mjp303's Geoblog

Aug 29, 2004

Los Altos Station

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

I was starting to think I'd never find this cache. I've lost track of how many times I tried to find it, but never at night. Passing by once again, BINGO. mjp303

Los Altos Gateway

By: MotorBug Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

8:30p. My flashlight attracted a bit of attention I'm sure. Picked up a digitalfish for my daughter's growing collection. mjp303

CalTrain - San Antonio

By: normanb Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Not my favorite type of hide, but this one was finally offending my sense of order on the nearest page. TFTC. mjp303

Aug 28, 2004

Pescadero Creek Bridge

By: Rain734 Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Regular

FTF!!! 6:45pm; approached the cache from the Portola SP side. We were amazed that this cache stayed unfound for over 2 weeks! It was a warm day, but the tree cover kept things quite pleasant. With bushes pressing in on the trail at some points, we felt really like explorers. The coords seemed a bit off, but unfortunately I forgot to take mark a waypoint on my GPSr. The hint made things easy. We love your caches; keep up the good work! mjp303

Aug 27, 2004

Not My Fault

By: WeBeDnD Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

I circled around the parking lot until the coast was clear, and swooped in for the find. Busy on a Friday night. mjp303

Burton Park

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

Ahh yes...the coveted 2TF. 9:30p. I thought for sure someone else would beat me to it. The park was still full of people enjoying themselves on this warm summer night. TFTC. mjp303

Tanks for the Cache

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

9pm. I really had trouble with this one [:o], but the low light did the trick. mjp303

Amjitsu

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

Interesting place for a park. TFTC. mjp303

Aug 25, 2004

A Walk In The Park

By: NavySparks Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

Since this one is very close to Girly Girl (long since muggled), I knew the way in. The hide on this cache is much better than that one, so I predict a long and happy life. I was suprised to pass a blackberry bush full of ripe fruit [:P]. Thanks for bringing me back to this pleasant place. mjp303

Gateway To Heaven

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

Several people ahead on the log sheet. The link between the name of the cache and the location escapes me. mjp303

Thornewood Problem

By: Mr. Ranger Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

3TF. After searching in the wrong location yesterday, and getting a very nice tour of how the upper crust lives in Woodside, I realized that one of the digits in the latitude was wrong. Unfortunately I had run out of time and couldn't complete it for the FTF. Coming back today, I discovered that two other people had figured it out and beat me to the cache. TFTC. mjp303

"It was a secret to me" Trailhead #1

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

Definitely worthy of a regular cache. Like you Boulter, I felt cheated by Meadows Media Swap...until I realized that Bear Gulch road is gated. TFTC. mjp303

Aug 24, 2004

RWC History 102: School, Fire Department, Library

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

FTF!!! A few minutes before Bullit [;)]. I actually felt like I was pushing it a bit on this one: People were everywhere, and it was a bit of a chore to retreive the cache. I thought someone would catch me for sure. After signing the log and driving away, I actually circled the block and came back to watch and see if anyone was poking around. A very nice hide, and interesting history. Thanks! mjp303

Runnway2

By: TIMNKRIS Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Interesting path; thanks for bringing me here. Cache must be close to an anthill; it was covered with the critters. mjp303

Going Postal

By: WeBeDnD Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

It's the site of the next California lumberjack competition [;)]! Logroll will take place in the slough, with the loser getting a faceful of brackish water. Yuck! [:D] IMHO, it's not art unless the author signs it. Did you see any signatures? mjp303

Thornewood Problem

By: Mr. Ranger Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Posted coords are on private property and don't match the cache description. Possibly an incorrect digit in the latitude?

Tyler's Mural

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

I found it, but then dropped it in a place that it can't be retrieved from. Sorry [:(]. mjp303

Aug 22, 2004

Triple Madrone View

By: Rain734 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

It was the perfect Sunday afternoon for a family outing. Everyone made the trip, and had a great time. We found the cache in good shape, although clearly visible from the trail. Two other lurkers have found the cache since MrZ; I say that because their logs both implied that they didn't come upon the cache by accident, and they certainly could have logged a visit on the website by now. We traded extensively, and left a TB. On the return trip, a detour to the Tafonia proved to be very interesting. Definitely a place worthy of it's own cache, if there was the slightest break in the tree cover.

