=== 2009-09-05 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GCY5M6 - Cherrytree Eternal Rest (1/1.5) by gkellogg
This was on a short trip down to the Titusville to see a soccer game. I never did manage to find the soccer game, but picked up a few caches while I was in the area. I need to come back down here and see if I can clean some more out of the area because I didn't realize how many there were around this area. Thanks for bringing me here. A little muddy, but not a bad cache at all. I always enjoy spending a little time looking at the gravestones that are in some of these cemeteries.
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FireRef (Found it) GC18TEF - TuneTown Play2 (2/2) by TeamEmtFireKids
This was on a short trip down to the Titusville to see a soccer game. I never did manage to find the soccer game, but picked up a few caches while I was in the area. I need to come back down here and see if I can clean some more out of the area because I didn't realize how many there were around this area. Thanks for bringing me here. I came in for this one the wrong way, even if that seems hard considering where it was placed - there were a lot of thorns the first way I tried. When I came in the other side, it turns out there was a trail there so it was a lot easier to get to. It was a quick find, with a lot of bugs on the container, but the inside was clean. Thanks!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1RCX4 - Pirate's Booty (1/1.5) by Rock N Roll Girl
This was on a short trip down to the Titusville to see a soccer game. I never did manage to find the soccer game, but picked up a few caches while I was in the area. I need to come back down here and see if I can clean some more out of the area because I didn't realize how many there were around this area. Thanks for bringing me here. No trouble finding this one - easy find in a good location - geosense works good for this type of hide. Thanks for putting this out here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC10KTC - On the way (2/2) by bpratt
This was on a short trip down to the Titusville to see a soccer game. I never did manage to find the soccer game, but picked up a few caches while I was in the area. I need to come back down here and see if I can clean some more out of the area because I didn't realize how many there were around this area. Thanks for bringing me here. There was a pretty big ditch to cross, and I didn't have any real trouble with it, but I think people much older than I am might. It was a quick find once I got across and everything was in good shape. Thanks for putting this out. I was planning on spending more time caching down here but got invited to go to RimRock while I was hunting for this one, so I finished it up and started back toward Erie to meet up with the people going. Onward and upward!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1R9VC - Number Four from brickhead28 (1.5/1.5) by brickhead28
This was on a short trip down to the Titusville to see a soccer game. I never did manage to find the soccer game, but picked up a few caches while I was in the area. I need to come back down here and see if I can clean some more out of the area because I didn't realize how many there were around this area. Thanks for bringing me here. This was actually on the way back home after going down there to do some caching and then getting asked to go to RimRock with some people - I was on my way back, saw this was on the side of the road close to where I was, and decided to stop for it. Thanks for putting more caches out in this area!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Geocaching Logs from 8-21-09
=== 2009-08-21 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Write note) GC1XGWZ - North East Parking. (2/1) by Goldsnoop-PA
I went looking for this on the evening that it was published, but decided against actually hunting for it because there were a couple of skaters hanging around ground zero. Not that I have any problem with skaters - actually feel they are often misunderstood - but didn't want them messing with the cache should I have been able to find it. I'll probably come back later. Thanks for putting it out!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1XGXA - Another Micro In The Shurbs (1.5/1.5) by Goldsnoop-PA
I came out hunting for this the first night it was placed. I was just using my iPhone to find it, and managed to hunt around and have no luck after about 20 minutes. Once I got tired of swatting away the bugs, I figured I'll come back with my Colorado and see if I can find it another time. Thanks for putting this out!
FireRef (Write note) GC1XGWZ - North East Parking. (2/1) by Goldsnoop-PA
I went looking for this on the evening that it was published, but decided against actually hunting for it because there were a couple of skaters hanging around ground zero. Not that I have any problem with skaters - actually feel they are often misunderstood - but didn't want them messing with the cache should I have been able to find it. I'll probably come back later. Thanks for putting it out!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1XGXA - Another Micro In The Shurbs (1.5/1.5) by Goldsnoop-PA
I came out hunting for this the first night it was placed. I was just using my iPhone to find it, and managed to hunt around and have no luck after about 20 minutes. Once I got tired of swatting away the bugs, I figured I'll come back with my Colorado and see if I can find it another time. Thanks for putting this out!
Geocaching Logs from 8-15-09
=== 2009-08-15 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Write note) GC1W1M7 - Shady Rob's "Puzzle"/ Event Competition (4/4) by Shady Rob
So... based on the question above (and a lack of answer put with it - haha), I'll ask - What happens if we don't get all 25 pieces because some are gone?
FireRef (Write note) GC1W1M7 - Shady Rob's "Puzzle"/ Event Competition (4/4) by Shady Rob
So... based on the question above (and a lack of answer put with it - haha), I'll ask - What happens if we don't get all 25 pieces because some are gone?
Geocaching Logs from 8-14-09
=== 2009-08-14 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GC1WKD2 - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #16 (1.5/1) by Shady Rob
This was a quick easy FTF by BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WKD6 - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #18 (2/1) by Shady Rob
This was a quick easy FTF by BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area! This one was well guarded!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WKCW - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #6 (1/1) by Shady Rob
This was a quick easy FTF by BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area! We took a while to get to this one because there was just no easy way into this parking lot, but we eventually made the find.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WH1X - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #9 (2/1) by Shady Rob
This was a quick easy FTF by BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area! I made the find on stage 1 immediately, and stage 2 was found by BVFDJR and FFKid, even though they got a little scared when part of the object moved. TFTC!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WKDD - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #19 (4/4) by Shady Rob
This was a quick easy FTF by BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area! We expected something a lot harder considering the difficulty and terrain, but it took BVFDJR and FFKid all of 30 seconds to make the find once we got to the right parking lot - FFKid and I were here a few days ago on an ambulance run for the department we are members of - the speed bumps are murder! TFTC!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1WH1C - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #4 (2/1) by Shady Rob
This was a DNFby BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area!
No luck here - hunted for about 15 minutes in the obvious and not-so-obvious places, before everyone was too tired to continue. You might want to check on this one. Thanks for putting them out though!
FireRef (Found it) GC1WKD2 - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #16 (1.5/1) by Shady Rob
This was a quick easy FTF by BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WKD6 - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #18 (2/1) by Shady Rob
This was a quick easy FTF by BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area! This one was well guarded!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WKCW - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #6 (1/1) by Shady Rob
This was a quick easy FTF by BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area! We took a while to get to this one because there was just no easy way into this parking lot, but we eventually made the find.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WH1X - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #9 (2/1) by Shady Rob
This was a quick easy FTF by BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area! I made the find on stage 1 immediately, and stage 2 was found by BVFDJR and FFKid, even though they got a little scared when part of the object moved. TFTC!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1WKDD - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #19 (4/4) by Shady Rob
This was a quick easy FTF by BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area! We expected something a lot harder considering the difficulty and terrain, but it took BVFDJR and FFKid all of 30 seconds to make the find once we got to the right parking lot - FFKid and I were here a few days ago on an ambulance run for the department we are members of - the speed bumps are murder! TFTC!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1WH1C - Shady Rob's Puzzle Cache #4 (2/1) by Shady Rob
This was a DNFby BVFDJR, FFKid, Dr. Insanity, FFKid's little brother, and myself on a night where we realized that a large number of caches, including these puzzles, were published in the Erie area - I remember reading about these a few days ago, and decided to attempt them tonite. Only problem was everyone in the group except me and the little brother have fire school class tomorrow, which didn't help us stay out attempting them. We did 6, and then headed home. I'm going to try to complete more of them early in the day tomorrow. Thanks for putting this series out - we were in need of a cool series in the area!
No luck here - hunted for about 15 minutes in the obvious and not-so-obvious places, before everyone was too tired to continue. You might want to check on this one. Thanks for putting them out though!
Geocaching Logs from 8-9-09
=== 2009-08-09 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GC1X1G9 - No Safety Cap (1.5/1.5) by grammyannie
While hanging out at our new FD, I got a text message of this one being published, and FFKid and I set out to make the FTF. We managed to get it first. Coords seemed a little off, because it took us almost 15 minutes to find, but we eventually did. I'll post new coords given to me by TPrints, because I didn't manage to take any myself, but he had the same problem. Thanks for putting this out and adding to the caches in this area!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1X1G9 - No Safety Cap (1.5/1.5) by grammyannie
Try these coords - they might be a little closer.
FireRef (Found it) GC1X1G9 - No Safety Cap (1.5/1.5) by grammyannie
While hanging out at our new FD, I got a text message of this one being published, and FFKid and I set out to make the FTF. We managed to get it first. Coords seemed a little off, because it took us almost 15 minutes to find, but we eventually did. I'll post new coords given to me by TPrints, because I didn't manage to take any myself, but he had the same problem. Thanks for putting this out and adding to the caches in this area!
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FireRef (Write note) GC1X1G9 - No Safety Cap (1.5/1.5) by grammyannie
Try these coords - they might be a little closer.
Geocaching Logs from 7-31-09
=== 2009-07-31 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GC1TH5Z - Stuck at the Dead End (2/1.5) by brainandbraun
This was the last cache that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a trip to Minnesota to go to the Mall of America, and check out some of the other sites in the area. We stopped here after eating in order to pick up a quick cache, and that was what it was. I was a little surprised by what the container was, but after we found it, we got MOOving again on our trip home. It was rather eventful, since we managed to damage the brakelight cord and had to replace it around 11pm in the dark, and also managed to find every campground near where we wanted to stay was full, so we drove through the night to return home, which wasn't quite our plan. Thanks for giving us a quick stop during our trip!
FireRef (Found it) GC1TH5Z - Stuck at the Dead End (2/1.5) by brainandbraun
This was the last cache that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a trip to Minnesota to go to the Mall of America, and check out some of the other sites in the area. We stopped here after eating in order to pick up a quick cache, and that was what it was. I was a little surprised by what the container was, but after we found it, we got MOOving again on our trip home. It was rather eventful, since we managed to damage the brakelight cord and had to replace it around 11pm in the dark, and also managed to find every campground near where we wanted to stay was full, so we drove through the night to return home, which wasn't quite our plan. Thanks for giving us a quick stop during our trip!
