=== 2010-06-05 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Write note) GC1E6ZX - Seek Cache (1.5/1.5) by Tprints
VanillaThunda9 and I went out to pick up a few caches today. I managed, with going back to ones I had already found, and a few DNF's, to find a grand total of ZERO new ones, but it was fun to go out and look! I found this one a long time ago, and remember finding one when I first started which was in the boat nearby. VT9 beat me here, and he found it before I got back to where he was. From here, we headed for the BCC.
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FireRef (Write note) GC248N7 - Luke Skywalker (4/1.5) by Tprints
VanillaThunda9 and I went out to pick up a few caches today. I managed, with going back to ones I had already found, and a few DNF's, to find a grand total of ZERO new ones, but it was fun to go out and look! I went up here with him and watched while he searched for a while. I also ran into a former student who I didn't realize worked down here, and we caught up a little. It was funny watching VT9 search for this - it is a really great hide. Thanks for putting it out!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1E08V - Let's Have a Convention! (1.5/1) by GeneP
VanillaThunda9 and I went out to pick up a few caches today. I managed, with going back to ones I had already found, and a few DNF's, to find a grand total of ZERO new ones, but it was fun to go out and look! VT9 found this all by himself, but he had to wait a while because there were some teenage muggles hanging out in the area for a sweet 15 party (yes, 15 lol). Thanks for putting these out and bringing us here!
=== 2010-06-06 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Write note) GCKDGF - The Liberty Cache (3.5/1.5) by quills
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This was one that we had looked for a week or so ago, but with a hint from a recent finder, it relocated us from where I found it years ago, to where it was now. Thanks for putting this one out - it is a really cool container!
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FireRef (Needs Maintenance) GC1C9EY - OSMOSE1994 (1.5/1.5) by firemonkey83
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This was a quick find, from my memory, but VT9 was going to head up around the houses. Once he spotted it, I helped him retrieve it from its hiding spot. The log is soaked - needs replaced. Great cache in a great place - thanks for putting it out!
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FireRef (Write note) GCPPEB - Bottle #7: Stuffeds (1.5/1.5) by kiawa
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This was the first of the current four in the cemetery that we went looking for- I only needed to find one, but he needed all four. It was a quick find, once we read the hint. There was no TB in the container, just FYI. I explained again what a TB was, and showed him the sticker on my scooter. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out. We saw some interesting gravestones.
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FireRef (Write note) GCWD1T - Pennies for the General (1.5/1.5) by Sebastian
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. VT9 plays sports for SV high school, so it was interesting to see his reaction to the simple grave for a rather large local hero, and to all of the pennies at the grave. He had a little trouble because the cache, being a multi, doesn't really show as that in the Explorist 400 he has, and so he wouldn't have known to look away from the grave if I hadn't been with him. We found the cache pretty quickly, checked out the area, signed the log, and headed on to the next one in the cemetery. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out - I found it years ago, but it was cool to come back.
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FireRef (Write note) GC1FCKF - The "Unknown" V (1.5/2) by Firegirl69
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. I found this one a few months back with one of our junior firefighters from my FD. I came back here today with VT9 looking for some for him, and getting the one new one in the cemetery that I hadn't found yet. This was a cool crypt - VT9 seems to like this kind of location. We looked around and he found it pretty quickly. We also looked up some of the legends associated with this place and read through them before moving on. Thanks for showing us this place by placing this cache here - I would never have learned about it without the cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC298G8 - Mystery Solved (2.5/1) by CA2PA
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This was the only of the four current caches in the cemetery that I didn't have found, and the last of our stops in here. VT9 checked one place, I checked another, and he came up with the find. We sat around here for a few minutes enjoying the scenery, and then headed out to find more caches. Thanks for showing us this area by putting the cache out.
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FireRef (Found it) GC12GH1 - Not a T Ramp's Ramp (2/1.5) by PACGIRL13
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. He and I went looking for and found a couple of the ramps on lower State earlier this weekend, so we started looking for a few more here. We started on the roof, which he said he felt a little wierd riding up in an elevator with a bike - well, I felt even more wierd because the elevator I picked had no lights inside! So we got our bearings on the roof, and started working our way down. As I went lower and lower, I realized I had looked for this one before - I had only tried one parking ramp cache one time, and this was it - never did find it before today though. So we went from top to bottom, and had no luck at all. When we went back up to the top, we figured we would check a little more carefully at each level. By the 6th floor on the second trip, a security guard from the building across the street, where the heliport was, yelled at us. I think he was yelling at VT9 because he was riding a bike - I was walking and can't see him yelling at me for that. After checking a few more places, I happened to put my hand on it, reading an earlier log about "Looking in places I would hide a cache". It was actually funny, because I hadn't looked there on any of the levels on either trip down the ramp or the other time - I just happened to put my hand in the right place and come up with the find. Thanks for giving us a fun time by putting this out - and I got to avenge an earlier DNF.
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FireRef (Found it) GCHZM3 - T-Ramp #1 (3/1.5) by Tprints
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This was the fourth ramp that we did, but the second one today. We went to the roof, me by walking the steps because the elevator appeared to have no power, and him by his bike. We got our bearings on the roof, but not until after Stat MedEvac landed across the way - we watched this before looking for our starting spot. It would have been a lot better view if we had been working on the last cache (Not a T-Ramp Ramp) because of it being right next to it, but this was a decent view - I even videotaped it on my phone. So anyway, we found our bearings, and headed down. We looked on several levels, before we realized the clue pretty much applied to a specific kind of place, and that we hadn't really checked that specific place on several of the levels. So we split up, and I came up with the find. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us how fun this kind of cache can be!
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FireRef (Write note) GCJDA4 - Glenwood Forest Cache (2/2) by quills
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. I found this years ago, but was unable to find it this time. I think I actually found a better entrance than when I was here before, because I don't ever remember coming to the entrance I used. We bushwacked a little to get to GZ, and checked everywhere it could be. Is it really still there?
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FireRef (Write note) GC259DB - Hey, Where's the Casino? (1/1) by GEOCATZ!
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. I found this a little over a month ago, and came back with VT9 as he was cleaning up caches in this area. I remembered that it took me a while, but couldn't remember where I found it. I participated in the search, and managed to find it again. Thanks for putting this out - the coords may be a little off because both our GPS's took us almost down the hill back away from the road and guardrail. Thanks for bringing us here, though!
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FireRef (Write note) GC259CJ - Who Threw That? (1/1) by GEOCATZ!
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. VT9 had looked for and found Woody's Buffet earlier this week, and somehow managed to go right past this one without looking for it. It was a quick find for him. At one point a car came around the corner, and I remember him saying "Car! Look natural!" - I laughed - not sure how to do this! Thanks for bringing us here though!
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FireRef (Found it) GCRGVQ - Dery's Bug Hut (1/1.5) by Erie Scouter
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This is like 5-6 blocks from my house, but I never had the guts to go up on someone's porch, even knowing it was placed there with clear permission - lol. So VT9 and I went up - as I was walking up, I said it's probably like an extra mailbox or something, and then I spotted the container, which I had NEVER seen, in all of the times I have driven by this location. We checked out the log and as I was signing, apparently, I upset some birds in a nest up under the awning, and one of them, flying out, managed to leave a nice present on my jeans! Gee - Thanks! Oh well - at least we got the smiley. Thanks for putting this out, and I'm glad to have this one off my list!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
June 4, 2010
=== 2010-06-04 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GC1Y6JE - Bridge to Somewhere (1.5/2) by GeneP
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. This was the first cache I met up with the two of them at. By the time I caught up to them, they had just found the container, and I think I would have had some problems finding this one. Thanks for putting it out! I always wondered what the bridge here was for - I assumed that it was put up for fishermen to use. After this, I headed back to the nearby Troll Bridge cache, not realizing I did it before, and they headed for Kiawa's 3/4K cache.
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FireRef (Write note) GCNEJV - Kiawa's 3/4K (2/2) by JoelMart
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. This was the cache with the bike problem. The two boys put their bikes under the bridge, which probably wasn't a great idea, but it was done. By the time I caught up with them, they were already near GZ searching. I managed to find it again, but honestly didn't remember where it was before I pulled it out. Other than a missing lid, the cache is in good shape. Thanks for bringing us here. We went from here to check out Bottle Rocket, but decided wading/swimming wasn't really an option the way we were dressed, and we would have needed to wade to get there, so we headed out. When we left, we saw that VT9's bike was there, but That Guy's wasn't - it was just completely missing. I rode around looking for it for about 20 minutes, through most of the local areas, while they checked around the site, but none of us had any luck. Sorry for this bad experience, but the cache was fun. From here, we decided to continue caching, and head up to the ribfest that was going on. Thanks for the cache!
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FireRef (Write note) GCP5FV - Under the Board Walk (1.5/2) by jjdjunkyard
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. We looked for this one after the bike was stolen. We searched for probably 15-20 minutes, even considering I had found it before, and finally I put my hand on it, even though VT9 had pretty much had his hand on it just before me. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us this area!
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FireRef (Found it) GCHZMC - T-Ramp #2 (2/1.5) by Tprints
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. VT9 and That Guy went to the rib fest, and I checked out T-Ramp 4.5. I didn't find it, but VT9 got a hold of me to go look for some more because they couldn't find any place to sit to eat. I met up with him on Peach and we went to do this one. I had to explain to him about going to the roof, but once we did, we had the right place to look. I managed, when we got down to the next level, to go to the wrong end, and it wasn't until after we spent a few minutes checking for the cache and started to head to the next level, that VT9 told me we were searching at the wrong end. As soon as we went to the right end, I picked out the cache right away. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us this area by placing this one out. TFTC!
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FireRef (Found it) GC17EZY - T-Ramp #4.5 (2/1.5) by Tprints
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. This one was our second T-Ramp cache, and we were a little better at figuring out what to do. I had checked this out when we split up earlier, and this time it was just VT9 and I - That Guy was eating ribs at the local ribfest. We went to the roof, got our bearings, and followed the clue to the right area. We looked around a few minutes, including me explaining to VT9 where I had looked earlier. Within about a minute, in a place I was sure I looked, he pulled it out and showed it to me. I was surprised, but pretty happy he is finding these a lot easier now. I also felt stupid for having already felt there. Thanks for bringing us here by putting these out - I am getting a lot more confident in these t-ramp caches!
