mjp303's Geoblog

Feb 27, 2007

Jack Be Nimble

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

My timing was poor on this cache: As I pulled in, there was a CHP officer parked on the shoulder of the NB on-ramp. Deciding not to attract his attention, I parked about 0.25 mi away (...still illegally!) and made the walk. It was worth the effort. Thanks for showing me this neglected stretch of the bay front! mjp303

Jack Be Quick

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

Like the other 'Jack' cache, again my timing was poor: Right after jumping out of the car, the rain clouds opened up and drenched me, although I could see plenty of blue skies all along the horizon! I was grateful for a little shelter close to the cache location, and took the time to discover a coin. The cache seemed exposed, so I covered it with a bit of natural camo before leaving. TFTC! mjp303

Saturday in the park

By: geotap and skwerlie Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

I love this park, and my favorite time of year is just around the corner. Thanks for helping me pick a spot to eat my lunch! mjp303

Es Effo Bug Hotel

By: bthomas Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

I dropped a couple of bugs we picked up down in Temecula, and grabbed one since occupancy was a bit tight. Really nice what you've done with the place...that new landscaping is sharp! [;)] mjp303

Feb 24, 2007

Kill Your TV

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

I had the good fortune to walk up shortly after dw had found the cache. She handed it to me and told me it was my job to wind the log up, which I happily did since she had already done the difficult work of finding the cache. We reminisced about the archived PisoMojado cache that used to be here. Thanks for recycling the spot. Your hide style is probably more appropriate though, given all the foot traffic. TFTC. mjp303

Feb 21, 2007

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

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

The next person to present a solution that doesn't include GC104TJ will get a bonus prize. [8D]

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

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

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

mountain view

By: roadrunner5 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Well, we pulled off the freeway for the TB hotel...this one was just another minute or two up the road, and I'm a sucker for a view. Thanks for pointing it out! mjp303

End of the Road

By: General Grant & The Mad Dog Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

We drove right up to it and made the quick find. There was a truck sitting outside a fence a little ways down the dirt road, but I'm not sure there was even anyone in the cab. The kids enjoyed the trading. TFTC. mjp303

"Beacon" of Light in the Lost Hills

By: General Grant & The Mad Dog Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

"Valero" of value is more like it. Toughest part about it was dodging the folks napping in their car. ...the Lost Hills sound like a place I'd like to visit though. Maybe next time around! mjp303

Olive Tree

By: General Grant & The Mad Dog Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Whew! For a moment or two I thought I was going to DNF this cache. Lots of places to look, and fortunately Mrs. mjp303 spotted it. Thanks. mjp303

Harris Ranch Micro

By: LarsThorwald Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I found this just moments before a CHP rolled by. My hands smelled really pleasant afterwards! TFTC. mjp303

The I-5 / Templin Hwy Travel Bug Hotel

By: mmcret (adopted by Yosemite John and Debbie) Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

On our way home from Disneyland, this one was just the ticket for some restless munchkins. TFTC! mjp303

I Hate I-5, Sleeping Giants

By: Haicoole Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Just after I palmed the cache, this guy down on his luck walks up and tries to sell me his cell phone. He's broke and just needs a few bucks for gas money to get to Fresno. Either he's a smooth talker or I'm a softie because I gave him $20 and didn't even take the phone. After signing the log and putting the cache back I watched him give the same pitch to another traveller. Sigh. I hope he can live with himself; I know my conscience is clear. TFTC. mjp303

Goldstar Cache

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

A thankfully uneventful find after what happened at the other one across the street. TFTC. mjp303

"Fast Food I"

By: TeamTek Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Thanks for the smilie on the long trek from Disneyland back to the Bay Area! mjp303

You need a break

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

Wow! This was one busy parking lot. I accidently bumped another car while opening my door. The guy honked at me, but didn't have the nerve to get out and have a look until I was across the way at the other cache. What a goober. TFTC. mjp303

