buckyd's Geoblog

Sep 28, 2009

Neil MacKenzie Trail

By: Wood_Rat Difficulty: 3.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Small

Took a stroll with lil'brother this morning. Knew just where to look since the area was familiar from a visit two years ago. Thanks!

Al Augustine Park

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

Not many people in the immediate area, so lil'brother and I were free to relax a bit and think about possible hiding spots that fit the description. Even though the "severed leg" wasn't one of those, I had to go beyond the EPE and check it out anyway... Nicely done hide for such a well-used area!

GOODWILL HUNTING

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

All quiet here this morning on a little stroller ride with lil'brother. I was glad to see they put up some orange fencing to separate the "path" from the tracks. Thanks for the cache.

Sep 26, 2009

Mallard Lake

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

We found a few things, one of them eventually ended up being a cache... Thanks.

Willow Park N Grab

By: SRHunters Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Other

Found this one on the way from here to there with the family. Thanks.

Happy Birthday Julie Ann

By: John Randolph Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Got lucky with almost-rockstar parking for this one.

Sep 22, 2009

Green House Gas

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

This is a normal haunt of mine when we're down at Grandma's. Lo and behold, I was able to snag a cache while doing a necessary errand. Liked the container. Thanks.

Sep 20, 2009

Meyer Park

By: Lightgazer Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Came by with Geo Baby to have our lunch and play a bit, although I had forgotten that our playing plans were not allowed since this is a private park... Cache placement should be close enough to public right-of-way to be ok. Future searchers will want to keep the private issue in mind, though, given the full view of the search area that several of the association houses enjoy. TFTC.

Sep 19, 2009

Niles Staging Area - Reborn

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

Looked around a bit, probably touched the cache but didn't investigate further, and then called out the troops for a more thorough recon of the area. Thanks for the cache.

Sep 18, 2009

Food Bazaar: Asian Tour

By: JoJo Bean Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Roaming the area before my baby timer went off -- was able to leave the car running with AC on for this one. TFTC!

A Sign of the Past

By: The North Star Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

been here before, so I knew what to do from the title. nice container construction!

Sep 17, 2009

JAFLP-Geek Heaven

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

Was passing through and decided to find a cache or two. The area was surprisingly mugglicious for early afternoon mid-week! I did a lot of creative driving to hone in on where I needed to be, then lil'brother came out in his stroller to provide some cover for the people going and coming... TFTC.

Monsters Could Hide Here!

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

Quick stop to feed lil'brother and find a cache. Needed to be quick, the area was surprisingly mugglicious, and after surveying the many possible hides in the area, had to resort to the hints. TFTC.

Sep 16, 2009

Junior Cache

By: ChrissySkyking + Blaze (adopted by CaliSeaSta Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I was looking for a drive-up to do for today's post-preschool-dropoff cache, since lil'brother has been feeling a bit under the weather (and since I'm a little stuffy, I imagine he's trying to fight off a small cold on what little immunity he's been able to muster in 1 month). Since I'd been in the area recently, I knew that this would be a good candidate in the morning hours. TFTC!

Sep 15, 2009

Where The Pets Go

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

Didn't expect people to be hanging out by their cars at 9:30 on a Tuesday morning, but whatchagonnado... Sometimes you use your hands to cache; sometimes you use your eyes. I prefer the latter, thanks!

Sep 14, 2009

Big Sign by the Side of the Road

By: Baron88 Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Visited this cache with lil'brother this morning around 10am, after obtaining my vente wakeup juice nearby. Cache seemed placed in a reasonable location, very close to public parking spaces, and was in great shape. TFTC!

Bird Watching by Coyote Creek

By: Allannah, Grimlaf and Geo Starlight. Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Took a little post-preschool-dropoff walk with lil'brother in the stroller. Thanks for the exercise between feedings!

Sep 13, 2009

Alameda Creek #4

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

Took a nice leisurely family stroll and found this cache. We were going to do this from Isherwood, but I got lazy and we ended up at the Sequoia entrance... TFTC.

Levee Bicycling Isherwood

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

Took another Sunday family walk on the levee. This one went a little more smoothly than the last... This was the first cache we approached after parking at Isherwood. TFTC.

Levee Detour B

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

Our turnaround point for the family walk (that was adjusted to start from the Sequoia entrance after a necessary pit stop at Isherwood). Luckily this was just the point that both Geo Baby and lil'brother were starting to complain about the walk (each in their own special way). TFTC.

Levee Detour A

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

Wonder how long it takes to construct a fish ladder? Will they annex this part of Quarry Lakes to the trail permanently? So many questions, so little information on the signage...

Sep 12, 2009

Ancient Apples

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

Yay for the apple festival!

Sep 11, 2009

Hi!

By: lil' brother - (with help from WalruZ) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

We ran into Alamo and donv on yesterday's post-preschool dropoff excursion, and they told us that lil'brother's cache was missing and they'd replaced it. Lil'brother was concerned, so we headed over there for today's excursion time (always with the 2 hour limit, donchaknow). Found the original cache and the replacement cache, which I removed. Nice place to relax, have some milk, and be burped. I can see why the owner chose it.

Niles Twist

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

After picking up Geo Baby from "school" this afternoon, lil'brother and I decided to have snack at the nearish playground and then allow mom to do some of her kind of playing here. Although I wouldn't normally enjoy searching this kind of area (which is someone's "home" or at least an adult hangout/clubhouse/laundry bin), particularly with the kids in tow, the title narrows the search a bit and the trains distract them from the stuff on the ground. TFTC.

Sep 10, 2009

The Marsh

By: M & M Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

Impromptu meeting with Alamo and donvsop allowed me to find this cache without abandoning lil'brother's stroller. I really suggest this not be a 1 terrain, given the downed tree and the no trespassing sign from the hinted/suggested approach (yes, Sun has security...).

The Rocky Road

By: M & M Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

Thought this one might be stroller friendly, since it's a terrain 1, but I still had to leave lil'brother a bit farther away than I liked to access the cache... TFTC and the short walk this morning.