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FireRef (Found it) GC252GY - BM - Blasco Stack (1.5/1.5) by Tprints
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. Because of a miscommunication, VT9 and I split up and went to two different caches. That Guy was still hanging out at the ribfest. I went here, and VT9 went to Bayview off of State. I found this one after a couple of minutes, and while signing the log and talking to VT9 on the phone, managed to drop the bottom of the container in the tall grass. After signing the log, and hanging up the phone, I realized this. I spent the next 10 minutes looking for it, and then replaced the partial cache where I got it, planning to come back. I went up and checked out Bayview again, not finding it, and VT9 and I came back here and started looking again for the missing half-container. I decided to head home to pick up another friend (that never panned out) who was going to cache with us, and get a replacement container, but That Guy joined us just before I left, and he managed to find it before I returned. Thanks for putting this out - I never knew this was a benchmark! They really need to just paint this like a lighthouse and make it look nice if they're going to leave it.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1R1DH - BCMS (1.5/1.5) by GeneP
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. I came back from trying to get a replacement container, that it turns out we didn't need, and met the guys at this cache. VT9 had found it, and That Guy was still searching. After a hint or two, I found it, but it definitely was well hidden. I had looked for this as a FTF, or close to it - don't know if I would have found it then. Thanks for putting this out, and exposing us to all of the wonderful bugs that were around! We picked up VT9's bike and put it on a carrier, and ran for the rest of the night in a car. On to the next one!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1W00J - I Hate Shrubs (2/1.5) by Goldsnoop-PA
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. We headed over for this one, enjoying the wonderful poop plant smell wafting towards us as we searched, and swatted at bugs. After a minute or two of looking, I spotted it, and tossed it to VT9, who almost dropped it because I didn't notice he wasn't paying attention. We worked for a few minutes to remove the log, and then signed it and headed back to the car, bug swatting all the way. Cool container! Thanks for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1KGT3 - Louie Louie (1.5/1.5) by Tprints
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. We stopped for this one, which I remember as a location I always saw sewage trucks dumping sewage when I was younger. We looked for a few minutes, and as soon as I figured out the clue, VT9 managed to spot it just as I was about to explain my theory. Thanks for bringing us here and providing this cool clue to the cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC248Q9 - Flipper (2.5/2.5) by Tprints
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. We swung down for this one, discussing Coppers which is having some serious problems, as we drove by. I had received a wierd phone call a few minutes earlier, and got another one as we were pulling in. Actually, it was a scout leader who I was talking with for the first time, but had emailed a few times about doing a geocaching class for his troop, which includes one of my students. We talked about how to set it up, and VT9 decided to help out as well - it should be a great time. So while I was discussing all of this with the gentleman on the phone, VT9 and That Guy got the cache without any trouble. Cool container! Thanks for bringing us here- I seem to remember a pretty cool puzzle cache, and another simpler one, down in this area.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1YY91 - Scary Park (1/1.5) by The Goonies 7
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. This was the second to last cache we did, and my last find, as the last one we did for the night was one of my own. We looked for a few minutes, and all managed to get jabbed by the trees. We checked out the right place at first, then a few others, and then went back to the first one, and I got to watch VT9 and That Guy argue like friends do back and forth over whose fault it was that they didn't spot it in the first place the first time. Thanks for bringing us here - I was here a while back with Lil Bro B and we couldn't find it. TFTC!
FireRef (Found it) GC1Y6JE - Bridge to Somewhere (1.5/2) by GeneP
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. This was the first cache I met up with the two of them at. By the time I caught up to them, they had just found the container, and I think I would have had some problems finding this one. Thanks for putting it out! I always wondered what the bridge here was for - I assumed that it was put up for fishermen to use. After this, I headed back to the nearby Troll Bridge cache, not realizing I did it before, and they headed for Kiawa's 3/4K cache.
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FireRef (Write note) GCNEJV - Kiawa's 3/4K (2/2) by JoelMart
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. This was the cache with the bike problem. The two boys put their bikes under the bridge, which probably wasn't a great idea, but it was done. By the time I caught up with them, they were already near GZ searching. I managed to find it again, but honestly didn't remember where it was before I pulled it out. Other than a missing lid, the cache is in good shape. Thanks for bringing us here. We went from here to check out Bottle Rocket, but decided wading/swimming wasn't really an option the way we were dressed, and we would have needed to wade to get there, so we headed out. When we left, we saw that VT9's bike was there, but That Guy's wasn't - it was just completely missing. I rode around looking for it for about 20 minutes, through most of the local areas, while they checked around the site, but none of us had any luck. Sorry for this bad experience, but the cache was fun. From here, we decided to continue caching, and head up to the ribfest that was going on. Thanks for the cache!
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FireRef (Write note) GCP5FV - Under the Board Walk (1.5/2) by jjdjunkyard
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. We looked for this one after the bike was stolen. We searched for probably 15-20 minutes, even considering I had found it before, and finally I put my hand on it, even though VT9 had pretty much had his hand on it just before me. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us this area!
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FireRef (Found it) GCHZMC - T-Ramp #2 (2/1.5) by Tprints
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. VT9 and That Guy went to the rib fest, and I checked out T-Ramp 4.5. I didn't find it, but VT9 got a hold of me to go look for some more because they couldn't find any place to sit to eat. I met up with him on Peach and we went to do this one. I had to explain to him about going to the roof, but once we did, we had the right place to look. I managed, when we got down to the next level, to go to the wrong end, and it wasn't until after we spent a few minutes checking for the cache and started to head to the next level, that VT9 told me we were searching at the wrong end. As soon as we went to the right end, I picked out the cache right away. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us this area by placing this one out. TFTC!
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FireRef (Found it) GC17EZY - T-Ramp #4.5 (2/1.5) by Tprints
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. This one was our second T-Ramp cache, and we were a little better at figuring out what to do. I had checked this out when we split up earlier, and this time it was just VT9 and I - That Guy was eating ribs at the local ribfest. We went to the roof, got our bearings, and followed the clue to the right area. We looked around a few minutes, including me explaining to VT9 where I had looked earlier. Within about a minute, in a place I was sure I looked, he pulled it out and showed it to me. I was surprised, but pretty happy he is finding these a lot easier now. I also felt stupid for having already felt there. Thanks for bringing us here by putting these out - I am getting a lot more confident in these t-ramp caches!
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FireRef (Found it) GC252GY - BM - Blasco Stack (1.5/1.5) by Tprints
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. Because of a miscommunication, VT9 and I split up and went to two different caches. That Guy was still hanging out at the ribfest. I went here, and VT9 went to Bayview off of State. I found this one after a couple of minutes, and while signing the log and talking to VT9 on the phone, managed to drop the bottom of the container in the tall grass. After signing the log, and hanging up the phone, I realized this. I spent the next 10 minutes looking for it, and then replaced the partial cache where I got it, planning to come back. I went up and checked out Bayview again, not finding it, and VT9 and I came back here and started looking again for the missing half-container. I decided to head home to pick up another friend (that never panned out) who was going to cache with us, and get a replacement container, but That Guy joined us just before I left, and he managed to find it before I returned. Thanks for putting this out - I never knew this was a benchmark! They really need to just paint this like a lighthouse and make it look nice if they're going to leave it.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1R1DH - BCMS (1.5/1.5) by GeneP
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. I came back from trying to get a replacement container, that it turns out we didn't need, and met the guys at this cache. VT9 had found it, and That Guy was still searching. After a hint or two, I found it, but it definitely was well hidden. I had looked for this as a FTF, or close to it - don't know if I would have found it then. Thanks for putting this out, and exposing us to all of the wonderful bugs that were around! We picked up VT9's bike and put it on a carrier, and ran for the rest of the night in a car. On to the next one!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1W00J - I Hate Shrubs (2/1.5) by Goldsnoop-PA
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. We headed over for this one, enjoying the wonderful poop plant smell wafting towards us as we searched, and swatted at bugs. After a minute or two of looking, I spotted it, and tossed it to VT9, who almost dropped it because I didn't notice he wasn't paying attention. We worked for a few minutes to remove the log, and then signed it and headed back to the car, bug swatting all the way. Cool container! Thanks for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1KGT3 - Louie Louie (1.5/1.5) by Tprints
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. We stopped for this one, which I remember as a location I always saw sewage trucks dumping sewage when I was younger. We looked for a few minutes, and as soon as I figured out the clue, VT9 managed to spot it just as I was about to explain my theory. Thanks for bringing us here and providing this cool clue to the cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC248Q9 - Flipper (2.5/2.5) by Tprints
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. We swung down for this one, discussing Coppers which is having some serious problems, as we drove by. I had received a wierd phone call a few minutes earlier, and got another one as we were pulling in. Actually, it was a scout leader who I was talking with for the first time, but had emailed a few times about doing a geocaching class for his troop, which includes one of my students. We talked about how to set it up, and VT9 decided to help out as well - it should be a great time. So while I was discussing all of this with the gentleman on the phone, VT9 and That Guy got the cache without any trouble. Cool container! Thanks for bringing us here- I seem to remember a pretty cool puzzle cache, and another simpler one, down in this area.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1YY91 - Scary Park (1/1.5) by The Goonies 7
Today, I went out with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy and we planned to do a bunch of caches. There were some serious snags along the way, including a stolen bike and a nearly lost cache container, but in the end, we had a good time (except for That Guy relative to his bike), and everyone got a few smileys out of the deal. This was the second to last cache we did, and my last find, as the last one we did for the night was one of my own. We looked for a few minutes, and all managed to get jabbed by the trees. We checked out the right place at first, then a few others, and then went back to the first one, and I got to watch VT9 and That Guy argue like friends do back and forth over whose fault it was that they didn't spot it in the first place the first time. Thanks for bringing us here - I was here a while back with Lil Bro B and we couldn't find it. TFTC!
May 31, 2010
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1TAP3 - Big Brick Home Cache (1/1) by darknorm
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. They met me by SV high school, and I didn't even know one was here, but it showed up on my GPS too! We looked a little, and then I checked online and found that the logs said it was missing. If you could, please disable this listing until its replaced - if you need help figuring out how to do this, drop me a message and I'd be happy to help! Thanks for putting it out, even if it wasn't there today to find!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VN2K - Toddling Around (1.5/2) by GotMirth
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. This took a few minutes. At first, they went from one side and I went from the other, and I ended up having to go the long way around since I didn't want to disturb a couple that was sitting on a blanket right by the entrance I wanted to use. Then, I saw them on the other side of the creek, and had to make my way around to get to where they were searching. I went around, and we looked for about 10 minutes, wading through the fuzzies that are all over the place, until I read some logs. Since the logs mentioned that it was visible from the other side, I went down to the creek bank and looked back, and spotted it almost right away. Thanks for the hide! There needs to always be some active caches in this park!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1AD9F - The Labyrinth (1.5/2) by Rev Mike
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. I did this one a long time ago, but stage 3 was missing at the time. So I went back through it with these guys, found stage 2 without any problems, and found stage three without any trouble either, except for the occasional thorn. Thanks for bringing us back here, and for putting this cache out! Glad to have finally found the final! Also, I got a laugh out of the two kids with me biking down the hill and trying not to wreck!
