Geocaching Logs from 7-10-09

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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.