buckyd's Geoblog

Jan 30, 2005

Raging Waters

By: TeamAlamo Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

LeChuck and I braved the raging waters to get this one -- although we ended up pushing our courage just a bit farther up the road. Lots of canines and their companions in Sunol Valley Regional Park, as the weather was spectacular for hiking here today! TFTC.

Acorn Woodpecker

By: N2Books2 Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Nice to find something large in the park today, and so close to parking! This was the first of the day -- a beautiful day -- in our loop of Sunol Regional Park. TNLNSL, Thanks!

Burl Ives

By: Ron Streeter Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

Came from below and didn't spot it at first, then looked around for a bit at a higher elevation and managed to find it reasonably quickly. There were people everywhere on the trails in Sunol Regional Park today -- it was a beautiful day out there -- so I had to be very quiet as some hikers passed nearby. Thanks!

End of the (Bike) Trail

By: fizzymagic Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

The nearby gate to Ohlone wilderness, and the Equinox cache, was just too tempting after finding this cache. So off we went, up and around, against WalruZ' better judgement and LeChuck's protests. I went off-trail at about 500 feet away, and I probably could have reached it the hard way, only I had already crawled through enough poison oak for the day while doing W Rock Scramble. Thanks for the cache at what ended up being the furthest cache-point on our loop for the day!

Jurcachic Park

By: Chuguy Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

Late bug drop. I'm pretty sure I left Rudolph here..

Jurcachic Park

By: Chuguy Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

It was truly a beautiful day out in Sunol Regional Park today. WalruZ, LeChuck, and I did a healthy little loop around to grab some new caches and allow LeChuck and I to find some older ones too. Thanks for placing this one along the high road!

Cerro Este Pit Stop

By: dandm Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Micro

Lots of people out in Sunol Regional Park today, since the weather was spectacular and the water was running fast. WalruZ, LeChuck and I came from the trail along the ridge that ends here and stopped for a quick snack at the picnic table. We made a feeble attempt at timing our obvious searching between people coming to use the nearby facilities. WalruZ was looking in the right location, while I was not. Thanks!

"W" Tree Rock Scramble

By: dandm Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Small

WalruZ, LeChuck and I started this adventure sort of trepidaciously, not deciding whether to take the high road or the scramble. After a few hundred yards, we decided to put the FRS radios to use, and WalruZ went up the east bank, then crossed back over somehow to the west side, before we lost sight of him. LeChuck and I continued through a very enjoyable rock-hop, although I was wearing nice water-resistant footwear while LeChuck risked taking a wrong step in your run-of-the-mill athletic shoes. We went on this way until the GPSr pointed a ways off the creek at .19 miles, which is also where we spotted WalruZ, trudging along at about the same pace as we were just above. So up we went, to see what was going on there. That part wasn't too easy, but we made it. After a little rest, off we went again. Unfortunately, I managed to cut across the side of the slope into a really nasty area of poison oak. Now, I've never really reacted to the stuff, but I'm still pretty paranoid about hugging it with both arms and all. Since there really wasn't an option of going back, I continued on and managed to thread my way through spindly bushes back down to the creek area where I was rewarded with more spindly bushes. At this point, I was thinking that I'd really oughtta stayed with my initial idea of rock scrambling the whole way -- not that there weren't similar dangers lurking by the creekbed, just that the rocks made it easy to avoid that danger. I got to the cache site a full 5 or 10 minutes before both WalruZ and LeChuck, thanks to my cross-country-hillside-poison-oak adventure. Unfortunately, again, I had no clue what I was looking for. WalruZ was carrying the all-important Palm with the cache description loaded in it, so I just had to assume things. Being so far off-trail, I assumed incorrectly. That assumption took me right by the actual cache, up a steep dirt slope that looks to have slid recently, and into more poison oak near where a tree had fallen (no doubt due to the still-damp dirt slide that I crawled up). While I wa s doing really stupid things up there, and sliding down the dirt slide area in search of more poison oak to crawl through, WalruZ signalled that he had found the cache.

Ahhhh, good times. Thanks for the adventure!

Rock - No Scramble

By: dandm Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Micro

There were a ton of people and their dogs walking back on the fire road by the time we came by the cache area. I know I looked where WalruZ eventually found the cache, but I guess I just wasn't looking hard enough. TFTC!

Jan 28, 2005

As Seen From the Sky!

By: Daniel Christina Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Neat area that I have never seen, from the sky or otherwise, before tonight! I was happy, after an evening of having Woof! find most of the stuff we were going for, to find this one myself. Of course, Woof! wasn't really looking cuz she had something else she needed to do and has already found this cache, but it was still nice to find something tonight! Didn't see the TB in the cache. TNLNSL, thanks!

Wandering around Chinatown

By: BKT Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I thought I had my VPN all set and working, crunching out new and improved datasets (like we need more of those right now, with all the outstanding papers) while I went to find some caches that were "littering" my map of San Francisco. Needless to say, the minute I left the house the internet connection disappeared and I'm re-running the scripts after a nice evening of night-caching with Woof!. Interesting folks in the park on a Friday night, although Woof! and I looked pretty strange ourselves. TFTC!

