February 21, 2026 - Geocaching hike

We started the day by walking to the market to get fresh pasta and shrimps for our supper. Along the way there was a small market with many fruit and vegetable stalls. We stopped to buy those long flat green beans that we love and one of the workers made us try some clementines. I’ve never eaten one that was so sweet and juicy. So, another bag of clementines was bought. We will be getting are vitamin C.

After making sandwiches for our lunch we headed to the tram stop that would take us almost to the end of the tram system. It is on the outskirts of Bordeaux at a place called Bruges. We had gone last week but we never finished our caching run because of the rain. We ended up walking 18 km and found 16 caches. It’s not a good average as we had as many DNF as we had finds. Today there was no rain, and it was warm enough to walk with just a sweater. It is starting to look like spring here as we saw many trees in bloom. I imagine that tomorrow we will be feeling the effects of our hike.

Nice little park to stop for lunch.

Sites during our hike

It has been so wet that moss is starting to grow on the sidewalks

Spring is coming

At the end of our hike, I was in for a surprise. Along our route, we did not see any facilities so once we reached the end of the trail, we needed to go bad. We found a public bathroom cubical. Rollande went in first. When she was finished, it was Jacques' turn. While he was doing his business, he heard a noise and figured that it was another cubical on the other side of the wall. Suddenly, the lower back of his jeans started feel wet. Turns out it was an automated water spray to clean the floor after each use.

Tomorrow is an easy day. We are hosting a geocaching event at 11 and in the afternoon is the parade to celebrate the Chinese new year.