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FireRef (Write note) GCRWEY - Mike (1/1.5) by GoonieNanny
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. I found this a long time ago, and had an idea of what I was looking for - no luck today. Is it still there?
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FireRef (Write note) GC23XX2 - Who's Hungry? (1.5/1) by Dudeacus
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. I actually watched them find this one, since there was no place close to put my scooter. Thanks for putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC27FC1 - Who's watching (1.5/1.5) by GEOCATZ!
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. After they stopped and picked up "Who's Hungary?", I met them on the road by this stretch of woods. We headed in, and after searching for about 10 minutes, That Guy managed to come up with the find. I think I finally have VT9 trained to know not to wait until you get to GZ to start looking for the cache! Thanks for bringing us here! After this, I headed home for batteries since my GPS died, and they headed across the street to find one I found a long time ago.
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FireRef (Write note) GCWN76 - Pincher's of Power (2/2) by The Goonies 7
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. We decided to go look for this one after I went and got some batteries, and they found one across the street from Glenwood Park. I found it a couple of years back. We headed up around to the trailhead, and I ended up meeting them at the cache site, since I had to go the long way around, being a legitimate vehicle, and they were able to take another way around. VT9 found it after a few minutes of searching. Thanks for putting this out and bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WH1C - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #4 (2/1) by Shady Rob
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. That Guy bailed out at this point to spend some time swimming in the nice weather today (well, swimming in a pool because of the nice weather, but you know what I mean). VT9 met me here, and we proceeded to look around, reaching into some pretty nasty places. I finally came up with the find, and I guess I can see how I missed it before. Thanks for putting these out! Glad this one is off my list. It was a good time to finish for the day, because it looked like some pretty nasty rain storms were coming. Thanks for the cache!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1WKCW - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #6 (1/1) by Shady Rob
I went out with VanillaThunda9 to do a couple of caches with him tonight. It was funny - out of the blue, at like 10PM, he texts me and says "Lets go Geocaching!" - I was surprised, but went for a little while, and he picked up two caches he hadn't found before, and I got to revisit them. This one was right where I remember it when I did it the night these caches were released. Thanks for bringing me back here and giving my friend a smiley!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1WKD2 - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #16 (1.5/1) by Shady Rob
I went out with VanillaThunda9 to do a couple of caches with him tonight. It was funny - out of the blue, at like 10PM, he texts me and says "Lets go Geocaching!" - I was surprised, but went for a little while, and he picked up two caches he hadn't found before, and I got to revisit them. This one was right where I remember it. VT9 and I stood around here talking for a few minutes, but then it started raining, and so we headed out. Thanks for bringing me back here and giving my friend a smiley!
FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1TAP3 - Big Brick Home Cache (1/1) by darknorm
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. They met me by SV high school, and I didn't even know one was here, but it showed up on my GPS too! We looked a little, and then I checked online and found that the logs said it was missing. If you could, please disable this listing until its replaced - if you need help figuring out how to do this, drop me a message and I'd be happy to help! Thanks for putting it out, even if it wasn't there today to find!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VN2K - Toddling Around (1.5/2) by GotMirth
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. This took a few minutes. At first, they went from one side and I went from the other, and I ended up having to go the long way around since I didn't want to disturb a couple that was sitting on a blanket right by the entrance I wanted to use. Then, I saw them on the other side of the creek, and had to make my way around to get to where they were searching. I went around, and we looked for about 10 minutes, wading through the fuzzies that are all over the place, until I read some logs. Since the logs mentioned that it was visible from the other side, I went down to the creek bank and looked back, and spotted it almost right away. Thanks for the hide! There needs to always be some active caches in this park!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1AD9F - The Labyrinth (1.5/2) by Rev Mike
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. I did this one a long time ago, but stage 3 was missing at the time. So I went back through it with these guys, found stage 2 without any problems, and found stage three without any trouble either, except for the occasional thorn. Thanks for bringing us back here, and for putting this cache out! Glad to have finally found the final! Also, I got a laugh out of the two kids with me biking down the hill and trying not to wreck!
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FireRef (Write note) GCRWEY - Mike (1/1.5) by GoonieNanny
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. I found this a long time ago, and had an idea of what I was looking for - no luck today. Is it still there?
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FireRef (Write note) GC23XX2 - Who's Hungry? (1.5/1) by Dudeacus
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. I actually watched them find this one, since there was no place close to put my scooter. Thanks for putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC27FC1 - Who's watching (1.5/1.5) by GEOCATZ!
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. After they stopped and picked up "Who's Hungary?", I met them on the road by this stretch of woods. We headed in, and after searching for about 10 minutes, That Guy managed to come up with the find. I think I finally have VT9 trained to know not to wait until you get to GZ to start looking for the cache! Thanks for bringing us here! After this, I headed home for batteries since my GPS died, and they headed across the street to find one I found a long time ago.
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FireRef (Write note) GCWN76 - Pincher's of Power (2/2) by The Goonies 7
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. We decided to go look for this one after I went and got some batteries, and they found one across the street from Glenwood Park. I found it a couple of years back. We headed up around to the trailhead, and I ended up meeting them at the cache site, since I had to go the long way around, being a legitimate vehicle, and they were able to take another way around. VT9 found it after a few minutes of searching. Thanks for putting this out and bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WH1C - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #4 (2/1) by Shady Rob
I went out today and did a bunch of caches on bikes (my scooter and their bicycles, lol) with VanillaThunda9 and That Guy. That Guy bailed out at this point to spend some time swimming in the nice weather today (well, swimming in a pool because of the nice weather, but you know what I mean). VT9 met me here, and we proceeded to look around, reaching into some pretty nasty places. I finally came up with the find, and I guess I can see how I missed it before. Thanks for putting these out! Glad this one is off my list. It was a good time to finish for the day, because it looked like some pretty nasty rain storms were coming. Thanks for the cache!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1WKCW - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #6 (1/1) by Shady Rob
I went out with VanillaThunda9 to do a couple of caches with him tonight. It was funny - out of the blue, at like 10PM, he texts me and says "Lets go Geocaching!" - I was surprised, but went for a little while, and he picked up two caches he hadn't found before, and I got to revisit them. This one was right where I remember it when I did it the night these caches were released. Thanks for bringing me back here and giving my friend a smiley!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1WKD2 - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #16 (1.5/1) by Shady Rob
I went out with VanillaThunda9 to do a couple of caches with him tonight. It was funny - out of the blue, at like 10PM, he texts me and says "Lets go Geocaching!" - I was surprised, but went for a little while, and he picked up two caches he hadn't found before, and I got to revisit them. This one was right where I remember it. VT9 and I stood around here talking for a few minutes, but then it started raining, and so we headed out. Thanks for bringing me back here and giving my friend a smiley!
May 30, 2010
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FireRef (Write note) GCHVNY - Peach Blues (1.5/1.5) by Goldsnoop-PA
Helped out a friend with this one today. VT9 was doing some caching on his own, and after talking to him on the phone and giving some information, but very little, I decided to swing by and watch him look. He sent me a picture message of a van parked in front of a light pole, complaining that it was in front of where he wanted to hunt. I laughed. By the time I got over there, he was sitting down signing the log, so he managed it all by himself! As always, a very cool hide.
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FireRef (Write note) GCQG80 - FLAMEPROOF: Terror! (4.5/4) by kiawa
As in VT9's log, I had told him about this and showed him some photos - but he didn't notice the running water until he got there. He wasn't too happy, but put that behind him pretty quickly and headed in and retrieved the cache. I wish we had more caches like this in Erie like we used to. Thanks for keeping this one alive!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VFF0 - On the Mark (1/1.5) by shadowboxer1211
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was the first one I looked for. It was a pretty cool marker on the road, and so after reading it, I headed back into the woods to find it. I looked for about 15 minutes, ducking, dodging, and swatting at mosquitoes the whole time. After about that much time, a gentleman who had ridden by on a bike a few minutes before talking on his cell phone stopped back and asked me a few questions about my scooter. He never actually asked about me being in the woods, which I thought was funny. Because of him chatting with me, I worked my way back toward the road, and managed to see a good hiding spot, and wallah, there the cache was! Thanks for bringing me here by putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WZTA - Garden Bliss (1.5/1.5) by poppabear_2
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was the second one I looked for and found. It was near a recycling center, which is why I assume it was named what it was. This was a quick find once I got to the right place, and I made sure to do this in daylight, even though the hint wasn't helpful in any way to actually finding the cache. Thanks for getting back into this, and putting these out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1W7MV - Liberty Street Cemetery Cache (1.5/1) by conneautcachers
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my third find for the day. I actually went down the wrong road at first, but that was because that was where my Colorado told me to go. I used my mind and went back around, noticing I probably could have parked and walked up a cool set of steps, and probably would have, except for a muggle parked right on them and it would have looked a little odd for me to park my scooter and climb the steps out of the blue. So I went around, found the right entrance, and found the cache without any trouble. I did notice a number of graves which had been displaced or knocked over - always hate to see this kind of thing. Thanks for bringing me here, and showing me this area!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1R1RC - Foul Ball, Outta Play! (1/1) by conneautcachers
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was one of the DNF's. I looked through the area where the hint suggested, but not for very long - I actually started to leave, decided to give it a little more of a try, and went back. There were muggle families on the playground right next to it, and I felt a little odd digging through bushes and trees with them there, so I didn't really look all that hard. Thanks for putting these out, even if I didn't find it!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1D603 - Brings Back Memories (2/1.5) by mugglesdontscareme
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was one of the DNF's. This was a very cool memorial site, but I wasn't able to get any idea of where to look because my GPS took me to one location, and the hint took me to a completely different part of the site. I looked around both for a few minutes each, and then decided it wasn't worth the time, since I wanted to find a bunch today, and that I could always look for it another time. Thanks for bringing me here, even if I didn't find the cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1W7M9 - This Cache Rocks! (1.5/1.5) by conneautcachers
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was the fourth find. I came down the road, took a few pictures of the cool windmill, and then headed to ground zero. There were some fisher-muggles fisher-muggling in the area, but I think I managed to find it without drawing too much attention to myself. The cache was in good shape and well sealed. Thanks for bringing me here and showing me this area, and for the smiley!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WZRE - Planes, Trains & Micro (1.5/1.5) by poppabear_2
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was number five. This was a quick, easy find, in the fashion I tend to place most of them. I definitely followed the hint, hunting for it in the daytime, but I don't believe that kind of hint did anything to help me find it. Thanks for getting back into placing caches, and bringing me here by putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC14PPT - Charles Island (1.5/1) by mugglesdontscareme
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my 6th find for the day. I stopped before this and got lunch, as I had been riding my scooter for the better part of 3 hours by now, stopping only occasionally to hunt for a cache or two. This one was a pretty quick find, once I followed the hint, and its always cool to see some of these kinds of bridges. I am surprised by the type of cache this is - although a cool container, it definitely could be mistaken for something else lol. Thanks for bringing me here by putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WZR5 - Free Tater (1/1) by poppabear_2
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my seventh. This one required walking across a closed bridge, which was pretty cool, and donating some blood to the local plant life, when I went to retrieve the cache. As usual, I was definitely following the hint, although it didn't help in finding the cache in any way. Thanks for getting back into caching and putting these out to bring me to these cool places!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WZT2 - FROGIES (1.5/1.5) by poppabear_2
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 21 (although for the first few logs I said 20, because I missed at least one), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was the eighth find. The location wasn't hard to find, and coordinates were very good. There was a large rock on part of the fence near the actual location, and I thought this had something to do with it, but didn't really. I found the real cache, signed the log, and replaced it as found. As always, I followed the hint, but it didn't help in actually finding the cache. I have to mention that by now, I am getting rather irritated by the dirt roads I have been on to find a bunch of these caches today. It seems a number of them have rocks and gravel which is just the right size to make it nearly impossible to keep my scooter under control. Guess I need to stick to more urban caches with it, or take my life into my own hands! It was an interesting ride, to say the least. Thanks for staying involved in caching, and bringing me to this area by putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1H3PV - Bushnell Break (1/1) by DicknJudy
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a quick find near the store. The container was pretty funny to look at. Originally, I headed over to the large tree, but when I read the hint, the actual location was revealed very quickly. Someone left a lemon break recipe in there - I left it for someone who might use it. Thanks for bringing me here and showing me this area!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC272AZ - Stop at the Stateline (1.5/1) by GEOCATZ!
