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FireRef (Found it) GC1CYRA - The Stone Craddle (3/3) by rpkittle
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This one was actually on the way to the "Rage" cache nearby, and when we saw we were closer to this one, decided to make a stop here. But that is only the tip of the iceberg. The nearby Rage cache was listed as a 4.5 terrain, so that was the one we were trying for. We parked in the parking lot near the parking coordinates, and started to walk in. We got in about a tenth of a mile when we encountered 8-10' high grass. Well, considering the description of the other cache and the terrain level, we decided to go through the grass, since we figured that it had to be hard terrain. So we started working our way into the grass. This was our first mistake. BVFDJR was out in front, bushwacking his way through the grass and blazing the trail, with FFKid behind him and me bringing up the rear with the GPS, pointing BVFDJR in the right direction. BVFDJR fell a few times because it was so thick - he told me to make sure to put in the log that it should have been a terrain of 5, because you need specialized equipment - a machette! We probably got .01 (yes, .01, not 0.1) miles every few minutes - it was slow going, and there was bird poop EVERYWHERE! I managed to step on FFKid's shoe and remove it, but we got it back on without him having to step on the ground. After about .05 miles in here, we stopped to gather our thoughts and figure out what we were going to do. BVFDJR and I hoisted FFKid up as high as we could get him, and he still couldn't see over the grass. We tried a second time, and then FFKid and I hoisted BVFDJR up. He was able to pick out a tree off in the distance in the general direction of the other cache, and so we headed that way to get a better look around. FFKid climbed probably 20 feet up the tree we found, and BVFDJR climbed about 10. They took a decent look around, and we started working our way down the line of trees that we were able to see. It got to the point where we were starting to get frustrated, and BVFDJR started going away from the cache and the car just to find a way out of the grass. When we finally cleared the grass, we had been in there for about 40 minutes, and came out covered in bird poop. It was pretty cool when we came out, because the ground was dried and cracked dirt, and we were just happy to be able to see around us, not have to push our way everywhere, and not get more bird poop on us! I could see on the GPS that there was another cache (this one) closer to us than the one we were hunting, so we headed toward this one instead. Everything else to get to the rocks was pretty easy, since we stuck to a small trail when we cleared the big flat area. It took a few minutes of crawling around on the rocks to find this one, but when we did, it was in good shape. Thanks for bringing us here, and giving us one heck of a story to tell!
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FireRef (Found it) GC164X4 - RAGE ADVENTURE HIKE TO LAKE ERIE (4/4.5) by RAGE XN
Continued from above...
Wow... had we realized what kind of terrain this would have been if we had gone the way we were "supposed to", it would have been a heck of a lot easier - but we wouldn't have gotten the good story, and had as much fun, and needed to look for a laundromat - haha - we did bring changes of clothes - well, BVFDJR and I did... haha. Thanks for the adventure, although I doubt it was the one you intended, it was definitely worth the trip!
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FireRef (Write note) GC164X4 - RAGE ADVENTURE HIKE TO LAKE ERIE (4/4.5) by RAGE XN
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This cache was listed as a 4.5 terrain, so that was what brought us here. We parked in the parking lot near the parking coordinates, and started to walk in. We got in about a tenth of a mile when we encountered 8-10' high grass. Well, considering the description of the this cache and the terrain level, we decided to go through the grass, since we figured that it had to be hard terrain. So we started working our way into the grass. This was our first mistake. BVFDJR was out in front, bushwacking his way through the grass and blazing the trail, with FFKid behind him and me bringing up the rear with the GPS, pointing BVFDJR in the right direction. BVFDJR fell a few times because it was so thick - he told me to make sure to put in the log that it should have been a terrain of 5, because you need specialized equipment - a machette! We probably got .01 (yes, .01, not 0.1) miles every few minutes - it was slow going, and there was bird poop EVERYWHERE! I managed to step on FFKid's shoe and remove it, but we got it back on without him having to step on the ground. After about .05 miles in here, we stopped to gather our thoughts and figure out what we were going to do. BVFDJR and I hoisted FFKid up as high as we could get him, and he still couldn't see over the grass. We tried a second time, and then FFKid and I hoisted BVFDJR up. He was able to pick out a tree off in the distance in the general direction of the other cache, and so we headed that way to get a better look around. FFKid climbed probably 20 feet up the tree we found, and BVFDJR climbed about 10. They took a decent look around, and we started working our way down the line of trees that we were able to see. It got to the point where we were starting to get frustrated, and BVFDJR started going away from the cache and the car just to find a way out of the grass. When we finally cleared the grass, we had been in there for about 40 minutes, and came out covered in bird poop. It was pretty cool when we came out, because the ground was dried and cracked dirt, and we were just happy to be able to see around us, not have to push our way everywhere, and not get more bird poop on us! I could see on the GPS that there was another cache closer to us than this one, so we headed toward that one first. Everything else to get to the rocks was pretty easy, since we stuck to a small trail when we cleared the big flat area. It took a few minutes of crawling around on the rocks to find the other one, and then we started heading toward this one. We got to the right area, and based on the name, the two kids went right down into the rocks and found the cache without any trouble. Well, almost no trouble.... BVFDJR managed to drop the cache in the water almost immediately after he found it! Whoops! So FFKid came back up, and went to find a stick, and BVFDJR used that to fish the cache out of the water - it had dropped down 2-3 feet from rock level and he was lucky he could get it. We got the cache up to the top, checked out the contents (which were dry and in good shape), and did some trading. We then returned the cache to its hiding place, and headed back toward the docks. By the way, BVFDJR seems to think he saw the missing cell phone from a previoud log floating in the water near where the cache fell in - he couldn't retrieve it, however. Continued below...
