May 5, 2010

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FireRef (Write note) GC1E6ZX - Seek Cache (1.5/1.5) by Tprints
VanillaThunda9 and I went out to pick up a few caches today. I managed, with going back to ones I had already found, and a few DNF's, to find a grand total of ZERO new ones, but it was fun to go out and look! I found this one a long time ago, and remember finding one when I first started which was in the boat nearby. VT9 beat me here, and he found it before I got back to where he was. From here, we headed for the BCC.

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FireRef (Write note) GC248N7 - Luke Skywalker (4/1.5) by Tprints
VanillaThunda9 and I went out to pick up a few caches today. I managed, with going back to ones I had already found, and a few DNF's, to find a grand total of ZERO new ones, but it was fun to go out and look! I went up here with him and watched while he searched for a while. I also ran into a former student who I didn't realize worked down here, and we caught up a little. It was funny watching VT9 search for this - it is a really great hide. Thanks for putting it out!

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FireRef (Write note) GC1E08V - Let's Have a Convention! (1.5/1) by GeneP
VanillaThunda9 and I went out to pick up a few caches today. I managed, with going back to ones I had already found, and a few DNF's, to find a grand total of ZERO new ones, but it was fun to go out and look! VT9 found this all by himself, but he had to wait a while because there were some teenage muggles hanging out in the area for a sweet 15 party (yes, 15 lol). Thanks for putting these out and bringing us here!

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FireRef (Write note) GCKDGF - The Liberty Cache (3.5/1.5) by quills
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This was one that we had looked for a week or so ago, but with a hint from a recent finder, it relocated us from where I found it years ago, to where it was now. Thanks for putting this one out - it is a really cool container!

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FireRef (Needs Maintenance) GC1C9EY - OSMOSE1994 (1.5/1.5) by firemonkey83
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This was a quick find, from my memory, but VT9 was going to head up around the houses. Once he spotted it, I helped him retrieve it from its hiding spot. The log is soaked - needs replaced. Great cache in a great place - thanks for putting it out!

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FireRef (Write note) GCPPEB - Bottle #7: Stuffeds (1.5/1.5) by kiawa
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This was the first of the current four in the cemetery that we went looking for- I only needed to find one, but he needed all four. It was a quick find, once we read the hint. There was no TB in the container, just FYI. I explained again what a TB was, and showed him the sticker on my scooter. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out. We saw some interesting gravestones.

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FireRef (Write note) GCWD1T - Pennies for the General (1.5/1.5) by Sebastian
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. VT9 plays sports for SV high school, so it was interesting to see his reaction to the simple grave for a rather large local hero, and to all of the pennies at the grave. He had a little trouble because the cache, being a multi, doesn't really show as that in the Explorist 400 he has, and so he wouldn't have known to look away from the grave if I hadn't been with him. We found the cache pretty quickly, checked out the area, signed the log, and headed on to the next one in the cemetery. Thanks for bringing us here by putting this out - I found it years ago, but it was cool to come back.

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FireRef (Write note) GC1FCKF - The "Unknown" V (1.5/2) by Firegirl69
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. I found this one a few months back with one of our junior firefighters from my FD. I came back here today with VT9 looking for some for him, and getting the one new one in the cemetery that I hadn't found yet. This was a cool crypt - VT9 seems to like this kind of location. We looked around and he found it pretty quickly. We also looked up some of the legends associated with this place and read through them before moving on. Thanks for showing us this place by placing this cache here - I would never have learned about it without the cache!

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FireRef (Found it) GC298G8 - Mystery Solved (2.5/1) by CA2PA
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This was the only of the four current caches in the cemetery that I didn't have found, and the last of our stops in here. VT9 checked one place, I checked another, and he came up with the find. We sat around here for a few minutes enjoying the scenery, and then headed out to find more caches. Thanks for showing us this area by putting the cache out.