Home of the Gods

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

Ah, maneuvering around the City with Woof! tonight, and sure to not find anything first with her "mad skillz" goin' on. Well, this one was due to my obsession with my keychain alarm thing that seems to not work sometimes, and then work other times, and then drive me mad enough to go to the Jeep dealer and have them make a whole new one (not gratis, of course). So, I'm back there pounding on the little unlock button while Woof! is rushing up to the -- well, I couldn't see anything, so I don't know what it really was -- thingy and she was nice enough to let me know that she found it but let me find it myself also. Which was good. So I found it and wondered: How the heck did you get superglue on your lips doing that?!?!?

TFTC. [8D]

Lagoon View

By: Pinky B Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Okay, I really don't understand how I didn't see this one. Really, I don't. I'm baffled. Truly I am. Woof found it, I ain't gonna lie. I was flailing around (again) in another section of the area, positive that it was supposed to be there. It wasn't. Woof was nice enough to let me sign the log... Thanks!

Jan 27, 2005

Park Place

By: Sierra Hikers Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Quick little cache. Park was pretty deserted today just before lunchtime. Thanks!

Lagoon View

By: Pinky B Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

11:30a: Wow, can't believe I couldn't see something like that in an area like this --in broad daylight, even, with hardly anyone around to worry about... Dunno what's wrong with me.

The Cat's Other Hat

By: TBD D, SUPERflamingo, and GeoBeags Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

No one here to worry about this morning, so it was a much more comfortable search. Left a TB, thanks!

Mayzie's Daisies

By: TBD D, SUPERflamingo, and GeoBeags Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

Easy find, almost too easy, during the daytime. Left a TB. Thanks!

Tree Puzzle

By: Sierra Hikers Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Took a little searching, which was easy with no one around on a weekday morning. Coords seem close enough for me, too. Thanks!

Jan 25, 2005

Blue Bottles

By: cyan_blue Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

In the area for dinner with some friends. It was sorta dark, but we could sorta see the bottle collection in the nearby victorian. Thanks!

Jan 24, 2005

David's Decoys

By: David ("T") of TBD D Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries. Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time" Fetchez la vache!

(dont get it? http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail-08.htm )

The Cat's Other Hat

By: TBD D, SUPERflamingo, and GeoBeags Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

Came by at night, but someone was planted right where I would have liked to search. Sorta creepy to sit around here with a stranger at night, so I decided to leave it for another time.

Hit the Target

By: TeamAlamo Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

In Foster City after work for some caching and dinner, so I took care of some old solved puzzles I had lying around here. Thanks!

Mayzie's Daisies

By: TBD D, SUPERflamingo, and GeoBeags Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

I'll have to come back in the daytime for this one. Thought I saw a small-sized depression in a cache-appropriate place, but without the aid of light I can't be sure...

Go Dogs, Go!

By: TBD D, SUPERflamingo, and GeoBeags Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Thanks for the hide!

Numbers Letters

By: mrZ Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Thanks for the puzzle and the hide. It was really calm out here tonight!

Jan 23, 2005

Dirty Rock

By: Jeremy Faust Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Read the clue, and there it was! It was a very nice day out in the headlands today -- not too hot, not too cold, and not too windy. WalruZ and I made the trek down to this cache, and after a bit of a search did the decrypt thing. Took the TB. TFTC!

LtVoSF* Beach

By: PaulWhy and Moon Joy Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

I've been wanting to do this one for a long, long time. Today I found someone who was willing to do it with me, and had the time free on a comfortable day in the headlands. We really enjoyed the cove area -- its a really great spot for a picnic and they seem to even have a primitive campground here.

Fountain of Knowledge

By: WalruZ and BuckyDef Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

We really enjoyed our short stay in Palm Desert -- I spend so much of my time at institutions of higher learning that it just seemed appropriate to place the cache here!

Jan 22, 2005

Caching Break 3

By: TeamAlamo Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Cache replaced. Mmmm, spicy chicken burrito.

Waiting for WalruZ

By: TeamAlamo Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

He's always on time for me...

Jan 21, 2005

The Dog

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Came by here for dinner tonight, and was pleasantly surprised that they had chicken sausage! This place rocks! Anyhow, LeChuck and I looked around for some time before he was able to find it where I had already looked twice. This one takes a kid's touch, I think!! Thanks for the hide!

Wait Until Dark

By: Chuguy Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 4.0 Container: Regular

This was a unique experience, both for the night hiking aspect and the throng of geocachers that I was in. Thanks for setting it up!

CVC Comes to Alamo

By: BADGES Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

bug drop, since I happened to take them all to work with me today...

CVC Comes to Alamo

By: BADGES Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

Had a great time, and glad to finally do the cache everyone raves about. Did a 5 for 4 bug swap. Thanks!

Alamo History

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

Hey -- who approves this guy's caches ?? [:o)] Apparently the job of WalruZ, LeChuck (who decided to stay in the car after the second run back to the plaque), and I was to proof the cache's second mistake (or was it the third?). After a while, we had to work it out with the cache owner which finally resulted in grabbing the cache...

Jan 20, 2005

It's Easy To Be Organized...

By: beck1980 Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Needed a few things to get organized, so I decided to do this cache and turn my previous DNF around. Found easily tonight, with the appropriate parking. TFTC!

Community Garden

By: Sierra Hikers Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Not many people around tonight; it sure is cold! Found after a bit of a search by flashlight. Log is pretty wet, but signable. TFTC!

SpongeBob!

By: Neomack Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Decided to grab a couple caches while I was out running errands. Thanks!