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a DNF. I guess I should have read all the logs, instead of just the couple most recent, because I had an idea, but no luck. Had I read a little more, I might have looked in a few more places that might have revealed the actual cache. Thanks for bringing me here, even if I didn't get a smiley out of it.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VJBV - Root Road Covered Bridge (1/1.5) by LuckyPenny-SilverDime
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was the next find. I found this one almost immediately, but was surprised at how far it was from the bridge - most of these kind of hides are placed almost at the bridge. It did make it a little easier to work around with traffic, because the occasional car did come through while I was in this area. Thanks for bringing me here with this cache so I could see the bridge!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1W838 - Ya Can't Fix Stupid (1.5/1.5) by poppabear_2
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a find which took 2-3 minutes, because I had to actually look at the right place. Once I saw it, I was surprised at how long it took for me to find it, because it was so obvious once I knew where it was. Thanks for bringing me here and for putting these out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1G3TK - tram law (3) (1/1.5) by mo_burger
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. I looked for this one before, about a year ago, on another scooter run for caches in the area. At least this time nothing on my scooter broke! I found this one in the first place I looked without any problems. I wonder if it was actually there last year, because I can't believe I could have missed this! Thanks for putting this out, and for bringing me back here a second time to get the smiley!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1G8PC - Get your fit on! (2.5/1.5) by 16ggst
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. When I first pulled up to this one, a muggle on a bike, talking on a cell phone, rode by. I kind of made it look like I was checking something on my scooter until he left, and then I found the cache in about the third place I looked - I just happened to look in unlikely spots the first two times :) - So I signed the log, took a picture of the building because I thought the mural was cool (I'm a swimming official in PA), and headed out to look for my next cache! Thanks for bringing me here by putting this here!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1G8PH - The Giant Hulett (2/1) by DeeJayPanzone
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my last DNF of the day. I had been here before, and I'm not sure if this was the cache I looked for before or not - but I don't think it was. I think I hunted for one that turned out to be missing a little ways away from this machine. It is pretty cool - I did some research on them when I got home and saw some pictures of the entire thing in operation, not just the bucket and operators room like what is here. I had no luck with the cache however. A lady came over from the museum and started reading the sign next to it, and was there for probably 10 minutes - I don't know if there was some other reason she was there, or if she was just reading that slow. Then a couple of teen muggles came over and sat on the bench, and a family or two started climbing all over the Hulett. So I decided it would be better if I came back on a less busy day. Thanks for bringing me back here - I took some pictures, and posted them on my facebook page (Nice - a picture of the bridge, then Not so Nice - a picture of the "no skateboards" sign - I hate places that pick on skaters!). I'll be back!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1FF92 - Sal JR and Anthony Palma Memorial (1.5/1.5) by mo_burger
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. Stopped by and read this one, and then checked out the hint, which really didn't tell me anything about finding the cache. Although, I guess when I think about it now, it did kind of mention the place the cache was located, so I guess it was kind of a round-about hint. Thanks for bringing me here. I was on a call as a volunteer fireman where a 12 year old boy was partially ejected from a car and the car rolled on him, killing him, as well as a call on the interstate for, among other things, an 11 year old boy who was ejected from a van. Neither were wearing seatbelts - PLEASE wear your seatbelts when you're in a car, and make your kids do the same, no matter how much they complain. Thanks for bringing me here and telling this story.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1F690 - The GOTL Maniacal Micro (2/1) by Lonewolf
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a really cool hide. It happened to be the first thing I grabbed, and I was surprised it was that easy, but I have seen similar ones before. I never saw this particular type of this setup however, and it was well done and in great shape. Around this time, I got a text from a fellow firefighter who is a scout, who mentioned that he accidentally found a geocache, but knew exactly what it was when he ran across it. Thanks for bringing me here and showing me this cache and this area. We brought some junior firefighters here a few years back for a competition, and did very well at it!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1H579 - I Was Here First!!! (1.5/1.5) by mo_burger
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. I found this one without any problems, but did have some problems retrieving the container. I had to use a couple sticks as chopsticks or tweezers in order to actually retrieve the container from its hiding spot. When I was finished, I added a few layers of clothing as it was starting to cool off, and headed out to find more caches before heading home. Thanks for bringing me here and showing me this area, as well as giving me another smiley!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1TG3B - Really Secure (1/1) by rcexplorer
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was funny that the cache was located on the property of a security company - I figured this would be one of the last places you would ever find a cache. Thanks for bringing me here, though - it was well stocked and in great shape.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1THFX - Dont tell bderidder (1.5/1.5) by mo_burger
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a quick, easy find, with no difficulties at all. I actually stopped to eat on this cache run at the local KFC before doing this one, because I noticed the store and my stomach rumbling at about the same time. Thanks for bringing me to this area by putting this cache out - and my stomach thanks you as well!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1R6X4 - New Beginning - Old & New (2/1.5) by bderidder
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a pretty cool container, but there was a pretty big ant problem inside it. Like all over everything - I had to keep brushing them off my hands as I was trying to retrieve and sign the log - it probably should be cleaned out soon before things inside get damaged. Thanks for bringing me here and showing me this unique kind of hide!
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FireRef (Found it) GCNJ7N - YIACC in Harpersfield (2/1) by zoisrus
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a quick find right where I thought it would be. Thanks for bringing me here. I figured I'd do a few more at this point, since it was starting to get dusky and I had a long ride home, so on to the next one!
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FireRef (Found it) GC16A1M - Have a Glass of Vidal Blanc (1.5/1) by zoisrus
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my second to last find for the day, and it took a few minutes, but I managed to find it. The place was deserted except for one car which pulled in, and circled around the parking lot, and then seemed to sit there for an extra minute or two watching me. Thanks for bringing me here because of this cache - I might have to check the place out when its open!
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FireRef (Found it) GC16BXA - Have a Glass of Delaware (1.5/1) by zoisrus
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my last cache of the evening. It was a quick, easy find, with no problems. Thanks for bringing me here. It was a little funny, because as I was pulling away, a car full of teenage girls all waved and screamed hi at me. Thanks for putting this one out! Now, the long trip home and logging time!
FireRef (Write note) GCHVNY - Peach Blues (1.5/1.5) by Goldsnoop-PA
Helped out a friend with this one today. VT9 was doing some caching on his own, and after talking to him on the phone and giving some information, but very little, I decided to swing by and watch him look. He sent me a picture message of a van parked in front of a light pole, complaining that it was in front of where he wanted to hunt. I laughed. By the time I got over there, he was sitting down signing the log, so he managed it all by himself! As always, a very cool hide.
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FireRef (Write note) GCQG80 - FLAMEPROOF: Terror! (4.5/4) by kiawa
As in VT9's log, I had told him about this and showed him some photos - but he didn't notice the running water until he got there. He wasn't too happy, but put that behind him pretty quickly and headed in and retrieved the cache. I wish we had more caches like this in Erie like we used to. Thanks for keeping this one alive!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VFF0 - On the Mark (1/1.5) by shadowboxer1211
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was the first one I looked for. It was a pretty cool marker on the road, and so after reading it, I headed back into the woods to find it. I looked for about 15 minutes, ducking, dodging, and swatting at mosquitoes the whole time. After about that much time, a gentleman who had ridden by on a bike a few minutes before talking on his cell phone stopped back and asked me a few questions about my scooter. He never actually asked about me being in the woods, which I thought was funny. Because of him chatting with me, I worked my way back toward the road, and managed to see a good hiding spot, and wallah, there the cache was! Thanks for bringing me here by putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WZTA - Garden Bliss (1.5/1.5) by poppabear_2
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was the second one I looked for and found. It was near a recycling center, which is why I assume it was named what it was. This was a quick find once I got to the right place, and I made sure to do this in daylight, even though the hint wasn't helpful in any way to actually finding the cache. Thanks for getting back into this, and putting these out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1W7MV - Liberty Street Cemetery Cache (1.5/1) by conneautcachers
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my third find for the day. I actually went down the wrong road at first, but that was because that was where my Colorado told me to go. I used my mind and went back around, noticing I probably could have parked and walked up a cool set of steps, and probably would have, except for a muggle parked right on them and it would have looked a little odd for me to park my scooter and climb the steps out of the blue. So I went around, found the right entrance, and found the cache without any trouble. I did notice a number of graves which had been displaced or knocked over - always hate to see this kind of thing. Thanks for bringing me here, and showing me this area!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1R1RC - Foul Ball, Outta Play! (1/1) by conneautcachers
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was one of the DNF's. I looked through the area where the hint suggested, but not for very long - I actually started to leave, decided to give it a little more of a try, and went back. There were muggle families on the playground right next to it, and I felt a little odd digging through bushes and trees with them there, so I didn't really look all that hard. Thanks for putting these out, even if I didn't find it!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1D603 - Brings Back Memories (2/1.5) by mugglesdontscareme
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was one of the DNF's. This was a very cool memorial site, but I wasn't able to get any idea of where to look because my GPS took me to one location, and the hint took me to a completely different part of the site. I looked around both for a few minutes each, and then decided it wasn't worth the time, since I wanted to find a bunch today, and that I could always look for it another time. Thanks for bringing me here, even if I didn't find the cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1W7M9 - This Cache Rocks! (1.5/1.5) by conneautcachers
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was the fourth find. I came down the road, took a few pictures of the cool windmill, and then headed to ground zero. There were some fisher-muggles fisher-muggling in the area, but I think I managed to find it without drawing too much attention to myself. The cache was in good shape and well sealed. Thanks for bringing me here and showing me this area, and for the smiley!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WZRE - Planes, Trains & Micro (1.5/1.5) by poppabear_2
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was number five. This was a quick, easy find, in the fashion I tend to place most of them. I definitely followed the hint, hunting for it in the daytime, but I don't believe that kind of hint did anything to help me find it. Thanks for getting back into placing caches, and bringing me here by putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC14PPT - Charles Island (1.5/1) by mugglesdontscareme
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my 6th find for the day. I stopped before this and got lunch, as I had been riding my scooter for the better part of 3 hours by now, stopping only occasionally to hunt for a cache or two. This one was a pretty quick find, once I followed the hint, and its always cool to see some of these kinds of bridges. I am surprised by the type of cache this is - although a cool container, it definitely could be mistaken for something else lol. Thanks for bringing me here by putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WZR5 - Free Tater (1/1) by poppabear_2
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 20, DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my seventh. This one required walking across a closed bridge, which was pretty cool, and donating some blood to the local plant life, when I went to retrieve the cache. As usual, I was definitely following the hint, although it didn't help in finding the cache in any way. Thanks for getting back into caching and putting these out to bring me to these cool places!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WZT2 - FROGIES (1.5/1.5) by poppabear_2
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 21 (although for the first few logs I said 20, because I missed at least one), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was the eighth find. The location wasn't hard to find, and coordinates were very good. There was a large rock on part of the fence near the actual location, and I thought this had something to do with it, but didn't really. I found the real cache, signed the log, and replaced it as found. As always, I followed the hint, but it didn't help in actually finding the cache. I have to mention that by now, I am getting rather irritated by the dirt roads I have been on to find a bunch of these caches today. It seems a number of them have rocks and gravel which is just the right size to make it nearly impossible to keep my scooter under control. Guess I need to stick to more urban caches with it, or take my life into my own hands! It was an interesting ride, to say the least. Thanks for staying involved in caching, and bringing me to this area by putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1H3PV - Bushnell Break (1/1) by DicknJudy
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a quick find near the store. The container was pretty funny to look at. Originally, I headed over to the large tree, but when I read the hint, the actual location was revealed very quickly. Someone left a lemon break recipe in there - I left it for someone who might use it. Thanks for bringing me here and showing me this area!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC272AZ - Stop at the Stateline (1.5/1) by GEOCATZ!