Geocaching Logs from 7-30-09
=== 2009-07-30 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GC7B09 - Mall of America Cache III (2/1) by TECGeoJim
This was one of the last couple of caches BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a trip to Minnesota to see the Mall of America and whatever other interesting things we could find. We actually looked for this one in the parking lot, because it is listed as a traditional, but realized when reading the cache page that it wasn't quite labeled correctly. We weren't able to go back in at that point (because we were all too tired to go chasing clues), but came back today. The first thing we did was solve the clues for the numbers, and that wasn't too bad except for one of them - we had a little trouble finding the one store. Then, we headed out to find the next part. It took a little while to find the tiles, but once we did, we found the right ones right away. Next stop was looking for the store that had the cache, and that was pretty quick once we figured out which direction to go. The gentleman in the store messed with us a little when we asked about the cache, but it was all in good fun. Thanks for bringing us here and taking us on the little tour of the mall. It was well worth the time!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1HAXQ - Mairzy Doats (1.5/1.5) by Tacoma Homer
This was one of the last couple of caches BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a trip to Minnesota to see the Mall of America and some other things in the area. This was just outside the campground we stayed at for the week. We waited until the last night we were there, and hunted for it after it was dark. It was a little difficult for us to find, stumbling around in the dark, but we eventually made the find. Thanks for bringing us here and putting this out for us to find!
FireRef (Found it) GC7B09 - Mall of America Cache III (2/1) by TECGeoJim
This was one of the last couple of caches BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a trip to Minnesota to see the Mall of America and whatever other interesting things we could find. We actually looked for this one in the parking lot, because it is listed as a traditional, but realized when reading the cache page that it wasn't quite labeled correctly. We weren't able to go back in at that point (because we were all too tired to go chasing clues), but came back today. The first thing we did was solve the clues for the numbers, and that wasn't too bad except for one of them - we had a little trouble finding the one store. Then, we headed out to find the next part. It took a little while to find the tiles, but once we did, we found the right ones right away. Next stop was looking for the store that had the cache, and that was pretty quick once we figured out which direction to go. The gentleman in the store messed with us a little when we asked about the cache, but it was all in good fun. Thanks for bringing us here and taking us on the little tour of the mall. It was well worth the time!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1HAXQ - Mairzy Doats (1.5/1.5) by Tacoma Homer
This was one of the last couple of caches BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a trip to Minnesota to see the Mall of America and some other things in the area. This was just outside the campground we stayed at for the week. We waited until the last night we were there, and hunted for it after it was dark. It was a little difficult for us to find, stumbling around in the dark, but we eventually made the find. Thanks for bringing us here and putting this out for us to find!
Geocaching Logs from 7-29-09
=== 2009-07-29 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GC1983E - FTF HOUNDS MN STYLE - two of hearts (1.5/1.5) by Lbungert
This was one of about 11 caches that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a roughly week long trip to go see the Mall of America and do some other fun stuff around it. This was on Day 4, when we were testing out my new iPhone 3GS and the geocaching application. It was a really simple cache, easy to find, and was pretty cool - I wasn't expecting the pig container that it was in. Sorry if that is some kind of spoiler, but for the kind of cache it is, it is a pretty cool improvement over what is normally there. This was also one of several we did to try to cheer up one of the members of our group, who, being quite far from home, was struggling a little with that. This one didn't do much for it, but some of the later ones did, so they achieved many purposes - found a cache, got more on our numbers, and had fun! Thanks for putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1V3T2 - Butcherandswimmer 1000th find (1.5/2) by maznroll
This was one of about 11 caches that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a roughly week long trip to go see the Mall of America and do some other fun stuff around it. This was on Day 4, when we were testing out my new iPhone 3GS and the geocaching application. This was also one of several we did to try to cheer up one of the members of our group, who, being quite far from home, was struggling a little with that. This one was pretty fun to find, as FFKid and I discovered it while BVFDJR was crashing through the underbrush looking a little further away from where we were. It was a cool container. I would also like to mention that in the spirit of trying to have some fun, FFKid managed to race me running backwards, never a smart idea, and managed to scratch up his hip and backside pretty good - definitely good for a laugh for everyone involved. Thanks for putting this out and for bringing us here!
FireRef (Found it) GC1983E - FTF HOUNDS MN STYLE - two of hearts (1.5/1.5) by Lbungert
This was one of about 11 caches that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a roughly week long trip to go see the Mall of America and do some other fun stuff around it. This was on Day 4, when we were testing out my new iPhone 3GS and the geocaching application. It was a really simple cache, easy to find, and was pretty cool - I wasn't expecting the pig container that it was in. Sorry if that is some kind of spoiler, but for the kind of cache it is, it is a pretty cool improvement over what is normally there. This was also one of several we did to try to cheer up one of the members of our group, who, being quite far from home, was struggling a little with that. This one didn't do much for it, but some of the later ones did, so they achieved many purposes - found a cache, got more on our numbers, and had fun! Thanks for putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1V3T2 - Butcherandswimmer 1000th find (1.5/2) by maznroll
This was one of about 11 caches that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a roughly week long trip to go see the Mall of America and do some other fun stuff around it. This was on Day 4, when we were testing out my new iPhone 3GS and the geocaching application. This was also one of several we did to try to cheer up one of the members of our group, who, being quite far from home, was struggling a little with that. This one was pretty fun to find, as FFKid and I discovered it while BVFDJR was crashing through the underbrush looking a little further away from where we were. It was a cool container. I would also like to mention that in the spirit of trying to have some fun, FFKid managed to race me running backwards, never a smart idea, and managed to scratch up his hip and backside pretty good - definitely good for a laugh for everyone involved. Thanks for putting this out and for bringing us here!
Geocaching Logs from 7-27-09
=== 2009-07-27 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GC1CGJY - Roadside Park (2/1.5) by kalkavekkian
This was one of about 11 caches that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a roughly week long trip to go see the Mall of America and do some other fun stuff around it. This cache was outside the campground we stayed at on the first night of our trip, approximately halfway between home and our destination. We hunted for probably about 10 minutes before we finally found the container. It was supposed to be an easy cache, but we took a little longer than we probably should have. Thanks for putting this out, and for bringing us somewhere we could pick up a reasonably quick cache (and some of us could use the porta-potty - haha).
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FireRef (Found it) GCVGG8 - Westbound I-90/94 Coffee Break (1.5/1.5) by GR8 EYES
This was one of about 11 caches that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a roughly week long trip to go see the Mall of America and do some other fun stuff around it. This was on Day 2 of our trip, while we were still working our way toward the Mall. We stopped here for a couple of reasons - bathroom break, and to pick up the cache. We went into the woods, and found this one relatively quickly. Thanks for bringing us here, and for putting this out. It was a little wet in there, mainly because it had rained overnight in the area, but well worth the slight dampness we experienced for the next couple of hours.
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FireRef (Found it) GCE67 - Officers Scenic Cache (1/2.5) by segrat
This was one of about 11 caches that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a roughly week long trip to go see the Mall of America and do some other fun stuff around it. This was on Day 2, while we were still working our way toward the mall. We were looking for a couple of quick and easy caches, and this one seemed like it would have been one of these. We were wrong on that - it was a pretty long climb and distance from the parking area (and even further because we had parked in the area where trucks did because of towing a camper). By the time we got up to the cache, I was rather winded, and FFKid was irritated because he, like me, had expected it to be a quick and easy find, and although the find was, the getting there and back wasn't. He beat me back to the car by quite a bit, because he took a couple of shortcuts on the way. Thanks for putting this here and giving us a little exercise on a 14 hour trip!
FireRef (Found it) GC1CGJY - Roadside Park (2/1.5) by kalkavekkian
This was one of about 11 caches that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a roughly week long trip to go see the Mall of America and do some other fun stuff around it. This cache was outside the campground we stayed at on the first night of our trip, approximately halfway between home and our destination. We hunted for probably about 10 minutes before we finally found the container. It was supposed to be an easy cache, but we took a little longer than we probably should have. Thanks for putting this out, and for bringing us somewhere we could pick up a reasonably quick cache (and some of us could use the porta-potty - haha).
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FireRef (Found it) GCVGG8 - Westbound I-90/94 Coffee Break (1.5/1.5) by GR8 EYES
This was one of about 11 caches that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a roughly week long trip to go see the Mall of America and do some other fun stuff around it. This was on Day 2 of our trip, while we were still working our way toward the Mall. We stopped here for a couple of reasons - bathroom break, and to pick up the cache. We went into the woods, and found this one relatively quickly. Thanks for bringing us here, and for putting this out. It was a little wet in there, mainly because it had rained overnight in the area, but well worth the slight dampness we experienced for the next couple of hours.
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FireRef (Found it) GCE67 - Officers Scenic Cache (1/2.5) by segrat
This was one of about 11 caches that BVFDJR, FFKid, and I did on a roughly week long trip to go see the Mall of America and do some other fun stuff around it. This was on Day 2, while we were still working our way toward the mall. We were looking for a couple of quick and easy caches, and this one seemed like it would have been one of these. We were wrong on that - it was a pretty long climb and distance from the parking area (and even further because we had parked in the area where trucks did because of towing a camper). By the time we got up to the cache, I was rather winded, and FFKid was irritated because he, like me, had expected it to be a quick and easy find, and although the find was, the getting there and back wasn't. He beat me back to the car by quite a bit, because he took a couple of shortcuts on the way. Thanks for putting this here and giving us a little exercise on a 14 hour trip!
Geocaching Logs from 7-19-09
=== 2009-07-19 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GC1W3MW - Near the Gas Well (1.5/1.5) by Dove78
This was one of several caches on a short run to the Westfield, NY area in search of a couple of FTF's. I managed to get the FTF's, shared with another group, and a couple of other caches along the way.
I decided to run out when this and another nearby cache were published, and headed right to this one to start with. I actually headed to the second one I found first, but realized there was no way to get there without going straight through someone's property. When I found the entrance to the Rails-to-Trails area, there was already a car there. I figured that I had no chance at the FTF now, and headed in expecting to find a group leaving. I ended up finding three people, known as OneWithWild, in the area of this cache. They indicated they had been there and hadn't found it, but had been there since 5 minutes after it had been published. This was over a half hour before I got there. We spent the next 15 minutes or so looking, and I decided I was going to head out and look for the second new one, because it seemed they would be similar containers from the descriptions, and that might help with this one. Just as I was about to leave, the youngest member of their group managed to spot it. Coordinates were spot on, so we shared the FTF on this one. Thanks for putting this one out and bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1W3N8 - Trees in the Forest (1.5/1.5) by Dove78
This was one of several caches on a short run to the Westfield, NY area in search of a couple of FTF's. I managed to get the FTF's, shared with another group, and a couple of other caches along the way.
