Caching and plants and things!

Went caching last night to find at least one cache in Indianapolis to log poor "Capital Coin's" mileage. I've had that poor thing over a month, and kept forgetting to log it out of the event, then forgetting to take pix of it anywhere (not that we've been caching, really, so...)

That's why I generally don't pick up Caching Travelers anymore - I forget i have them, or I lose them, and they don't get passed on, which is disappointing for the owner. But, since this one wanted to go to the state Capitol, and I just happen to work there...well...

Found the cache at Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Monument Circle. Nice virt-with-a-log, really. I'm sure that's why it's there. But they have the weirdest fountains. Bears, and then under the bears are buffalo heads. That have water dribbling out of the buffalo's mouths. It looks like the 'los are drooling. Yum, yum, a big fountain o' bison spit. Mmmmm-MMMM. That was just funny to see. I mean, look at it. Bison drool. *snert*

Lots of statues all over the monument circle. That thing is huge. Not necessarily "Washington DC Mall" huge or anything, but it's still pretty dang big for a single monument. Here, check it out. That pic is from over 500 feet away, and it still doesn't all fit.



Saw the R2D2 mailbox they have in Indy, too. Some kind soul put a micro right near it. Never did find the cache, but I did find Artoo, so I didn't really care much about the cache. Funny, that...

Then it was on to the Capitol building so the coin could have its picture taken with the Capitol. Had some fun with the coin, making it look like the statue in front of the Capitol was reaching for the coin. :D And bagged a waymark in the process. All in all, it was a good walk, and a lot of fun.

Forgot to mention the plants! They've got some GREAT landscaping around the monument. You can see some of it in the pic above. There's also little "plant groups" in Indy, along the sidewalks. They look like little memorial gardens or something. Lilies, little pink and white flowers, and bees collecting pollen. Pretty nice.