mjp303's Geoblog

Jan 30, 2007

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

By: mjp303 Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Congratulations to fizzymagic for meeting the BAQC requirements, and receiving the coordinates to the final cache!

Jan 29, 2007

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

By: mjp303 Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Congratulations to dandm for meeting the BAQC requirements, and receiving the coordinates to the final cache!

Jan 27, 2007

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

By: mjp303 Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Congratulations to DavidT21 Fisherwoman for meeting the BAQC requirements, and receiving the coordinates to the final cache!

Jan 20, 2007

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

By: mjp303 Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Congratulations to GeoBrowns for meeting the BAQC requirements, and receiving the coordinates to the final cache!

Jan 19, 2007

Whimsical Wonders (HMB)

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

I was drawing my horse-fish when up drives the same guy who prevented me from getting this cache on my last visit. Amazing. So, I quickly closed things up and went on my way without coloring it properly. Sigh. TFTC. mjp303

Movie: GeoTales, Believe it or Not

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

I solved this very amuzing puzzle the first night, but had to wait until this afternoon to make the find. Taking the long way home, I travelled down Sharp Park Road, and across Devil's Slide, making a brief stop at 'The Bobcat Hole' in El Grenada. (DNF: I decided not to get my shoes wet!) All the way I could sense the power of 'P' pulling me in! [;)] I dropped a TB. Thanks for the cache. mjp303

Jan 18, 2007

A Few Caches #1 Salt Water View

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

I solved the puzzle awhile ago, and have been watching and hoping the cache would come back. A creative hide which I eventually found after eliminating several other more mundane possibilities. Try not to draw too much attention to yourself while you make the find! Thanks for a fun little adventure! mjp303

Jan 13, 2007

Bad Badtz-Maru's Travelbug Depot

By: Marky & Joani Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

We were in the neighborhood to visit my cousin and his family. I dropped 3 green jeeps that were burning a hole in my cache bag. Happy birthday! mjp303

Jan 8, 2007

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

By: mjp303 Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Congratulations to Nazgul for meeting the BAQC requirements, and receiving the coordinates to the final cache!

Jan 6, 2007

CCCT - The Neighborhood

By: donvsop Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

For the longest time, I've always wondered why the find count on my biggest day never added up correctly. Well, it was because I forgot this cache. Although I couldn't remember the find to save my life, vaccine does mention me in his log. Sorry for being so tardy. mjp303

Bailey Walk - Clarence meets George

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

4:11p #44 of 74 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Being a sorta lazy sort of cacher, I was actually diappointed to discover that there weren't any Redwood trees planted at this cache site. [;)] That was a sneeky hide, and just right for the capper. Thanks. mjp303

Bailey Walk - George

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

4:07p #43 of 74 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. You're setting us up for a trick on the final cache, aren't you? mjp303

Bailey Walk - Mary

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

4:00p #42 of 74 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Wait, haven't I seen this type of hide somewhere else? Oh, no, it's slightly different! TFTC. mjp303

Bailey Walk - Zuzu

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

3:57p #42 of 74 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I liked your container and attachment technique! TFTC. mjp303

Zebras, Monkeys and Cows

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

9:08a #6 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. What a strange display. Thanks for pointing it out. mjp303

Quit playin' around

By: Coco County Cats Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

7:55p #66 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Fun park, but a truly amazing Christmas light display on the next street over. The fact that we happened along on the 12th day of Christmas was a really lucky coincidence. Thanks! mjp303

The Grey

By: Coco County Cats Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

7:23p #63 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. We drove around for a while looking for access, and finally found a close enough trailhead for a quick walk the frosty air. TFTC. mjp303

Log this cache

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

9:10a #7 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. A quick find with only moderate muggle traffic. It sounds like this trail gets a lot busier. I'm glad we didn't have to deal with that. TFTC. mjp303

Pot Belly Pig

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

1:15p #31 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I liked the name of the road this cache was on. Thanks for the smilie. mjp303

Bum Steer

By: team siata (adopted by dkata) Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

12:12p #24 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. That lady walking her dog was pretty uncertain about us I'm sure. TFTC. mjp303

Going 'round the bend

By: team siata (adopted by dkata) Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

12:20p #25 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Having 3 of us helped a lot since we searched all the wrong places first. TFTC. mjp303

In plain sight

By: team siata Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

12:34p #27 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. When I spotted this cache, I laughed out loud. Very nicely done. I hope Beachbum didn't think I was laughing at him...TFTC. mjp303

End of the Trail

By: team siata Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

12:28p #26 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. We met up with another cacher here. Nice to meet you Beachbum67. mjp303

Memorable Milestones

By: 4wheeler Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

8:20a #2 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Thanks for the opportunity to reflect! but it's easy: 76 caches in one day is my new personal record. TFTC. mjp303

Just ducky!

