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Nov 11, 2008

Keeper Of The Cache

By: Nana of summerandnana Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

I was taking a nice hike today to honor our Veterans and the day off that they afforded me, but not Geo Baby. I laughed as I approached the cache site, but like WoW was not afforded the real hilarity until I finished my business with the cache contents! Good thing I availed myself of the potty at the Sierra Azul trailhead before starting the hike! Fun stuff! I left some in-theme swag and captured a little vampire to call my own. TFTC.

The grove

By: Banana Slug Racing Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Regular

Cool little area -- I spent some time looking at the stones that formed what might have been a wall to someone's villa and imagined what it must have been like to live as part of the mountain community there. Thanks for the cache.

It's a Gas

By: TeamAlamo Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

Ahhh, the last cache on a nice Veteran's Day hike, with no extra weight around. My feet were still hurting, though, probably because of that unplanned hike I did from the Hacienda trailhead yesterday... At first I was looking for a container far more evil, but then after scouring in those sorts of spots, I found the nicely-hidden normal-type hide. It was mid-afternoon, and the bicyclists were starting to pop around corners pretty frequently here. Up till then, I hadn't seen a human soul after leaving the trailhead this morning. Thanks for the cache.

Secret Trailhead #16 - Woods Rd

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

So, after checking out the Sierra Azul parking lot, I headed over here to park the minivan and start the hike. I decided to walk around in circles here a bit before journeying to the trailhead. Plus, it was extra nice to have a waypoint for the cachemobile when I was all done, too! Thanks for the cache.

Snowman in July

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

I saw a couple people around the other trailhead for the Woods Rd. trail, but no one in this direction. I got a laugh out of the cache. Dropped some swag. Thanks.

Cemetery Trees

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Micro

I caught this one on the way back out from Hidalgo cemetery, and I too was curious about what exactly would be up there. So thanks for making me go the distance (I probably would have decided not to attack that hill with the sore quads otherwise). The mark is quite prominent on the Mapsource maps, so you would think that a big trail or a marker would be there, eh? Instead I found two trees of different species out there fornicating right there in the open. I bet that was illegal a couple decades ago. (Hopefully the Yes on 8 people won't get their hands on an axe or anything...) thanks for the cache.

We Dig Cemeteries

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Micro

It's not so much that I dig cemeteries, but I don't mind being around them. I especially don't mind one that is pretty much out of commission, because then I don't have to worry about disturbing the bereaved, or walking over manicured lawns, or kicking over fresh flowers and stuff like that. Heck, I couldn't see much evidence of markers to bereave upon here! Anyhow, this was my goal for the day -- to do Woods Rd all the way out here -- and I achieved it, so I was feeling very accomplished on my day off. My finger strength is apparently not what it used to be, but I managed without my marine mammalian friend here, so that was good. Thanks for the cache(s).

Miner's Junk

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

Found a few interesting things in this cache, including a not-so-nice note in the log from someone complaining about rattlesnakes -- well, duh, go hike in Quicksilver between the end of May and June and the caches are going to all be danger-free! Right. I wish I coulda been there to give the person a clue brick -- if you don't like worrying about snakes, choose a cooler month (like November)!! Sheesh! The miner's junk strewn around the cache site was pretty random, you'd think the parks folk would have cleaned that kind of stuff up when it opened as a park, eh?

Treasure Rock

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Micro

So I'm walking up the fire road humming "she's mighty mighty just lettin' it all hang out" when I see this huge natural formation. No, really, so I'm worried about what I'm about to have to do, given that I've pushed my legs to their limits hefting Geo Baby up to some silly venona trick yesterday, and then continuing on with my plans to do a reasonably long day hike on the holiday (that no one else had off). So, I circled the beast, and as I did I noticed the arrow go to zero. Whew, dodged a bullet there...

Tick House

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Micro

I just couldn't quite get the tune of "She's a BRICK HOUSE" outta my head as I went for this cache. Found that someone (perhaps a bobcat, or the wind) had tried to evict the ticks, so I put their domicile back together and reinstalled them in an appropriate spot. Thanks for the cache, and the tune in my head.

BTC

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

As I ambled on out to the cache site, things got a little breezy out there, so out the jacket came. It turned out that I spent the next half mile or so taking the jacket on and off and on and off... It was a nice location to sit down and figure out why the next cache appeared to be .24 away, though, since I had some signal there. Got me another cache, that did... Thanks for the cache.

No N.U.T.S. Here!

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

The cache was pretty out and exposed, if you were heading past that way, anyhow. It was in fine shape though, and I didn't notice any muggle entries on the log. I tried to rehide it in that location a little better, but who knows if I actually accomplished much... Thanks.

500,000 Words

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

I enjoyed a natural formation in the area to sit and relax while I read the cache description. Not a single person out and about on the trail, despite having seen a couple people walking up the trail at the parking lot. Felt like I was walking around a maze to the cache, but I found my cheese in the end. Thanks!

You Can Cache!

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

I happen to carry a Useful Tool for this sort of thing on my keychain. Only I couldn't drink anything inside the cache. Oh well. Thanks!

Assume Nothing #3

By: workerofwood Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

So I happened to be in the area, and as I got to this general location (well, I was at the cache just before this one on the way up), I wondered why in tarnation there was a .24 mi gap between that one and the next one in my query. Something just struck me as suspicious there, and so I grabbed the little bit of signal there was over there and found the coords for this cache. Thought I'd not assume anything and go check it out...

Secret Trailhead #14 - Sierra Azul

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

My original plan today was to do Mission Peak, getting a few caches found from my home query. But, because of the introduction to Almaden Quicksilver that my impromptu trek to ACTIVITY 5 took me yesterday, I decided to honor our veterans by hiking Woods Rd. today. So, you may ask, why would you be in the Sierra Azul parking lot? Well, that pit potty was a great bonus both before and after my adventure! Thanks for the (this one of many) cache today!

Shady Vista

By: Leeloo Nasir Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

The old hams were getting pretty tired by this point, but down and up I went in search of the vista. Neat to see such an oldie surviving so well, although I added a little more kid-friendly swag here from my bag. Didn't seem to be anyone in this particular area of the park today, although I saw a handful of bikers later on the Castillero Trail. Thanks for the cache.

Nov 10, 2008

New See San Francisco

By: WalruZ Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

** Coordinates Changed From ** N 37 � 46.089 W 122� 23.513
Distance From Old: 68.1 feet
Altoids tin with some flair added. Hopefully far enough away from the sprinklers...

New See San Francisco

By: WalruZ Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Cache was replaced today, different location so updating coords as well.

Nov 9, 2008

Levee Run - Niles 3rd St

By: csolsen Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

We had our normal Sunday breakfast out and picked up this cache afterwards. Enjoyed the inflated dam and associated waterfall, a short run around for Geo Baby, and the great color match you achieved! Thanks for the cache.

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