Jan 19, 2005

CVC Comes to Alamo

By: BADGES Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

I should be able to easily make the pizza event. I'd like to do the cache as well, if I can get away from work early enough to join the group. What time were people meeting there?

Jan 18, 2005

Pensive Cache

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

WalruZ was searching the right area. I was searching the wrong one. He found it, and on we went. Thanks!

Albertson's Nanocache

By: TJLolo and the Tree HugRs Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Other

I thought we were in for another typical hide. Not. Loved the cache container, and needed the stop to put some ice in the cooler. Thanks!

Rancho Sticker Stash

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

Stopped by for an IHOP breakfast before caching our way out of town. I love IHOP, particularly their pumpkin pancake deal. It seems its not just for Halloween anymore! As WalruZ noted, cache needs attention. TFTC.

Midnight at the Oasis

By: stonyagers Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Last cache of our Palm Desert trip, as we needed to start driving back to the SF Bay Area. It was about 1 pm, and already 88 degrees. Since both WalruZ and I were in our caching best -- which includes long pants rather than shorts -- we decided that it would be best to hang out in the air conditioned car for a while. I had that 70s pop song in my head for a large portion of the drive back, TFTC!

Little Red Pony

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

WalruZ sure spends a lot of time on the phone for someone on vacation. I was waiting for him to finish before I jumped out of the car (which was now running air conditioning for the first time in months). He hopped out while still on the phone and found it. TFTC!

the Witch's Tree

By: thBriGuy Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

We checked out of our nearby accomodations and started with the closest, which was this one. Interesting area. Thanks!

PS Micro Two

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Tough hiding spot -- we needed hints for this after looking around *almost* everywhere. Something very much like this stumped me on my last trip to San Diego. I think I need another road trip to rectify that... TFTC!

Con you duit?

By: AS-Pilot-RM Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

WalruZ grabbed this one as I was not more than 2 feet from it looking at other things. Nice! TFTC!

Dusty's Toy

By: $kimmer The Splashes Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

it was actually starting to get hot as we took a morning walk from the Shadow to this cache. Unbelievable. I should have brought shorts to cache in today. But I didn't. Spotted fairly quickly, but I can see where others might have trouble with it given the facilities on the other side of the retaining wall! Thanks for the cache.

THE SHADOW KNOWS

By: Splashman, Splashette $kimmer Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

We weren't staying in anything as nice as this on our visit to Palm Desert, but we we came by to get the cache! TFTC.

A Great Read

By: tntc (Team Tree HugR) Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Thanks for the cache. No time for reading, got other caches to find!

Jan 17, 2005

Geo Tax

By: Team Perks Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Endulged in a taxable benefit while on a short caching trip to Palm Desert. Thanks!

Yucatan Nano-Micro Cache

By: TJLolo and the Tree HugRs Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Other

I like this sort of hide, and cache container. Unfortunately, the first part of the logsheet has now flown away. I have no idea where that wind came from so fast, is that a desert thing?!? TFTC.

Big Dog, Little Dog MicroCache

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

We circled around to scope out the area, and noticed a woman in the big dog area tracking our every move. Turns out she was waiting for someone else to arrive at the big dog area, it seems. Once she was occupied, we went for the grab! Lots of activity in the area on Monday evening, TFTC!

Really, Really Evil Geocache

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Not chosen

There are two general methods one can use while geocaching: a patient scan of the area or a brute force physical search. I tend to start with the first, WalruZ with the second. On a cache like this, he's gotta be very lucky to get it before I do. [;)] 'Course, sometimes he does get lucky...

LaQuinta Nano Cache 3

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

By this time on our walk back to the car from the Bear Creek series, WalruZ was complaining about his feet. WalruZ is always complaining about his feet, it seems, so for his birthday I had bought him some new hiking boots. I guess hiking boots don't work right on city sidewalks or something... Nice nighttime find, thanks!

Barrel o' Fun?

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Got this one before WalruZ, once again because I'll stick my hands in places and on things that they don't belong! TFTC!

Bear Creek Rest Stop

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

WalruZ and I took turns making discreet passes at the nearby hiding spots looking for this one. We appreciated the shade at this point, and even the friendly people biking around. Thanks.

Toxic Avenger

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Well, its cammo does blend in better now. It ain't more than 3 feet from where we nabbed it; its just a little more protected. Thanks!

Shrubby Cache

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Ah, a plant I don't mind sticking my hand into. Thanks!

Eisenhower Micro Cache

By: TJLolo the Tree HugRs Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I thought for sure this would be a DNF, with the locals planted in an area I really would have liked to search. We actually didn't even see them in the shadows of the park, we just heard them in the general direction of the arrow. As we were giving up, we walked by and decided to look anyway. WalruZ is less inhibited than I and came up with it. TFTC!

Fetch!

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Although I managed to physically get it, this one was all WalruZ who called it as we were walking to the cache site. Props to him, and props to Team Nohoch for the great hides along Bear Creek!

Cacticus Maximus

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Yeah, I'm fairly observant, but I can be pretty darn clumsy too. TFTC!

Guarding Eisenhower

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Nothing like getting a quick one to start a day of caching... Nearby construction crews didn't seem to mind my alternative parking job. Thanks for the cache.

We left our Heart in La Quinta!