I actually spotted this one as we were searching for it. It was in a common, likely place to put a cache like this - well hidden though. Coordinates were good! I shared the FTF with OneWithWild. They then headed back because they had already done the caches which were along this trail. I decided to pick up the next couple of close ones, since they weren't that far down the trail, so I headed to pick up a few more. When I got back to my car, I was surprised by a wooden nickel from the group I shared the FTF with. Thanks! They asked if I was the one who put out the wooden nickel and described my sig item, and I said yes, while we were walking between the two caches, but I didn't expect to get a gift from them. It's cool because I collect sig items! On to the next cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1P3VN - The Ugly (2/2) by meriadoc2003
This was one of several caches on a short run to the Westfield, NY area in search of a couple of FTF's. I managed to get the FTF's, shared with another group, and a couple of other caches along the way.
This was a pretty quick find once I got here - it took a little slogging through mud to get here, but that was kind of expected once I got through the first two new ones on the trail. I'm going to have to come back to this area, because for a relatively short walk, there are a ton of caches along these trails. Thanks for bringing me here and for putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1J7P8 - Smagster's 2000 Finds Plus One (1.5/1.5) by Dove78
This was one of several caches on a short run to the Westfield, NY area in search of a couple of FTF's. I managed to get the FTF's, shared with another group, and a couple of other caches along the way.
I spent about 15 minutes with a failing large flashlight (but a decent smaller one) looking for this one. It turned out that I had looked in the right place several times, but missed it due to the low light that was out, considering it was about 11:15 PM at this point. Thanks for putting this out - well stocked container! Now, back to the car and one more before I head home.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1B702 - Na-No, Na-Nu 1 1/2 (1.5/2) by Mr. T 2752
This was one of several caches on a short run to the Westfield, NY area in search of a couple of FTF's. I managed to get the FTF's, shared with another group, and a couple of other caches along the way.
I couldn't believe this one took as long as it did. I have several of these caches out in my area, one not 50 feet from my house. I think it would have been easier to spot in the daylight - as it was, it was about 11:25 PM, and I took almost 15 minutes to spot it when I approached the hiding spot from a slightly different angle. Thanks for putting this one out and bringing me here - a nice easy smiley! Now, time to head home, do my logs, and get some sleep!
FireRef (Found it) GC1W3MW - Near the Gas Well (1.5/1.5) by Dove78
This was one of several caches on a short run to the Westfield, NY area in search of a couple of FTF's. I managed to get the FTF's, shared with another group, and a couple of other caches along the way.
I decided to run out when this and another nearby cache were published, and headed right to this one to start with. I actually headed to the second one I found first, but realized there was no way to get there without going straight through someone's property. When I found the entrance to the Rails-to-Trails area, there was already a car there. I figured that I had no chance at the FTF now, and headed in expecting to find a group leaving. I ended up finding three people, known as OneWithWild, in the area of this cache. They indicated they had been there and hadn't found it, but had been there since 5 minutes after it had been published. This was over a half hour before I got there. We spent the next 15 minutes or so looking, and I decided I was going to head out and look for the second new one, because it seemed they would be similar containers from the descriptions, and that might help with this one. Just as I was about to leave, the youngest member of their group managed to spot it. Coordinates were spot on, so we shared the FTF on this one. Thanks for putting this one out and bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1W3N8 - Trees in the Forest (1.5/1.5) by Dove78
This was one of several caches on a short run to the Westfield, NY area in search of a couple of FTF's. I managed to get the FTF's, shared with another group, and a couple of other caches along the way.
I actually spotted this one as we were searching for it. It was in a common, likely place to put a cache like this - well hidden though. Coordinates were good! I shared the FTF with OneWithWild. They then headed back because they had already done the caches which were along this trail. I decided to pick up the next couple of close ones, since they weren't that far down the trail, so I headed to pick up a few more. When I got back to my car, I was surprised by a wooden nickel from the group I shared the FTF with. Thanks! They asked if I was the one who put out the wooden nickel and described my sig item, and I said yes, while we were walking between the two caches, but I didn't expect to get a gift from them. It's cool because I collect sig items! On to the next cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1P3VN - The Ugly (2/2) by meriadoc2003
This was one of several caches on a short run to the Westfield, NY area in search of a couple of FTF's. I managed to get the FTF's, shared with another group, and a couple of other caches along the way.
This was a pretty quick find once I got here - it took a little slogging through mud to get here, but that was kind of expected once I got through the first two new ones on the trail. I'm going to have to come back to this area, because for a relatively short walk, there are a ton of caches along these trails. Thanks for bringing me here and for putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1J7P8 - Smagster's 2000 Finds Plus One (1.5/1.5) by Dove78
This was one of several caches on a short run to the Westfield, NY area in search of a couple of FTF's. I managed to get the FTF's, shared with another group, and a couple of other caches along the way.
I spent about 15 minutes with a failing large flashlight (but a decent smaller one) looking for this one. It turned out that I had looked in the right place several times, but missed it due to the low light that was out, considering it was about 11:15 PM at this point. Thanks for putting this out - well stocked container! Now, back to the car and one more before I head home.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1B702 - Na-No, Na-Nu 1 1/2 (1.5/2) by Mr. T 2752
This was one of several caches on a short run to the Westfield, NY area in search of a couple of FTF's. I managed to get the FTF's, shared with another group, and a couple of other caches along the way.
I couldn't believe this one took as long as it did. I have several of these caches out in my area, one not 50 feet from my house. I think it would have been easier to spot in the daylight - as it was, it was about 11:25 PM, and I took almost 15 minutes to spot it when I approached the hiding spot from a slightly different angle. Thanks for putting this one out and bringing me here - a nice easy smiley! Now, time to head home, do my logs, and get some sleep!
Geocaching Logs from 7-15-09
=== 2009-07-15 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GC1R0YT - Three Strikes....Your Out!!! (1.5/3) by eagles3
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
This was the first one we went looking for, and it was in a place I had put a cache a few years back, but has been gone for a year or so. We had a rather decent surprise, as did the people we happened on, when we approached the tennis courts. We heard dogs start barking, and a man came out from the area right behind the courts and talked with us. We noticed his companion walking away and kind of guessed we interrupted something. The third person with our group was completely clueless, which SnowDelta and I found funny and discussed on our way to the cache. We found it after about 15-20 minutes - it was a little ways away from where we thought it would be. Thanks for bringing us here - it was nice to see someone else thought this was a good place to put a cache! My family usually plays at least one baseball game and one set of tennis here during a normal year - this was a short year for us, so we didn't really do anything here at all. I also noticed when I had my cache here the number of people who mentioned that they had never known this place was here except for the cache - I knew about it since I was a little child. On to the next one!
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FireRef (Found it) GC108VK - Game On (3/3) by zest2quest
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
This was a lot longer hike than we thought it would be, since it was almost all up hill to get to the cache. Since it seemed like it was a pretty good climb, I checked the altimeter on my GPS before we headed back down, and found out that we actually went up and down 500 feet in 3/4 of a mile. Thanks for bringing us here - It wasn't quite as well stocked as we thought it would be from the way it was described, but it was a nice place - I hadn't ever hiked quite this far up this trail. We decided after the long climb and descent that we would look for some simple easy caches for the next couple. Thanks for putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GCZFXP - Just for Kicks in 2006 - #11 (3.5/1.5) by kickin'
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
FINALLY! SnowDelta and I looked for this one a while back - probably 2 years ago, but didn't find it. We found...well, we thought we found it, but we were wrong. He spotted it after about 10 minutes - I can't believe we missed it before. Especially since I have a number of these out, one not 50 feet from my house. Thanks for putting this one out - it was a cool hide and I love the twist - and I can FINALLY get this one off my list!
Thanks for bringing us here and torturing me for a few years - haha!
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FireRef (Found it) GCV5JM - True Madness II - Kickin's Spawn (3.5/2) by kickin'
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
We came into this area to look for one that was supposed to be relatively easy to get to, but a little harder to find. It took probably a half hour for us to spot it - the youngest of our group picked it out without too much trouble - he just happened to be looking at the right place. Before he spotted it, we had several different ideas based on the description, hint, and past logs. We almost put ourselves in some rather dangerous areas based on the hints until it was spotted, and we were almost ready to give up, but the youngest in our group wouldn't give up, and wouldn't you know, he managed to find it. I managed to forget to keep my pen in my pocket, so I ended up signing the log with a stick and a leaf - it didn't work as well as it had before when I had to do it, so it might be a little hard to find my name on there, but it is! Thanks for bringing us here - cool idea. I actually suggested a similar one as a possible hiding method, so it was pretty neat to see that it was one possible thought I had, even though I wasn't the one to spot it.
Thanks for putting this one out - it served its purpose!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1PQ3N - Rylans Hideout (2/2) by jonbrandi
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
This was one we didn't find. We spent probably a half hour over, under, on, and around the bridge here. It was a very cool spot - SnowDelta kept asking what the body of water was, and it turned out based on my map that it is just a small reservoir. We checked out every possible place that we could think of, and most of them multiple times. Thanks for bringing us here - it was definitely a cool hidden place to discover, even if we didn't get the cache.
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1B9B7 - Snakes, Snails and Piggy-Dog Tails? (2/2) by kickin'
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
This was the final stop on our small caching run today, and another DNF. We spent about 15 minutes hunting through this area, but couldn't manage to come up with the find. There were just too many darn places to put a cache. We didn't see the place you "wanted" to put the cache either. We might have to come back here sometime on another camping trip - thanks for putting this out even if we didn't manage to find it! Now, back to camp, to get some food!
FireRef (Found it) GC1R0YT - Three Strikes....Your Out!!! (1.5/3) by eagles3
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
This was the first one we went looking for, and it was in a place I had put a cache a few years back, but has been gone for a year or so. We had a rather decent surprise, as did the people we happened on, when we approached the tennis courts. We heard dogs start barking, and a man came out from the area right behind the courts and talked with us. We noticed his companion walking away and kind of guessed we interrupted something. The third person with our group was completely clueless, which SnowDelta and I found funny and discussed on our way to the cache. We found it after about 15-20 minutes - it was a little ways away from where we thought it would be. Thanks for bringing us here - it was nice to see someone else thought this was a good place to put a cache! My family usually plays at least one baseball game and one set of tennis here during a normal year - this was a short year for us, so we didn't really do anything here at all. I also noticed when I had my cache here the number of people who mentioned that they had never known this place was here except for the cache - I knew about it since I was a little child. On to the next one!
