Bicentenial Park Micro Find # 81 found on 03/07/09
OK, sorry there's no public picture on this one! Due to the weather, we made this a quick cache and dash. N had actually found this one before while showing coworkers how geocaching works, so she left J to find on his own. The magnetic key holder is still damaged and the log was a little damp. Since it was raining, we signed as quickly as we could and headed on to the next one.
Until next time.......
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
It's been way too long
Hello.
It has been a LONG cold winter. Even with the rain (and the ever present threat of flooding into our basement) we are glad to see the signs of Spring. With J almost done with his Winter schedule, we are both ready to get back into the woods and searching for geocaches!!
Yesterday, J took the afternoon off and we decided to brave the impending rain storms to try and log a few finds. I am happy to report we have 5 to add to the list, bringing our grand total up to 85. In a few weeks, we'll try to get out every so often and hopefully we'll be breaking the 100 mark soon!
Well, as soon as I get the pictures posted on Flickr, I will blog our geocaching experiences from yesterday. I still can't believe we had not logged a find since November 11th. That is just way too long.
We must admit, 2009 has not started out the best for us. In mid-January, we very unexpectedly lost J's Mom and it has been a roller coaster ride since then. We hope that getting back into the swing of things with the nicer weather will help change our perspective on things. Nothing like the solace of a hike in the woods to clear the mind.
Until next time......
It has been a LONG cold winter. Even with the rain (and the ever present threat of flooding into our basement) we are glad to see the signs of Spring. With J almost done with his Winter schedule, we are both ready to get back into the woods and searching for geocaches!!
Yesterday, J took the afternoon off and we decided to brave the impending rain storms to try and log a few finds. I am happy to report we have 5 to add to the list, bringing our grand total up to 85. In a few weeks, we'll try to get out every so often and hopefully we'll be breaking the 100 mark soon!
Well, as soon as I get the pictures posted on Flickr, I will blog our geocaching experiences from yesterday. I still can't believe we had not logged a find since November 11th. That is just way too long.
We must admit, 2009 has not started out the best for us. In mid-January, we very unexpectedly lost J's Mom and it has been a roller coaster ride since then. We hope that getting back into the swing of things with the nicer weather will help change our perspective on things. Nothing like the solace of a hike in the woods to clear the mind.
Until next time......
Monday, December 29, 2008
Finally caught up
Well, I have finally got all the blogging caught up. Now if I could just get the scrapbooking caught up!!
It may be awhile before we geocache again as winter has set in and the two of us have different days off throughout the winter. We will be trying to get in a cache or two, but they will be few and far between.
In the mean time, we hope to be planning a va-cache-tion for next year. That should be fun planning a vacation completely around geocaching!!
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and/or holiday season! Happy New Year!!
Until next time.........
It may be awhile before we geocache again as winter has set in and the two of us have different days off throughout the winter. We will be trying to get in a cache or two, but they will be few and far between.
In the mean time, we hope to be planning a va-cache-tion for next year. That should be fun planning a vacation completely around geocaching!!
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and/or holiday season! Happy New Year!!
Until next time.........
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“AGT-Elk-Enchanted Woodlins” find # 80 on 11/11/08
OK, we completed the AGT trail, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t continue to find AGT named caches. Actually, we had to log this as a DNF back in May when we were on vacation. DNFs bother J, so since we planned on going to Ridgway to pick up our AGT coin plaques, we figured we’s give it another shot.
This time, we followed the rules to a T, except we drove rather than walked all over town 9it was too cold to walk today). So, after doing the entire puzzle again, we ended up right where we couldn’t find the cache back in May. In May, we spent about a half hour looking all over this little back lot trying to find what we thought was a needle in a haystack. On this day, we searched about 15 minutes or so before I located it – and as you can see, it was not a needle in a haystack, but an ammo can! Well, since J was the one who was really bothered by the DNF, I walked away and let him know I had found it so he could find it to. It didn’t take him too long before he had it.
So, now we’ll probably be going into hibernation for the winter, we will try to get out and get a cache or two here or there. The winter time is tough for us as we don’t have the same days off. Maybe once the days start getting longer again, we can log a few.
Until next time……..
OK, we completed the AGT trail, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t continue to find AGT named caches. Actually, we had to log this as a DNF back in May when we were on vacation. DNFs bother J, so since we planned on going to Ridgway to pick up our AGT coin plaques, we figured we’s give it another shot.