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FireRef (Found it) GC12GH1 - Not a T Ramp's Ramp (2/1.5) by PACGIRL13
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. He and I went looking for and found a couple of the ramps on lower State earlier this weekend, so we started looking for a few more here. We started on the roof, which he said he felt a little wierd riding up in an elevator with a bike - well, I felt even more wierd because the elevator I picked had no lights inside! So we got our bearings on the roof, and started working our way down. As I went lower and lower, I realized I had looked for this one before - I had only tried one parking ramp cache one time, and this was it - never did find it before today though. So we went from top to bottom, and had no luck at all. When we went back up to the top, we figured we would check a little more carefully at each level. By the 6th floor on the second trip, a security guard from the building across the street, where the heliport was, yelled at us. I think he was yelling at VT9 because he was riding a bike - I was walking and can't see him yelling at me for that. After checking a few more places, I happened to put my hand on it, reading an earlier log about "Looking in places I would hide a cache". It was actually funny, because I hadn't looked there on any of the levels on either trip down the ramp or the other time - I just happened to put my hand in the right place and come up with the find. Thanks for giving us a fun time by putting this out - and I got to avenge an earlier DNF.

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FireRef (Found it) GCHZM3 - T-Ramp #1 (3/1.5) by Tprints
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This was the fourth ramp that we did, but the second one today. We went to the roof, me by walking the steps because the elevator appeared to have no power, and him by his bike. We got our bearings on the roof, but not until after Stat MedEvac landed across the way - we watched this before looking for our starting spot. It would have been a lot better view if we had been working on the last cache (Not a T-Ramp Ramp) because of it being right next to it, but this was a decent view - I even videotaped it on my phone. So anyway, we found our bearings, and headed down. We looked on several levels, before we realized the clue pretty much applied to a specific kind of place, and that we hadn't really checked that specific place on several of the levels. So we split up, and I came up with the find. Thanks for bringing us here and showing us how fun this kind of cache can be!

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FireRef (Write note) GCJDA4 - Glenwood Forest Cache (2/2) by quills
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. I found this years ago, but was unable to find it this time. I think I actually found a better entrance than when I was here before, because I don't ever remember coming to the entrance I used. We bushwacked a little to get to GZ, and checked everywhere it could be. Is it really still there?

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FireRef (Write note) GC259DB - Hey, Where's the Casino? (1/1) by GEOCATZ!
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. I found this a little over a month ago, and came back with VT9 as he was cleaning up caches in this area. I remembered that it took me a while, but couldn't remember where I found it. I participated in the search, and managed to find it again. Thanks for putting this out - the coords may be a little off because both our GPS's took us almost down the hill back away from the road and guardrail. Thanks for bringing us here, though!

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FireRef (Write note) GC259CJ - Who Threw That? (1/1) by GEOCATZ!
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. VT9 had looked for and found Woody's Buffet earlier this week, and somehow managed to go right past this one without looking for it. It was a quick find for him. At one point a car came around the corner, and I remember him saying "Car! Look natural!" - I laughed - not sure how to do this! Thanks for bringing us here though!

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FireRef (Found it) GCRGVQ - Dery's Bug Hut (1/1.5) by Erie Scouter
VanillaThunda9 and I went out today to see what we could do about cleaning up some caches along State Street. Well, that was the plan originally - work our way over there from West 26th, and then down State. Didn't quite go the way we were going to, but found a bunch along the way, including some that I hadn't ever looked for. This is like 5-6 blocks from my house, but I never had the guts to go up on someone's porch, even knowing it was placed there with clear permission - lol. So VT9 and I went up - as I was walking up, I said it's probably like an extra mailbox or something, and then I spotted the container, which I had NEVER seen, in all of the times I have driven by this location. We checked out the log and as I was signing, apparently, I upset some birds in a nest up under the awning, and one of them, flying out, managed to leave a nice present on my jeans! Gee - Thanks! Oh well - at least we got the smiley. Thanks for putting this out, and I'm glad to have this one off my list!