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a DNF. I guess I should have read all the logs, instead of just the couple most recent, because I had an idea, but no luck. Had I read a little more, I might have looked in a few more places that might have revealed the actual cache. Thanks for bringing me here, even if I didn't get a smiley out of it.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VJBV - Root Road Covered Bridge (1/1.5) by LuckyPenny-SilverDime
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was the next find. I found this one almost immediately, but was surprised at how far it was from the bridge - most of these kind of hides are placed almost at the bridge. It did make it a little easier to work around with traffic, because the occasional car did come through while I was in this area. Thanks for bringing me here with this cache so I could see the bridge!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1W838 - Ya Can't Fix Stupid (1.5/1.5) by poppabear_2
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a find which took 2-3 minutes, because I had to actually look at the right place. Once I saw it, I was surprised at how long it took for me to find it, because it was so obvious once I knew where it was. Thanks for bringing me here and for putting these out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1G3TK - tram law (3) (1/1.5) by mo_burger
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. I looked for this one before, about a year ago, on another scooter run for caches in the area. At least this time nothing on my scooter broke! I found this one in the first place I looked without any problems. I wonder if it was actually there last year, because I can't believe I could have missed this! Thanks for putting this out, and for bringing me back here a second time to get the smiley!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1G8PC - Get your fit on! (2.5/1.5) by 16ggst
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. When I first pulled up to this one, a muggle on a bike, talking on a cell phone, rode by. I kind of made it look like I was checking something on my scooter until he left, and then I found the cache in about the third place I looked - I just happened to look in unlikely spots the first two times :) - So I signed the log, took a picture of the building because I thought the mural was cool (I'm a swimming official in PA), and headed out to look for my next cache! Thanks for bringing me here by putting this here!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1G8PH - The Giant Hulett (2/1) by DeeJayPanzone
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my last DNF of the day. I had been here before, and I'm not sure if this was the cache I looked for before or not - but I don't think it was. I think I hunted for one that turned out to be missing a little ways away from this machine. It is pretty cool - I did some research on them when I got home and saw some pictures of the entire thing in operation, not just the bucket and operators room like what is here. I had no luck with the cache however. A lady came over from the museum and started reading the sign next to it, and was there for probably 10 minutes - I don't know if there was some other reason she was there, or if she was just reading that slow. Then a couple of teen muggles came over and sat on the bench, and a family or two started climbing all over the Hulett. So I decided it would be better if I came back on a less busy day. Thanks for bringing me back here - I took some pictures, and posted them on my facebook page (Nice - a picture of the bridge, then Not so Nice - a picture of the "no skateboards" sign - I hate places that pick on skaters!). I'll be back!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1FF92 - Sal JR and Anthony Palma Memorial (1.5/1.5) by mo_burger
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. Stopped by and read this one, and then checked out the hint, which really didn't tell me anything about finding the cache. Although, I guess when I think about it now, it did kind of mention the place the cache was located, so I guess it was kind of a round-about hint. Thanks for bringing me here. I was on a call as a volunteer fireman where a 12 year old boy was partially ejected from a car and the car rolled on him, killing him, as well as a call on the interstate for, among other things, an 11 year old boy who was ejected from a van. Neither were wearing seatbelts - PLEASE wear your seatbelts when you're in a car, and make your kids do the same, no matter how much they complain. Thanks for bringing me here and telling this story.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1F690 - The GOTL Maniacal Micro (2/1) by Lonewolf
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a really cool hide. It happened to be the first thing I grabbed, and I was surprised it was that easy, but I have seen similar ones before. I never saw this particular type of this setup however, and it was well done and in great shape. Around this time, I got a text from a fellow firefighter who is a scout, who mentioned that he accidentally found a geocache, but knew exactly what it was when he ran across it. Thanks for bringing me here and showing me this cache and this area. We brought some junior firefighters here a few years back for a competition, and did very well at it!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1H579 - I Was Here First!!! (1.5/1.5) by mo_burger
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. I found this one without any problems, but did have some problems retrieving the container. I had to use a couple sticks as chopsticks or tweezers in order to actually retrieve the container from its hiding spot. When I was finished, I added a few layers of clothing as it was starting to cool off, and headed out to find more caches before heading home. Thanks for bringing me here and showing me this area, as well as giving me another smiley!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1TG3B - Really Secure (1/1) by rcexplorer
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was funny that the cache was located on the property of a security company - I figured this would be one of the last places you would ever find a cache. Thanks for bringing me here, though - it was well stocked and in great shape.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1THFX - Dont tell bderidder (1.5/1.5) by mo_burger
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a quick, easy find, with no difficulties at all. I actually stopped to eat on this cache run at the local KFC before doing this one, because I noticed the store and my stomach rumbling at about the same time. Thanks for bringing me to this area by putting this cache out - and my stomach thanks you as well!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1R6X4 - New Beginning - Old & New (2/1.5) by bderidder
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a pretty cool container, but there was a pretty big ant problem inside it. Like all over everything - I had to keep brushing them off my hands as I was trying to retrieve and sign the log - it probably should be cleaned out soon before things inside get damaged. Thanks for bringing me here and showing me this unique kind of hide!
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FireRef (Found it) GCNJ7N - YIACC in Harpersfield (2/1) by zoisrus
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was a quick find right where I thought it would be. Thanks for bringing me here. I figured I'd do a few more at this point, since it was starting to get dusky and I had a long ride home, so on to the next one!
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FireRef (Found it) GC16A1M - Have a Glass of Vidal Blanc (1.5/1) by zoisrus
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my second to last find for the day, and it took a few minutes, but I managed to find it. The place was deserted except for one car which pulled in, and circled around the parking lot, and then seemed to sit there for an extra minute or two watching me. Thanks for bringing me here because of this cache - I might have to check the place out when its open!
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FireRef (Found it) GC16BXA - Have a Glass of Delaware (1.5/1) by zoisrus
I went out today, after helping a friend with a couple of local caches, to look for some on my own with my scooter. I decided to head West to Ohio. I managed to find 22 (although for the first few logs I said 20 or 21, because I missed a few), DNF'd a few, and had a great time, and put 185 miles on my scooter in the process. This was my last cache of the evening. It was a quick, easy find, with no problems. Thanks for bringing me here. It was a little funny, because as I was pulling away, a car full of teenage girls all waved and screamed hi at me. Thanks for putting this one out! Now, the long trip home and logging time!
May 29th, 2010
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FireRef (Write note) GC1WKD6 - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #18 (2/1) by Shady Rob
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This one was actually on our way out to start the cache run. Since I had just lent an old Explorist GPS to him to use for a while, he noticed there was a cache right at the place where we happened to be turning. We stopped, he hopped out, and used it to find this cache very quickly. Thanks for putting these out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VPE0 - One For Skippy the Travelbug (1.5/1) by krox1012
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. When we drove into the parking lot for this campground, there was a man in the back of a pickup truck sawing away at a log, making a large bear sculpture. There were two teenage boys watching the sawing. We headed past and went to get the cache. The lid to this is completely smashed - the edge of it is separated from the center, so it is completely un-water-tight. I dumped some water out of the bottom of the container - the logbook is soaked, and many of the contents are slimy. You may want to replace this container, logbook, and contents. Thanks for putting it out - I didn't know this campground was here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC2667X - On the Deer Path (2/2.5) by GEOCATZ!
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was a pretty quick find, once we got into the right area. Thanks for putting this out - this is one of the first caches that VT9 did in a woodsey area.
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FireRef (Found it) GC25N69 - Old Stomping Ground (3/3) by thanatos01
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This one took a little while, probably because when I went into the woods, I thought that the container was a large one. We found it after about 10 minutes and about 20 pokes from the trees around the area of the cache. Thanks for bringing us back here and showing this area.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1TQ55 - Mary Kay's First (2/1.5) by mkgolf
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. When we went after this one, we went into the woods, and we ended up going the wrong way at first. We spotted it quickly, and it is in good shape. Thanks for bringing us here, and showing us this area!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1X3P6 - Leapin' Lizards (1.5/2) by mkgolf
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We actually came to find the other lizard one first, but noticed this one was here, so we went after this one first. After crashing through the rather thick, painful bushes for a while, I spotted it from a much less than pokey area than we originally thought it was in. After dissecting the cache, we signed the log, and moved on. Thanks for putting this out. On a side note, one of my former students, when the "found it" log showed up on facebook after posting the field note, replied with "Leapin' Lizards, Batman!"
