Homer's Cache Find #85 found on 03/07/09
OK, the last find of the day was another micro and we almost gave up. We are certain the people working at the Home Depot thought we were up to no good as we wondered around out there for over a half hour!! The funny thing is, about 15 minutes into the search we were right where it was, we just didn't see it up under the metal box around the base of the light pole! Once we found, we just signed the log and put it back. Since we had some errands to run, that was the last one for the day. BUT, we hope to get back out caching soon!!!
Until next time.....
Sunday, March 15, 2009
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"Catman's Log" Find #84 found on 03/07/09
Ah, a regular size cache to look for. A nice change for the day of micros!! Anyway, just off the Allegany River Trail in Olean, this was a quick find. N spotted just as they were walking off the trail on a well worn path. Since it was such a wet day, we didn't do any swag trading, we just signed the log and moved on. BUT, this find really made us want to get back out in the woods geocaching!!
Until next time.......
Ah, a regular size cache to look for. A nice change for the day of micros!! Anyway, just off the Allegany River Trail in Olean, this was a quick find. N spotted just as they were walking off the trail on a well worn path. Since it was such a wet day, we didn't do any swag trading, we just signed the log and moved on. BUT, this find really made us want to get back out in the woods geocaching!!
Until next time.......
GC1MRZG
Bonnas View Sweet Spot Find # 83 on 03/07/09
This had to be the fastest cache and dash we ever did since it was located at a very busy intersection. J found while searching the crosswalk area. He said N would have had a very tough time seeing it stuck in behind the box on the pole. Well, we just sat at the little area, signed the log and J put the magnetic cache back. On to the next one!!
Until next time........
This had to be the fastest cache and dash we ever did since it was located at a very busy intersection. J found while searching the crosswalk area. He said N would have had a very tough time seeing it stuck in behind the box on the pole. Well, we just sat at the little area, signed the log and J put the magnetic cache back. On to the next one!!
Until next time........
GCPX1W
Little Valley Post 531 Find # 82 on 03/07/09
This was a tough micro and we were feeling just a little rusty.N thinks her height made the discovery a little harder than it was for J as she spent most of her search time in the general area. We were about to give up when J was standing in the right place and was able to see the different looking bolt. Sure enough, the strange looking bolt was the cache! Only a log here! These tank hides are always tough!!
Until next time.......
This was a tough micro and we were feeling just a little rusty.N thinks her height made the discovery a little harder than it was for J as she spent most of her search time in the general area. We were about to give up when J was standing in the right place and was able to see the different looking bolt. Sure enough, the strange looking bolt was the cache! Only a log here! These tank hides are always tough!!
Until next time.......
GCKWBM
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.......
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 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………….
GCVGRM
“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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