Feb 18, 2007

Temecula Valley Geocaching Event III

By: Temecula Valley Geocaching Association Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

6 of us down for winter break from the bay area, doing Disneyland and a little caching! Thanks for the great event! mjp303

CornerView Cache

By: Reela and Cat Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

We found the cache easily, and the kids enjoyed trading in the nice big can. I decided it might be a good idea to cut the visit short when the guy at the house across the street decided to come down to the end of the driveway and watch us with suspicious eyes. Mrs. mjp303 had a better plan, she said , 'Don't worry, honey, we'll just tell him we stopped by to take p ictures with the uprooted phone booth!' ...and so we did! Much fun was had by all. TFTC! mjp303

Cornerstone4's I-15 Travel Bug Hotel

By: Cornerstone4 Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Down in SoCal with the family for winter break at Disneyland, I insisted that at least one day be devoted to caching. Today was it. TFTC! mjp303

Murrieta Creek Cache

By: Cornerstone4 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

After navigating our way past a pack of kids riding their bikes along a homemade jump track (...and fortuitously hearing several discussing a rope swing...) we found the cache after a short walk. Of course, returning to the car without a swing on the rope was out of the question! TFTC. mjp303

Copper Canyon Trail

By: Cornerstone4 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Another entry on our pre-event ammo can tour! Thanks for the little hike and swimming pool parade. mjp303

Beep Beep

By: Cornerstone4 Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Hmmm...described as a regular cache with 1 star terrain. I guess we need to learn the local geocustoms! [;)] Fortunately several locals came along and rescued us. I guess it would have helped to have seen 'It'. The one where the little boy says "REDRUM, REDRUM" still gives me the shivers. Thanks for providing a pre-event tour! mjp303

Raining People

By: we 3 treasure hunters Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

We had spotted this particular type of rain earlier in the day, but by the time we got to the cache, it was too windy for any more. After the find we lumbered on down the road a bit and watched the motocross. TFTC! mjp303

Feb 15, 2007

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

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

I'm going out of town, and will be unable to respond to any emails for about a week.

Feb 13, 2007

What in the World Cache?

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

It definitely is an item of special significance to geocachers! Thanks for pointing it out. I enjoyed my virtual search and discovery. mjp303

Feb 11, 2007

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

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

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

Fame

By: trode Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Thanks to everyone who helped and encouraged me on this puzzle. I certainly had help every step of the way, except the actual find, which wasn't tough at all. Since it was so close to home, I'm extremely relieved to get it off my nearest page. I wish I wasn't so obsessive about such things...sigh. mjp303

My First Micro

By: Rogue Ramblers Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I took me a long, long time to find the right resource, but when I did, things clicked. Grabbing this one on a Sunday afternoon proves that I'm not a geek. The moves required were definitely jock-like. TFTC. mjp303

Feb 6, 2007

Not a Fallacy

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

Ahhh, there we go! Noodling on this one intermittently I finally hit upon the right combination. Finding the cache was a bit challenging since a steady stream of moms was arriving to pick up young'uns from the after-school care center nearby. I just have Sphinx remaining...if you don't put out another one I'm going to go back to work on Fame... [:(] TFTC! mjp303

Ask Your Kids #3

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

I finally buckled down and figured this one out. Wow! I had no idea how involved all of that stuff is. My boys just like to look at the cards...so far. Thanks for an interesting puzzle! mjp303

Feb 5, 2007

A corner

By: bthomas Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Thanks for the quickie on the way to work. It seems that doesn't happen too often these days. SMILIE mjp303

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

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

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

Feb 3, 2007

Ralph and his Plain Wrap Cache

By: TheDeviousMaxPower Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. My kidneys were talking to me on this stretch! What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Uncle Frank Oliver

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

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Skidbone Cologne

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

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. Lotsa fun to watch Skidbone make the find. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Good Observation

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

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Pine Tree

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

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

1987 Lifeline Cache

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

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. I made the find on this one, and it brought a smile to my face. Clunky! What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Nice and Toasty

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

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. It looked like a nice place for ticks, so I hung back a bit. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun.

