Geocaching Logs from 6-12-09

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FireRef (Found it) GC161NF - Is Your Tank Full? (1.5/1.5) by Shadow Raven
This was one of a dozen caches that BVFDJR and FFKid did with me on a cache run to go find a 2.5 mile night cache south of Cleveland. This one was supposed to be a quick stop, but BVFDJR had some problems figuring out where to park, so once he did, I walked down and made the find. Thanks for bringing us here!

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FireRef (Found it) GC161N3 - Who is buried in the Weymouth Cemetery (1.5/1.5) by Shadow Raven
This was one of a dozen caches that BVFDJR and FFKid did with me on a cache run to go find a 2.5 mile night cache south of Cleveland. We stopped here to pick this one up because it looked like it would be pretty quick and easy. This was one of the ones that BVFDJR messed with me on, because he quickly found it and concealed the container, and then told me he needed to go find a tree to visit back in the woods away from the cemetery. I continued to look, and when he came back, he said "Lets Go" - he had found it, signed the log, and we were on our way... they like to pull that on me to see if they can keep me from actually seeing them get away with it. Thanks for bringing us here!

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FireRef (Found it) GC17DZY - GT: Map (1.5/1.5) by KLM Girl
This was one of a dozen caches that BVFDJR and FFKid did with me on a cache run to go find a 2.5 mile night cache south of Cleveland. We stopped to pick this one up because it was right there, on the side of the road. So BVFDJR gets out of the car and starts looking. With the hint, it really can't be that hard. So he looks for a few minutes, and I'm still waiting, but he hasn't found it. So I get out, walk over, and BAM, there it is. I made sure to hassle him that he couldn't find something as obvious as that. Thanks for the cache!

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FireRef (Found it) GC1RY6J - Gollum Loves Fish (2/2) by SandysRangers
This was one of a dozen caches that BVFDJR and FFKid did with me on a cache run to go find a 2.5 mile night cache south of Cleveland. We decided to stop in this park because there were a number of caches close by, and BVFDJR likes to hunt the ones with harder terrain, and since a few qualified, it made sense to do this. Thanks for bringing us here. When we first started walking to find this one, we walked up and looked at the pond. FFKid said he'd jump in the water for $10, and we both said yeah, right. So BVFDJR and I grabbed him from behind and acted like we were going to throw him in! We found the cache pretty quickly - seemed like there was a code on the lid, which we wrote down, but never found out what to do with it. Thanks for the cache!

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FireRef (Found it) GC1RY6X - Elf Cache (2/2) by SandysRangers
This was one of a dozen caches that BVFDJR and FFKid did with me on a cache run to go find a 2.5 mile night cache south of Cleveland. We decided to stop in this park because there were a number of caches close by, and BVFDJR likes to hunt the ones with harder terrain, and since a few qualified, it made sense to do this. Thanks for bringing us here. This one wasn't a hard one to find, but it was funny because FFKid was signing the log, and managed to forget who we were - he couldn't remember our geocaching names! Thanks for the cache!

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FireRef (Found it) GC13FCG - Plum Crazy 1 (1.5/1.5) by Arby Gee
This was one of a dozen caches that BVFDJR and FFKid did with me on a cache run to go find a 2.5 mile night cache south of Cleveland. We decided to stop in this park because there were a number of caches close by, and BVFDJR likes to hunt the ones with harder terrain, and since a few qualified, it made sense to do this. Thanks for bringing us here. We picked up the card to figure out the final, but never managed to do that - check out the DNF for the mystery cache for that information. This one just about drove me crazy because BVFDJR decided to blow a whistle that was in the cache several times, long and loud, right next to my head, while I was trying to get the log signed - ouch! Thanks for the cache!

