Multi-Stage Geocache - Custer, South Dakota

We decided to try our hand at a multi-stage geocache. That is a cache that has more than one waypoint (the first cache points you to the second, the second points you to the third, etc), ours had three. The first waypoint pointed us to the Broken Arrow Campground, where John and Terri stayed when they were in Custer last year. We met the owners, Larry and Geri...very nice folks! The second waypoint was located in their campground. It pointed us to the final destination, located in the National Forest, behind the campground. The final cache was located in a rock outcropping (most are), which required a steep (300'-400') ascent. As we descended back down, the weather looked threatening, so we headed back to the campground.

Later in the evening, John and Terri brought over pizza for dinner...it was Terri's ?? Birthday. Then the guys soundly beat the girls in three games of Pegs & Jokers. Egos restored, brownie points erased!

John finding the cache.

View from the top.

Y with the paperwork.

The Birthday Girl.