Aug 21, 2004

Save the Film Canisters!!!

By: EMC of Northridge, CA Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I was initially worried that I wouldn't be able to grab this cache. Then I discovered that it came with its own extraction device! Thanks, mjp303

A LOT

By: WeBeDnD Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

In the first place I looked. mjp303

Go With The Flow

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

I've been here to see a play with the kids several times, and always enjoy the serenity. Thanks for bringing me back. mjp303

BADGES #1

By: BADGES Difficulty: 3.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

3.5 stars gave it away. mjp303

Barely Secret Walkway

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

It took me 10 minutes. GPSr was really no use, so I just searched systematically. A very nice hide. mjp303

Braly Park

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

Hide more please! That was fun. mjp303

Once an Orchard

By: WeBeDnD Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

After finding this cache, I celebrated with...a Starbucks while browsing at Borders...NOT! Actually, I had a piece of fruit. mjp303

We Won!

By: WeBeDnD Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

All quiet on an early morning run. mjp303

...by any other name...

By: ChrissySkyking + Blaze Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

The gardens were still closed, but I enjoyed reading about a time gone by. mjp303

Honor Roll

By: DavidT21 & Fisherwoman Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

While waiting for a mother and her son to finish playing around the cache, I watched the pickup basketball game. It was quite entertaining to listen to an obviously heated discussion in a language that you can't understand. I got to make up my own trash talk! TFTC. mjp303

Haunted Toys

By: Marky & Joani Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

I think the powerlines were playing tricks on me for a minute (...or was it something else...) TFTC. mjp303

John W. Christian Greenbelt

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

I dodged the walkers and snagged the cache while pretending to make an equipment adjustment [;)]. No trouble finding a way in, probably just lucky, though. mjp303

Aug 20, 2004

Moonman #2

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

FTF!! 5pm. I decided to find this cache on the way home from work. Approaching on Hallmark left me frustrated, and I had to find another way in. Once there, I enjoyed a clear 180 � view from SF to SJ. Nice. SL and took the TB. TFTC. mjp303

Aug 19, 2004

Water Dog Lake

By: NavySparks Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Small

FTF!! 6pm. I love this park. The trail was quite busy with joggers and dog walkers, but fortunately a break in the traffic occurred soon after I arrived. It's amazing to me that such a wonderful canyon exists with city all around. mjp303

Highlands Park

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

FTF!!! 6:30p. I watched the Little League team practice and enjoyed this beautiful park. Thanks for placing this cache. I'm feeling a little guilty 'cuz this is my 4th FTF on NavySparks' caches [:I]. mjp303

Aug 18, 2004

MVP

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

Missed the last 20 minutes of Amazing Race for a cache?!? Now that's dedication [;)]. Myrna and Charla were the main reason to watch that show! It's definitely not fair she had to eat just as much caviar and ostrich egg as everyone else [:O]. Anyway, I found the cache on the way to work this morning. I'd definitely miss the first 20 minutes of that for a cache [:D]. mjp303

Aug 17, 2004

A Harry Badge

By: BADGES Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

I poked my hand into the hiding spot, but not far enough. After a few minutes someone else in our big group found it. After signing the log and letting the kids trade, digitalfish dropped in their signature item into the cache, which stimulated another flurry of trading. I'll bet they've never seen one of those fish disappear so fast! Thanks! mjp303

BADGES Dinner #4

By: BADGES Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Bug drop

Aug 16, 2004

BADGES Dinner #4

By: BADGES Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Our first! Lots of fun, and a new icon on the stats page. mjp303

Cache Machine

By: MightyDee Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Hard to miss at BADGES #4. Cache machine needs a wash! mjp303

Aug 15, 2004

BADGES Dinner #4

By: BADGES Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Bug drop.

