buckyd's Geoblog

Jul 31, 2006

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow..

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

Okay, month since First-to-find, where are the hints? edit: AHA! got a checksum that works!!!!!

edit2: nevermind. Google Earth shows it in the middle of a street.

Jul 29, 2006

Raynor Park Dragons

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

Although Geo Baby was sort of finished for the day, I decided after striking out at Ortega that I'd head over. I'm glad I did since this was a nice find to end the day. TFTC!

BOP

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

The hide area has really suffered from the recent heatwave, so it was a very easy find. I can see how I missed this one last time I was here. I love the hide but II still don't get the hint or the title, though... TFTC!

Want fries with that?

By: Somethings Fishy Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I was by here a long time ago and just couldn't figure it out with people all around. I'm older and wiser (maybe) now and am skilled in this type of hide. Of course it helped to have an empty area to work in, too! TFTC.

Sunnyvale Technology Museum

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

I don't have any clue what I did wrong last time I was here, unless I was misled by the tall thing's tuner markings... Anyhow, I was back by here today taking a stroll with Geo Baby in the air conditioning and it all worked out fine... TFTC!

Stroll into the Past

By: Marky Joani Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Geo Baby and I decided to take a few selected strolls before visiting a friend this afternoon. This area was deserted today, which was both spooky and fortunate for Geo Baby's lunch plans! Nicely done multi, TFTC!

Rock it?

By: Mr. Ranger Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Had to use the hint, as my zero point was a ways off from the logical cache hide and I had Geo Baby all set up in the stroller not wanting to stop and watch me root around in ivy. Found it relatively easily after that, with the exception that I can't quite figure out my left from my right... TFTC!

Jul 28, 2006

Kezar Stadium

By: Gumlung Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

I decided to avail myself of nearby free (but limited) parking today, and had maybe 10 free minutes to search during my walk from there to work today. I must have fixated on the wrong thing, but I just couldn't seem to pull myself away from searching it, so I burned up all the time I had. I'm thinking that maybe doing this in work clothes might not be the smartest thing...

Kezar Stadium

By: Gumlung Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

Came back at lunchtime to move my car, ever-so-slightly, and brought BKT with me as a spotter. TFTC!

Quixote and the Queen

By: joescales and image415 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Nice little cache for a nice little area, thanks!

China Beach

By: T Diddy and Sea Mama Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Had trouble with signal at first, but then settled on a likely spot that I just couldn't budge, and so I called walruz to whine about waiting out muggles to do a proper search. Finally they left so I could use a few tools to renedy that and opened the cache to find nothing. No stash note, logsheet, or trade items at all. Just a blank tin. Luckily I carry around that sort of thing in my car, but I was out of appropriately-sized ziplocs... TFTC!

Polo Field

By: T Diddy Sea Mama Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

As with my last attempt at a tdiddy cache, I can't figure out how to get to the log. I guess i'll move on today to something with lower difficulty...

Bicycle Row

By: T Diddy Sea Mama Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

BKT and I were in the area moving cars and such, and so I brought her by to show her the cache site. She agreed with me on what the cache probably was, but both of us had a great laugh about trying to get to the log. Maybe another time (and another, and another, and an...). Of course, we could be wrong...

Jul 25, 2006

College View Cache

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

FTF, 5:33 pm, and my first time logging from the field! I'm all thumbs here...

Jul 23, 2006

PDH

By: Touchstone Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 4.5 Container: Small

Oooh, that was fun. And my jeans are still wet. Somewhere in the whole adventure, we lost a red scarf... I got photos, but I don't want to spoil the adventure for others.

Saving Private Ryan: Storming Omaha

By: armyrotc1 Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Small

Hotshoe: bring a shovel.

Let Me Give You A Little Cache

By: x-ray tech Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

All was as advertised, although I could have had some better footwear on for this walk. I had soaked my primary shoes at PDH earlier, so the backup pair had to do for this one. Nice breeze in the late morning, but I bet it got real hot there a couple hours later... TFTC!