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FireRef (Found it) GC108VK - Game On (3/3) by zest2quest
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
This was a lot longer hike than we thought it would be, since it was almost all up hill to get to the cache. Since it seemed like it was a pretty good climb, I checked the altimeter on my GPS before we headed back down, and found out that we actually went up and down 500 feet in 3/4 of a mile. Thanks for bringing us here - It wasn't quite as well stocked as we thought it would be from the way it was described, but it was a nice place - I hadn't ever hiked quite this far up this trail. We decided after the long climb and descent that we would look for some simple easy caches for the next couple. Thanks for putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GCZFXP - Just for Kicks in 2006 - #11 (3.5/1.5) by kickin'
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
FINALLY! SnowDelta and I looked for this one a while back - probably 2 years ago, but didn't find it. We found...well, we thought we found it, but we were wrong. He spotted it after about 10 minutes - I can't believe we missed it before. Especially since I have a number of these out, one not 50 feet from my house. Thanks for putting this one out - it was a cool hide and I love the twist - and I can FINALLY get this one off my list!
Thanks for bringing us here and torturing me for a few years - haha!
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FireRef (Found it) GCV5JM - True Madness II - Kickin's Spawn (3.5/2) by kickin'
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
We came into this area to look for one that was supposed to be relatively easy to get to, but a little harder to find. It took probably a half hour for us to spot it - the youngest of our group picked it out without too much trouble - he just happened to be looking at the right place. Before he spotted it, we had several different ideas based on the description, hint, and past logs. We almost put ourselves in some rather dangerous areas based on the hints until it was spotted, and we were almost ready to give up, but the youngest in our group wouldn't give up, and wouldn't you know, he managed to find it. I managed to forget to keep my pen in my pocket, so I ended up signing the log with a stick and a leaf - it didn't work as well as it had before when I had to do it, so it might be a little hard to find my name on there, but it is! Thanks for bringing us here - cool idea. I actually suggested a similar one as a possible hiding method, so it was pretty neat to see that it was one possible thought I had, even though I wasn't the one to spot it.
Thanks for putting this one out - it served its purpose!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1PQ3N - Rylans Hideout (2/2) by jonbrandi
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
This was one we didn't find. We spent probably a half hour over, under, on, and around the bridge here. It was a very cool spot - SnowDelta kept asking what the body of water was, and it turned out based on my map that it is just a small reservoir. We checked out every possible place that we could think of, and most of them multiple times. Thanks for bringing us here - it was definitely a cool hidden place to discover, even if we didn't get the cache.
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1B9B7 - Snakes, Snails and Piggy-Dog Tails? (2/2) by kickin'
This was one of 6 caches I attempted to find with my cousin, SnowDelta (not a very active cacher) and another younger cousin who has gone with us before. We were camping this week at Allegany State Park, and decided to spend a few hours caching today.
This was the final stop on our small caching run today, and another DNF. We spent about 15 minutes hunting through this area, but couldn't manage to come up with the find. There were just too many darn places to put a cache. We didn't see the place you "wanted" to put the cache either. We might have to come back here sometime on another camping trip - thanks for putting this out even if we didn't manage to find it! Now, back to camp, to get some food!
Geocaching Logs from 7-13-09
=== 2009-07-13 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GC1VTWK - Hazard on the... (1.5/1) by SkipPhase
#1700 for me! And a FTF! Woo hoo! I was going to use Gerwalin's Revenge for this honor, but couldn't find it after a long search, and when a couple of new ones came up and I was already on the road, I couldn't pass them up. Found this one right away when I parked, but it was more luck than anything - I went to the right place, looked in the right place, noticed something out of place, and found the cache immediately after. I agree about the rating being a little higher because this is the first time I've ever seen this kind of hide. Thanks for putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VTW7 - Juice Support (2/1.5) by SkipPhase
Shared FTF - haven't done one of those in a while. I came here from Hazard on the... and was here probably 15 minutes before some people started showing up - no luck, but I wasn't looking in quite the right place. Once it was spotted, we spent the next couple of minutes trying to extract it. I had actually looked about a foot away from where it was spotted, but didn't see it until someone else pointed it out. Log was signed, and we chatted a while - I don't see too many Erie cachers most of the time so this was kind of nice. Thanks for putting this one out - I'll probably do the V'th log sometime next week, when I have my crew of intrepid puzzle solvers and high terrain hunters with me - haha. Thanks for putting this one out and adding a smiley to my total.
FireRef (Found it) GC1VTWK - Hazard on the... (1.5/1) by SkipPhase
#1700 for me! And a FTF! Woo hoo! I was going to use Gerwalin's Revenge for this honor, but couldn't find it after a long search, and when a couple of new ones came up and I was already on the road, I couldn't pass them up. Found this one right away when I parked, but it was more luck than anything - I went to the right place, looked in the right place, noticed something out of place, and found the cache immediately after. I agree about the rating being a little higher because this is the first time I've ever seen this kind of hide. Thanks for putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1VTW7 - Juice Support (2/1.5) by SkipPhase
Shared FTF - haven't done one of those in a while. I came here from Hazard on the... and was here probably 15 minutes before some people started showing up - no luck, but I wasn't looking in quite the right place. Once it was spotted, we spent the next couple of minutes trying to extract it. I had actually looked about a foot away from where it was spotted, but didn't see it until someone else pointed it out. Log was signed, and we chatted a while - I don't see too many Erie cachers most of the time so this was kind of nice. Thanks for putting this one out - I'll probably do the V'th log sometime next week, when I have my crew of intrepid puzzle solvers and high terrain hunters with me - haha. Thanks for putting this one out and adding a smiley to my total.
Geocaching Logs from 7-10-09
=== 2009-07-10 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GC1FM9E - Chautauqua Sunset 2 (2/2) by Tprints
BVFDJR asked to do some caches today, and this was the only one - I figured it would be a good one to do in the daylight with someone who is very good at finding these - and he found it right away - I had trouble in the dark, and after he found it, I wasn't sure if I'd have been able to see it in the dark or not had I looked there. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this out!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1C2HN - Gerwalins revenge (4.5/4.5) by gerwalin
BVFDJR, FFKid, and a friend of theirs, as well as me, decided to attempt this cache as part of a short camping/swimming trip in the area. We figured this would be my 1700th cache, and the other cachers were always very good at finding caches which are difficult, and BVFDJR loves high terrain caches, so he was all excited.
We found stage one after a few minutes - coords seem a little off, but not enough to really cause a problem.
Stage 2 was pretty quick also. BVFDJR made the find.
Stage 3 took a few minutes, and we found what we were looking after finding some things we weren't looking for, if you know what I mean.
Stage 4... there's the problem. We spent almost an hour hunting around ground zero, on both sides of the creek (even though the GPS said one side on the map, and the other side with the arrow and distance). We spent a lot of time near the private sign (but not past it), and the trees nearby that, but had no luck. After we decided we had donated enough blood to the vampire mosquitoes, we headed back out, hoping for some kind of hint from the owner. Here's the DNF! The hides were very well done. I hope to finish this soon.
FireRef (Found it) GC1FM9E - Chautauqua Sunset 2 (2/2) by Tprints
BVFDJR asked to do some caches today, and this was the only one - I figured it would be a good one to do in the daylight with someone who is very good at finding these - and he found it right away - I had trouble in the dark, and after he found it, I wasn't sure if I'd have been able to see it in the dark or not had I looked there. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this out!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1C2HN - Gerwalins revenge (4.5/4.5) by gerwalin
BVFDJR, FFKid, and a friend of theirs, as well as me, decided to attempt this cache as part of a short camping/swimming trip in the area. We figured this would be my 1700th cache, and the other cachers were always very good at finding caches which are difficult, and BVFDJR loves high terrain caches, so he was all excited.
We found stage one after a few minutes - coords seem a little off, but not enough to really cause a problem.
Stage 2 was pretty quick also. BVFDJR made the find.
Stage 3 took a few minutes, and we found what we were looking after finding some things we weren't looking for, if you know what I mean.
Stage 4... there's the problem. We spent almost an hour hunting around ground zero, on both sides of the creek (even though the GPS said one side on the map, and the other side with the arrow and distance). We spent a lot of time near the private sign (but not past it), and the trees nearby that, but had no luck. After we decided we had donated enough blood to the vampire mosquitoes, we headed back out, hoping for some kind of hint from the owner. Here's the DNF! The hides were very well done. I hope to finish this soon.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Geocaching Logs from 7-8-09
=== 2009-07-08 ===========================================================================
FireRef (Found it) GCK3RR - Cracks Beneath the Temple (1.5/2) by TeamKellogg
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was our first stop, on the way to get those AGT's. We decided to stop and pick up an easy one to start with - ended up taking 15 minutes or so, and Dr. Insanity was the first one to figure out where it was. The clue was helpful but the coords seemed off. Thanks for bringing us here - I always enjoy cemetery caches.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1RW25 - AGT-ELK- OFF THE BEATEN PATH (2.5/3) by Goingthreesixtys
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was the second cache we did today, and the first AGT. It was a cool cache, but involved a pretty long hike with a relatively narrow trail. Cache was found, log was signed, books were stamped, and on we moved - thanks for bringing us to this area and for putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC16Q1Z - AGT-ELK-Years gone past. (1/1) by coryflying
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a quick and easy find - unusual for an AGT cache. BVFDJR spent most of the time while we did the signing and stamping on the phone with a local convenience store, working on getting a job. Thanks for bringing us here - the mural across the way was amazing!
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FireRef (Found it) GC163XH - AGT-Elk-"Peek-a-Boo Rock" (2.5/4) by Muck
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was one which took quite a while - I believe we spent almost 45 minutes hunting for this one. GPS signal is pretty sketchy down there, but the rocks were really cool to climb in, on, and around. I believe I might have scratched my colorado screen on one of them, as I found a scratch right after we got back. After going through the same area multiple times, and trying to figure out where the GPS was taking us, I ended up sitting down with it almost at my feet, and BVFDJR noticed it about the same time. This was a pretty cool place, and everyone with our group always likes rock climbing. Thanks for bringing us here for for putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC16Q2K - AGT-ELK-St. Marys Overlook (1/1) by coryflying
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was one of the easier ones to find, but the GPS kept wanting us to go another 50 feet into the fenced in area. Thanks for bringing us here - we got a glance at a nice view of the area, but it didn't seem like we could find a good place to see an open view because of the trees. Thanks for putting this out and for bringing us to this area!
