Clearview Canada 150 Geocache Challenge, part 1

Despite living in the area for over 30 years, there’s a lot I don’t know about it.  Having recently fallen in love with geocaching, of course I want to do the Clearview Canada 150 Geocache Challenge.  The challenge requires you to find 10 of the (currently 11) geocaches hidden by Clearview Tourism in order to receive a prize pack.  These are spread across the entire township and requires a fair amount of travel.  Therefore, we decided to split it into two trips.  Today we did the lower 5 and we will do the other 6 in August.

I don’t think I’ve ever been to Creemore before.  I didn’t realize it was nestled in the foothills of the Blue Mountains.  It’s a very quaint town.  We parked at the library, which just happened to be right beside the building where the geocache was hidden.  There is a statue of a girl on roller skates with a book in her hand.  At the time, I didn’t notice the meaning of the statue but I did find this article with the explanation.

After finding the cache, we also checked out the historic jail next door.  We took the obligatory cell photos.

This is a compilation of 3 photos.

We took a lunch break at Affairs Bakery & Cafe and had a lovely meal.  They had gluten-free bread and even gluten-free butter tarts!  We then toured Creemore a bit more.  There is a sculpture garden on the main street.

And I got a new hat!!!

The last cache of the day was at the Minesing Wetlands.  I would like to go back there again in another season (when it’s not quite so humid and leafy) to see more wildlife and more of the river.  I think I was pretty creative in getting us all in the photo!

Not all of us climbed the lookout tower. 😉

The monument and lookout tower

I learned previously to take multiple group photos in case of blinking, etc.  Today, I learned you get bigger smiles in your picture if someone burps before you take it.

It was an exhaustingly fun day.  It was hot and humid and not at all rainy like predicted.  I look forward to the next round!

Live on,

Paula