This time, we followed the rules to a T, except we drove rather than walked all over town 9it was too cold to walk today). So, after doing the entire puzzle again, we ended up right where we couldn’t find the cache back in May. In May, we spent about a half hour looking all over this little back lot trying to find what we thought was a needle in a haystack. On this day, we searched about 15 minutes or so before I located it – and as you can see, it was not a needle in a haystack, but an ammo can! Well, since J was the one who was really bothered by the DNF, I walked away and let him know I had found it so he could find it to. It didn’t take him too long before he had it.
So, now we’ll probably be going into hibernation for the winter, we will try to get out and get a cache or two here or there. The winter time is tough for us as we don’t have the same days off. Maybe once the days start getting longer again, we can log a few.
Until next time……..
Sunday, December 28, 2008
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“AGT-Warren-Kinzua Dam Overlook” find #79 on 11/08/08
Well, the final AGT cache was exciting to say the least. At first, our TomTom had us climbing up the side of a mountain. We started and stopped up the mountain three times before I convinced J that we needed to try driving up somehow. Well, we finally got back in the car and drove. We had almost given up hope when we finally found a road that went up to the overlooks.
We stopped and took a few pictures at the first look before getting back into the car and heading to the second overlook. Then, we saw him. A black bear was in the road as we rounded the last bend before the second overlook. Good thing we decided to drive to the second overlook rather than walk!! Well, once the bear saw us, he took off running into the woods.
We parked at the second overlook and decided we should make noise to keep that bear away as we headed into the woods to find the cache. We didn’t have to walk too far into the woods before we came upon the cache. As you can see by the photo, something (probably the bear we just saw) had attacked the cache and destroyed most of the contents. Fortunately, the stamp for the AGT passports was fine! We cleaned up the destroyed cache as much as we could and determined the bear must have been after the raspberry lipgloss someone had left in the cache.
We headed back out to the car and had some sparkling grape juice to celebrate the completion of the AGT. What a way to finish. We reminisced about some of the finds and how we really love this new activity of ours! Now it’s finding the next “game within the game”!
Until next time………….
Well, the final AGT cache was exciting to say the least. At first, our TomTom had us climbing up the side of a mountain. We started and stopped up the mountain three times before I convinced J that we needed to try driving up somehow. Well, we finally got back in the car and drove. We had almost given up hope when we finally found a road that went up to the overlooks.
We stopped and took a few pictures at the first look before getting back into the car and heading to the second overlook. Then, we saw him. A black bear was in the road as we rounded the last bend before the second overlook. Good thing we decided to drive to the second overlook rather than walk!! Well, once the bear saw us, he took off running into the woods.
We parked at the second overlook and decided we should make noise to keep that bear away as we headed into the woods to find the cache. We didn’t have to walk too far into the woods before we came upon the cache. As you can see by the photo, something (probably the bear we just saw) had attacked the cache and destroyed most of the contents. Fortunately, the stamp for the AGT passports was fine! We cleaned up the destroyed cache as much as we could and determined the bear must have been after the raspberry lipgloss someone had left in the cache.
We headed back out to the car and had some sparkling grape juice to celebrate the completion of the AGT. What a way to finish. We reminisced about some of the finds and how we really love this new activity of ours! Now it’s finding the next “game within the game”!
Until next time………….
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“Little Fishin’ Hole” find # 78 on 11/08/08
Right where we parked for “AGT-Warren-Tree Stand Cache” was a little fishing pond. Since there was another cache located here and we were stil ahead of schedule, we decided to locate this cache as well.
The cache was hidden is this tiny camouflaged container. Believe it or not, as tiny as this container is, it held more than just a log book! We went ahead and signed the log bog and J rehid the cache while I took pictures.
Now, off to find the final AGT-Warren AND AGT cache. It’s almost bitter sweet that we are so close to completing the trail. Until next time……
Right where we parked for “AGT-Warren-Tree Stand Cache” was a little fishing pond. Since there was another cache located here and we were stil ahead of schedule, we decided to locate this cache as well.
The cache was hidden is this tiny camouflaged container. Believe it or not, as tiny as this container is, it held more than just a log book! We went ahead and signed the log bog and J rehid the cache while I took pictures.
Now, off to find the final AGT-Warren AND AGT cache. It’s almost bitter sweet that we are so close to completing the trail. Until next time……
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“AGT-Warren-Tree Stand Cache” find # 77 on 11/08/08
The drive to this cache went through the Rouse Home estate. Although we aren’t sure what the Rouse home is, it looks like it may be some sort of home for people. I keep telling myself I should research things like that after coming across them, but there just never seems to be enough time.
