Southwest Philadelphia / Main Line
Cloudy, 93-97°F. It wasn't as hot on Sunday as it was on Saturday but with the possibility of rain (which did happen for a little while), I didn't want to go too far. I'm not sure what to call the area I visited but it is the opposite of Northeast Philadelphia, so I'll go with Southwest Philadelphia. I started with some easy geocaches in the Springfield shopping and residential areas. Then I went to Swarthmore College to see the Whisper Bench. It's a stone bench curved in such a way that someone whispering at one end can be heard by someone sitting at the other end. The whisper bench at Swarthmore College is a small one. A larger one can be found in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
After that, I found a bunch more geocaches on the South side of Delaware County. "Mission from Mars" is in one of those weird half-neglected parks. To get to the geocache site from the street, I walked through a homeless encampment, a paintball zone, and a tire dump. Apparently, ball hanging from a tree is some form of hobo recreation. Then I found my way to South Philly, where I did the "Philly Parking Lots #1" geocache. What the hey, I thought. Let's do "Philly Parking Lots #2" as well! The latter turned out to be in the Target store parking lot; yes, the Target store that replaced the Adam's Mark where Anthrocon was held a long time ago. Funny how I keep coming back to this place now.
Since I was on City Line Avenue, I did a few geocaches in Bala Cynwyd. Decided to stop early so I could go to Ruby Tuesday back in Delaware, which was my plan for Saturday until I ended up in South Jersey. (It's complicated!) This time, I had mashed potatoes with the mini burgers instead of fries. Of course, I also hit the salad bar, although the greens that I got were more orange, red, and yellow than green.
Opposite of a Giant (Pennsylvania)
A Well Guarded Cache (Pennsylvania)
Please Don't Park Here. (Pennsylvania)
Support Your Local Parks (Pennsylvania)
Shhh!...It's a secret! (Pennsylvania)
Umoja (Pennsylvania)
Honk your horn (Pennsylvania)
Tee ball time (Pennsylvania)
Mission from Mars (Pennsylvania)
Philly Parking Lots #1 (Pennsylvania)
Philly Parking Lots #2: Bulls Eye (Pennsylvania)
Welcome to City Ave! (Pennsylvania)
Bala Cyn-do Spirit (Pennsylvania)
Radio Free Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
After that, I found a bunch more geocaches on the South side of Delaware County. "Mission from Mars" is in one of those weird half-neglected parks. To get to the geocache site from the street, I walked through a homeless encampment, a paintball zone, and a tire dump. Apparently, ball hanging from a tree is some form of hobo recreation. Then I found my way to South Philly, where I did the "Philly Parking Lots #1" geocache. What the hey, I thought. Let's do "Philly Parking Lots #2" as well! The latter turned out to be in the Target store parking lot; yes, the Target store that replaced the Adam's Mark where Anthrocon was held a long time ago. Funny how I keep coming back to this place now.
Since I was on City Line Avenue, I did a few geocaches in Bala Cynwyd. Decided to stop early so I could go to Ruby Tuesday back in Delaware, which was my plan for Saturday until I ended up in South Jersey. (It's complicated!) This time, I had mashed potatoes with the mini burgers instead of fries. Of course, I also hit the salad bar, although the greens that I got were more orange, red, and yellow than green.
Opposite of a Giant (Pennsylvania)
A Well Guarded Cache (Pennsylvania)
Please Don't Park Here. (Pennsylvania)
Support Your Local Parks (Pennsylvania)
Shhh!...It's a secret! (Pennsylvania)
Umoja (Pennsylvania)
Honk your horn (Pennsylvania)
Tee ball time (Pennsylvania)
Mission from Mars (Pennsylvania)
Philly Parking Lots #1 (Pennsylvania)
Philly Parking Lots #2: Bulls Eye (Pennsylvania)
Welcome to City Ave! (Pennsylvania)
Bala Cyn-do Spirit (Pennsylvania)
Radio Free Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)