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FireRef (Found it) GC2669G - Beyond the Lizard (1.5/2) by GEOCATZ!
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This one involved a lot more walking through high weeds than I expected when I started out. We took a pretty rough way in, between the knee-high vegitation, and the large sharp plants that we pushed our way through. As usual, we found a much quicker, easier way out of the woods than we had when we went in. Once we got into the area, VT9's gps was a little off - I remember it being a little finicky in tree cover, but found hundreds of caches with it, so I guess I can excuse it. We found it, signed the log, and found a much easier way out of the woods. Thanks for putting this out and bringing us back here.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T4GE - How'd I get here (1.5/1.5) by grammyannie
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was another of the grammyannie caches that is still out there, and I hope remain for a long time to come. She contributed a lot to caching in this area. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out! It was a quick find for VT9, and we signed the log and moved on. TFTC!
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FireRef (Found it) GC26F1N - Itty Bitty Zip Tie (2/1.5) by GEOCATZ!
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. Wow - this was a little one. It took probably 10 minutes of hunting, and then I spotted it in its hiding place. Thanks for putting this out and bringing us here.
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FireRef (Found it) GC26F11 - Under the Big Trees (1.5/3) by GEOCATZ!
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We decided after doing the nearby one, we would go further into the woods and find this one. It was the longest hike we did today. At least, for the most part, this one did the least damage to our legs. We entered the final area of the woods from different directions, as my old GPS that he was using had him going somewhere else, and then we finally met up. My GPS actually took me past the final location where we found it, so we ended up at the same place finally. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GCX1J3 - Hare and Beyond (1.5/1.5) by pokespies
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We decided to do some caches that didn't involve fighting our way through the woods for a while, so we headed into Waterford to do this one. We found the first stage, figured out the coordinates, and them moved on to part two. We started in the wrong area for part two, and didn't really understand the clue, but found the cache pretty quickly eventually. The container and contents are in great shape. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us these two areas. This, I believe, was VT9's first multi-cache.
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FireRef (Found it) GC29BA8 - SSssshh, Don't tell Vinarian I hid this (1.5/1.5) by emtfire10
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was a quick find once we got to the right spot. I guess we found the replacement container, since the first log says the original cache was lost by the FTF people, and so we were FTF on the new container maybe? Just kidding. I did sign it as second to find lol. We could see why this bridge was closed down, with the plywood allowing us to actually walk into it when we got close! Thanks for bringing us here and showing this area, and we won't tell him about the cache!
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FireRef (Write note) GC13E71 - Trading Post (3/1.5) by Horsnaround
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. I had found this one before, hence me writing a note rather than a found-it log. I wanted to show VT9 a really creative cache. He found it after about 2-3 minutes of searching, when it took me 2-3 trips out here to find it. The manager saw us right away, and when I explained why I was there, she said VT9 could have a free root beer if he could find it with no help - and he did! Congrats! Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1XA0F - LupusTP (1.5/2) by thanatos01
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was a quick find once we got to the right area. I actually drove by it the first time, had to turn around, and came back to find it in a few minutes. It wasn't in the first place we thought it was. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WV0A - Over The Rainbow (1.5/1.5) by thanatos01
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was actually near where we turned around to go back for "Over the Rainbow", and so after finding that one, we came back and found this one. VT9 actually found this one. Thanks for bringing us here, and showing us this area!
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FireRef (Found it) GC26TW0 - Bagdad Cache (1.5/1) by GEOCATZ!
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was a quick stop, but we didn't realize how cool of a cache it was. I was going to tell VT9 about this kind of hide before, but never did - he managed to come up with the find very quickly, and took pictures of it once we finished signing the log. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out - very cool container!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VQFA - It's Complex (1.5/1.5) by mkgolf
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We looked for a few minutes here, checking a bunch of different places, but once we read some of the previous logs, I happened to look in the right place. I didn't expect to find it where I did. Thanks for putting this out, and bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T4FX - AWESOME (2/2) by grammyannie
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We actually went to the wrong place to start with, and spent about 10 minutes hunting around, until we went to the obvious place and found it right away. Thanks for bringing us here, and putting this out. I'm glad a lot of these caches are still out here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T4FG - CKWOOD (1.5/1.5) by grammyannie
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. I noticed this as we were driving by looking for parking, and it stood out as a great place for a cache. I was right! VT9 dug it out, we got the log signed, and headed out on our way. I almost fell jumping back across the ditch - lol. Thanks for putting this out and bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1XYZK - My Pad (1/2) by Articat
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. I found the original Our Pad cache, and was happy to see the container was still here and in basically the same location. Thanks for bringing us here by putting it out! This is my last find for the day, and happens to be #1949. I guess I'll get 1950 tomorrow, and maybe 2000 by the end of the weekend!
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FireRef (Write note) GC17JX0 - Johnson Dollar (2.5/1.5) by TeamEmtFireKids
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We looked for this one until I realized it was disabled, so we stopped after a minute or two. I found it a long time ago, but couldn't remember what it was or looked like, so I can't confirm whether it is there or not, because we didn't find it but I wasn't sure what we were looking for.
FireRef (Write note) GC1WKD6 - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #18 (2/1) by Shady Rob
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This one was actually on our way out to start the cache run. Since I had just lent an old Explorist GPS to him to use for a while, he noticed there was a cache right at the place where we happened to be turning. We stopped, he hopped out, and used it to find this cache very quickly. Thanks for putting these out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VPE0 - One For Skippy the Travelbug (1.5/1) by krox1012
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. When we drove into the parking lot for this campground, there was a man in the back of a pickup truck sawing away at a log, making a large bear sculpture. There were two teenage boys watching the sawing. We headed past and went to get the cache. The lid to this is completely smashed - the edge of it is separated from the center, so it is completely un-water-tight. I dumped some water out of the bottom of the container - the logbook is soaked, and many of the contents are slimy. You may want to replace this container, logbook, and contents. Thanks for putting it out - I didn't know this campground was here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC2667X - On the Deer Path (2/2.5) by GEOCATZ!
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was a pretty quick find, once we got into the right area. Thanks for putting this out - this is one of the first caches that VT9 did in a woodsey area.
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FireRef (Found it) GC25N69 - Old Stomping Ground (3/3) by thanatos01
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This one took a little while, probably because when I went into the woods, I thought that the container was a large one. We found it after about 10 minutes and about 20 pokes from the trees around the area of the cache. Thanks for bringing us back here and showing this area.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1TQ55 - Mary Kay's First (2/1.5) by mkgolf
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. When we went after this one, we went into the woods, and we ended up going the wrong way at first. We spotted it quickly, and it is in good shape. Thanks for bringing us here, and showing us this area!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1X3P6 - Leapin' Lizards (1.5/2) by mkgolf
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We actually came to find the other lizard one first, but noticed this one was here, so we went after this one first. After crashing through the rather thick, painful bushes for a while, I spotted it from a much less than pokey area than we originally thought it was in. After dissecting the cache, we signed the log, and moved on. Thanks for putting this out. On a side note, one of my former students, when the "found it" log showed up on facebook after posting the field note, replied with "Leapin' Lizards, Batman!"
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FireRef (Found it) GC2669G - Beyond the Lizard (1.5/2) by GEOCATZ!
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This one involved a lot more walking through high weeds than I expected when I started out. We took a pretty rough way in, between the knee-high vegitation, and the large sharp plants that we pushed our way through. As usual, we found a much quicker, easier way out of the woods than we had when we went in. Once we got into the area, VT9's gps was a little off - I remember it being a little finicky in tree cover, but found hundreds of caches with it, so I guess I can excuse it. We found it, signed the log, and found a much easier way out of the woods. Thanks for putting this out and bringing us back here.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T4GE - How'd I get here (1.5/1.5) by grammyannie
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was another of the grammyannie caches that is still out there, and I hope remain for a long time to come. She contributed a lot to caching in this area. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out! It was a quick find for VT9, and we signed the log and moved on. TFTC!
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FireRef (Found it) GC26F1N - Itty Bitty Zip Tie (2/1.5) by GEOCATZ!
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. Wow - this was a little one. It took probably 10 minutes of hunting, and then I spotted it in its hiding place. Thanks for putting this out and bringing us here.
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FireRef (Found it) GC26F11 - Under the Big Trees (1.5/3) by GEOCATZ!
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We decided after doing the nearby one, we would go further into the woods and find this one. It was the longest hike we did today. At least, for the most part, this one did the least damage to our legs. We entered the final area of the woods from different directions, as my old GPS that he was using had him going somewhere else, and then we finally met up. My GPS actually took me past the final location where we found it, so we ended up at the same place finally. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GCX1J3 - Hare and Beyond (1.5/1.5) by pokespies
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We decided to do some caches that didn't involve fighting our way through the woods for a while, so we headed into Waterford to do this one. We found the first stage, figured out the coordinates, and them moved on to part two. We started in the wrong area for part two, and didn't really understand the clue, but found the cache pretty quickly eventually. The container and contents are in great shape. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us these two areas. This, I believe, was VT9's first multi-cache.
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FireRef (Found it) GC29BA8 - SSssshh, Don't tell Vinarian I hid this (1.5/1.5) by emtfire10
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was a quick find once we got to the right spot. I guess we found the replacement container, since the first log says the original cache was lost by the FTF people, and so we were FTF on the new container maybe? Just kidding. I did sign it as second to find lol. We could see why this bridge was closed down, with the plywood allowing us to actually walk into it when we got close! Thanks for bringing us here and showing this area, and we won't tell him about the cache!
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FireRef (Write note) GC13E71 - Trading Post (3/1.5) by Horsnaround
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. I had found this one before, hence me writing a note rather than a found-it log. I wanted to show VT9 a really creative cache. He found it after about 2-3 minutes of searching, when it took me 2-3 trips out here to find it. The manager saw us right away, and when I explained why I was there, she said VT9 could have a free root beer if he could find it with no help - and he did! Congrats! Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1XA0F - LupusTP (1.5/2) by thanatos01
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was a quick find once we got to the right area. I actually drove by it the first time, had to turn around, and came back to find it in a few minutes. It wasn't in the first place we thought it was. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WV0A - Over The Rainbow (1.5/1.5) by thanatos01
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was actually near where we turned around to go back for "Over the Rainbow", and so after finding that one, we came back and found this one. VT9 actually found this one. Thanks for bringing us here, and showing us this area!
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FireRef (Found it) GC26TW0 - Bagdad Cache (1.5/1) by GEOCATZ!