After a walk through a somewhat swampy field, we made our way to this very old and rickety looking tree stand. The cache was located near the base of the tree. The AGT passport stamp wasn’t working that great, but J got it to work.
The swampy path in and out of the cache location went around a little pond that had many holes in the ground. Of course, I couldn’t walk all the way in and all the way out without falling. We stopped to look at something and my foot slipped into a hole. I was very fortunate that I didn’t get hurt at all. J helped me back up and we headed back out.
Until next time…….
The drive to this cache went through the Rouse Home estate. Although we aren’t sure what the Rouse home is, it looks like it may be some sort of home for people. I keep telling myself I should research things like that after coming across them, but there just never seems to be enough time.
After a walk through a somewhat swampy field, we made our way to this very old and rickety looking tree stand. The cache was located near the base of the tree. The AGT passport stamp wasn’t working that great, but J got it to work.
The swampy path in and out of the cache location went around a little pond that had many holes in the ground. Of course, I couldn’t walk all the way in and all the way out without falling. We stopped to look at something and my foot slipped into a hole. I was very fortunate that I didn’t get hurt at all. J helped me back up and we headed back out.
Until next time…….
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“AGT-Warren-Geo-cacher Habitat” find # 76 on 11/08/08
Well, this has to be about the quickest cache and dash there is. We didn’t even have to get out of the car for this one. The cache was located on a little road down to what could be a fishing spot. A small creek was on one side and a railroad was on the other. I have to admit, we laughed the whole time we were signing the log and stamping the books. How clever to hide from the muggles right out in the open like this.
Normally, this is where I tell you about the path to and from the cache, but since we never left the car, I guess it isn’t necessary. We are now over halfway done with AGT-Warren today. The excitement of completing the trail is really starting to build!!
Until next time…..
Well, this has to be about the quickest cache and dash there is. We didn’t even have to get out of the car for this one. The cache was located on a little road down to what could be a fishing spot. A small creek was on one side and a railroad was on the other. I have to admit, we laughed the whole time we were signing the log and stamping the books. How clever to hide from the muggles right out in the open like this.
Normally, this is where I tell you about the path to and from the cache, but since we never left the car, I guess it isn’t necessary. We are now over halfway done with AGT-Warren today. The excitement of completing the trail is really starting to build!!
Until next time…..
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“AGT-Warren-On The Bush” find # 75 on 11/08/08
Today is another day for interesting cache locations. The cache, located in some fallen trees near this burned out tree was literally just down the hill from a fairly active road. The tree looks like it may have been struck by lightning years ago. The picture really doesn’t do the tree justice as it was enormous! Feel free to view some of the other pictures from this cache.
After signing the log, stamping the passports, and leaving the Fairy TB, we headed back to the car. Getting down the hill was interesting, as was getting back up to the car. So far, so good as we are way ahead of schedule. Looks like we’ll be completing the AGT today!!
Until next time……
Today is another day for interesting cache locations. The cache, located in some fallen trees near this burned out tree was literally just down the hill from a fairly active road. The tree looks like it may have been struck by lightning years ago. The picture really doesn’t do the tree justice as it was enormous! Feel free to view some of the other pictures from this cache.
After signing the log, stamping the passports, and leaving the Fairy TB, we headed back to the car. Getting down the hill was interesting, as was getting back up to the car. So far, so good as we are way ahead of schedule. Looks like we’ll be completing the AGT today!!
Until next time……
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“AGT-Warren-A Keller Walk” find #74 on 11/08/08
The cache included an interesting walk through an old logging road. We encountered lots of mud due to the rain and snow we have had this fall. The first part of it wasn’t too bad, but it got worse the closer we got to the cache. It was also interesting in that you felt as if you were parking in someone’s driveway.
The cache was located just off the trail and we quickly did what we needed to doas we could here a few four-wheelers in the area. We didn’t realize how much we had been we had been walking downhill, until the walk back up. We really are getting in some hiking today.
Until next time……
The cache included an interesting walk through an old logging road. We encountered lots of mud due to the rain and snow we have had this fall. The first part of it wasn’t too bad, but it got worse the closer we got to the cache. It was also interesting in that you felt as if you were parking in someone’s driveway.
The cache was located just off the trail and we quickly did what we needed to doas we could here a few four-wheelers in the area. We didn’t realize how much we had been we had been walking downhill, until the walk back up. We really are getting in some hiking today.
Until next time……
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