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FireRef (Found it) GC17KGK - AGT-Elk-Oh Give Me A Home... (2.5/1) by drneal
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was an interesting adventure, because we found out at the end that we approached this from the completely wrong direction. We ended up following a road which was mostly part of a powerline cut, and this brought us to within a very short distance of the cache, but we had to go back out the way we came because the gate at the end of the one road was welded shut, and the other road was blocked with some old pipes. We found the cache - cool container, and I haven't seen one like this before, and then worked our way back around to get back to the main roads. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1R0VE - LOBOTOMY (1.5/1.5) by bubbabeernut
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
We grabbed this one on the way to the nearby AGT cache - if we had more time, we probably would have done the rest of the ones in this area, but we were trying to finish the AGT series. Someone put a lot of thought into these caches and they were well designed. This was a pretty cool container. BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity spent most of the time hunting, as I had gotten a phone call that I needed to take related to my job. The log was signed, the books were stamped, and we moved on - thanks for bringing us here and for the cool container!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1MWKM - SIT ON IT! (1/1.5) by bubbabeernut
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
Wow - that's all I can really say - I don't want to give away the type of container for this cache, but it was really cool - We chose not to sit on it at all, but checked out the contents, were not quite looking forward to some of them, if you know what I mean, but managed to sign the log and get out of there while still remaining clean. We did wash our hands afterwards - haha. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting out this really cool cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1P5QX - Lets Split (1/1.5) by bubbabeernut
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a quick find based on the name - Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this out. We headed next for the AGT cache nearby, which, when we got there, seemed like it was placed by some of the same kind of people who put out the other cached we did in this area. Wish we had time to do all of them, because a lot of thought and care was put into them. Thanks!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1MH14 - MR HANKIE'S OUTHOUSE (1.5/1.5) by bubbabeernut
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a very cool container and cache. I would never have expected it to be that completely obvious, but then again, some of them are. I liked the artwork that went along with it. Got the song stuck in my head for a while after this. I tweaked my ankle coming back from the last cache, and was hobbling a little bit on this one, but it got better as the day went on, so its all good. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1TJ74 - AGT-Cameron-Swimming Hole (2/2) by Jeff In The BOX
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a really cool place for a cache - I love going to swimming holes, and so do most of the people who cache with me. The rest of my group spent the time while I was getting the cache work done (after we found it), skipping stones over the calm water. Thanks for bringing us here and putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC167Z7 - AGT-Cameron-Lower Bear Run (2/2.5) by B&K Whiting
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a pretty nice hike to get this cache - nothing special, except for a large number of bugs that kept bothering us a large amount of the time. Thanks for bringing us here and putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC168KG - AGT-Cameron-Elk Country (2/3) by chopper 63
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a weird cache - BVFDJR actually sat it out because he needed to sort some things out on his phone. Dr. Insanity headed in with me and we found the cache without any problems. I dropped a couple of TB's I had been carrying for way too long into it. Thanks for putting this out and for bringing us to this area.
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FireRef (Found it) GC18HM8 - AGT-CAMERON-LITTLE WHITE CHURCH ON THE HILL (1/1) by eandg
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a quick and easy one, considering where the cache was put. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us this area.
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FireRef (Found it) GC16W7G - AGT-Cameron-Hicks Run East or West (1.5/1.5) by chopper 63
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a quick in and out for us - we just had to walk into a small area near a parking area to find the cache, log everything, and then move on to the next one. Thanks for putting this one out and for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC167Z3 - AGT-Cameron-Fish, Fair, or Cache? (2/2) by B&K Whiting
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
BVFDJR had fun at this cache, as we walked through the fairgrounds, because he saw a train which is apparently used for wagon rides, and sat on it like he was going to drive it around. We found the cache without any problems after he was done being an engineer, and headed back out to the train area again. I ended up on the phone with a fellow cacher that I hadn't talked to in a long time for a while, and then we moved on to the next cache. Thanks for bringing us here and for showing us this area.
After this cache, we decided to check out some things we had seen as we were driving by the area. We found a ruined dam, and what appeared to be an abandoned factory of some kind. We stopped and checked both of these out, and took a bunch of pictures. This would be the perfect place to put a cache - this was probably the highlight of the entire 20+ cache trip.
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FireRef (Found it) GC16VPQ - AGT-POTTER-SOUTH WOODS HILLSIDE (2/3.5) by geobeerer
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a pretty quick and simple cache to get one of the Potter county ones. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us this area. It was a relatively long climb, but not bad at all.
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FireRef (Found it) GC166B2 - AGT-Potter-Nine Mile II (1.5/2) by geobeerer
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was one of two in the same area we decided to do. At the time we decided to do these, we were concerned because both appeared to be pretty long walks, and it was getting late. We decided to go ahead with it. My partners thought that the one cabin we had to walk by was haunted, because there was a light on but no one was home. We headed up in, and after about 15 minutes of wandering around ground zero, we found it. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us this area!
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FireRef (Found it) GC166Q5 - AGT-Potter-Commissioner Run (1.5/1.5) by geobeerer
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was the second of the two we did that were close together. Thanks for bringing us here - we checked out some of the signs on the trail up the hill, and stopped several times to figure out what sounds in the night woods were. We found the cache pretty quickly, got what we needed, and moved on. Thanks!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1695Q - AGT-Potter-Goodnight Moon (2/2) by Ima Lost
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was the last find this evening on the run - we found this quickly off the side of the road, and had hoped we could find a couple more like this, but had no more luck - not that we couldn't find any more, we just couldn't find any that were easy enough to attempt as late as it was. Thanks for bringing us here!
FireRef (Found it) GCK3RR - Cracks Beneath the Temple (1.5/2) by TeamKellogg
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was our first stop, on the way to get those AGT's. We decided to stop and pick up an easy one to start with - ended up taking 15 minutes or so, and Dr. Insanity was the first one to figure out where it was. The clue was helpful but the coords seemed off. Thanks for bringing us here - I always enjoy cemetery caches.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1RW25 - AGT-ELK- OFF THE BEATEN PATH (2.5/3) by Goingthreesixtys
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was the second cache we did today, and the first AGT. It was a cool cache, but involved a pretty long hike with a relatively narrow trail. Cache was found, log was signed, books were stamped, and on we moved - thanks for bringing us to this area and for putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC16Q1Z - AGT-ELK-Years gone past. (1/1) by coryflying
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a quick and easy find - unusual for an AGT cache. BVFDJR spent most of the time while we did the signing and stamping on the phone with a local convenience store, working on getting a job. Thanks for bringing us here - the mural across the way was amazing!
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FireRef (Found it) GC163XH - AGT-Elk-"Peek-a-Boo Rock" (2.5/4) by Muck
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was one which took quite a while - I believe we spent almost 45 minutes hunting for this one. GPS signal is pretty sketchy down there, but the rocks were really cool to climb in, on, and around. I believe I might have scratched my colorado screen on one of them, as I found a scratch right after we got back. After going through the same area multiple times, and trying to figure out where the GPS was taking us, I ended up sitting down with it almost at my feet, and BVFDJR noticed it about the same time. This was a pretty cool place, and everyone with our group always likes rock climbing. Thanks for bringing us here for for putting this out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC16Q2K - AGT-ELK-St. Marys Overlook (1/1) by coryflying
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was one of the easier ones to find, but the GPS kept wanting us to go another 50 feet into the fenced in area. Thanks for bringing us here - we got a glance at a nice view of the area, but it didn't seem like we could find a good place to see an open view because of the trees. Thanks for putting this out and for bringing us to this area!
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FireRef (Found it) GC17KGK - AGT-Elk-Oh Give Me A Home... (2.5/1) by drneal
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was an interesting adventure, because we found out at the end that we approached this from the completely wrong direction. We ended up following a road which was mostly part of a powerline cut, and this brought us to within a very short distance of the cache, but we had to go back out the way we came because the gate at the end of the one road was welded shut, and the other road was blocked with some old pipes. We found the cache - cool container, and I haven't seen one like this before, and then worked our way back around to get back to the main roads. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1R0VE - LOBOTOMY (1.5/1.5) by bubbabeernut
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
We grabbed this one on the way to the nearby AGT cache - if we had more time, we probably would have done the rest of the ones in this area, but we were trying to finish the AGT series. Someone put a lot of thought into these caches and they were well designed. This was a pretty cool container. BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity spent most of the time hunting, as I had gotten a phone call that I needed to take related to my job. The log was signed, the books were stamped, and we moved on - thanks for bringing us here and for the cool container!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1MWKM - SIT ON IT! (1/1.5) by bubbabeernut
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
Wow - that's all I can really say - I don't want to give away the type of container for this cache, but it was really cool - We chose not to sit on it at all, but checked out the contents, were not quite looking forward to some of them, if you know what I mean, but managed to sign the log and get out of there while still remaining clean. We did wash our hands afterwards - haha. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting out this really cool cache!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1P5QX - Lets Split (1/1.5) by bubbabeernut
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a quick find based on the name - Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this out. We headed next for the AGT cache nearby, which, when we got there, seemed like it was placed by some of the same kind of people who put out the other cached we did in this area. Wish we had time to do all of them, because a lot of thought and care was put into them. Thanks!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1MH14 - MR HANKIE'S OUTHOUSE (1.5/1.5) by bubbabeernut
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a very cool container and cache. I would never have expected it to be that completely obvious, but then again, some of them are. I liked the artwork that went along with it. Got the song stuck in my head for a while after this. I tweaked my ankle coming back from the last cache, and was hobbling a little bit on this one, but it got better as the day went on, so its all good. Thanks for bringing us here and for putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1TJ74 - AGT-Cameron-Swimming Hole (2/2) by Jeff In The BOX
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a really cool place for a cache - I love going to swimming holes, and so do most of the people who cache with me. The rest of my group spent the time while I was getting the cache work done (after we found it), skipping stones over the calm water. Thanks for bringing us here and putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC167Z7 - AGT-Cameron-Lower Bear Run (2/2.5) by B&K Whiting
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a pretty nice hike to get this cache - nothing special, except for a large number of bugs that kept bothering us a large amount of the time. Thanks for bringing us here and putting this cache out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC168KG - AGT-Cameron-Elk Country (2/3) by chopper 63
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a weird cache - BVFDJR actually sat it out because he needed to sort some things out on his phone. Dr. Insanity headed in with me and we found the cache without any problems. I dropped a couple of TB's I had been carrying for way too long into it. Thanks for putting this out and for bringing us to this area.
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FireRef (Found it) GC18HM8 - AGT-CAMERON-LITTLE WHITE CHURCH ON THE HILL (1/1) by eandg
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a quick and easy one, considering where the cache was put. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us this area.
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FireRef (Found it) GC16W7G - AGT-Cameron-Hicks Run East or West (1.5/1.5) by chopper 63
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a quick in and out for us - we just had to walk into a small area near a parking area to find the cache, log everything, and then move on to the next one. Thanks for putting this one out and for bringing us here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC167Z3 - AGT-Cameron-Fish, Fair, or Cache? (2/2) by B&K Whiting
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
BVFDJR had fun at this cache, as we walked through the fairgrounds, because he saw a train which is apparently used for wagon rides, and sat on it like he was going to drive it around. We found the cache without any problems after he was done being an engineer, and headed back out to the train area again. I ended up on the phone with a fellow cacher that I hadn't talked to in a long time for a while, and then we moved on to the next cache. Thanks for bringing us here and for showing us this area.
