buckyd's Geoblog

Oct 26, 2008

My Sky BLUE Cache

By: roanq Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

Had a great hike, and didn't encounter others on the trail until we were headed back to Inspiration Point from here. I guess all the noisy people hike in the afternoon... Dropped a traveling geocoin to entice some locals to make the trek again!

Bird Brain

By: private bones, rangler and johnnycache Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

We had a nice hike today up to Animas Pond to do some cache maintenance and pick up these two new ones (well, new to us). it was a gorgeous day out there! Thanks.

Oct 25, 2008

Highway Sixty-eight

By: roanq Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Second visit. We see that they've put the gates up for the nearby community, as well as lots of discouraging signs if you're coming from the non-highway direction since our last visit. Bummer.

Tree for the Forest

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

Couldn't really figure out where the best place to park was, even the parking coords had me nervous, so we just jumped out there. WalruZ was fixated on the item that seemed to best fit the title and GZ, but I expanded search.

Dead and Alive

By: Roanq Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

We walked down from the free parking area, which was really the only place I was comfortable leaving the car around here. I looked where I was pointing, and then saw that WalruZ was looking elsewhere (with less poison oak), so I gave up on my arrow and went over there. He had it by then. Thanks.

Valet Parking At Jacks Peak

By: X-Ray Tech and Family Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

I've always wanted to explore the area from the free parking spots at Jack's Peak, so getting here was a lot of fun for me. Unfortunately I ended up hanging out in PO while searching for the cache, since it was about 2 feet away and without any leaves hanging around, well, you get the idea. Hopefully the sticks won't produce enough of a reaction in me to be too uncomfortable next week... Thanks for the cache.

Monterey Home - With a View

By: Perk82 - Scottdudester - Joojoobear Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Parked around here for a series of caches in that weird little open space area on the other side of the road, so when I saw this getting closer to my little arrow on the GPSr, I knew where we were going to put the car. Thanks for the cache.

Rory's Cache

By: X-Ray Tech Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

nice little area -- never been here before, but since we had a couple people pass us on the trail, it's not totally unknown (at least to the neighborhood locals, probably). Thanks and congrats on Rory's birth!

Hemlock and Pine

By: roanq Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Righted this frownie with our revisit. This time, some nice city workers seemed to have cleared the area substantially, and it was an easy find. Thanks for the cache.

Oct 19, 2008

The Hundred Mile Cache

By: GoGoJo Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

We enjoyed our walk around the park today, and after enjoying an apple and the view on a nearby bench in the company of some docile bulls, we headed over to this cache. Geo Baby thanks you for the cache big enough to trade toys! Grabbed the coin to move on. Thanks for being a part of our family hike!

How'd That Get There?

By: Markle2k Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Small

With Geo Baby done walking up the hill, and safely on my back, we headed over the hill and dale to find the right spot. Then Daddy dropped the cache and watched it roll to where she and I aren't going to go, so we headed back to the trail while WalruZ shimmied on down. Thanks.

Dry Creek Staging Area

By: Markle2k Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

This was the starting point for a nice loop hike around the ridge with the family. WalruZ had always thought he'd put a cache here, but the semi-early bird gets the worm... Thanks.

Oct 18, 2008

MJB Flying High

By: POLOJr. Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Busy day at the flight school today! Thanks for the cache.

Hayward Parks #2: Eldridge Park

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

We came here today for a little picnic, playgrounding, and cache-resolution. Thanks for the replacement.

No Longer Cesar Chavez

By: Baron88 Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Visited the farmer's market for some later sustenance, and were lucky enough to find the area relatively free of people. WalruZ was kind enough to wait for Geo Baby and I to make our way there from parking before we made the find. [;)]

Oct 15, 2008

Swim Ye Not

By: irwinSports Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Had the opportunity to make a quick search at lunch, so I headed to the nearest GGP cache. Been to the other side of Lloyd for the end of an old puzzle long ago, but didn't know about the approach I took today to this place. Nice hide in the most suspicious spot (but certainly not the only one here).

Oct 13, 2008

GOODWILL HUNTING

By: simply lost Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Bit of trouble finding the 'trail' from the car, as the GPSr was reading into a gated community from the Goodwill station. I was mostly scoping out the situation for some type of clear/traditional access, since Geo Baby was with me and I tend to be more careful about what type of adventures I lead her on...

Golf Ball Farm

By: alpharomero.com Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

So, Geo Baby's riding along in the backpack and content to not get out (getting close to naptime and all), so I thought that we might pass this one up, what with the terrain issues and guggles nearby and all. Then, one of the guggles ganked a golf ball in our direction, so I seized on that opportunity to get the little one interested in retrieving the ball. Found a do-able approach (considering I had 35 extra pounds riding on my back), and we found and returned a golf ball and managed to sneak the cache in as well. All this without disembackpacking! Thanks.