By: team siata Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

11:48a #21 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I prefer to call this 'Evil Hide Canal', and this cache was the first of several to come. Thanks. mjp303

Lean-to

By: team siata Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

11:56a #22 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. We parked in the middle and took a nice little stroll down the canal. mjp303

Dual Exhaust

By: team siata Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

11:56a #23 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I enjoyed testing my sense of balance at this cache. mjp303

Bat Cache (a.k.a. Nujawb 3)

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

10:50a #16 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. vaccine and I agreed that this is our favorite type of urban hide. Thanks for helping us get our recommended daily allowance! mjp303

COSTCO

By: joeysdad Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

5:05p #48 of 74 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Thanks for the smilie. mjp303

Navlet's Nursury

By: A.T.G Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

7:47p #65 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. We were all getting pretty tired at this point, so thanks for the quick and easy find. mjp303

Filler up

By: Halbert Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

9:46a #11 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. This was a cool spot, and we really enjoyed examining the pumps. Evidently the oldest one (up next to the building) is from 1915. Very cool. We did attract the attention of an employee, who came out to ask what we were doing. Evidently there's been a lot of vandalism. We explained things and showed him the cache since he was unaware of it or if permission had been obtained to place it. You may want to do more to make sure everyone who works there knows what's going on. TFTC! mjp303

Open your mouth wide

By: jellis50 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

6:38p #59 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. The physical science building is my kind of place. Thanks for pointing it out. mjp303

Walnut Creek TB crashpad

By: team siata Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

1:03p #29 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Perfectly hidden from muggles! I dropped a TB. Thanks for a nice series of caches. mjp303

Dodgson & Tolkien

By: team siata Difficulty: 3.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

1:32p #32 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Actually I found it, but I needed Con2W to figure out how to open it. vaccine wouldn't know that though 'cuz that clue had him searching way too high. You should probably replace the cache container since it really is being held together by duct tape. Thanks for a fun one. mjp303

CCCT - Tennis Anyone?

By: donvsop Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

9:11p #71 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. That was a toughie. I think we were all getting pretty tired though. Relieved to make a find, we limped back to the car. mjp303

CCCT - Not Under the Bridge

By: donvsop Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

8:37p #70 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. This cache gave us a lot of laughs. It happened just like vaccine told it, and I can't figure for the life of me why a chain like that would be left to dangle in that spot. Thanks for the fun! mjp303

IRISH FUN HOUSE LOX & BOCKS

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

11:40a #20 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. This was the most creative hide of the day. All of us were perplexed for a while. I'll bet this place rocks in the evenings, so we were glad to make our search before it got too busy. TFTC. mjp303

CCCT - The Big Cut

By: donvsop Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

8:19p #68 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I found it right away, but it seemed to be frozen shut...either that or my fingers were stiff from the cold. TFTC. mjp303

CCCT - Gregory

By: donvsop Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

8:07p #67 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. This was a really tricky hide to find in the dark. Those LED flashlights are really handy! mjp303

CCCT - Siphon

By: donvsop Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

7:32p #64 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. vaccine and Con2W took one side, and I took the other since we were all zeroing in no-man's land. After a thorough search, they found it. Interesting structure. Thanks. mjp303

CCCT - Paso Nogal? Creek?

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

6:44p #60 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Our first as we cached our way down the canal under cover of darkness. TFTC. mjp303

CCCT - The Weir

By: donvsop Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

7:02p #62 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Kept telling that dog to keep quiet, but he wouldn't listen. I enjoyed the walk in the dark along the trail. Thanks. mjp303

CCCT - Kyle's Bridge

By: donvsop Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

6:55p #61 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Our imaginations ran away a bit, but as soon as we realized it was too cold for any self-respecting spider, the find was ours. TFTC. mjp303

Pole Cache

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

11:22a #19 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. More concrete than nature here, but evidently still popular with the locals. mjp303

Liberty For All

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

11:00a #17 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Con2W's caching sense was amazing today. He had the cache in hand almost before I had started to search. Thanks. mjp303

TOY WORLD

By: Nana Nani Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

6:12p #55 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. vaccine made me get out the car to get it. Well, it's fair I suppose since he was figuring out where to go next. mjp303