After this cache, we decided to check out some things we had seen as we were driving by the area. We found a ruined dam, and what appeared to be an abandoned factory of some kind. We stopped and checked both of these out, and took a bunch of pictures. This would be the perfect place to put a cache - this was probably the highlight of the entire 20+ cache trip.
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FireRef (Found it) GC16VPQ - AGT-POTTER-SOUTH WOODS HILLSIDE (2/3.5) by geobeerer
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was a pretty quick and simple cache to get one of the Potter county ones. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us this area. It was a relatively long climb, but not bad at all.
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FireRef (Found it) GC166B2 - AGT-Potter-Nine Mile II (1.5/2) by geobeerer
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was one of two in the same area we decided to do. At the time we decided to do these, we were concerned because both appeared to be pretty long walks, and it was getting late. We decided to go ahead with it. My partners thought that the one cabin we had to walk by was haunted, because there was a light on but no one was home. We headed up in, and after about 15 minutes of wandering around ground zero, we found it. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us this area!
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FireRef (Found it) GC166Q5 - AGT-Potter-Commissioner Run (1.5/1.5) by geobeerer
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was the second of the two we did that were close together. Thanks for bringing us here - we checked out some of the signs on the trail up the hill, and stopped several times to figure out what sounds in the night woods were. We found the cache pretty quickly, got what we needed, and moved on. Thanks!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1695Q - AGT-Potter-Goodnight Moon (2/2) by Ima Lost
This was one of a bunch of caches that BVFDJR and Dr. Insanity did with me working on the AGT caches. We covered 2 and 2/3 counties in one day, and had a great time - it was a really long day, no DNF's except for the last cache which we couldn't figure out how to get to, and a lot of fun had by all.
This was the last find this evening on the run - we found this quickly off the side of the road, and had hoped we could find a couple more like this, but had no more luck - not that we couldn't find any more, we just couldn't find any that were easy enough to attempt as late as it was. Thanks for bringing us here!
Geocaching Logs from 7-7-09
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FireRef (Needs Archived) GCX2M4 - A Lost Park (2/2.5) by Club Midnight
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
I looked for this one a while back, with no luck. After reading through the most recent logs, I decided to not even attempt it again, and figured I'd flag it so it might get reviewed by a reviewer since no one else has - Nice place for a cache - wish there was one there.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1HJ47 - Old #3 (1.5/1.5) by Chipper725
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
I had often thought this would be a nice place to put a cache, but was surprised at the size of this one and how obvious it is. All it needs is one of those "Official Geocache Monitoring Station" stickers, and it would be perfect! Thanks for bringing me here - I'm a teacher, so schools are kind of near and dear to me. Plus the reason I am on this side of town this morning. Thanks for putting this out!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1T4ZN - FAMOUS FAIRVIEW CANALS (1/1.5) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
I spent about 5 minutes hunting for this, and based on the side and location, I don't think it is there anymore (also based on the last couple of logs). Thanks for bringing me here - I'll probably come back if it turns out it is here, or it gets replaced!
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:03:53 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T50Y - LAST CALL (1.5/1.5) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This was a really neat cache in terms of the location - I have driven by this barn a number of times, but never really knew the history behind it. The old brewery was just demolished a few years back - we watched it from my school (Collegiate Academy) when it was happening - most of the school watched in the auditorium, and they had cameras set up in the library. Thanks for bringing me here.
Just on a side note - the coordinates for the cache should be updated on the page, rather than just in the description - it's easy to do, and if you need help, just let me know. Thanks!
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:04:27 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1QEZQ - JUNK MAIL (1/1.5) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This one was funny - it took me about 2 minutes of hunting around before I saw the obvious location of the cache, and then I was like "duh!" - thanks for bringing me here. It is well stocked. I had to look up what the micro was, and decided not to look for it because I didn't want to have 2 smileys on one cache - I try to keep my numbers consistent, and I think that would probably mess something up somewhere along the way, but thanks for putting both of them out!
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:05:02 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T4ZX - ALONG THE WAY (1/1) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This was the most unusual guardrail cache I've seen lately - I like the fact that there is a very nice size container that could contain some stuff in it, rather than just the usual log. Thanks for bringing me here, for putting this one out, and for adding another smiley to my total!
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:05:25 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T3E9 - ADDING UP THE SMILEYS (1/1.5) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This one took me a while as I hunted around the two likely hiding places, and probably on my third attempt at the actual location, I found it. I wasn't expecting that, but it worked out pretty well - thanks for bringing me here and for putting these out and helping me add to my smiley total.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T519 - HEADED NORTH (1/1.5) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
Several cars came out of the private drive while I was there, but they didn't pay any attention to me. I found the cache (this could be a difficult one depending on time of the year), signed the log, and moved on. Thanks for bringing me here!
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:06:29 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T3DN - BIG BIRDS CORRAL (1/1) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This was a lucky quick find for me. The name made sense when I got there, but there could have been a dozen places the cache could have been. I found it in the first place I looked with no trouble. I signed the log, returned it, and headed out to the next cache. I remember doing a few other ones in this area a little while back. Thanks for bringing me here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1FNXE - Four Bridges of West Girard (2.5/3) by Capt. Jim
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This was the last one that I went to do this morning, because on my way back from it, I got a text that school was over earlier than I thought, and needed to head back to get my passenger. I went for this one because I don't do too much in the way of multis, and wanted to get some of the local caches that I had ignored for a long time. I walked down the trails the wrong way to start with, and ended up almost back to my car before I realized I needed to follow a different trail. I followed the trail until I found stage one - that was pretty cool. I am not sure if i managed to get the top part stuck on too tight, because I had trouble removing it, and when I put it back on, noticed the opening near the bottom that cleared out, and wanted to remove the top again to make sure it was back the way it should be, I couldn't remove it again. Very cool though! Stage 2 was a quick find, and I'm glad it was where I thought it was, because it would have been a lot of work to get back to the other possible location. This was when I got the text, so I headed back to the car after finding the cache, and then headed to pick him up. Thanks for bringing me here - I have to do the other multi sometime in the next couple of days!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1RXXM - Carmel Venti *** Yum Yum (1.5/1.5) by brandyclrk
This was one of four caches on a very short run that BVFDJR and I did. It wasn't quite where I had planned to go, but it worked out very well in the end.
We stopped here because we were on our way up to where BVFDJR's mom works in order to pick up some motion sickness medicine. I actually had to stop once on the way up here because he wasn't feeling well - he said he never gets motion sick, but he apparently does once in a while. While we were waiting for his mom to get back to where we could meet her, we stopped to pick up this cache and one other. Thanks for bringing us here - I think I got one near the local business this one was named after a while back - not sure if its still around or not.
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FireRef (Found it) GCMGJT - Keebler's Closet (1/2) by MsKardiac
This was one of four caches on a very short run that BVFDJR and I did. It wasn't quite where I had planned to go, but it worked out very well in the end.
I mentioned this one to BVFDJR because he likes the high terrain caches. I had looked for this one a while back, and after 15 minutes or so, decided to break off the search when I reread the page and realized it was actually a multi, and not a traditional. I figured with BVFDJR's woodsyness (if there is such a word), we would have some luck finding this one because he wouldn't give up until we did. We took about 15 minutes to find stage one. The paper was pretty wet, but it was in very good shape considering how wet it was. We then went to find stage two, and found it very quickly once we got through the thorns. BVFDJR didn't realize we were going into the woods much, so he wore shorts and a sleeveless shirt, and he's probably going to pay for it later - haha. We headed back out after stage two, and then went to see his mother for some motion sickness medicine, but I don't think he even needed it anymore - he was doing much better than our last stop. Thanks for the cache, and I'm really glad to get this one off of my list!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1Q2JV - The Incredible Hulk (1/3.5) by VIPERpilot37
This was one of four caches on a very short run that BVFDJR and I did. It wasn't quite where I had planned to go, but it worked out very well in the end.
I was expecting, reading the description and seeing the terrain rating, that we would have to do some serious climbing, hiking, or bushwacking to get to this one - I didn't expect a 8 foot or so decline, and then open territory to the cache. It did take a few minutes to find, because we had trouble getting the picture of the container online, but once we did, we found it with no trouble. Cache is in good shape and well hidden. Thanks for bringing us here. Now, we decided to hit something really hard, and headed for Ridge Runner... but that's another story. Thanks for putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GCVYV9 - Ridge Runner (1.5/4) by bogleman
This was one of four caches on a very short run that BVFDJR and I did. It wasn't quite where I had planned to go, but it worked out very well in the end.
This was one heck of a cache. I had done the HMMHC cache a long time ago - almost 3 years based on checking the log when we hit it on the way back out. BVFDJR really likes hard terrain caches, and we figured this would qualify - and boy did it. We started down the hill like I remembered, with no problems. When we got to the bottom, we started heading toward stage one. This wasn't too bad, but BVFDJR had a little trouble because of having to navigate through a lot of brush, and he wore shorts. Stage one wasn't too bad, but it was funny, because normally he finds them right away, and he went around the wrong side of the tree. There was a very nice tree-stand there for hunting - we thought that was the cache, but it didn't make any sense and didn't help us find anything coordinate-wise. When I looked around, I found it without any problems, and away we went.
Getting to stage two was a little wetter than I expected - ended up barefoot with my jeans hiked up, wading through the water - haven't done that in a while. It was fun - BVFDJR just went through the water, sneakers and all. We got to stage two, and only took a minute or two to find it - BVFDJR found this one quickly, but a little away from where we started looking. The clue was spot on. On to stage 3.
WOW... what a climb... I wasn't out of breath, but it was a long climb. When we finally got to the top, it was pretty easy from there on in, and then we found a very nice house foundation, I think - this would have been a weird place to have a home, but maybe it was a really long time ago. We found the cache without any problems, and then headed back - long trip, but well worth it. We stopped by the HMMHC cache on the way back - it was in good shape. Thanks for bringing us down here and putting these out - it was well worth the soreness tomorrow for the fun we had!