Bike Trail Wannabe

By: alpharomero.com Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

Geo Baby and I passed up the Farm and headed here, since I had just gotten her to run on ahead and burn some energy as we approached the Farm. By the time we made it here, she was in the backpack, energy seemingly vanished... Ah well, this was a nice place to get out of the backpack and sit awhile until getting back in the backpack [^]. It was getting close to lunchtime for all the working folks nearby, so the trail started getting a little busy with lunchtime runs. Thanks!

AYCABTU: One Is the Loneliest Number

By: Zero Wing Dowbiggin Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

What better way to celebrate Columbus and a forced holiday courtesy of Geo Baby's preschool than to hit a few reasonably-nearby caches before naptime! Swapped a ring that says "Phat" (now I know my almost-3-year-old is going on 13) for a cute little finger puppet, then it was off to check out the empty playground. Dropped a TB as well. Thanks.

Road to Nowhere?

By: alpharomero.com Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

I was out on a Columbus Day morning walk with Geo Baby, who has the day off of preschool (so I had to burn a day of vacation). We had waffled on being in the backpack and out of the backpack, and by the time we made it from parking at Gold Street to here ( a paltry .15), she had just decided to get in the backpack. You can't imagine how long it took just to walk from the bridge -- what with all the stuff to look at in the yards by the levee (including a very vocal dog). Anyhow, as soon as I said that I saw a cache, well little Miss had to get out of the backpack and check out the toys. We swapped a sunscreen packet for an army man, and dropped a coin that I decided would be better-placed anywhere than held onto for another week. We sat awhile and played with the army man in order to allow the logsheet and ziploc to dry out. Thanks for the cache.

Oct 11, 2008

Omo i de

By: TeamMoehrke Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Virtual

Our family started this multi about 2 years ago, before Geo Baby could walk out to the information under her own propelling. We were initially stymied by the stage 4 hour restrictions, and so I made a mental note to finish this off the next time we were visiting our Vacavillian friends. Well, visit after visit I neglected to do my research and it sat unfound. This weekend, I checked out the map and looked up some crucial info about the stage 4 site, and we entered easily and parked near the required info. For future hunters, be aware that only the main cemetary gate is open during the stated 'open' hours. The back gate is always locked. Thanks for a nice visit(s) to Vacaville!

Oct 5, 2008

Alviso: Port of Entry

By: tonton-ca (adopted by OneAngryPuppy) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Last one of the no-nap day for Geo Baby, and we did have some fun pawing through the contents here. Thanks for the cache!

Pogo Stick

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

Lucky us, we were the last square on the roll (still have the other side, but we thought we'd sign in order). Good thing the bus moved out of the way to give us some time to roll that thing up.

Been Here: East Java

By: 50sumtin Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Micro

We've now Been Here too, in homage to 50sumtin. It was a great day for a stroll on the levees, and the weather was just right. Stroll on, Bud, stroll on...

The Day The Sky Was Quiet

By: 50sumtin Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

The three of us left LeChuck to his studying and walked out to enjoy a beautiful baylands day. We saw two airplanes going from SJC on our walk, and lots of ducks flying about. On 9/11/2001, I was living in New Mexico and working at the VA, a year after having moved from a 7 year stint in New York City. I had awoken and started a remote process on my computer in preparation for going in to work at the medical center. It was about 8:30 MST, when I turned on the TV to ch eck the weather and saw the interminable replays of the planes crashing. Soon after, I received a recorded call to not report for work for the next two days while security measures were implemented at the facility. It was a very tense two days in my little apartment, as I had many friends that liv ed in the City and would pass through the WTC metro station in the morning, or worked as Flight Attendants for the airlines affected. I sent a lot of email and made phone calls to touch base. Around Albuquerque, there was still the noise of planes flying, as the fighters from Sandia were not ground ed -- they headed out to the East coast to join the patrols. I returned to New York a year later for a wedding, and made it a point to visit the twin towers location to pay my respects, as it was a pl ace through which I commuted often. I did not personally know anyone who was lost that day, but my heart aches for the families that were blindsided by the dogma and intolerance of others.

Coffee Anyone #3

By: Rocket Girl Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Not chosen

Uh, yeah, I have no excuse for not finding this the umpetty-teen times I've been here. I was always searching in the wrong area and WalruZ set me straight, if not spoiled me straight... Thanks for the cache (and the many purchases made here over the last few years). WalruZ thanks you for the bonus hot chocolate he earned today.

Oct 4, 2008

Bud's Bay

By: His Hiking Buddies Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Bud and I connected many different times: face-to-face on group hikes and at cito events, as well as via email about caches that either I or he needed a helping hand with, and on one occasion a hotel recommendation for the Davenport clean-up. He was a pleasure to be around and a positive force, even on a day of DNFs. I rejoice that he lived a life of adventure and activity, with ethics and grace the whole way through. I am sad that his earthly adventures have come to an end and so many of his fellow adventurers will miss him dearly. I wish I had the ability to tell some tales of Bud's wonderful group caching expeditions to the group assembled today, but I was altogether pretty choked up. This was a man who could walk with both the slow group and the fast group. On the same hike. That, indeed, speaks volumes about Bud. I'm glad that we have a cache in this special area to remember him by.

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