Jul 22, 2006

Cache Creek

By: Just a Short Walk Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

Followed the cache owner's suggested approach, although I was a bit confused because the beach was much farther off course than the GPSr arrow was indicating. Anyway, we found a trail that sort of took us to the creek and went (okay, slid) down that to get where we were to start the climb up. It was relatively dry, being in the mid 80s - low 90s today, but since the winter and spring have been so wet, the vegetation -- including all the PO -- has really flourished. There were spots going up the river that you just couldn't avoid brushing shoulder with the evil oak (not even going to mention what was going on at the calf level, cuz I signed up for that after reading the cache description). I quarantined my clothes when I got home well before attending to the baby, so I hope I didn't spread it around... Anyhow, we overshot the cache site, and went through some really bad brush. I blame the GPSr, since I never had better than 70 feet walking through the "canyon"-like creekbed. It was incredibly fortunate that I had WalruZ with me who had found it before and could recognize that we had passed up the hide site (which was a very nice resting spot just after the major landmark on the creek). It was also good because I had decided that I wasn't having any fun anymore around the time we got past the hide site, and instead of melting down, I got WalruZ to go back and verify that the hide site was behind us. Contents of the cache were pretty wet, but the log survived. We dumped out the water, aired out the contents for a little bit, before packing up and heading out (a different way, one that entailed climbing over a barbed-wire fence -- my third least favorite thing to do while caching). It was an experience, thanks!

Mt. Olympus

By: wendycat Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Beautiful weather for an evening walk tonight, although the roar of motorcycle engines was pretty noticeable... Thanks for the cache!

Jul 20, 2006

in R.P.

By: Bob Elliecat Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Was able to come back for this one after the unevent tonight. There were just as many people, but they were all busy coming and going places, so this was a great time to nab the cache! TFTC. Cache seems pretty secure here, so I'm going ahead and leaving Kusa's Evil Micro travelling geocoin.

Jul 18, 2006

Quackie Quack

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

I seem to have bad luck or blindness looking for this cache. Is it really a terrain 1, handicapped-accessible? The only place I didn't search required me to go off a curb and into water...

"belly up"

By: Bob Elliecat Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

Neat little area, the coords were flipping around, so I just did the old hunt-by-numbers on this one and eventually found the spot! Thanks!

"open 24hrs" or "Smell the Coffee"

By: Bob Elliecat Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Good Lord, man!! Did you remember to put in a Spanish-version of the stash note! TFTC.

Booked!

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

neat little park, Thanks!

in R.P.

By: Bob Elliecat Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I thought I was pretty sure of the hiding spot, but there were too many eyes in the nearby parking lot and storefront to really do a thorough search. I'll try back again some other time...

Jul 15, 2006

The 2 Litl Ps MISadventure: Atonement

By: Mrs. P Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

First cache find during the "Adventure" event for us. And it certainly turned out to be an adventure. Thanks!

Geocaching: An Adventure for All Ages

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

#1600 for me. Events are always a great time, and this one was made more enjoyable by sharing our hobby with an interested family. Then to see the twin-dressed baby girls was a lot of fun for me too, although I think that the "all ages" part probably really started at 11 -- the back of that park was pretty rough going for Geo Baby. Thanks for organizing!

Back Door to Oak Hill Park

By: Stanford Gal Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Boy were we glad to know about this little trail OUT of the park! Geo Baby and I were just about done with the rough terrain by the time we got here, so we opted for the paved way back to the playground area. Thanks.

Out of Mind

By: WalruZ Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Hmmmm, familiar container... Thanks!

One Degree of Separation: PARKERPLUS 8

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

We sent in one of the littlest neocachers for this one, as our other fearless little neocacher was busy picking stickers out of his socks! Thanks.

Cornered in Oak Hill Park

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

I like these nice straightforward evil micros. Thanks!

Back Bench of Oak Hill Park

By: DavidT21 Fisherwoman Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

I was pretty grateful for the shade that bench was in. Thanks!

