100. Thornton A. Sullivan Park, Everett, Washington

After Christmas and Boxing Day at home, we headed down to Edmonds to see our friends "TheClueFinders" and to attend their party on Saturday night and go to the zoo the next day.  It had been raining on and off during most of our drive down as far as Everett, but as we got further south, we could see some sunshine ahead of us and I thought we were in for a nice break at a playground I had googled beforehand.  It wasn't raining when I pulled into the parking lot - but it began to pour before I had even had time to get Charlotte out of her carseat!  Still, Charlotte needed a break and there are still two playgrounds to go by the end of the year, so she donned her Muddy Buddies and off we went.  Her Muddy Buddies were noted by a family who had just moved to the area from Texas and were still learning how to cope with the rain!

We had a good time on the playground in spite of the rain, then we went to find a nearby geocache "Silver Lake View".  The playground is on the southwest shore of Silver Lake, which was chock full of birds today - a huge flock of coots, some huge cormorants, and a handful of buffleheads.  We found the cache without too much difficulty - and no wonder, since I had actually found it before, back in June 2011, on a caching mission with Mr. ClueFinders!  I had realized that I had been here before as soon as we pulled up in the parking lot, but I hadn't realized that I was after the exact same cache!  At least Blackford Girl got a new cache for her stats.  We left the playground still in the pouring rain - and wouldn't you know it, the sun came out about ten minutes later further down the highway.  The playground is located at N 47.53.611 W 122.12.877 and is point no. 100 on the map at the bottom of home page.

67. City Park, Edmonds, Washington

Our second playground today!  We headed to City Park with our friends, The ClueFinders.  Yes, of course they have real names, but we call our geocaching buddies by the handle chosen for them by their daughter - back when she thought geocaching was cool!  The ClueFinders live nearby and there is a cache near the playground that Mr. ClueFinders has been having some trouble with called "Table of Peace".  We went to see if we could help him cross it off his DNF list, climbing all over the picnic tables in search of a cache hidden in the rafters of the shelter above.  This was a little bit awkward given the fact that I have been trying to teach Charlotte some table manners lately!  In the end, it was Mrs. ClueFinders who came through, finding a tiny cache hidden in a piece of fake gum.  With the cache found, we headed over to the playground for a bit.  Mrs. ClueFinders walked home while Mr. ClueFinders proved to be great fun at the playground.  We had a good play before finally heading back to ClueFinder HQ for some dinner - and lots of geocaching conversation!  The playground is located at N 47.48.343 W 122.22.944 and is point no. 67 on the map at the bottom of home page.