We are staying at a campground in Billings, MT beside the Yellowstone River which is bordered by these cliffs called rimrocks. Birds of prey nest in holes at the top of the rimrocks.
We hiked a total of three miles and found two out of three caches, including our 100th cache!
At the top of the cliffs, E.B. got a shot of a Peregrine Falcon that kept circling us because we were standing on the cliff just above its nest.
Here's part of the trail. First we hiked up to the top of the cliffs to see the view. Then all the way down to the bottom of the trail to the river. And finally back up to to the top to get on the trail back to the car. Whew! This was vertical geocaching! At the river we saw deer, raccoon and possibly bear tracks, but didn't find the last cache. Maybe a bear took it??? Oh well, two out of three is pretty good.
Cache #100 . . .
Three hours of hiking just three miles! Ah, but visions of the local Dairy Queen spurred us on the long upward treck back to the car. :)
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