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

It was nice to get of the bike path a bit and look at La Quinta from another view. We noticed a few other groups of people doing various things our here (gathering sand, collecting rocks, having lunch). Interesting from our more citified perspective. A handful of boys were using the "creek" as a PocketBike highway. TFTC!

Check It Out

By: TJLolo and the Tree HugRs Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Well, I can say that the log was definitely in a container when we were there Monday evening... We had some reception problems, so this one took a while. WalruZ finally spotted it as I was searching another area. TFTC!

Bear Creek Path

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

As soon as I figured out what I was looking for, there it was! TFTC.

Anudder Cache

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I'm not sure that qualifies as a monstrosity, plain sight, or homemade, but I was happy to find it! Thanks!

Magometer Microcache

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Saves gas to cache with your feet, even in an urban environment. This was the start of a really nice walk down the "creek" with WalruZ on the MLKjr holiday. Although I take issue with some of the "element" descriptions on the cache, it was still kinda funny. Thanks!

Regadera Cache (No More)

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Another nicely placed micro on our Bear Creek walk. Thanks!

TreeHouse

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

At first I thought I was going to look for another type of cammo, but spotted this hide instead -- I'd say it was in plain sight when we found it. TFTC!

Tweener One

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

This was part of our roundabout way back to our Jeep, which we left parked at the Magnocache in the morning. I suppose we finished up the Bear Creek series and did part of the Oasis Cove area, and were just grabbing what was convenient now. We figure that we had maybe 30 minutes of daylight left to cache while we walked through this La Quinta neighborhood, so we sped up our searches and how we notated each cache just a bit. TFTC!

Smart Start BCP

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

At this point in our walk along Bear Creek, we had to decide how much more we wanted to do before going back to the car. It turned out we were up for much more. I spotted this one fairly quickly, and we timed the grab between nearby bicyclists. Thanks.

Barkin' Up the Right Tree

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Ah, the sway of the trees in the breeze by the wa..., erm, dry channel bed. Nice placement. Thanks!

Desert Palms

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Well, it wasn't as quick as some others, but I'll take it. Usually hides in these sorts of things have the potential to be a bear, but this one just required some keen and patient eyes. Thanks!

Smart Start LQMT

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I can't seem to grasp that someone comes by here periodically and doesn't notice the cache !?! TFTC!

Brave Heart

By: thBriGuy Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

I decided to see what WalruZ was climbing so high for, which was probably a bad idea in retrospect. I ended up navigating across the hillside down and over to the cache, sitting down on a piece of dead ocotillo branch in the process. I don't think I can ever say that I've sat on a cactus before now... Anyway, the cache site was incredibly cool (once I got there), with views of La Quinta and beyond. Took a few photos and avoided looking down where my legs were dangling for the most part. Thanks!

Angels of the Desert

By: MightyDee-Best of SoCal Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

The place was deserted on a holiday evening, so we enjoyed our stroll to the site from the parking area off a side street. The temperature was comfy, the fountains were running, and the lighting made this a special nighttime oasis in the city. I was searching on the right side, while WalruZ took the wrong one, so after passing my hand by it twice I finally found it. Thanks!

Palo Verde?

By: TJLolo and the Tree HugRs Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Other

Nice little roadside stop. Thanks!

PowerCache Deluxe

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I was misled by the decoy. Severely misled. Oh well, good thing WalruZ was along on this trip! Thanks!

Pepper Tree Cache

By: Team Dakiba Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Just hilarious!! TFTC!

Diving for Quarters

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Yeah, I used to spend hours playing "diving for ________ (insert favorite sinking thing your brother throws)" in the pool at my Dad's house before I got too cool to swim for fun as a teenager. This, however, was much easier as I didn't have to hold my breath. TFTC!

Tiger Stripes

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

For some reason, I was starting to get really tired around this point, which always makes me just a little less surefooted. Grabbed the TB.

Flamingos of La Quinta

By: Ventura Kids Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Micro

And you packed that one in how?!? Interesting, does that show up on terraserver? Nice. Thanks for the oasis in the desert.

GEO-TRAP!

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Other

I made WalruZ actually retrieve it, just in case I damaged my couch-potato-fingers. TFTC!

Pack Rat?

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Other

Cute. I like its backpack too. I could use a new backpack. Do those come in my size? TFTC!

La Quinta Early Man

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Other

WalruZ was nervous that the path I was leading him on was going to strand him out here past dark, and then he'd end up like this guy! Thanks for the smiley.

Just the Jetty

By: Wheeler Dealers Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

Last cache of a long caching day, after having a nice big dinner across the street. The place at the cache site was open, but it didn't look like anyone was there. Thanks for the cache!

Gatorade It!

By: Ranboze Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Micro

Heh. Saw it. Grabbed it. Logged it.

Varnish Vitamins

By: TJLolo (Team Tree HugR) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Small

Had a nice little walk in the desert to get this one. Those rocks sure can be tricky to walk on sometimes... Thanks for the cache.

Rocks and Boulders Everywhere

By: TJLolo (Team Tree HugR) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Small

I misread the title as GSAK had truncated it, so spent too much time looking for something else. Thanks!

Fallen Giants

By: TJLolo (Team Tree HugR) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Small

whoops, forgot the bug drop.

Fallen Giants

By: TJLolo (Team Tree HugR) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Small

Ocotillo cacti are some of my favorite desert plants. Its tough to see one in quite this condition, but further along our caching path we saw a young and an old one fairly close together. TFTC!