Reflection on Cache

By: TheDeviousMaxPower Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Rally Race

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

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Rincon Road Gated Entrance

By: raptor06 Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. We arrived early which left plenty of time to socialize and find this cache. EPE was high under tree cover, but the cache was clear of the PO. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Newcomb Ranch Manzanita

By: Yatta! Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

44-1

By: TheDeviousMaxPower & Terra Girl Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. Man, climbing out of that canyon seemed to take forever. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Free Cache

By: TheDeviousMaxPower & Terra Girl Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Rincon Shortcut

By: TheDeviousMaxPower & Terra Girl Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

It wasn't the throw........

By: TheDeviousMaxPower & Terra Girl Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Little Apples

By: TheDeviousMaxPower & Terra Girl Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Sugarbush?

By: TheDeviousMaxPower & Terra Girl Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Hairpin Scrub Oak

By: TheDeviousMaxPower & Terra Girl Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocaching run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Turnout

By: TheDeviousMaxPower & Terra Girl Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Mistle Toak

By: TheDeviousMaxPower & Terra Girl Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. I think I saw a few smooches here! mjp303

LA View

By: TheDeviousMaxPower & Terra Girl Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. Yup! Way down there in the haze, civilization. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Cambium Blues

By: TheDeviousMaxPower & Terra Girl Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Madrone Popping Pods

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

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

BIG BUSH

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

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Midway Mountain Rd.

By: LovinPPL & Netman Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. The group trudged over to this cache for a quick find before rushing into the restaurant for food. I think everyone was pretty hungry. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Stoner Flats

By: raptor06 Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Micro

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. There was a lot of grumbling about lunch at this point, IIRC. Ben and I ate pizza!What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Grizzly, Not Flat

By: colin & daddy Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocaching run along the Rincon Shortcut. After a great day Ranboze helped us pick up a few more as we came out of the hills. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Zombie Tribe Was Here #1

By: Zombie Tribe Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Small

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

View of Morris Dam

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

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. We were on our way to the recon point and passed this spot. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Makin Out Cache

By: Tomahawk chop shop Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocaching run along the Rincon Shortcut. I'll bet people thought I was makin' out with that cache camo! [;)]What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

One Pine

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

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. Thanks to Ranboze we were able to snag a few more on the way out. What an adventure! Thanks for the fun. mjp303

Leap Day 2004

By: showbizkid Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocaching run along the Rincon Shortcut. Ranboze was all over this one; bthomas and I just stood back and watched her work. Thanks for the fun. mjp303

The Chamber of Secrets

By: The Edenites Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 4.0 Container: Regular

Tagging along with bthomas on a SoCal 4x4 Geocacher run along the Rincon Shortcut. This was a must-do that was too close to pass up. Although it was a very chilly winter morning, we made the adventurous trek and found the cache in excellent shape. A very cool spot! Thanks for the fun adventure and puzzle. mjp303

Feb 2, 2007

Will he see his Shadow? Pizza Event

By: jellis50+friends Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

It turned out to be a bit of a chore getting accross the San Mateo bridge (an accident on the high rise during rush hour), but I was really glad to have attended this event. Meeting up with cachers is great! and I won a coin in the raffle to boot! TFTE! mjp303

dgreno@3K

By: BADGES Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

I found it pretty quickly...but it was funny to watch the others who were grubbing around in the dirt for it. Heh. mjp303

Feb 1, 2007

Aesculus Park

By: Team 5150 Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Great job on your first hide. [8D] Confident of my puzzle solution, I arrived at zero and was completely bamboozled. Did I solve it wrong? Were the coordinates bad? Usually your eye is drawn to a logical hiding spot; this one is completely random...and that's what made it interesting! Oh, I was going to suggest that you delete vaccine's FTF log since he was in the park after-hours [:O]...but I had to call him for encouragement...so give him a pass. [;)] TFTC. mjp303

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