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FireRef (Found it) GC1BMDP - Kerfuffle Kache (1.5/2) by LuvWahoo
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
After doing the nearby 2 caches with somewhat hard terrains (and you REALLY need to read my logs for those - we turned hard terrain into NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE terrain...), we stopped by this one on the way out of the marina. It was a short hike on the trails to get to where it was supposed to be, and we found it after a minute or two of searching. There was some kind of joke about BVFDJR and FFKid getting married (they're both guys...it was a joke!), and we moved on to the next cache. Thanks for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GCJN7E - Mulberry Roundup (1/1.5) by LuvWahoo
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This was a quick find for me, but the lid was missing and the contents were wet. The owner probably needs to replace the container, or at least the lid. This was a quick stop, because we were getting tired of fighting the Mayflies that were everywhere. Not that they did anything bad - they just seemed to settle on us, and go for a ride as we walked around. Every time we got in the car, we had to make sure we didn't take a bunch of passengers with us. Thanks for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1H01W - Memorial (1.5/1.5) by LuvWahoo
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
We stopped here to pick up a bunch of these before we looked for something to eat, since there were a bunch together. This one was simple, once I found the right hiding spot. I thought it was funny that someone left a beer can on the memorial - I assumed it was some kind of personal memorial, so I left it there. BVFDJR was scared of the police, because we just stopped on the side of the road and had seen a lot of them around, and didn't like sitting on the side of the road. From here, we moved on to the next one in the park. Thanks for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1H02Q - Outfield (1.5/1.5) by LuvWahoo
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This was a quick find in a park with a bunch of quick finds. We went walking through here looking for a few caches before we found something to eat. BVFDJR overshot the cache and I found quickly. Thanks for bringing us here and giving us some nice easy smileys.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1H02V - Armory (1.5/1.5) by LuvWahoo
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
Another quick find in a park full of quick finds. Thanks for bringing us here - nothing special to say about this one. Moving on to the next one and then something to eat!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1H01M - The Mouse House (1.5/1.5) by LuvWahoo
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
Once again, a quick, easy find in a park full of these. It was nice to get out into the sunshine after the hour or so we spent hacking through 10 foot tall grass earlier today. We looked for the easy ones in this park, then headed off to the nearest BK to get something to eat. Thanks for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GCX709 - Alien Runway (1/1) by CapFantasy
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This was the last quick find in a park full of quick finds. This one we found on our way out, and I had to have BVFDJR stop pretty quickly because he wasn't paying attention to my directions. Once we did stop, I hopped out, and found it right away. It was an interesting container - a cache within a cache. Thanks for bringing us to this park and putting all of these out. On to lunch!
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FireRef (Found it) GC12AGR - Pipe Yard (1.5/2) by LuvWahoo
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This was one we picked up on the way through the area looking for a hard terrain one in another park of this park. This was a quick find - FFKid ended up getting jabbed someplace uncomfortable when walking through the woods, but that was the only event which made this cache eventful - everything else was nice and simple, then on to the next one. Thanks for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1P6BC - Come and Watch me Play Again (1.5/2) by LuvWahoo
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This was one of three in the part of the park that we needed to go to get a high terrain one, which are the kind BVFDJR likes. Before heading into the woods, we stocked up on water, and then FFKid decided to make a quick pit stop at the nearby (well, not quite so near) portapotty. I decided to mess with him a little by hitting the side of it while he was in there, but my timing was off - he was already on his way out, and I managed to run into the side of it with my shin before hitting the side with my hand, and ended up with a nice bruise on my shin for the rest of the day.