FireRef (Needs Archived) GCX2M4 - A Lost Park (2/2.5) by Club Midnight
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
I looked for this one a while back, with no luck. After reading through the most recent logs, I decided to not even attempt it again, and figured I'd flag it so it might get reviewed by a reviewer since no one else has - Nice place for a cache - wish there was one there.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1HJ47 - Old #3 (1.5/1.5) by Chipper725
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
I had often thought this would be a nice place to put a cache, but was surprised at the size of this one and how obvious it is. All it needs is one of those "Official Geocache Monitoring Station" stickers, and it would be perfect! Thanks for bringing me here - I'm a teacher, so schools are kind of near and dear to me. Plus the reason I am on this side of town this morning. Thanks for putting this out!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1T4ZN - FAMOUS FAIRVIEW CANALS (1/1.5) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
I spent about 5 minutes hunting for this, and based on the side and location, I don't think it is there anymore (also based on the last couple of logs). Thanks for bringing me here - I'll probably come back if it turns out it is here, or it gets replaced!
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:03:53 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T50Y - LAST CALL (1.5/1.5) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This was a really neat cache in terms of the location - I have driven by this barn a number of times, but never really knew the history behind it. The old brewery was just demolished a few years back - we watched it from my school (Collegiate Academy) when it was happening - most of the school watched in the auditorium, and they had cameras set up in the library. Thanks for bringing me here.
Just on a side note - the coordinates for the cache should be updated on the page, rather than just in the description - it's easy to do, and if you need help, just let me know. Thanks!
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:04:27 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1QEZQ - JUNK MAIL (1/1.5) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This one was funny - it took me about 2 minutes of hunting around before I saw the obvious location of the cache, and then I was like "duh!" - thanks for bringing me here. It is well stocked. I had to look up what the micro was, and decided not to look for it because I didn't want to have 2 smileys on one cache - I try to keep my numbers consistent, and I think that would probably mess something up somewhere along the way, but thanks for putting both of them out!
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:05:02 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T4ZX - ALONG THE WAY (1/1) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This was the most unusual guardrail cache I've seen lately - I like the fact that there is a very nice size container that could contain some stuff in it, rather than just the usual log. Thanks for bringing me here, for putting this one out, and for adding another smiley to my total!
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:05:25 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T3E9 - ADDING UP THE SMILEYS (1/1.5) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This one took me a while as I hunted around the two likely hiding places, and probably on my third attempt at the actual location, I found it. I wasn't expecting that, but it worked out pretty well - thanks for bringing me here and for putting these out and helping me add to my smiley total.
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:05:58 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T519 - HEADED NORTH (1/1.5) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
Several cars came out of the private drive while I was there, but they didn't pay any attention to me. I found the cache (this could be a difficult one depending on time of the year), signed the log, and moved on. Thanks for bringing me here!
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:06:29 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1T3DN - BIG BIRDS CORRAL (1/1) by treasuretrolls
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This was a lucky quick find for me. The name made sense when I got there, but there could have been a dozen places the cache could have been. I found it in the first place I looked with no trouble. I signed the log, returned it, and headed out to the next cache. I remember doing a few other ones in this area a little while back. Thanks for bringing me here!
[This entry was edited by FireRef on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 7:07:10 PM.]
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FireRef (Found it) GC1FNXE - Four Bridges of West Girard (2.5/3) by Capt. Jim
This was another morning of picking up caches on the West side of town while waiting between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher at summer school at McDowell. It is a good way to kill a few hours, because I don't seem to do many of the local ones all that often.
This was the last one that I went to do this morning, because on my way back from it, I got a text that school was over earlier than I thought, and needed to head back to get my passenger. I went for this one because I don't do too much in the way of multis, and wanted to get some of the local caches that I had ignored for a long time. I walked down the trails the wrong way to start with, and ended up almost back to my car before I realized I needed to follow a different trail. I followed the trail until I found stage one - that was pretty cool. I am not sure if i managed to get the top part stuck on too tight, because I had trouble removing it, and when I put it back on, noticed the opening near the bottom that cleared out, and wanted to remove the top again to make sure it was back the way it should be, I couldn't remove it again. Very cool though! Stage 2 was a quick find, and I'm glad it was where I thought it was, because it would have been a lot of work to get back to the other possible location. This was when I got the text, so I headed back to the car after finding the cache, and then headed to pick him up. Thanks for bringing me here - I have to do the other multi sometime in the next couple of days!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1RXXM - Carmel Venti *** Yum Yum (1.5/1.5) by brandyclrk
This was one of four caches on a very short run that BVFDJR and I did. It wasn't quite where I had planned to go, but it worked out very well in the end.
We stopped here because we were on our way up to where BVFDJR's mom works in order to pick up some motion sickness medicine. I actually had to stop once on the way up here because he wasn't feeling well - he said he never gets motion sick, but he apparently does once in a while. While we were waiting for his mom to get back to where we could meet her, we stopped to pick up this cache and one other. Thanks for bringing us here - I think I got one near the local business this one was named after a while back - not sure if its still around or not.
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FireRef (Found it) GCMGJT - Keebler's Closet (1/2) by MsKardiac
This was one of four caches on a very short run that BVFDJR and I did. It wasn't quite where I had planned to go, but it worked out very well in the end.
I mentioned this one to BVFDJR because he likes the high terrain caches. I had looked for this one a while back, and after 15 minutes or so, decided to break off the search when I reread the page and realized it was actually a multi, and not a traditional. I figured with BVFDJR's woodsyness (if there is such a word), we would have some luck finding this one because he wouldn't give up until we did. We took about 15 minutes to find stage one. The paper was pretty wet, but it was in very good shape considering how wet it was. We then went to find stage two, and found it very quickly once we got through the thorns. BVFDJR didn't realize we were going into the woods much, so he wore shorts and a sleeveless shirt, and he's probably going to pay for it later - haha. We headed back out after stage two, and then went to see his mother for some motion sickness medicine, but I don't think he even needed it anymore - he was doing much better than our last stop. Thanks for the cache, and I'm really glad to get this one off of my list!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1Q2JV - The Incredible Hulk (1/3.5) by VIPERpilot37
This was one of four caches on a very short run that BVFDJR and I did. It wasn't quite where I had planned to go, but it worked out very well in the end.
I was expecting, reading the description and seeing the terrain rating, that we would have to do some serious climbing, hiking, or bushwacking to get to this one - I didn't expect a 8 foot or so decline, and then open territory to the cache. It did take a few minutes to find, because we had trouble getting the picture of the container online, but once we did, we found it with no trouble. Cache is in good shape and well hidden. Thanks for bringing us here. Now, we decided to hit something really hard, and headed for Ridge Runner... but that's another story. Thanks for putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GCVYV9 - Ridge Runner (1.5/4) by bogleman
This was one of four caches on a very short run that BVFDJR and I did. It wasn't quite where I had planned to go, but it worked out very well in the end.
This was one heck of a cache. I had done the HMMHC cache a long time ago - almost 3 years based on checking the log when we hit it on the way back out. BVFDJR really likes hard terrain caches, and we figured this would qualify - and boy did it. We started down the hill like I remembered, with no problems. When we got to the bottom, we started heading toward stage one. This wasn't too bad, but BVFDJR had a little trouble because of having to navigate through a lot of brush, and he wore shorts. Stage one wasn't too bad, but it was funny, because normally he finds them right away, and he went around the wrong side of the tree. There was a very nice tree-stand there for hunting - we thought that was the cache, but it didn't make any sense and didn't help us find anything coordinate-wise. When I looked around, I found it without any problems, and away we went.
Getting to stage two was a little wetter than I expected - ended up barefoot with my jeans hiked up, wading through the water - haven't done that in a while. It was fun - BVFDJR just went through the water, sneakers and all. We got to stage two, and only took a minute or two to find it - BVFDJR found this one quickly, but a little away from where we started looking. The clue was spot on. On to stage 3.
WOW... what a climb... I wasn't out of breath, but it was a long climb. When we finally got to the top, it was pretty easy from there on in, and then we found a very nice house foundation, I think - this would have been a weird place to have a home, but maybe it was a really long time ago. We found the cache without any problems, and then headed back - long trip, but well worth it. We stopped by the HMMHC cache on the way back - it was in good shape. Thanks for bringing us down here and putting these out - it was well worth the soreness tomorrow for the fun we had!
Geocaching Logs from 7-6-09
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FireRef (Found it) GCKGY6 - Never Forget (2/1) by RickyB
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
This was the second time I attempted to do this cache - I had tried before but was unable to figure out the first clue. I can't remember why. I do remember some confusion, as mentioned in some of the other logs, because of the whole swing thing. It does appear that the cache was placed with the current number of swings up - which is missing one. I won't say how many so it doesn't mess with figuring things out. The stages were in good shape and it was a nice cache to do.
Thanks for bringing me here. I have been a volunteer fireman for 19 years, and remember when the firefighter this cache was named after died. I also remember learning why firefighters shouldn't wear turnout gear in boats - I got tossed into a porta-pond in my gear as a joke, floated for about 30 seconds, and then sunk like a stone. I had to use my arms on the bottom to keep my head up and it was only like 3 feet of water. They had to drain the pond for me to get out, and even then, it was extremely difficult to stand up - it's like wearing a completely soaked snowsuit. Just thought I'd relate that story!
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FireRef (Found it) GCP621 - 53 Meter Cache (2/1.5) by GeneP
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
I remember coming and looking for this one before - I don't remember if I actually tried to find it, or just came into the area and decided to try again some other time - I have never been big on multis, but I figured I was trying to clean up some caches in the area, so I did this one. It was a lot simpler than I thought. Thanks for bringing me here and putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1D188 - A Blaring Cache (1.5/1.5) by GeneP
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
I didn't get the name of this one until I typed up this log - haha - just my kind of joke, as anyone that knows me or had me in class would attest to. Thanks for bringing me here - just the kind of cache to up the numbers when I'm looking for some extra numbers. Thanks!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1QWDH - What is this? (1.5/1.5) by Newt22
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
This was a quick find - found it almost as soon as I pulled up - I like these to get the numbers up in a hurry. Thanks for putting this out - I need to visit one of these places with my vehicle sometime soon here.
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC17Z0J - Koz..Koz..Sheesh! (2.5/2) by GeneP
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
I went and did this one before, but wasn't able to find it then. No luck this time either, and I managed to fall once down the hill to the backside of the structure here. I read through the previous logs, and got some ideas, but none of them panned out. I'll have to come back sometime later. Hint?
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FireRef (Found it) GC1V7BC - back to school (1/2.5) by ispyspiers
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
This was a good place to stop, because of the porta-potty that was there. I was a little worried because a couple of muggles were hanging out in the parking lot, but they left before I got back, and didn't say anything. This was a quick find once I got in the woods - instead of looking for a path, I made my own (sort of...it closed behind me), and when I found the cache, I realized I could have come out much easier. Thanks for putting this out and bringing me here!