Dusty's First Geocache!

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Being one of those mature, sophisticated, city cachers I never took much glee in the aforementioned East Bay Hider antics that involved this type of thing. Of course that would ensure that this cache would turn out to be my #700. It took us some time to find it in the dusk, which turned to dark quite quickly. I'm glad WalruZ had a flashlight along with him, cuz I didn't. Thanks for the milestone, and I hope Dusty is doing well.

Jan 16, 2005

View of the Dunes

By: stonyagers Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Both WalruZ and I were searching a bit for this one, and he finally came up with it. Nice hide, and I'm sure the area has an interesting view when its daylight. Thanks!

Washingtonia filifera

By: Desert Sage Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Virtual

Visiting the center with WalruZ to check out the facilities. Had a quick chat with the "keepers" and then explored the area. Email has been sent, Thanks!

Desert Frog Cache

By: Uneakone, happy1, time2spare girly Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

You wouldn't believe the noise even if I had a wav recorded and could play it back to you. I'm looking around -- on the trail -- when I see the friendly neighborhood docent strolling up the path. I raise my voice to try to get WalruZ to stop moving, come out into the open, or just do anything but attract her attention. Of course, he can't hear me with all the racket he's making. Luckily this must happen quite a bit out here, as she walked right by without a look at us. After peering in various places, I just sat down. This really should be a DNF for me, but WalruZ was kind enough to let my name go on the log. Thanks!

San Andreas Crevasse

By: TEAM Nohoch (Adopted from LostSoul) Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

WalruZ found this one slipping away just as I was getting stuck by some nearby dead limbs. "Ouch!" and "Found it!" collided in the air. We left WalruZ's TB to commemorate the event. Thanks!

JUST 4 DAD

By: tntc (Team Tree HugR) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

What WalruZ said... Thanks.

Casabuena

By: muttmom3(Tree HugR's) Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Nice change of pace from the nearby caches. I always like these sort of containers. Thanks!

Ally's Cache

By: Ally Cache Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Ah, the employees on the evening shift were just leaving, and hanging out a bit in the parking lot (as teenagers seem to want to do). We were able to drive up and get this quickie! TFTC.

Shigiggles

By: ThBriGuy family Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Large

Holy Cow that is one big cache! Like bein' a pirate and findin' a treasure chest. WalruZ and I were seranaded by a pack of howling dogs across the street, who were luckly behind a gate. It was sure an auditory experience! I also appreciated a place to pull off the road, so that I could enjoy the hunt as well. Thanks!!

Marley's First Geocache

By: TEAM Nohoch and Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Other

This was a nice introduction to the desert terrain that WalruZ and I would spend the day hiking through. We enjoyed the great coords, the hidden placement, and the cute kid Thanks!

Welty's Cache

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

This turned into just a bit more than the corner store. In fact, everything around here seems to have done that!! Thanks for the smiley!

10 West

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

There's being thorough, and then there's being Thorough. I had a nice view of whatever flailing WalruZ was doing before he finally signalled to me that I should find a place for the Jeep and get in on the act. After that, the hardest part was crossing the street without getting hit. Thanks.

Hello?...Is Anybody Home?

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

After some searching, WalruZ and I were both saying that it really should be in a particular feature. I guess we just didn't search as thoroughly as we thought we had, because when I rechecked -- there it was! TFTC!

Pushawalla Power Path #12

By: thbriguy Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

What a neat little mesa on the way... WalruZ was talking and basically walked right by, when I veered off to find it. Thanks!

Pushawalla Power Path #9

By: thbriguy Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

Stopped to do some trading here, and also to enjoy watching the hikers on the ridge. Thanks!

Pushawalla Power Path #6

By: thbriguy Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

Mmm, all these ammo cans are spoiling me, methinks. We passed by another set of shorts and safari-hat-clad hikers on the way to this one, and I again wondered if I could somehow cut my warm-up pants into shorts. Unfortunately today, scissors are not something you find in caches. Thanks!

Pushawalla Power Path #3

By: thBriGuy Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

We continued on the hike, sporadically passing small groups of hikers in shorts and safari hats. This made me wonder whether I had thought enough about what hiking in January in Palm Desert entailed. I was wearing lined running pants and a cap, and WalruZ had forgotten to bring his cap. Oh well, onward!

Pushawalla Power Path #10

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Other

It was nice to start gaining some elevation, after wandering around the arroyo floor (losing the trail often, I might add). For some reason I couldn't see this one right away, and couldn't figure out why I couldn't sense it in such a small area to move in... TFTC, and onward!

Pushawalla Power Path # 5

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

Well, I have spent a reasonable amount of time living in the desert, so I guess I can spot stuff on the landscape much easier than your average Northerner. Of course, I 'm not sure the High Desert (Chihuahuan) of New Mexico qualifies as the same as the Sonoran Desert, and I'm sure the ecotone areas of my former San Diego life don't count at all... TFTC.

Pushawalla Power Path # 11

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Other

You could read several things into WalruZ's post, but I'll just say thanks for the cache!

Pushawalla Power Path #1

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

The start of a be-a-u-ti-ful day of hiking in the desert. The hills were green, well for hills around here anyway. The water was cold, and the snakes were in hibernation. Thanks for the series!