Aug 14, 2004

Carry a Big Stick

By: bthomas Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

After finding the first waypoint and searching for the date, Maggie (7) exclaimed, "That's not a very old marker!" When you see it, you'll understand. mjp303

Portly

By: bthomas Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

After dropping anchor we rowed over to the spot. mjp303

Palms Rock

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

A shady find. mjp303

Government Test

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

I grabbed it in stride. The girls were amazed when I opened my hand and showed it to them. mjp303

Courtside

By: bthomas Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

What is this place? It seems a bit out of place. None of us objected to finding a cache though. mjp303

Sub Station

By: bthomas Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Electrifying! Found with Maggie and Claire. mjp303

Aug 10, 2004

Backpack Camp

By: PhilippeGPS (maintained by trode) Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

10/16. I appreciated the convenient resting spot just next to the cache. As I signed the log, I reminisced about my days as a Scout. Ah, the good old days! Thanks! mjp303

Troll Lizard

By: MotorBug Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

1/16. A quick find since the area was deserted. Fog banks below, but clear skies above...it's going to get hot! mjp303

Monte Bello Road - West

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

6/16. No snakes! TFTC. mjp303

Other Vista

By: darrenk13 Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

16/16. I passed a grumpy fellow on the way to this cache. I'll bet he was wondering why I lingered on the trail while he labored up the hill. A beautiful view today. mjp303

Light Overlook

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

14/16. Right where I knew it had to be. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. mjp303

Black Mountain Burnout

By: Marky & Joani Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Small

13/16. I set my stuff not 2 feet from the cache location, but it still took me 10 minutes to find. TFTC. mjp303

No Time Limit!

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

9/16. I was grateful for a bit of shade, and stayed until the operator told me to insert another 50 cents or be disconnected. mjp303

Rocky Ledge

By: Marky & Joani Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

5/16. I blithely ambled down to this cache, and then paid for my find in sweat equity on the way back. Like others, almost steped on it before I found it. Thanks, mjp303

bLOb bLOb

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

11/16. Hmmm...the view looked just as good from the trail. mjp303

PEZtacular View 2

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

12/16. I packed a PEZ dispenser in here just for this cache. It's some sort of Christmas elf. TNSL. Thanks, mjp303

Sweat? Not!

By: WeBeDnD Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

4/16. Sweat from the heat; sweat from exertion. Conclusion: it's hot, and I'm out of shape. mjp303

Succession (or: A Faulty Cache)

By: workerofwood Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

2/16. I liked the hide and the geology lesson. TFTC. mjp303

Mello Bello

By: Marky & Joani & Woof! Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

7/16. Too hot in the sun to linger here very long. Fortunately I found it quickly. mjp303

bLEb bLOb

By: Woof!, Marky, and Joani Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

8/16. Fun. I like the mental gymnastics of this type of hide. mjp303

Dark Overlook

By: PhilippeGPS (maintained by trode) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

15/16. Enjoyed the view even though there was still some fog below...or is that just smog? Anyway, lines of sight to the mountains in the East Bay were crystal clear. TFTC. mjp303

Monte Bello

By: Jish (adopted by PurplePeople) Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

I circled through the bushes once, then made the grab from where I started out. TNLNSL. mjp303

Aug 9, 2004

Eucalyptustream

By: california-jones Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

First in a series of pity caches for us from 4wheeler and TeamAlamo when they realized that I had only downloaded the coordinates for the Inca Gold series and we were walking right by this one. Thanks guys! mjp303

Assume Nothing #2

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

I think 4wheeler and TeamAlamo just wanted to watch me flail around a bit. Fortunately they couldn't restrain themselves, so when I checked a spot and declared, "That's normal," their rueful smiles were enough to bring me back for the find. Very nice. mjp303

Inca Gold: Necklace of Tears

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

Having the good fortune to arrive at the parking lot about the same time as them, Claire and I tagged along with Casey, TeamAlamo and 4Wheeler. Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Inca Gold: Stairway to the Sky

