Wow...another whirlwind day of driving on dirt roads and placing/finding caches. I took the day off from work today so I could get the remaining three caches placed before Saturday's bike excursion along the Green River to place the eighth. My first stop was just south of Mounds, on a somewhat long and very poor dirt road that dead-ended on a ridge above the Price River. It was absolutely gorgeous--definitely the best in the series. I'll be returning to that area for sure to do some additional hiking and exploring.
After that was the one I've been dreading--a very, very long drive across Humbug Flats, from Chimney Rock Road to the dead-end at the Price River. The road wasn't as bad as I expected, but still bad enough to almost necessitate 4WD even when dry. It was about 30 miles round-trip (not counting Chimney Rock Road), and it took a few hours to complete. There were a lot of awesome sights along the way, mostly just cool rock formations.
The last cache I placed was easy--a relatively short drive on a decent road, and I left the cache just 140' from the road. I suspect that some of these caches are going to sit for a LONG time before anybody finds them. That's fine by me, since these are the types of caches I like to go after myself.
I really need to get a new cachemobile. My truck gets better fuel mileage than most gasoline-engine trucks, but diesel is much more expensive--I paid $2.69/gallon today. I've been on several road trips in the past two weeks, and I've probably spent hundreds of dollars on fuel alone in that time. I've also been eating a lot of peanut butter and jelly, so I suppose it evens out. :)