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FireRef (Found it) GCMXAG - Obedient (2/2.5) by Erie Scouter
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
I had looked for this one before, with no luck. I reread the logs, and decided to spend some time widening my search a little, based on what I saw in the logs, and lo-and-behold, there it was! The cache is wet - it needs to be dried out - probably got wet with the rain a week ago or so. Also had to contend with a few spiders. Thanks for bringing me here for another time - I think I got all of them that are in the park, except for the nearby baseball field one, which wasn't there. Thanks!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1BNHC - 575 (1.5/2) by grammyannie
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
This was my first stop on that run. It was a pretty quick find - I always wondered what these things were here for - just for metering something, or some other purpose. Thanks for bringing me here and for putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1JZC6 - one,uno (1/1) by Newt22
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
This was a quick easy find (which I put in my notes to myself as qef) - I also used another abbreviation, but didn't put that in here because it would clearly give away the cache. Thanks for bringing me here and adding to my numbers!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1KGTT - Fishing Club Sunset (1.5/2.5) by Tprints
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
I hunted for this one for about 15 minutes, but Micros in the woods are tough. I was up and down the side of this area, almost in the water at times (thankfully I didn't fall in) - but didn't have any luck. There are a million good hiding places here, but the ones I checked just didn't turn up anything. I'll have to do this one in the daylight - probably find it in two seconds if I do. Thanks for bringing me here!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1FM9E - Chautauqua Sunset 2 (2/2) by Tprints
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
Yet another one of these nice easy micros that I could have found probably in 10 seconds in the daylight, but spent 15 minutes in the dark with a really good flashlight, and had no luck whatsoever. Thanks for bringing me here, even if I didn't get the cache. I was a little worried, because I was in the park close to closing time, but it worked out ok in the end. I'll be back!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1NDTW - Mag Juice (1.5/1.5) by grammyannie
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
I spent about 10 minutes on this one, mainly because there was a gap between the first place and last place I looked, with a bunch of places the cache wasn't in between. I guess you always find it in the last place you look, if you find it at all. Thanks for bringing me here and for putting all of these caches out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1RMG3 - lets get cozy (1/1) by gerwalin
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
This was a weird one, because when I stopped to look for it, someone came around the corner like 30 seconds later doing about 5mph, but revving his engine like he was going 50. I found the cache, returned it to its hiding spot, and went on my way. I remember this road (Villa Sites) from a number of years back, because of a story a friend told me about this road... I'll leave that one up to your imagination - haha. Thanks for bringing me here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1NDT2 - Mr. Clean (2/1.5) by grammyannie
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
I didn't quiet understand the meaning behind this cache, because the name doesn't make sense. I did remember being in this area at least once before, because I was on the call for the FD that Mike Crotty was killed at the nearby Port Erie Plastics fire. Thanks for bringing me back into this area, and for putting this cache out. Everything was in good shape.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1NDTH - Empty Meds (1.5/1) by grammyannie
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
This one was kind of funny - I parked at the wrong end of the ... device which contained the cache. When I got out, I stepped down probably an extra foot and a half because there was a ditch there that I didn't notice when I parked. I went to where the cache was, and seemed to be dodging cars the entire time. It was a quick find, then I signed the log, then I was on my way. I even got to navigate the ditch a second time to get back into my car! Thanks for bringing me here and for putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1NZ6M - Bark and Grab (2/2) by brickhead28
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
This was the last one I did on this run. I stopped at the little building, expecting to have to hunt for a while, but it only took a minute or two to come up with the cache easily. I love these "Hidden in plain sight" containers. Thanks for bringing me here and for putting this one out. Time to go home and get something to eat.
FireRef (Found it) GCKGY6 - Never Forget (2/1) by RickyB
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
This was the second time I attempted to do this cache - I had tried before but was unable to figure out the first clue. I can't remember why. I do remember some confusion, as mentioned in some of the other logs, because of the whole swing thing. It does appear that the cache was placed with the current number of swings up - which is missing one. I won't say how many so it doesn't mess with figuring things out. The stages were in good shape and it was a nice cache to do.
Thanks for bringing me here. I have been a volunteer fireman for 19 years, and remember when the firefighter this cache was named after died. I also remember learning why firefighters shouldn't wear turnout gear in boats - I got tossed into a porta-pond in my gear as a joke, floated for about 30 seconds, and then sunk like a stone. I had to use my arms on the bottom to keep my head up and it was only like 3 feet of water. They had to drain the pond for me to get out, and even then, it was extremely difficult to stand up - it's like wearing a completely soaked snowsuit. Just thought I'd relate that story!
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FireRef (Found it) GCP621 - 53 Meter Cache (2/1.5) by GeneP
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
I remember coming and looking for this one before - I don't remember if I actually tried to find it, or just came into the area and decided to try again some other time - I have never been big on multis, but I figured I was trying to clean up some caches in the area, so I did this one. It was a lot simpler than I thought. Thanks for bringing me here and putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1D188 - A Blaring Cache (1.5/1.5) by GeneP
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
I didn't get the name of this one until I typed up this log - haha - just my kind of joke, as anyone that knows me or had me in class would attest to. Thanks for bringing me here - just the kind of cache to up the numbers when I'm looking for some extra numbers. Thanks!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1QWDH - What is this? (1.5/1.5) by Newt22
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
This was a quick find - found it almost as soon as I pulled up - I like these to get the numbers up in a hurry. Thanks for putting this out - I need to visit one of these places with my vehicle sometime soon here.
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC17Z0J - Koz..Koz..Sheesh! (2.5/2) by GeneP
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
I went and did this one before, but wasn't able to find it then. No luck this time either, and I managed to fall once down the hill to the backside of the structure here. I read through the previous logs, and got some ideas, but none of them panned out. I'll have to come back sometime later. Hint?
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FireRef (Found it) GC1V7BC - back to school (1/2.5) by ispyspiers
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
This was a good place to stop, because of the porta-potty that was there. I was a little worried because a couple of muggles were hanging out in the parking lot, but they left before I got back, and didn't say anything. This was a quick find once I got in the woods - instead of looking for a path, I made my own (sort of...it closed behind me), and when I found the cache, I realized I could have come out much easier. Thanks for putting this out and bringing me here!
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FireRef (Found it) GCMXAG - Obedient (2/2.5) by Erie Scouter
This was part of a short cache run in between dropping off and picking up a fellow cacher for summer school. I figured I'd take advantage of being on the West side and pick up some of the ones I haven't done locally.
I had looked for this one before, with no luck. I reread the logs, and decided to spend some time widening my search a little, based on what I saw in the logs, and lo-and-behold, there it was! The cache is wet - it needs to be dried out - probably got wet with the rain a week ago or so. Also had to contend with a few spiders. Thanks for bringing me here for another time - I think I got all of them that are in the park, except for the nearby baseball field one, which wasn't there. Thanks!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1BNHC - 575 (1.5/2) by grammyannie
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
This was my first stop on that run. It was a pretty quick find - I always wondered what these things were here for - just for metering something, or some other purpose. Thanks for bringing me here and for putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1JZC6 - one,uno (1/1) by Newt22
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
This was a quick easy find (which I put in my notes to myself as qef) - I also used another abbreviation, but didn't put that in here because it would clearly give away the cache. Thanks for bringing me here and adding to my numbers!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1KGTT - Fishing Club Sunset (1.5/2.5) by Tprints
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
I hunted for this one for about 15 minutes, but Micros in the woods are tough. I was up and down the side of this area, almost in the water at times (thankfully I didn't fall in) - but didn't have any luck. There are a million good hiding places here, but the ones I checked just didn't turn up anything. I'll have to do this one in the daylight - probably find it in two seconds if I do. Thanks for bringing me here!
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FireRef (Didn`t find it) GC1FM9E - Chautauqua Sunset 2 (2/2) by Tprints
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
Yet another one of these nice easy micros that I could have found probably in 10 seconds in the daylight, but spent 15 minutes in the dark with a really good flashlight, and had no luck whatsoever. Thanks for bringing me here, even if I didn't get the cache. I was a little worried, because I was in the park close to closing time, but it worked out ok in the end. I'll be back!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1NDTW - Mag Juice (1.5/1.5) by grammyannie
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
I spent about 10 minutes on this one, mainly because there was a gap between the first place and last place I looked, with a bunch of places the cache wasn't in between. I guess you always find it in the last place you look, if you find it at all. Thanks for bringing me here and for putting all of these caches out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1RMG3 - lets get cozy (1/1) by gerwalin
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
This was a weird one, because when I stopped to look for it, someone came around the corner like 30 seconds later doing about 5mph, but revving his engine like he was going 50. I found the cache, returned it to its hiding spot, and went on my way. I remember this road (Villa Sites) from a number of years back, because of a story a friend told me about this road... I'll leave that one up to your imagination - haha. Thanks for bringing me here!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1NDT2 - Mr. Clean (2/1.5) by grammyannie
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
I didn't quiet understand the meaning behind this cache, because the name doesn't make sense. I did remember being in this area at least once before, because I was on the call for the FD that Mike Crotty was killed at the nearby Port Erie Plastics fire. Thanks for bringing me back into this area, and for putting this cache out. Everything was in good shape.
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FireRef (Found it) GC1NDTH - Empty Meds (1.5/1) by grammyannie
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
This one was kind of funny - I parked at the wrong end of the ... device which contained the cache. When I got out, I stepped down probably an extra foot and a half because there was a ditch there that I didn't notice when I parked. I went to where the cache was, and seemed to be dodging cars the entire time. It was a quick find, then I signed the log, then I was on my way. I even got to navigate the ditch a second time to get back into my car! Thanks for bringing me here and for putting this one out!
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FireRef (Found it) GC1NZ6M - Bark and Grab (2/2) by brickhead28
Because I was bored out of my mind, I decided to go out and spend some time picking up some caches I hadn't done East of my house. This was one of several on a 3 hour run, mostly in the dark - didn't work out so well, because I believe I missed some easy ones because of that, but it was fun.
This was the last one I did on this run. I stopped at the little building, expecting to have to hunt for a while, but it only took a minute or two to come up with the cache easily. I love these "Hidden in plain sight" containers. Thanks for bringing me here and for putting this one out. Time to go home and get something to eat.
Geocaching Logs from 7-4-09 - continued
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FireRef (Needs Maintenance) GC10ZWV - Smoke_House Cache (1.5/1) by mbavas
The glue on the cache container is coming apart and making it rather obvious - good container, just needs a little work.
FireRef (Needs Maintenance) GC10ZWV - Smoke_House Cache (1.5/1) by mbavas
The glue on the cache container is coming apart and making it rather obvious - good container, just needs a little work.
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