Milestone achieved : 500 caches found

Well it has finally happened. Although I am not trying to break records and spend my entire life finding geocaches, I discovered my 500th cache yesterday. I found it while I was participating in the 'Sir Emile' geocaching event near Cerfontaine in Southern Belgium. The event was fabulous, with great caches near the lakes created by the river dam of the 'Eau d'Heure river'. Last time I visited this site was 15 years ago, and the changes are obvious. You can now do canoeing, sailing and even scuba diving in the lakes

It is a nice and peaceful place, and the caches were well hidden in the woods and near the lakes. Since the dam and the lakes are used to regulate electricity production, the water level can change suddenly and actually one of the caches ended up drowning under 1.5meter of water (that's around 5 feet). But luckily, my number 500 was not under water. It took me 2 and a half years to get there. let' s see how long it takes to find the next 500....

And here is the 500th find, recorded for eternity. It was a classic ammo box, very close to the water edge