Bart: Concord Station

By: TheAprilFools Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

5:19p #49 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. vaccine's mirror wasn't really helping me. Two tricks in one cache! You had me going for awhile. TFTC. mjp303

Fountain of Ute

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

2:31p #39 of 74 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. With 3 of us the searching was faster. Trying to be inconspicuous, I got startled by a pair of golf carts playing NASCAR. TFTC. mjp303

Bart: Walnut Creek Station

By: TheAprilFools Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

9:56p #73 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I started and ended the day with a BART station hide. What a trip! TFTC. mjp303

Bart: Castro Valley Station

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

8:00a #1 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. This was the rendezvous point, and I slipped in a find while we waited in the early morning chill. mjp303

Airport Cache -CCR

By: Team Flyers Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

5:59p #53 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. The cachemobile headlights were quite useful on this find. Thanks. mjp303

Hot Eats Cool Treats

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

11:07a #18 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. We decided to walk over to this cache from 'Liberty' since the driving and parking was such a challenge. TFTC. mjp303

ZC

By: Blue Blaze Irregulars Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

12:51p #28 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. After all that driving around trying to find the place (stupid autorouter!), vaccine and Con2W spotted the bathroom and made a pitstop. Not me! Straight to the business at hand. TFTC. mjp303

Somewhere between Louisiana and Pennsylvania

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

1:46p #34 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Quiet today in the park, with just a boy and his dad playing baseball. TFTC. mjp303

Up in Downtown

By: AndyandRobin(adopted by Harmony Baby) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

5:27p #50 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. After we spotted the cache, vaccine brought the car around to shield the grab. A classic parking ramp maneuver. TFTC. mjp303

Rock Your World

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

8:26a #3 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I chose correctly. What's my prize? Oh, that's right, a smilie. TFTC. mjp303

Caffino Left Lane

By: jellis50 (adopted by dkata) Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

6:05p #54 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. TFTC! mjp303

Ashley's Keller Cache

By: Andy and Robin and Ashley(adopted by jellis50 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

1:58p #35 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I think I was playing troll when Con2W made the find. Thanks for pointing out this historic spot. mjp303

DVC 123 #2

By: GeogeeksxX Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

6:32p #58 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I liked the smell of those bushes! TFTC. mjp303

DVC 123 #1

By: GeogeeksxX Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

6:30p #57 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Nice and quiet on campus tonight, which led to a quick find. TFTC. mjp303

Arn Haws Pa King

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

9:24a #9 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. They call that a parking lot? Pathetic. Even on a frigid morning it was full, so vaccine double parked while Con2W and I made the dash and grab. TFTC. mjp303

Don Salvio Pacheco Adobe

By: Andy and Robin(adopted by Harmony Baby) Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

5:35p #51 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I think we actually scared a lady away: She came around the corner to use the ATM while we were searching, slowed, thought better of it, and drove away without getting any cash. I can't blame her; I probably would have done the same thing. mjp303

Revenge

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

1:40p #33 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Thanks for the quick find. mjp303

LeChuck's Wizards Treasure

By: LeChuck Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

4:58p #47 of 74 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. What an odd place. I love caches that raise more questions than they answer! Thanks. mjp303

Black Diamond's back door

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

2:21p #38 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. No time to hike today, but thanks for pointing out an interesting jumping-off point. mjp303

Not Another Ivy Hide

By: 4wheeler Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

2:48p #40 of 74 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Dogs barking, people talking in their backyards or working in their garages, and us, trying to look like we belong. Just a random slice of suburbia. BTW, how in the world did those guard rails get there? mjp303

Clayton Cruisin'

By: Clayton Crew Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

2:16p #37 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Well, I've cruised Marsh Creek Road and have the smilie to prove it. Thanks! mjp303

Cardiac Canyon

By: archaeor (adopted by dkata) Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

9:42a #10 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Once again a completely full parking lot, and at least a dozen large SUVs circling anxiously. Eventually we go it. mjp303

Clayton Crossroads / World Bank ATM

By: 7 Super Seekers Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

2:09p #36 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I've never been to Clayton before. It seems like an interesting place. Thanks! mjp303

Christine's Creative Memories Cache

By: Team ATV Caching Crew Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

4:42p #46 of 74 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Con2W took one side, and I took the other, while vaccine stayed up top. The shadows were pretty deep, but eventually we found it. It was interesting to listen to all the conversations (dog and human!) above us. TFTC. mjp303

Limit warning

By: str8shot & 10dersoul & avalanche7 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

8:35a #4 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Even though it was in the 30's this morning, we had to dodge quite a few muggles enjoying the trail. Since vacccine had played that podcacher song in the car it was no trouble! [8D] mjp303

Lucky You!

