Eli's Farm

Eli's boots

Eli's house

Early last spring in my first attempt at geocaching without a partner I ended up at a pioneer farmstead known to me as Eli's Farm. The Wirtanen farm is considerably out in the country. You turn off the main highway and onto some country roads following signs or you GPS. You drive for what feels like hours sure that you passed whatever you were supposed to be looking for only to finally get to that last road and to the rolling farmland of Old Eli.

This is a guide yourself sort of tour. You wander around his land and take pictures of the buildings and equipment. I've never been there when it was busy but the volunteers take exceptional care of this little historic area. The day I was there I was heading into late evening and losing my sun. I always encountering sprinkles on and off. This was my first wet day geocaching as well.

I took a picture of a travel item I had been carrying around with me on Eli's boots as I wandered back to the cache. It was so peaceful out there that day even the rain wasn't bothersome and the walk was leisurely. I found the cache in good shape just off a mowed strip of land and I found my first pathtag as well.

I had been out here as a youngen and remembered it vaguely and thoroughly enjoyed coming out here again. Apparently later in the summer the cache got hit by some farm equipment because subsequent notes indicate the cache contents scattered about and no container in sight. Hopefully this cache will remain for others to find down the road.