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. This was a quick stop, but we didn't realize how cool of a cache it was. I was going to tell VT9 about this kind of hide before, but never did - he managed to come up with the find very quickly, and took pictures of it once we finished signing the log. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out - very cool container!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VQFA - It's Complex (1.5/1.5) by mkgolf
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We looked for a few minutes here, checking a bunch of different places, but once we read some of the previous logs, I happened to look in the right place. I didn't expect to find it where I did. Thanks for putting this out, and bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T4FX - AWESOME (2/2) by grammyannie
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We actually went to the wrong place to start with, and spent about 10 minutes hunting around, until we went to the obvious place and found it right away. Thanks for bringing us here, and putting this out. I'm glad a lot of these caches are still out here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T4FG - CKWOOD (1.5/1.5) by grammyannie
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. I noticed this as we were driving by looking for parking, and it stood out as a great place for a cache. I was right! VT9 dug it out, we got the log signed, and headed out on our way. I almost fell jumping back across the ditch - lol. Thanks for putting this out and bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1XYZK - My Pad (1/2) by Articat
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. I found the original Our Pad cache, and was happy to see the container was still here and in basically the same location. Thanks for bringing us here by putting it out! This is my last find for the day, and happens to be #1949. I guess I'll get 1950 tomorrow, and maybe 2000 by the end of the weekend!
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FireRef (Write note) GC17JX0 - Johnson Dollar (2.5/1.5) by TeamEmtFireKids
Today I was out on a cache run with VanillaThunda9. We did a bunch of caches in the Waterford area. We looked for this one until I realized it was disabled, so we stopped after a minute or two. I found it a long time ago, but couldn't remember what it was or looked like, so I can't confirm whether it is there or not, because we didn't find it but I wasn't sure what we were looking for.
May 25th, 2010
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FireRef (Write note) GC16YWW - Shub-Niggurath (4/1.5) by gp_man
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. I guess before this one they stopped at Novelle, which was the first one I showed him a few days ago. I had found this one a while back, after multiple attempts. It was close to VT9's house, so that was where I met them looking for it. They spent about 15 minutes hunting, and then I joined in, and none of us were able to find it. I'm pretty sure I remember where and what it was, but didn't have any luck today after about 10-15 minutes of all of us looking. Might still be there, but next time the owner's in the neighborhood, you could check on it :) Thanks for bringing us back here. Off to the next one!
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FireRef (Write note) GCJ0H7 - Old Ball Game (2/1) by RickyB
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. They met me here, and I let them search for about 10 minutes before That Guy came up with the find. Lots of places it could be. I didn't have to give them any hints other than what the container was, but that didn't really help much because they were already looking everywhere a container like that could be. One of them plays baseball here quite often. Thanks for bringing us here and keeping these older caches alive!
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FireRef (Found it) GC25M65 - Washington Park (1.5/1) by GEOCATZ!
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. This was one of the few I hadn't found, so we spent some time looking for it, and I managed to make the find. It wasn't where I expected. No tweezers required. I was here about a week or two ago, when the benches were just painted, but didn't realize that until I already put my hand on it. Thanks for bringing us here for for putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WH1W - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #8 (3.5/1) by Shady Rob
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. This was one I've hunted for a bunch of times, but managed to find it this time. Well, That Guy found it after I had looked in exactly that spot and didn't see anything. I can't believe I didn't think of this before. Actually, I mentioned a similar hide I had seen somewhere else, and That Guy said something like "Oh, like this"? Good hide. Thanks for putting these out!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1ZG55 - The edge (1.5/2) by lmsmith623
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. They found it almost immediately. It is in good shape and well stocked so far. Thanks for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC293GT - disgraced PA #1 (2/1.5) by Anti-Atom
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. This was one I hadn't found, and with the hint, That Guy found it almost immediately. The log is soaked at this point - good idea for a cache, but the method of securing it might need to be rethought before it is completely full of water after a decent rain. Thanks for starting to put these out and bringing us here - I've been here about once a year for the Swimming official's banquet at the end of the season for over 10 years.
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FireRef (Write note) GCKDGF - The Liberty Cache (3.5/1.5) by quills
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. I found this one a while ago. It wasn't where I thought I found it, and I remembered what I was looking for. When I posted a DNF via twitter, someone who helped me with an earlier cache said it wasn't where I thought it was, but was still there. We had already left, so it was too late to go back and look again. Thanks for putting this out and maintaining it, even if we didn't find it today.
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FireRef (Write note) GCJ76H - The Great Debate (2.5/1) by RickyB
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. I was a little late getting there, but when I did. VT9 said That Guy walked right up to it and found it. Impressive!
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FireRef (Write note) GC17FVG - golden cache (4/2) by foundfun
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. That Guy looked for 4-5 minutes, but found it pretty easily when he looked in the right place - he seems to have the knack for these urban hides. Thanks for bringing us back here!
FireRef (Write note) GC16YWW - Shub-Niggurath (4/1.5) by gp_man
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. I guess before this one they stopped at Novelle, which was the first one I showed him a few days ago. I had found this one a while back, after multiple attempts. It was close to VT9's house, so that was where I met them looking for it. They spent about 15 minutes hunting, and then I joined in, and none of us were able to find it. I'm pretty sure I remember where and what it was, but didn't have any luck today after about 10-15 minutes of all of us looking. Might still be there, but next time the owner's in the neighborhood, you could check on it :) Thanks for bringing us back here. Off to the next one!
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FireRef (Write note) GCJ0H7 - Old Ball Game (2/1) by RickyB
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. They met me here, and I let them search for about 10 minutes before That Guy came up with the find. Lots of places it could be. I didn't have to give them any hints other than what the container was, but that didn't really help much because they were already looking everywhere a container like that could be. One of them plays baseball here quite often. Thanks for bringing us here and keeping these older caches alive!
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FireRef (Found it) GC25M65 - Washington Park (1.5/1) by GEOCATZ!
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. This was one of the few I hadn't found, so we spent some time looking for it, and I managed to make the find. It wasn't where I expected. No tweezers required. I was here about a week or two ago, when the benches were just painted, but didn't realize that until I already put my hand on it. Thanks for bringing us here for for putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WH1W - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #8 (3.5/1) by Shady Rob
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. This was one I've hunted for a bunch of times, but managed to find it this time. Well, That Guy found it after I had looked in exactly that spot and didn't see anything. I can't believe I didn't think of this before. Actually, I mentioned a similar hide I had seen somewhere else, and That Guy said something like "Oh, like this"? Good hide. Thanks for putting these out!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1ZG55 - The edge (1.5/2) by lmsmith623
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. They found it almost immediately. It is in good shape and well stocked so far. Thanks for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC293GT - disgraced PA #1 (2/1.5) by Anti-Atom
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. This was one I hadn't found, and with the hint, That Guy found it almost immediately. The log is soaked at this point - good idea for a cache, but the method of securing it might need to be rethought before it is completely full of water after a decent rain. Thanks for starting to put these out and bringing us here - I've been here about once a year for the Swimming official's banquet at the end of the season for over 10 years.
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FireRef (Write note) GCKDGF - The Liberty Cache (3.5/1.5) by quills
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. I found this one a while ago. It wasn't where I thought I found it, and I remembered what I was looking for. When I posted a DNF via twitter, someone who helped me with an earlier cache said it wasn't where I thought it was, but was still there. We had already left, so it was too late to go back and look again. Thanks for putting this out and maintaining it, even if we didn't find it today.
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FireRef (Write note) GCJ76H - The Great Debate (2.5/1) by RickyB
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. I was a little late getting there, but when I did. VT9 said That Guy walked right up to it and found it. Impressive!
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FireRef (Write note) GC17FVG - golden cache (4/2) by foundfun
I went looking for a few caches today with VanillaThunda9 and his friend That Guy. VT9 was showing That Guy what caching was. That Guy looked for 4-5 minutes, but found it pretty easily when he looked in the right place - he seems to have the knack for these urban hides. Thanks for bringing us back here!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1HVC2 - ChemCache #92 - Uranium (1.5/2) by FireRef
Dropping my Car and Scooter Travel Bugs into this cache to start their mileage.
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FireRef (Write note) GC1JPH2 - Novelle (1.5/1.5) by Newt22
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was the first one we looked for. I showed him some ideas, but he said he and his dad looked around here with no luck after I had told him about this. Once I showed him where to look, he found it right away, but like most newbies, didn't know that part of the container moved. Thanks for bringing me back here. Cache was in good shape!
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FireRef (Write note) GCJ76H - The Great Debate (2.5/1) by RickyB
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. I had to check this one out for someone else recently. This was the second I brought him to. After some suggestions and poking around, he found this without too much trouble. It was attached very tightly. Thanks for bringing me back here - cache was in good shape!
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FireRef (Write note) GC17FVG - golden cache (4/2) by foundfun
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. We came here for our third hunt. VanillaThunda9 found it pretty quickly once I gave him the general location to look in. Cache is in good shape and well hidden! Thanks for bringing me back here!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1WQ79 - West for West (1.5/1.5) by Firegirl69
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. Thin. is was the first one of this type that I brought him to, and after some suggestions, he found it quickly. He actually had less trouble with it than I did with getting the log out and back in! Thanks for bringing me back here again. Muddy as ever lol.
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FireRef (Write note) GC17B4W - cache 4 the bus (1.5/1.5) by foundfun
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. I found this one a while back, and it was not there. There is only a remenant of what held the container. I'll post a Needs Archived log since the owner hasn't logged in for 6 months. Thanks for putting this one out.
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FireRef (Needs Archived) GC17B4W - cache 4 the bus (1.5/1.5) by foundfun
This cache is missing.
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FireRef (Write note) GCJ2D2 - Mountain Backside (1.5/1.5) by Goldsnoop-PA
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This looked like it was in one place, and it was funny, because VanillaThunda9 pointed out that technically, it wasn't behind the store that it was listed in. He found it almost right away, and is getting pretty good at this. Thanks for bringing me back here. We apparently are the first to sign with a new log.
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FireRef (Write note) GCMWNG - Clean (1.5/1.5) by Erie Scouter
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was one that I took a couple of trips to find, and he found it within about a minute. Coords are off, and he commented on that. He still thinks the GPS should take you to the specific spot of the cache like most newbies lol. Once I mentioned where I was uncomfortable looking, he found it immediately. Thanks for bringing me back here. Cache is in good shape!
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FireRef (Write note) GCPEME - Bottle #1: Raissa (2/2) by kiawa
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This one took a few minutes, and when we reread the hint, he found it almost immediately. He mentioned that the inside of the container could use some cleaning. Thanks for bringing me back here.