By: Artzest Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

4:32p #45 of 74 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I liked this park, but finding the cache was like a needle in a haystack. Thankgoodness we still had enough daylight. mjp303

One on a Bridge

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

5:48p #52 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. I love the bridge caches! Luckily the cache was in the first place I put my hand. mjp303

Spreckels

By: GlobeSniffer Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

1:08p #30 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Con2W raced ahead and made the quick find. TFTC. mjp303

Olympic Sphere

By: Team Oakhurst Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

10:41a #15 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Downtown Walnut Creek sure is busy and crowded! Cool to see the sphere up close. TFTC. mjp303

MaLarkey

By: Kaveh of Team Bench Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

9:42p #72 of 73 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Whew! Got it. It sure could have been hidden in a more interesting way, though. mjp303

Contra Costa

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

9:57a #12 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Tricky little hiding spot. Once again, Con2W found it. TFTC. mjp303

Memorial Cache

By: Team ATV Caching Crew Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Other

3:44p #41 of 74 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. This was our first cache after stopping for a bite to eat. Ooooph! Nice view from the top though. With scores of hiding spots within the EPE of a GPSr, you really ought to give a helpful hint. TFTC. mjp303

Iron Horse Trail (IH1)

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

9:16a #8 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. We waited in the car while Con2W fetched it. The guy's cache sense is amazing! mjp303

Cache on Pooh Corner

By: WeBeFour Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

10:19a #14 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. Great views! After finding the cache, we took a minute to survey the territory we planned to visit later in the day. Thanks for the cache! mjp303

Walnut Creek Ca$h

By: WeBeFour Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

10:11a #13 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. This was the first of 2 caches on the longest hike we took during today's numbers run. The views were well worth the effort! Thanks. mjp303

Music To Our Ears

By: Cachin' Katie and Sandi Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

8:49a #5 of 76 on a East Bay marathon with vaccine and Crazyon2Wheels. This was the oldest cache we found, and looked that way too! I enjoyed the walk and the view of the creek. TFTC. mjp303

Jan 4, 2007

To the Night Bean!

By: Rosie the Kitten & her Dad Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

It was right where I expected it to be. I took note of your attachment technique. Thanks for the pointer! mjp303

13,000 Vehicles Daily

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

No traffic violations during my visit. I took a TB. Thanks. mjp303

A 16th century cache

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

Swoop and grab. TFTC! mjp303

Big Game 2006

By: DrHugAlot Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

My New Year's wish is for Stanford to have a better team, but I'm afraid that Jim Harbaugh is not the ticket. Time will tell...TFTC. mjp303

Picket's Cache

By: Arctic Fox Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

I found this cache in a pretty good downpour. The only thing stranger was that a man was moving the lawn of the house next door. Fortunately, I was shielded from his view! TFTC. mjp303

Bad Luck

By: zapboy Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

I didn't get stopped, but I decided to spend the day caching anyhow. Thanks for the quickie. mjp303

Hyde and Ivy on the Bank of the Mighty River

By: Dr. Jekyll Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Fortunately we had the place to ourselves! I really liked the creative hide technique, and I agree with vaccine that night-time with a flashlight is the best way to spot it. Thanks for the chilly fun. We got a chuckle out of the cache page, too. mjp303

Hand in Hand

By: gimpel Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

I was starting to worry that we weren't going to be able to find this cache quickly. Several passes around the zero point failed to produce it, but vaccine widened his search and success was ours. It was cold enough that we didn't linger. TFTC. mjp303

Sunnyvale

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

A quick find, although I got interrupted by a maintainance man who was certainly wondering what I was doing back there. Thanks. mjp303

Somewhere in Saratoga

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

I loved the challenge of this cache: we got within 200 feet a couple of times but could proceed no further. Finally the site gave up it's secrets! Thank goodness for maps, but curse the autorouter! On scene, it was getting dark fast, but fortunately we didn't have to resort to the flashlights. Thanks! mjp303

Tis the Season

By: spyder woman Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

I liked the suprise! Although because a few months have gone by since it was placed, I was expecting something a little different! mjp303

Time spent near the Ford-Temple bike path will...