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FireRef (Found it) GC1RY75 - Dwarves Delve Deep (2.5/3) by SandysRangers
This was one of a dozen caches that BVFDJR and FFKid did with me on a cache run to go find a 2.5 mile night cache south of Cleveland. We decided to stop in this park because there were a number of caches close by, and BVFDJR likes to hunt the ones with harder terrain, and since a few qualified, it made sense to do this. Thanks for bringing us here. This was actually the one that we came into this park to do, and were surprised that the terrain wasn't quite what we thought it was going to be. We hunted for quite a while, all up and down and over the hillside, bridge, steps, etc. After probably 15 minutes, BVFDJR and FFKid asked for the GPS to wander a little following the arrow. After 30 seconds or so, they started walking deeper into the park, and well away from where the GPS had taken us. Turns out they had found the cache, signed for everyone, and were moving on - it is a common prank they play on me - see if they can get the cache found and signed and returned to its hiding place before I can find it and without me noticing that they have it and are working on it. They got me good with this one! Thanks for the cache!

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FireRef (Found it) GC13FCH - Plum Crazy 2 (1.5/2.5) by Arby Gee
This was one of a dozen caches that BVFDJR and FFKid did with me on a cache run to go find a 2.5 mile night cache south of Cleveland. We decided to stop in this park because there were a number of caches close by, and BVFDJR likes to hunt the ones with harder terrain, and since a few qualified, it made sense to do this. Thanks for bringing us here. This was a relatively quick find, knowing what we were looking for. It was starting to get rather dusky, so I figured that we probably should get moving if we wanted to find the third one and the final before it got completely dark - we didn't bring any flashlights since we didn't realize we were going to be in the park as long as we were. Thanks for the cache!

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FireRef (Found it) GC13FCM - Plum Crazy 3 (2/2) by Arby Gee
This was one of a dozen caches that BVFDJR and FFKid did with me on a cache run to go find a 2.5 mile night cache south of Cleveland. We decided to stop in this park because there were a number of caches close by, and BVFDJR likes to hunt the ones with harder terrain, and since a few qualified, it made sense to do this. Thanks for bringing us here. This was another of those caches where BVFDJR and FFKid conspired to mess around with my head. They really didn't do as good a job as usual, because it took a lot longer to find the cache. FFKid took a few breaks, sitting down on the path and saying he might fall asleep because it was taking so long. Eventually, BVFDJR found it, got the log signed, got the clue card, and then they were standing out on the trail one of the times I was looking trying to figure out the clues... I asked why they were doing it with only 2 cards, and they showed me all three - sheesh - got me again. They keep trying to beat me to the find, get everything signed, and then get it put back without me noticing. We then spent the next 15 minutes or so solving the puzzle, and managed to get most of it. When we got to the point where we had most of it, and our internet research didn't manage to get us everything, we realized we were completely in the dark without flashlights (except for cell phones), and needed to get another cache done before the other park closed. So we headed off to look for the mystery cache - but that's for another log... haha - Thanks for bringing us here!

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FireRef (Found it) GC1F1WY - Rocky River Rescue (2/4) by MatthewVinez
This was one of a dozen caches that BVFDJR and FFKid did with me on a cache run to go find a 2.5 mile night cache south of Cleveland. We decided to stop in this park because there were a number of caches close by, and BVFDJR likes to hunt the ones with harder terrain, and since a few qualified, it made sense to do this. Thanks for bringing us here. We did this one while still working on the night cache in the area, which is another good story, but I'll type that one out on that cache page. We came down the hard way, not realizing until we were close that there was a trail which brought us a lot closer than we thought with a lot less bushwacking. We found the proper location for the cache, but spent a while figuring out how to get to it. We finally ended up with a bit of a human pyramid to get to where the cache was located, get the log signed, and then get it back to where it was supposed to be. FFKid ended up with some pretty good scratches on his legs from what we did, and I'm sure BVFDJR's back was a little sore. Thanks for the fun and the cache!

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FireRef (Write note) GC1H198 - Nyctohylophobia (2/3) by hellifiknow
(Continued from the "found" log above... I've never written a log entry so long I had to split it up before...wow! - But it was worth it!)