As for the cache, we went into the woods, and spent about 15 minutes looking for it. Turns out this was one of BVFDJR and FFKid's opportunities to mess with me. They like to find the cache while I'm looking, get it open, sign the log, and return it to its hiding place, and then watch me wander around and eventually give up before they tell me about it. They did it pretty well this time, but I am starting to notice the signals, like one of them wandering off for a little while way away from where the GPS says the cache is. I actually gave up on this one before they told me they found it. They got me good. 2 more in these woods - on to the next one!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1ABKP - HELL'S SWAMP!!! (2.5/4.5) by RAGE XN
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This one was a long hike to get to, with the terrain not being quite as bad as we thought it would be - we were tired of bushwacking because of caches that we did earlier. We had a little trouble getting through the trees, but not as bad as we thought. When we finally got to the area, we probably hunted for 15-20 minutes before FFKid pretty much stepped on it and was surprised at how we didn't manage to find it before. He also made some comment about "When...where...and..." which I didn't quite catch but BVFDJR found hysterical. Thanks for bringing us here - Terrain didn't seem as bad as it was supposed to be, but after what we did earlier, short of climbing a mountain, I think we're going to have trouble finding "challenging" terrain. It was worth the trip however. Thanks!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1ABK5 - LONE PINE REDCOAT (1.5/2) by RAGE XN
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This was definitely not a terrain of 2 the way we did it. We came from Hell's Swamp, and that makes it more like a 3.5 or 4, depending on how you want to look at it. It was a long hike through very low tree cover, and the occasional thorn. It probably didn't help that both kids took their shirts off because they were warm, and continued bushwacking without them on - I left mine on to keep from getting scratched up beyond belief. When we did finally get to where the cache was, I could see how it could be a terrain of 2 if you went at it from where we parked, rather than doing a circuit through the woods picking up the other caches along the way. Thanks for bringing us here. By this time, we were hot, tired, and thirsty (even though we drank lots of water) and sick of the Mayflies which seemed to be covering us. We had finished the caches in this park, so we headed out. BVFDJR wanted to know how close he was to 300, so I did some quick figuring in the car (through GSAK, since they don't often log their caches, I track them for them), and found we needed 2 more for him to hit 300. We headed for the nearest 4 star difficulty, but more in that log. Thanks for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1D9H1 - West Creek Erosion (1.5/1.5) by The Conman
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This was BVFDJR's 299th cache. We decided we would come back here swimming later, and we did, after we went looking for his 300th and a few others along the bank. Thanks for bringing us here. I'll post the picture shortly, and email the answers to the address. It was definitely a cool place - especially with the pool. When we came back, we all swam in the swimming hole, BVFDJR and FFKid managed to jump in from the bank once before the local security nicely told them that they could swim but not jump, and they collected a bunch of beach glass for FFKid's mom. This was well worth the trip - it was almost like Wintergreen Gorge where we live, with some swimming holes and a cool creek to mess around in. Thanks for bringing us here!
Also, just a thought - if you plan to swim, its a good idea to bring spare clothes. I brought most of a full set, BVFDJR brought most of a full set, and FFKid brought.... nothing. So it was a damp ride back home, along with the other stops we made.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1DRW1 - Up A Creek With A Canadian (2.5/4.5) by Team RAGAR
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This was BVFDJR's 300th cache - it wasn't as difficult as it was made out to be - he is a hard terrain type person, and was excited about the high terrain rating, but a little disappointed when we got here. But then again, for some people, it might be harder to walk up and down the creek. We got here, did our measurements as best we could - I'll be posting the pictures soon and emailing the information. Thanks for bringing us here. From here, we went up the creek probably a half mile, seeing how much we could get each other wet without falling in. Also, we saw a really cool sewage pipe that goes over the creek - it looks like something out of a video game with the barbed and razor wire around it to keep people from going out on it. Thanks for bringing us to this area!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GCJND7 - Red Wanted It This Way (2/4.5) by Finding Fraggle Rock
BVFDJR, FFKid, and I went on a cache run to the Cleveland area today, and we decided to make it, for the most part, very difficult terrain caches, since those are the kind that BVFDJR likes, and it was his run to 300, which we got. Thanks for putting all of them out.
This was a DNF for us, but mainly because even with the hint, we managed to stir up a bees nest before we found the cache. We figured it would be a good idea to get out of the area, so we didn't get stung. Immediately past the area of the cache was what looked like a shallow swimming hole with a large waterfall that we decided to climb up and see what was at the top. It reminded me of the "stink pit" area in Xbox 360's Skate 2 video game. We climbed all the way to the top, went through the pipe, and then headed back down another way to get back down the creek. From here, we went down the creek to the first earthcache we did, and spent some time swimming and jumping in the water. From here, we headed to downtown Cleveland, rode the subway (which none of us had done before in Cleveland... BVFDJR had in New York, and I had in DC.), went downtown to Tower City, checked out the mall, got some food, rode around on the subway a little longer, and then headed back to the car to head home. It was a fun day - BVFDJR got his 300th cache at the last one we found, we got to check out some places they hadn't seen before, and do some things none of us had done before. Thanks for bringing us into this area. The picture is the other two people in our group climbing the waterfall we all went up.
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