Pushawalla Power Path # 8

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

As the temperature creeped up, we rounded the ridge area and wondered if we were ever going to get up from the wash. Of course, climbing up in the heat has its cons also... TFTC!

Pushawalla Power Path #4

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

Between my fear of rattlesnakes and fear of being impaled by little evil thorns, this one was tricky. We managed it though. I'm glad we had hiking poles with us today! Onward!

Pushawalla Power Path #13

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Other

Ah, debating the finer points of things that happened way before anyone was there to see them. Always a good way to pass the time hiking. And also a good way to distract your hiking companion from his little arrow. Thanks!

Pushawalla Power Path # 14

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Other

Waypoints make the trail, I always say... Well, not always, since I'm a map-hound by nature. it was strange to see so many trails in a landscape where trails seem to be everywhere. Very unlike the SF Bay Area, where the trails have to be maintained from all the growth! TFTC.

Pushawalla Power Path #7

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

I really liked this spot, even though one had to be quite careful not to get impaled. It afforded some small amount of shade in a way, and we seemed to be clear of all the hikers wearing shorts and large-brimmed hats that obviously had more sense than we did. WalruZ did some trades here, which I then ended up carrying in my pack for the rest of the day [:p]. Thanks!

Pushawalla Power Path # 2

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

We were just getting used to the cammo required for hiding something as big as an ammo can in the low-profile foliage of the desert. This one just fit right in. TFTC.

brush bunny

By: Team Red-Wings Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

WalruZ and I had spent much valuable caching time trying to figure out if we wanted to head this way or stay in Sky Valley and try to manuever dirt roads in the dark. I'm glad this was the path we chose, even if my geo-sense was starting to fail me. TFTC!

The City of Rancho Mirage

By: Team Red-Wings Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Is there such a thing as too much caching? Probably not, but sleep has to occur sometime. We made this one the last of the evening, so that we would be alive to hike the next day. Thanks for the smiley!

Pushawalla Power Path #24

By: thBriGuy Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

I had forgotten how well sound carries in the desert. It was Sunday, so I'm thinking some sort of celebration was going on in the Sky Valley area. A melodic male spanish voice could be heard almost the entire time we walked the ridge. TFTC!

Pushawalla Power Path #21

By: thBriGuy Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

As I got up this part of the hill first, I was tasked with the contortion act of retrieval and replacement. I always make these sorts of things a lot more risky than necessary. It must just be in my nature to tempt danger. TFTC!

Pushawalla Power Path # 29

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Other

Thanks so much for the series! We liked the change of pace for this one. Used a different feature of the area than we'd seen all day. A cacher once sent me the definition of this item, by way of a dig on my intelligence, and so every time I see one now I smile...

Pushawalla Power Path # 26

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Other

Continuing along the ridge and sort of wishing that the hike wasn't going to end so soon... The seranading became clearer as we climbed slightly higher.

Pushawalla Power Path #18

By: thBriGuy Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

Out from under the palm clearing, the stream coursed its way down the bed, apparently cleaning out the decay from the palm stand. I was glad that we visited after so much rain, because the area had a really lively feel about it. I found this one pretty much out in the open, but it seems to have survived well that way. Thanks.

Pushawalla Power Path # 23

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Other

We used the hint to replace the cache, since we found it sitting naked-like on the side of the rocky face. If memory serves me correctly, the lid was a little chewed, so the culprit was probably just hungry... TFTC.

Pushawalla Power Path # 20

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Other

After crawling around in the wash, and old palm fronds, I enjoyed the chance at a view. Not that I mind crawling around much of anywhere for a cache... Here I could see the flowers that dot the ridge growth just starting to open up this afternoon, which was also nice. TFTC!

Pushawalla Power Path #15

By: thBriGuy Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

Down, up, its all the same to me; one hurts the knees and the other strains the quads... it was neat to see the butterfly flit past us on its way to land on a piece of green grass popping out of the sand. WalruZ thought it might be a bit "lost". Aren't they supposed to be up in Pacific Grove right now?

Pushawalla Power Path #22

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Other

Ever see a WalruZ in a bandanna dance around?!?!

Pushawalla Power Path #19

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Other

I always wonder just what [i] is[/i] around the corner. If this cache was a snake, it woulda bit me (which would really have ruined the hike). Good thing it wasn't. TFTC!

Pushawalla Power Path #16

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Other

Ah, the tune of an old 70s soft pop song plays over and over in my head. So much so that we had to do the cache of the same name as our last stop in the Palm Desert area! However, it was more like Noon At The Oasis when we came upon this cache. Thanks!

Pushawalla Power Path #28

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Other

We're getting close enough to the trailhead (and the car) at this point that we can actually hear the conversations of different groups of hikers on the paths just below the ridge. Did I mention yet how fascinated I am at how well sound carries in the desert [;)]? Thanks for another smiley!

Pushawalla Power Path #25

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Other

He sure acted like a geocacher -- staring at us staring at him, circling around a small little scrubby bush, staring back at us staring at him from the ridge... But, we didn't notice any new names in the earlier caches we did at the trailhead. What he was doing out in the desert circling around brush in the middle of the afternoon will have to remain a mystery to us. Another cache with a great ridge view. What a reward for making the trip!