By: Scorpion King Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

TFTC! Sorry, I have nothing to contribute to the story. I was a perfect child and never spent any time outside after dark associating with juvenile deliquents. [;)] mjp303

ARBO'S GUIDE TO THE PAC-10 SERIES: STANFORD

By: arbogast Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

I'd love to see the renovated stadium. Unfortunately they don't leave it open like they used to do when I was a kid. TFTC. mjp303

The House that Boyd and Jill Built

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

True Story: I was in the doctor's office waiting room right before visiting this cache, and the nurse called 'Boyd Smith'. A very distinguished silver haired gentleman gets up to see the doctor. Then I visit the cache and notice that Boyd Smith is the name on the scoreboard. I wonder if it was the same person! TFTC. mjp303

Sequoia Sempervirus

By: Changes in Latitudes Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Simply brilliant. I must have circled the area at least 20 times. Hints and lifelines focused our search, but it was still tough. I'm writing this out: ***Thanks for the cache***. mjp303

Stevens Creek Marsh

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

Rainy, windy, cold! The marsh was really full of water; lots of runoff, I suppose. TFTC. mjp303

Burrowing Owls

By: caliseastar Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

A brisk day for a walk along the bay! I'm feeling a bit concerned for the owls: There's lots of graded earth and construction quite close-by. I hope they're not feeling too threatened...Thanks. mjp303

Raynor Park Dragons

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

Nice park! No issues searching on this cold and windy day. TFTC. mjp303

Behind 24

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

A cop, a car parked right on top of our zero, and muggles looking even more suspicious than us...what an adventure. Fortunately vaccine had a lifeline. mjp303

Rodeo Creek

By: British Invasion Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

I've been caching solo for a while today, but it's good to join up with vaccine as evening approaches. TFTC. mjp303

Stoned

By: Rocket Girl and DuckeyLee Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Other

I walked right up to it. Good mojo today I suppose. Thanks. mjp303

Along the De Anza Trail 10 - Camden Oak

By: Marky & Joani Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Chilly, windy night. We were stomping our feet, rubbing our hands together, and failing to find anything in plain sight. Eventually I put my hand on it, and we retreated to the car to sign the log. mjp303

Lakewood Park

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

After working my way between park employees that were cleaning up debris around stage one, I found the old cache at stage 2 as well. Suprisingly, I also found the work ID badge of a cacher I know! Amazingly enough, she found the cache nearly two months ago. Good Luck! mjp303

Bizarre, vous avez dit bizarre?

By: mfc61 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

I'd call this park full of...potential. Thanks. Allons nous en! mjp303

Sunnyvale Skate Park 2

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

Nice park, and being used by a few die-hards on a windy and cool day. The cache is no longer magnetically attached, but is fixed in place. Thanks. mjp303

Los Gatos Creek - Revisited #2

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

I forgot and left my flashlight in the car, so vaccine was pretty much on his own. Oh, that and the fact that the cop slowed down and spot-lighted my car left me pretty distracted. mjp303

Sunnyvale Technology Museum

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

It was kinda tough for me to stay 'on task' (...at least that's what my first-graders call it. [;)]) Exhibit D has been damaged and is missing, probably a herd of pushy shoppers trying to get the latest gadget. No matter, I was able to finish it off with brute-force. Thanks. mjp303

Any Happy Hybrid Rat

By: Workerofwood & I_LiKe_PiE Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Best wishes, even though it's over 2.5 years late. Nothing appropriate to trade, but thanks for leaving a nice big cache for us to find! mjp303

Moffett Park

By: Created by Stacy & Jerry; Adopted by cachbefo Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

No Luck for me.

Jan 1, 2007

PurplePeople's Patriotic Cache

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

Thanks for pointing out this new trail! Nice big cache container, too! mjp303

PurplePeople's Purple Cache

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

I had to be a bit quiet at this cache because I could hear someone taking a swim in their backyard pool down below. That's a first! I dropped a travelling coin. TFTC. mjp303

Sierra Club Trail

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

Lots of work has been invested in this stretch of the trail, and there's still a bit more to be done, too. I loved the views from all of your new caches along this trail. Thanks for showing it to me. mjp303

Big Canyon, Big View

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

Somehow I missed the more direct route to this cache, and ended up taking the scenic route past M J's older cache and around the canyon, which was quite pleasant. Nice to see Dr D. Faith, but Roman was definitely the early bird. Happy New Year to all. TFTC. mjp303

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

By: mjp303 Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

I'm at 30 quadrangles. Please post your progress. SMILIE

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