We came to Arlington to find the oldest geocache in Texas. It was in a park on the University of Texas at Arlington campus. Success! Arlington itself is the hyphen between Fort Worth and Dallas.
Most of our adventures were about geocaching.
We were amused by a bail bondswoman’s car in a parking lot. The owner said she thinks the car is a little embarrassing but it works, and business is good.
The owner assured us that the slogan is original.
We thought it was funny that our navigation system found the same address in Arlington and Chandler, Arizona–just up the road from Casa Grande. (In Arlington it’s a WalMart.)
Shot of our navigation screen
We found a geocache just outside of Knapp Heritage Park in Arlington and then visited the park.
The park contains three of the oldest structures in Arlington.Attorney James Knapp’s officeOld phones in Knapp’s officeThe Watson cabin was built about 1855. We guess one of the six children was named Davy.Our hostess Nancy explained that the expression “Sleep tight” came from having to tighten the ropes that supported a mattress.The Jopling-Melear cabin was built in 1863.The cabin had only one small opening for light (The phone in the camera compensated).The school house was built in 1910.
Our Garden of Angels near Euless, Texas memorializes murder victims.
The first cross was placed for Amy Robinson. Over 100 crosses have been placed in the garden.Crosses have also been placed on a lot across the street from the original garden.
A Where-I-Go is a multi-stage geocache. We completed one at Pantego Bicentennial Park.
The park features bronze sculptures of children.
This Where-I-Go asked us to find 12 virtual objects that a dog’s owner had lost in the park. The objects were all near sculptures.
Once we got close enough to a location, we could see an object virtually and then pick it up, also virtually.Once we had found the twelve lost objects (leash, collar, toys, sweater, etc), we were given the GPS coordinates to the final location. We enjoyed this themed cache.
On our last day in the Arlington area we headed to downtown Fort Worth. We parked the truck and headed, without hats or water, for one geocache. We got back to the truck four hours and 12 caches later–tired, sunburned, and thirsty.
Fort Worth is called the Panther City because in its early days things were so slow it was said panthers slept on the porches of the houses.St. Patrick’s CathedralThe confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity RiverThe Tarrant County Courthouse opened in 1895.U.S. CourthouseThe Fort Worth Water Gardens include a variety of features including walls of water falling into a quiet pool.Cypress trees in the Water Garden
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2 Comments
Laura · May 9, 2022 at 6:02 am
Loved the photos of this area. Very beautiful. And so the adventures begin anew. Is New England still on the agenda this year?.
Susan · May 11, 2022 at 11:42 am
Are all the crosses from murder victims? Looks like you are having a grand time out and about and exploring. Take water with you next time.
Susan