LaQuinta Nano Cache 1

By: thBriGuy Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

We had the park to ourselves tonight, which made looking for this cache much easier. I guess all the beer-drinking teenagers were at Joe Mann rather than here. Cache could use some maintenance, I find I need to replace this kind of container about every 4 months in the fog-belt of San Francisco... Thanks!

Pushawalla Power Path # 17

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Other

This was our lunchtime stop, as WalruZ noted. We had some difficulty finding this one, largely because the trees were doing weird things to the GPSr signal. Maybe its because I'm used to manicured and urbanified palms, but the fronds on these trees looked a little parched even with the swamp sitting around their bases. Hopefully the recent rains will perk them up soon. TFTC!

R2D2's Long Lost Cousin

By: Team Woodlmt Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Um, I don't get it, but then I found the cache so I guess I don't really have to. Looks like some development they've got going on nearby. At least the turnoff provided a nice curb to park next to. Thanks!

Welcome to Sky Valley

By: thBriGuy Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

WalruZ and I enjoyed our short visit to Sky Valley. Thanks!

Pushawalla Power Path #27

By: thBriGuy Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

I was really starting to feel a sense of accomplishment by this point. It seemed that we had seen quite a bit of different territory from both above and below. The ridge was pleasantly windy this afternoon, which helped to cool us down given the lack of any cover up there. TFTC.

DSL

By: oddball1993 Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

We were staying nearby during our trip to the Palm Desert caching mecca, and started off our trip to the outer power trails with this micro. WalruZ found it while I was examining other hiding spots. Lots of softball going on, with the players in shorts, as it was already fairly warm on the January morning. TFTC!

City of the Sun

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I had to stay with the car, but I could see WalruZ and the hunt. The traffic on this road at night goes at a pretty rapid clip... Thanks!

Continental Currency Collection

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Other

Thanks for a great series and showing us this unique hike! Anytime you're up in the SF Bay Area, we'd be happy to show you our favorites! Heck, maybe I'll find some room in the city itself for a powertrail?!

Tax Hike

By: WestwardHo Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

I was kind of uncomfortable going in the area, not knowing if the gate was put there for a reason, but WalruZ was taking his time. I went back there having just read the description and once I scoped the area out I went to it. The mice really were creeping me out, as I had stuck my hand blindly somewhere dark to grab the cache, and then a couple of the little furry things scurried out to meet me from places nearby. I hope they weren't expecting anything from me, because I had a Willard experience about then and let WalruZ return the cache to its hiding spot... Picked up the Fire TB.

She put de lime in the creosote...

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Oh yeah, I'm a geocacher alright. And I luv de lime in de creosote... TFTC!

Barney!

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Well, at least I didn't have to endure another WalruZ-bandanna-clad-victory-dance this time. It was amazing that he grabbed it so quickly. I'm not even sure I had my flashlight turned on yet.... Thanks!

Oh So Easy

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

WalruZ found it quickly, while I was searching the other obvious hiding spots. Thanks!

Where oh Where?

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I guess "Barney" was motivation, but when you have an idea of where you want to look, you look there. TFTC!

Gobble, Gobble

By: Lucky Kid Proud Parents Stonyagers Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

WalruZ spotted this one as I was looking elsewhere. I thought it was hard to spot in the dark, but WalruZ disagreed. Thanks!

TROJAN TRAVELER X - Corner Stone

By: Tommy Trojan Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

I get nervous crossing highways in the dark, but we did it anyway. I suppose I could have parked closer, but then I would risk the stopped car not being seen on the road in the dark. I must be some sort of urban pansy... Anyway, found quickly enough for my tastes. Took A Faster Cache Machine to fly away to other parts.

Beep Beep!

By: TEAM Nohoch Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Other

Nice cache placement. I appreciated the stealth mode at night. When I used to live in Albuquerque, we saw these little guys running across the road all over the place! Don't see many up in San Francisco, though. TFTC!

Dude, Where's My Car?

By: TJLolo (Team Tree HugR) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Ah, Burger King, the dinner of geo-champions... We obviously stumbled upon a Black Widow nature preserve in the area, as I counted 3 of the red hourglasses in the search area. Lo and behold, one of the little sweeties was guarding the cache with due diligence. Luckily she didn't like being poked with a flashlight much and left. Thanks!

Jan 15, 2005

Between Dangers

By: TeamAlamo Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

This was a really quick find on a calm Saturday morning. *Someone* had told me I was going to have trouble with it, and tried very hard to spoil it for me, but I found it right off. Swapped TBs. PS, used the alternate coords provided by workerofwood -- they rock!

X's and O's

By: thislittletown and idlecpu Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I was expecting to have to wait out a guy with his kids, but they moved over to the other playground just as I was doing the loop back around to my car. After that, I was able to look around and use my geo-sense to come up with it relatively quickly. It helped me to keep the cache title/description in mind, and I also decrypted the hint so I knew what I was looking for. TFTC!

It's Windy

By: mrZ Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

It wasn't very windy out there at all this morning, in fact it was downright calm. The people were out feeding the cats, so a veritable pride of 'em were out on the rocks today. I loved the container! TFTC!

Mr. Coleman

By: Brute-Force Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I was on another road trip this way, so I made a last minute decision to pull off I5 and finally put my DNF from a couple months ago to rest. It took some searching, but I finally came up with it, just as I suspected it would be hiding. I guess I really wasn't given enough time to look for it last trip...