Stage 4 - now here's a story. As we approached the location where the stage was supposed to be, FFKid stopped dead and pointed out a spider on the tree we needed to look at. It probably had a 4-5" legspan, and was definitely a real, live spider, just over head-high. He wouldn't even go up and take a look at the tree - he just walked around 10 feet or so away, and started looking through the area, while keeping at least one eye on that spider at all times. BVFDJR wasn't much better, but wasn't as scared. I walked over, being the big, non-scared person I am (haha - just more in this case, I guess, than normal), and looked around until I saw what I figured was the stage. I poked at it with a stick and realized what it was - so I told BVFDJR (knowing FFKid wouldn't come close at all) to come over and grab it, or at least hold the flashlight while I got it out. He retrieved the container, such as it is, and we got the info we needed. All of a sudden, he threw it back into its hiding place quickly, yelled, jumped up, and ran back. Apparently it was completely covered with live spiders! I didn't notice them when I was looking at it, but he assured me that it was, and since he was holding it, I took his word for it. Through all this time, the big spider on the tree never moved - I guess we weren't dinner tonight - haha.

We now had the final code, but weren't sure what to do with it - some suggestion was made that we might have to come back a different day, but we decided we would still try to find the final and see if we could figure out what it meant. We found the final without any difficulty, and spent a few minutes determining what we needed to do - I don't want to give this part away. We discovered a few TB's and I dropped one in there that I have had for a few weeks. We decided this was one of the coolest, and scariest, caches that we have done. It took about an hour and 45 minutes, and we were moving along pretty good, but it was well worth it. I fell once, slipping on the muddy ground - BVFDJR fell once, getting stuck in a tree, and FFKid fell once, landing in a thorn bush, but all in all, it was well worth the two hour trip to come down here. Thanks!

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FireRef (Found it) GC1H198 - Nyctohylophobia (2/3) by hellifiknow
This was one of a dozen caches that BVFDJR and FFKid did with me on a cache run to go find a 2.5 mile night cache south of Cleveland, and this was that cache. This should be a long entry, because a bunch of really funny things happened along the way. Lets start with stopping in the parking lot and finding a parking place - no problem there, but while we were loading up a backpack with water bottles and getting ready to go, a lady pulled up and asked if everything was ok. I said yes, and asked if everything was ok with her. She said she was just wondering what we were doing there. I told her I understood the park was open until 11, and asked if she knew what Geocaching was. She didn't, and when I explained it as treasure hunting, she said ok, just wondered what we were doing there, and went on her way.

The next thing was trying to keep BVFDJR and FFKid from trying to ride the two golf carts that were parked nearby - haha. We headed into the woods, found the start of the trail we were supposed to, and then started following reflectors. Within the first couple of minutes, FFKid spotted a skunk "running" toward him down the trail, stopped, backed up into BVFDJR, who saw the skunk and panicked, and started to run into me to get away from it! I tried to calm him down, and the skunk went on its merry way without bothering us - I tried explaining to him that they don't usually bother you if you don't bother them, but he still was pretty worried. It was kind of funny, because I've only seen him scared one other time...well and one more later tonight, but I'll get to that!

The first step went off without a hitch. It was funny how the caches played on the idea of fear and what kinds of things people are afraid of. The two with me jumped a little at stage one based on what they found, but it wasn't too bad. We didn't know what to collect informationwise from this, so we wrote down the obvious things and moved on. We did have some trouble following the markers, but mainly that seemed to be because we were occasionally seeing ones from other parts of the trail, so we stayed on the trail and had no problems.

Stage 2 went off without a hitch. Stage 3 also, although both of the kids with me got scared by what they found, a little. I knew what it was without any trouble, but still - it was a little wierd. The only problems we had with either of these stages was the presence of a number of deer, some of whom decided to hang out right by where the stages were. BVFDJR was a little scared of the possibility of a buck being in the area and charging - I never heard of this before, but he assured me that would be bad. No buck ever showed up, so I guess we were safe - haha.

(continued in the note below)

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FireRef (Found it) GCKEZ1 - The Summer of George (1.5/1.5) by SerenityNow
After spending the last hour and 45 minutes searching for, and finding, the nearby night cache, FFKid, BVFDJR, and I realized that we missed this one on the way in. So we headed back to find it. This was a quick find, after a long walk, and we logged it and headed out to find something to eat and head home. Thanks for bringing us here and giving us some extra caches to hunt while on the long hike for the big night one.