Route 1 Laurel Geocaches

We did a bunch of geocaches located on and around the Route 1 corridor in Laurel, Maryland. The only connection between the caches is the area in which they are found.

Nostalgic for Old Laurel took us to the location of the old Laurel Mall, now turned into the Laurel Town Centre, basically retaining its retail identity. From the geocache we saw an old grocery store sign, probably dating back before there was even a Laurel Mall!

An iconic Laurel sign

View from the cache (the sign and tree are just visible)

Nearby is the Keep Looking cache which we were not able to find. The difficulty rating is 4.5 of 5, so we didn't feel too bad about our Did Not Find. The last two people trying to find it couldn't find it either. I bet it is still there, we just didn't follow the title's advice.

Somewhere near here?!?

The shopping center nearby (where the Giant sign is) also has a cache, this one called Family Snapshot. This shopping plaza was the location where Governor George Wallace was almost killed during the 1972 presidential election. Wallace was a die-hard segregationist but changed his tune after the shooting. He never became president but did return to Alabama where he built a legacy of civil rights support, a 180 degree political turn. Truth is stranger than fiction.

An easier find

Hat! has a fun container underneath another iconic sign. The greatest difficulty with this geocache is being stealthy. The restaurant is in the middle of Route 1, so traffic is going both ways around you!

Didn't actually eat here