The Bridge Between

By: mjp303 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Thanks for the replacement! Found fairly quickly on a really calm Saturday morning. What a difference a week makes! TFTC.

Jan 13, 2005

Music Camp

By: Erickson Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

co-FTF on this great hike with Woof! and WalruZ to a very cool, hidden area! We made a loop of it, by first going and doing some cache maintenance on Bridge to the Other Side and then using smaller trails (e.g. not Laurel Dell) to get from one to the other. Cache site was very interesting, and a great hide to boot. Dropped a TB, TFTC!

On The Fast Track

By: BKT Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

I don't know how Woof! came up with this one so fast. I had just started a nice methodical search way over on the other side... Argh. TFTC!

Dipsea Steps

By: BKT Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

I had wanted to do something for my #600. but was so busy with work lately that all I've been able to do is grab the random cache here and there. It seemed a shame to usher a new milestone in that way, so I arranged schedules to get to work just a little bit later today and have the chance to cache with Woof! on her one free day back from her internship in the Sierras (and also a milestone find for her), and introduce WalruZ to the finer points of caching in Marin on his birthday. What better way to do this than to pick the cache, a hard cache as it turns out, hidden by another of my favorite cachers -- BKT! T was actually working today, as I probably would have been had the evil Bucky on my shoulder not been screaming "go caching, go caching". It was fortunate that T was listening to her good BKT, though, as we came from above and really mis-estimated the steps from below. We had trudged all throug h what we thought was the cache area, until I made my first-ever "lifeline(Tm)" call to figure out if we were even in the right area (my excuse is the lack of satellites). We weren't. We got a little more of a hint, and even then searched yet another area before coming up with the cache. All in a ll, quite the way to start off the day! Thanks!

starry starry night

By: kf6vsg Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Oh yeah, its gone alright, I was by here with Woof! and WalruZ on the way to another cache, so stopped by to check on this one. Only found the velcro. Multiple DNFs over 2 months with no note or check from the owner, who is also not very active in Geocaching anymore, and I'll post the SBA so that another cache might be hidden in this great trailhead area.

Jan 10, 2005

The Knowledge Tree

By: Yamar Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

1 latitude left to give. CoordinatesTo: CurmudgeonlyGal

"It was a secret to me" Trailhead #2

By: boulter Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Co-FTF, with WalruZ, at 7:35pm!! It was a dark and stormy night... Downright pouring while we were at the cache site, but since the traffic was easing up and we had already eaten, it just seemed like the thing to do. Heck, it wasn't even listed when I checked my nearest new before leaving work, so when I got home I took it as a "sign" to run out and try for a FTF. Sign from who, well, I'm not so sure after having all those devilish caches hidden recently. Several months ago I think I came by here, like Boulter, looking for a good way to get to Mom's Wild Ride. It was just a matter of memory to figure out how to get back. Thanks for the cache!

A Nice View of SF

By: workerofwood Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 5.0 Container: Not chosen

I came by on a lunch break to help WoW proof the cache, so to speak. The attached photo will give you an idea of how nice this cam is to play with -- it gets close and pans all the way around. I particularly like the "thermometer" setting...

Jan 9, 2005

Rock Your World

By: EMC of Northridge, CA Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Found rather quickly, to the dismay of WalruZ who was confining himself to the car so as not to spoil the hunt for me. I love the cammo! Thanks for placing one in Alamo.

Pico de Alamo

By: SnoWake -n- Dingo Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Nice park which WalruZ and I had to spend just a little extra time in. Thanks for the cache!

Royal Jewels of Windsor

By: TeamAlamo - keeper of the realm Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Touring the area with WalruZ after dropping off LeChuck sorta nearby. WalruZ, of course, opted to watch from afar as I went to search for this cache. This was a real test of whether my pulled quad muscle has fully healed, and finally it passed muster. I can go hiking with abandon now -- Palm Desert here we come! TNLNSL -- sorry for the late log, I don't know why I forgot to log these Sunday finds -- I must be distracted by something else lately...

The Knowledge Tree

By: Yamar Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

Gave my last longitude. I now have 2 latitudes remaining. CoordinatesTo: TeamAlamo

Veteran's Memorial Park

By: beck1980 Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Quick find after having Sunday breakfast nearby. The log is really damp; I signed it as best I could. TFTC!

Jan 8, 2005

stAirway to Heaven

By: CatToy Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Virtual

Interesting story; strange outcome. Email has been sent. Thanks for the virtual!

Franklins Ghosts

By: spirit of 76 Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Nice little cache in a quaint little place. Thanks for the hide!

growing rocks

By: JohnnyVegas Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

As soon as I had a better idea of what I was looking for, there it was. Log was a little damp, but we replaced the cache to help with that. Thanks for a bringing us to this nice garden!

A Hole In One Twice

By: 47Dad47 Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Clever multi in a nice park! I knew where it was, and even made an attempt to get the first stage, but alas I depend on WalruZ for those sorts of grabs. LeChuck found the final stage after I had spent a lot of wasted time looking nearby. Nice! Thanks for the cache!

Camp Union

By: sailorscodgers Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Virtual

This was such a neat park to walk around before the RCGDS event tonight. The rain had stopped and the caches were great! I hope to come back and see the area attractions someday, maybe when its a bit less swampy out. Thanks for showing us this marker and another piece of CA history!

Celebrated Cemetery

By: NightKnight Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Virtual

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