By: GeoWomyn_SF_CA Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

4wheeler was kind enough to let Claire make the find. Being newbies to the eastbay hills, we were suprised at how steep the trail is! TFTC. mjp303

Inca Gold: Atahualpa

By: GeoWomyn_SF_CA Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

I dunno, I'm confused. Maybe Claire found the jawbone here! All the climbing (and decending!) made my muscles shake and my brain fuzzy. FTFC. mjp303

Inca Gold: The Fifth Sun

By: GeoWomyn_SF_CA Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

I think this one really made the trip for Claire. She spotted cow's jawbone (complete with half a dozen well worn teeth) lying on the ground close to this cache. Everyone at home was impressed, but mrs. mjp303 made a new house rule: Old animal bones are kept outside. mjp303

Inca Gold: Last Words

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

4wheeler and I walked right by the turn-off for this cache, trading stories about the Midwest. Fortunately, TeamAlamo called us back. mjp303

Inca Gold

By: GeoWomyn_SF_CA Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

We experienced some serious arrow flutter around the final cache. You can probably guess what happened: 4wheeler and TeamAlamo went one way; I went another. They found it. Duh! Even Claire had enough good sense to follow them. What a great series! Thanks. mjp303

Why?

By: GeoWomyn_SF_CA Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Having read the logs, I suppose this was a ftf (lower case!) of sorts. The new hide is pretty crafty; we spent a long time looking in all the obvious spots, finally giving up, only to come back at it with sucess. Definitely a case of jumping to conclusions! Thanks to the owner and the re-hider! Also, thanks to TeamAlamo, who got the new coordinates for us. mjp303

Aug 6, 2004

Northern Exposure, Old Tree

By: rootroof Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

12:37p Second to find by minutes! With the homeless guy on one side and the work lunch party on the other, this was a pretty daring find. No wonder a couple of people gave us strange looks! Very nice camoflage. I was with Ben500 who made the find. TFTC. mjp303

Aug 4, 2004

Friendship Cache

By: The Robot Family Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Other

The Friendship cache seemed a little lonely, so I thought I'd pay a visit. It was a grey day, but even so there were several families at the park. I tried to pretend I was from some other city, PDA in hand, making notes about all the features of this very nice park. I think it worked... In any case, no one was around to see me find the cache, which was still well hidden with the contents in great shape. Too bad this place is so far from my house, otherwise I'd bring my family for a visit! Thanks, mjp303

Aug 3, 2004

Who is it?

By: JohnnyVegas Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

This multi had me going all over the place! At the second waypoint, I zeroed out closer to another husband / wife plot, and spent a few minutes racking my brain as to who the heck they were! After giving up, I decided to look around, and...voila! I found the cache, and was wishing I had a CITO bag, because there's a lot of garbage around. TN; left a little stuffed animal dog. TFTC. mjp303

A Sidewalk Sally

By: rootroof Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Approached the cache to find dandm searching. He found it first, and then allowed me the fun of finding it for myself. We spent a while talking about his efforts to solve another cache called the Delorme Challenge after signing the log. Truly a herculean effort! Good luck on the FTF dandm! TFTC. mjp303

What A Crock!

By: MotorBug Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

8:15p: All quiet. I tried to remember if inspiration for the sculpture was taken from a children's book, but came up empty. I enjoyed it nevertheless. TFTC. mjp303

Mercy Mercy Me

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

8pm: Made the grab with families all around, but didn't dare return it under the same circumstances. The cache travelled to a couple of others with me, and then I returned it under cover of darkness. Hopefully no one noticed its absence. mjp303

Standing By

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

Suprisingly straightforward. After paying my respects and admiring the sculpture, I made my mark on the log. TFTC. mjp303

Aug 2, 2004

Newarks of the World

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

We left the silly putty (among other things), and must have just missed you thomasharris. A very nice multi. The kids played at the playground for quite a while: A nice save for Dad since he struck out at Quack. mjp303

Caching Break 3

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

Properly prepared and sporting an adjusted attitude [:I], I found the cache, opened it, and used my pen to sign the log. mjp303

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