Blowin' in the Breeze

By: SnoWake -n- Dingo Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

After hiking around the park, this was a nice cache to visit mid-day! Thanks.

It's Alive!

By: 4wheeler Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

One of our little neocachers had given up after fighting the thistles and direct sun, but after it was found and held up she said that she had seen it but didn't want to touch it. I don't blame her. It was just a short piece away from where I zero'd out, but in that area a short piece is quite a few hiding places away...

Jul 14, 2006

Where are the fish?

By: jellis50 Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

I was hanging out nearby at one of my work facilities today, so I thought I'd amble on over and look for the cache. Apparently the Giants are back in town, so there were too many people with too little to do in the area for me to do a proper search. Besides, I was carrying about 15 pounds of work-related items on my back that I couldn't really trust the area to set down... I'll be back.

"Lick it"

By: Bob Elliecat Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

[This was in my pocket query today, and happened to be the choice of cache for my evening run ~7pm. Lately I've been caching with just the minimal info that gets loaded into my GPSr, so I didn't have the alternate coords. Nevertheless, I found it pretty easily once I expanded my area of interest. I grabbed it pretty stealthily considering all the dinner patrons within spittin' distance, but had some trouble putting it back. I ended up taking the cache to another errand and returning it about 20 minutes later after the first group of people that saw me in the area for retrieval had left.] The ziploc baggie outside the container was a dead giveaway from 5 feet away, so I put the log inside the baggie and folded it up inside the container. It has a chance of lasting that way, except for all the people that notice the cachers poking around, that is...

Jul 13, 2006

Birthplace of Biotechnology

By: the_navigator_25 (adopted by mjp303) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Second time back, this time I finally drove to work (been taking caltrain) and stayed late enough to make this one safely do-able (e.g. well after 5:30pm). Found magnet, but no cache. Owner may want to verify this one...

Jul 9, 2006

E.B.S.B #2 Cache Cloning

By: CrazyOn2Wheels Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Not chosen

Sunday was a great day to do this one, and the family came with for some blanket support. Found it very quick, and then found it much quicker than expected. Moving Kusa's evil micro geocoin along... Thanks for the cache!

Jul 8, 2006

Hot Eats Cool Treats

By: Team E D Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

It was hot out, and we were in the area to feed LeChuck, so we came by this cache on the way to some cool treats. Thanks!

Jul 7, 2006

Expert Geocachers' Badge

By: C Major and C Minor, Monkeynuts16, and Tigger Difficulty: 5.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Other

0800 at Ft. Ord is much easier for us on a Sunday, as on Saturday we'll be convoying down from the Bay Area, so WalruZ, Geo Baby and I will arrive for the events at 1100, perhaps with a surprise Le Chuck appearance.

Geocaching: An Adventure for All Ages

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

Confirming our attendance (Walruz, Le Chuck, Geo Baby and myself). I'm a Garminite, of the Mac sect, with a Legend Cx and a plain ole Legend (Geo Baby's inheritance?). My indoctrination was with a yellow etrex, but that was long ago and far away...

Jul 5, 2006

Jr Giant-Oxymoron?

By: jellis50 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

[I saw this one go live, but work was steaming right along, so I waited until the end of the day to take a nice walk out to the Cove. I figured that I might have a shot at a FTF (I so rarely do these days), but it was not to be. I had a sense of deja vu looking around for this one, as Jr. Splash Cache was around here before. And then dyknomight caught me lookin'. Then while we were peering around, Gumlung walks up and decides he doesn't need his camera for cover anymore. Nice to meet you all. I hope this cache] which we found within inches of the previous cache hide that had constant muggle problems [lasts the season!]

Jul 3, 2006

Robert E. McDonald III

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

Wow, a preserve right there...Whoda thunk! We were looking for one of those little obscene things for a while, then looked at the hint. Thanks.

Old Fishermans' Wharf

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

A revisit to this cache with the new coords did the trick! We've seen stuff like this before, but last time we were combing all the wrong places... Nice work! TFTC.

