED IN THIS POST - STOP NOW IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE OR HATE SPOILERS OF ANY KIND!

As I seem to have run out of time to do an in-depth review of all of the cool caches we saw on this trail, it seemed a fun idea to just post a few of my favorite photos from our adventure. Thanks for reading so far and I hope you have enjoyed it enough to decide to take on the Historic Cowpens Trail for yourself. At the time of this post, they had done a second order of the coins and you can still turn in your passport and get one of your very own!

Although I know there are much older coins, I believe this is the oldest one that I have actually seen in person. Jody was able to pick up several little travelers to join us on our adventure that day!

 

 

Another happy little traveler

Wannabemay grabbing the smiley and about to sign the log



Yes, we made this mini cachers participate
in finding the caches.

 

This was one of my favorite caches
on the trail...I just loved it!



Wannabemay photobombing while making the grab!!

One of my favorite stops was here at the Fabulous Big Splash. The cache was a creative hide and I loved Vegas-style sign that the business had on their front.

The best part though was meeting a genuinely sweet local man named Mathias who stopped long enough to ask us what in the world we were doing and then to share some stories of his life and his late wife and of his love of wrestling.  We had a very pleasant time visiting with him and after he told us he was a veteran, we gave him a military-themed coin we had collected from a previous cache (not a trackable kind) and once he discovered how much my son liked wrestling, he gave us a magazine from 1977 for him to enjoy!  It was only a short time, but those are the moments that make the game of geocaching worth playing!
 

This was Jody's, James', and Alex's first ever reward trail and the enjoyment of the hunt was only amplified by the excitement of reveiving their free coin at the end!  The Librarian was super helpful and shared in the joy when she gave us our coins.  Here is Jody receiving hers and a photo of the coin itself.  I love this coin and think it is absolutely gorgeous!

 

 

After a long, hot day of caching, we decided to make a detour and explore one of the nearby farm stores that where you can buy fresh homemade ice cream as well as the less well known raw milk (that was what James had his heart set on and he was not disappointed!).

 

 

I will leave you with this last glimpse of South Carolina.


On the way home, we were delighted to see that the giant peach no longer looked like a giant baby's butt with diaper rash, but that the repainting and refreshing job had been completed and it was its same iconic self again!!