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FireRef (Write note) GC17AWK - grand cache (1.5/1.5) by foundfun
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. We ran into a teacher I work with when we entered this park, so he headed off to find the cache while I talked with my coworker and his family. VanillaThunda9 found it while I was talking and was just waiting for a pen when I got there. Thanks for bringing us here and putting this out - cache is in good shape!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1HQHZ - Scarlett's Fire (1.5/1.5) by Newt22
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was the last of the ones we went to look for before going to look for some new ones that I hadn't found. It was very muddy coming back here today, and it reminded me as well of the last time I was here, with FFKid, and he told me about some interesting text messages he had received from a girl that liked him. VanillaThunda9 and I slogged through the mud, including on a nice part of the trail that some younger people were working on rebuilding. We finally got to the area of the cache, and found it pretty quickly. Thanks for bringing me back here - cache was in good shape. I showed VanillaThunda9 what a travel bug was, and when I saw that one was "Fireman Dave", which is my name and I'm a fireman, I just had to take it. I'll get some photos with it in my fire department shortly and get him moving. Thanks for the cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC2913T - Sir Arthur slays the Griffin (2.5/1.5) by Dudeacus
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was the first of the real finds for the day that was new for me. It was a cache hidden by a former student of mine, and just released a few hours ago. I was going to look for it, but when I realized that I would be going out caching later, so I saved it. It worked out good, because his father seems to have gotten the FTF. I spotted this one first, only because it hadn't been placed back very well and the baggie was showing. We signed the log, returned it to its spot in good shape, and moved on. Very good cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC26BNX - BM - Grubb (1/1.5) by Tprints
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was the second of my new finds for the day. It took a few minutes and the traffic was pretty heavy most of the time. We ended up wandering, and on the wrong side of the street for a few minutes, but in the end, found it right where the hint said it was. Thanks for bringing us here, and thanks for putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC18P69 - Three's A Charm! (2.5/2) by GeneP
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was my third find for the day, not counting the ones I've been to before. When I saw this was where we headed next, I was like "Well, you'll get to see your first real DNF". There was a cache missing earlier in the day, but I figured there was no way I would find this one, since I had been here a couple of other times, and had no luck any time. We went in, looked around, and after 2-3 minutes, I managed to spot it, and was like "No way!" I asked my partner to check where I thought it was, and it was there! Wow - well hidden and definitely not in the obvious spot. Log is slightly damp. Thanks for bringing me back here several times and for putting this out - glad to have it off my DNF list!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1KDWX - Where's Poppy? (2.5/1.5) by Newt22
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was one of the caches I had never done before, and after finding where it was and how to get to parking, we started searching. There were two older gentlemen working in the gardens nearby, and we thought they might come over, but they just watched - they must know what is going on with this cache lol. We looked for probably 10-15 minutes before VanillaThunda9 managed to spot it right after I made a suggestion about what kind of hide it might be. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WKEJ - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #22 (3/1.5) by Shady Rob
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. I found this one almost right away after we got here, and thought it was a very cool container. I was lucky that I checked it because I could see it being a very easy to miss. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this series out. This was the last of the new ones we did before heading back.
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FireRef (Write note) GCJ8M8 - Auto Art (1/1) by MsKardiac
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was the last place that we stopped, because I wanted to show him what a virtual cache consists of. He took some pictures and got the information he needs if he decides to log the caches we did today. Thanks for maintaining this area and keeping one of the only virtual caches in Erie still alive!
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FireRef (Found it) GCQBX9 - Beach View (1.5/1.5) by Goldsnoop-PA
I decided to go back after this one when I thought I would pick up some caches in the North East area that I hadn't. I asked someone who found it for a hint, and got a better idea of what I was looking for and a narrowed-down search area. I headed out there and after about 20 minutes of hunting, managed to finally knock this one off my list, after multiple visits with several people with me at various times. Thanks for being so devious - you definitely are the anti-park-n-grab cache hider!
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FireRef (Write note) GC2913T - Sir Arthur slays the Griffin (2.5/1.5) by Dudeacus
Lol I definitely know which one that was! Nice hide!
FireRef (Write note) GC1HVC2 - ChemCache #92 - Uranium (1.5/2) by FireRef
Dropping my Car and Scooter Travel Bugs into this cache to start their mileage.
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FireRef (Write note) GC1JPH2 - Novelle (1.5/1.5) by Newt22
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was the first one we looked for. I showed him some ideas, but he said he and his dad looked around here with no luck after I had told him about this. Once I showed him where to look, he found it right away, but like most newbies, didn't know that part of the container moved. Thanks for bringing me back here. Cache was in good shape!
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FireRef (Write note) GCJ76H - The Great Debate (2.5/1) by RickyB
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. I had to check this one out for someone else recently. This was the second I brought him to. After some suggestions and poking around, he found this without too much trouble. It was attached very tightly. Thanks for bringing me back here - cache was in good shape!
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FireRef (Write note) GC17FVG - golden cache (4/2) by foundfun
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. We came here for our third hunt. VanillaThunda9 found it pretty quickly once I gave him the general location to look in. Cache is in good shape and well hidden! Thanks for bringing me back here!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1WQ79 - West for West (1.5/1.5) by Firegirl69
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. Thin. is was the first one of this type that I brought him to, and after some suggestions, he found it quickly. He actually had less trouble with it than I did with getting the log out and back in! Thanks for bringing me back here again. Muddy as ever lol.
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FireRef (Write note) GC17B4W - cache 4 the bus (1.5/1.5) by foundfun
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. I found this one a while back, and it was not there. There is only a remenant of what held the container. I'll post a Needs Archived log since the owner hasn't logged in for 6 months. Thanks for putting this one out.
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FireRef (Needs Archived) GC17B4W - cache 4 the bus (1.5/1.5) by foundfun
This cache is missing.
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FireRef (Write note) GCJ2D2 - Mountain Backside (1.5/1.5) by Goldsnoop-PA
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This looked like it was in one place, and it was funny, because VanillaThunda9 pointed out that technically, it wasn't behind the store that it was listed in. He found it almost right away, and is getting pretty good at this. Thanks for bringing me back here. We apparently are the first to sign with a new log.
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FireRef (Write note) GCMWNG - Clean (1.5/1.5) by Erie Scouter
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was one that I took a couple of trips to find, and he found it within about a minute. Coords are off, and he commented on that. He still thinks the GPS should take you to the specific spot of the cache like most newbies lol. Once I mentioned where I was uncomfortable looking, he found it immediately. Thanks for bringing me back here. Cache is in good shape!
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FireRef (Write note) GCPEME - Bottle #1: Raissa (2/2) by kiawa
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This one took a few minutes, and when we reread the hint, he found it almost immediately. He mentioned that the inside of the container could use some cleaning. Thanks for bringing me back here.
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FireRef (Write note) GC17AWK - grand cache (1.5/1.5) by foundfun
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. We ran into a teacher I work with when we entered this park, so he headed off to find the cache while I talked with my coworker and his family. VanillaThunda9 found it while I was talking and was just waiting for a pen when I got there. Thanks for bringing us here and putting this out - cache is in good shape!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1HQHZ - Scarlett's Fire (1.5/1.5) by Newt22
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was the last of the ones we went to look for before going to look for some new ones that I hadn't found. It was very muddy coming back here today, and it reminded me as well of the last time I was here, with FFKid, and he told me about some interesting text messages he had received from a girl that liked him. VanillaThunda9 and I slogged through the mud, including on a nice part of the trail that some younger people were working on rebuilding. We finally got to the area of the cache, and found it pretty quickly. Thanks for bringing me back here - cache was in good shape. I showed VanillaThunda9 what a travel bug was, and when I saw that one was "Fireman Dave", which is my name and I'm a fireman, I just had to take it. I'll get some photos with it in my fire department shortly and get him moving. Thanks for the cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC2913T - Sir Arthur slays the Griffin (2.5/1.5) by Dudeacus
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was the first of the real finds for the day that was new for me. It was a cache hidden by a former student of mine, and just released a few hours ago. I was going to look for it, but when I realized that I would be going out caching later, so I saved it. It worked out good, because his father seems to have gotten the FTF. I spotted this one first, only because it hadn't been placed back very well and the baggie was showing. We signed the log, returned it to its spot in good shape, and moved on. Very good cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC26BNX - BM - Grubb (1/1.5) by Tprints
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was the second of my new finds for the day. It took a few minutes and the traffic was pretty heavy most of the time. We ended up wandering, and on the wrong side of the street for a few minutes, but in the end, found it right where the hint said it was. Thanks for bringing us here, and thanks for putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC18P69 - Three's A Charm! (2.5/2) by GeneP
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was my third find for the day, not counting the ones I've been to before. When I saw this was where we headed next, I was like "Well, you'll get to see your first real DNF". There was a cache missing earlier in the day, but I figured there was no way I would find this one, since I had been here a couple of other times, and had no luck any time. We went in, looked around, and after 2-3 minutes, I managed to spot it, and was like "No way!" I asked my partner to check where I thought it was, and it was there! Wow - well hidden and definitely not in the obvious spot. Log is slightly damp. Thanks for bringing me back here several times and for putting this out - glad to have it off my DNF list!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1KDWX - Where's Poppy? (2.5/1.5) by Newt22
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was one of the caches I had never done before, and after finding where it was and how to get to parking, we started searching. There were two older gentlemen working in the gardens nearby, and we thought they might come over, but they just watched - they must know what is going on with this cache lol. We looked for probably 10-15 minutes before VanillaThunda9 managed to spot it right after I made a suggestion about what kind of hide it might be. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WKEJ - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #22 (3/1.5) by Shady Rob
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. I found this one almost right away after we got here, and thought it was a very cool container. I was lucky that I checked it because I could see it being a very easy to miss. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this series out. This was the last of the new ones we did before heading back.
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FireRef (Write note) GCJ8M8 - Auto Art (1/1) by MsKardiac
Today I went out caching for a while with a friend of mine, who decided to use the name VanillaThunda9, his XBox gamertag. I introduced him to some caches near his house that I knew where they were and showed a variety of hides, and then we went and looked for some that I had never found. I posted notes for my prior finds. This was the last place that we stopped, because I wanted to show him what a virtual cache consists of. He took some pictures and got the information he needs if he decides to log the caches we did today. Thanks for maintaining this area and keeping one of the only virtual caches in Erie still alive!
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FireRef (Found it) GCQBX9 - Beach View (1.5/1.5) by Goldsnoop-PA
I decided to go back after this one when I thought I would pick up some caches in the North East area that I hadn't. I asked someone who found it for a hint, and got a better idea of what I was looking for and a narrowed-down search area. I headed out there and after about 20 minutes of hunting, managed to finally knock this one off my list, after multiple visits with several people with me at various times. Thanks for being so devious - you definitely are the anti-park-n-grab cache hider!
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FireRef (Write note) GC2913T - Sir Arthur slays the Griffin (2.5/1.5) by Dudeacus
Lol I definitely know which one that was! Nice hide!
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