PDH

By: Touchstone Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 4.5 Container: Small

What's an overtall teenaged boy for if not for boosting up and over wrecked cannery foundations? Well, that didn't work, so we have to go with Plan B. Or was that really Plan A that we shelved in favor of trying Plan B first? We've been scheming so long at this that I don't remember which idea came first...

Saving Private Ryan: Storming Omaha

By: armyrotc1 Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Small

Tumbled down the dune a few times, turned over some heavy debris, but didn't find the cache. Hopefully the "residents" of the area haven't discovered it.

Rock Scramble Lookout

By: armyrotc1 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

Nice location, I don't think I've ever actually stopped at this particular point before. Someone had just been in the area trying to light a fire on wet driftwood, which for some reason smelled really good in the morning.TFTC!

Kashta's Rock

By: otter girl and keyholelimpet Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Regular

I've always enjoyed scrambling over rocks and checking out tidepools, so this cache (with the proper planning) was a treat. Thanks for placing it!

The Rock Garden

By: armyrotc1 Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

I only found this one because a recent finder gave me the tip to not pay attention to the hint and use the coords as a loose guideline. I found the cache very close to the neighbor's fenceline, almost uncomfortably close. They probably know about it though, since the area had been very meticulously manicured recently. No travelbugs were in the cache. Owner might want to check up on it to make sure that things are as they were intended.

Jul 2, 2006

Spooner's West - "Spoons and PEZ Galore"

By: Just a short Walk Along for the Ride Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Our last stop in Manzanita park, since Geo Baby had decided she didn't want to hike any more. I think I manage to find this one, mostly because WalruZ and Le Chuck were distracted by Geo Baby. Thanks for the cache!

Another ammo box, with a view!

By: Jim and Jeanette Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Always nice to find a nice sturdy ammo box in the woods. Not too sure about the view, but that could just have been my distraction from Geo Baby, who was getting a little tired of hiking around and looking for something to eat. Thanks for rounding out a great loop hike!

Lameeeeeeeeeeee (aka D.P.M.)

By: Touchstone Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

WalruZ, Geo Baby, Le Chuck and I had a nice little walk on the way to Monterey for holiday festivities, and we searched high and low for this cache, passing the baby back and forth and back and forth when finally we found it! Okay, well, I found it. Not too much poison oak, given that we're in the Central Coast area, but lots of hiding places to look. Anything this big that involves hiking doesn't qualify as DPM for me... TFTC.

Prunetucky Public Library

By: el Jim Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Another nice cammo job today! Nice to see these so close to the route, TNLN thanks.

Under The Bay Window!

By: The Prunedale Group Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

By the time we got to this cache site, Geo Baby had about enough of that hiking around thing, and wanted to eat, so WalruZ ended up having to do the main work on this one. It was a nice view, but we didn't linger long. Thanks!

Manza MUD

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

It was dusty and dry the day we came 'round to this cache, so we didn't have any problem with gettin' down and dirty. There was some PO in the area, but we didn't need to roll around in it to get the goods. Le Chuck did a wonderful job of entertaining Geo Baby while WalruZ and I combed the area. Thanks!

Charge It

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

This one was so close to our route that we had to pull off the freeway and get it. Nice work, thanks!

Artichoke Queen

By: el Jim Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

A not-so-quick grab on the way to Monterey. After taking my turn, WalruZ had to pull out his mojo and find it. TFTC!

Longest Surviving Headless Chicken

By: el Jim Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

WalruZ did the main work on this one, but then I figure I did plenty of work in the actual retrieval... Hope the foliage stands up to the geocachers that get to this one. Thanks!

Joe Lloyd Field

By: el Jim Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

We started our little hike at this cache, and although we got a little turned around trying to find exactly the right trail to take to get into the rest of the park, this turned out to be a nice starting place for the loop we did. We found the cache out in the open, and ran into some geokids before we could figure out how we were going to rehide. I'm sure they did a great job with that. Thanks for the cache!

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