pilkro's Geoblog

Dec 31, 2009

Position is Everything!

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

Too bad, this was a good cache and puzzle. Plus it's the only decon container I've seen--which made a great container. Long live the cache!

Doctors Orders

By: surferacf Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

One-a-day, just like the Doc ordered! Thanks, I really enjoyed this one. I think I've got about 4 favorite caches now, and this is one of them. Even though the difficulty was high, I went straight to it. Funny, I have trouble on the 1 difficulties. The glue had come loose from the pill bottle, so the owner might want to visit an re-glue if they're still in the area.

Dec 30, 2009

Suzie's Beach

By: Team_Suzie-Q Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Beautiful snowy night at the beach tonight. Took a German TB/Coin and replaced it with a different German TB. TFTC. Could find it in a snowy night without a flashlight. Surprisingly unmuggled!

Dec 29, 2009

WDC - We Cover The World

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

Quick grab after dropping too much money on supplies for New Years! Happy cheers for another Amateur Night!

Dec 28, 2009

Michigan Constitutional_ Decommssioned for Winter

By: GJGUDM Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Went out today to take a look at what's going on with this cache. It was indeed there. I have no clue the name "Decommssioned (sic) for Winter" was chosen, but for the whole time since I've known about it, I thought that it meant the cache was "decommissioned for the winter months." You might want to rename it or at least clarify your intentions.

Dec 27, 2009

Delaware Indians 1785-86

By: Lawnboy Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Virtual

Have been saving this one for the day of doing a well-rounded cache. When I got here, a cop had pulled two rednecks over so I had to circle the area for about 15 minutes. Stayed true and got it though... turns out I could've probably read the sign from the car, but I would've probably held up traffic. Thanks for the lesson!

Can You Hear Me Now?

By: tonybrost Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Other

This one made me laugh. I hope it lasts, because I can't imagine a muggle leaving this be if they find it. Great cache.

Humpty's Revenge

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

Cool, quick multi. Just what I needed to ensure a well-rounded cache day. :)

Caching Every Day Of The Week - Friday

By: gsix5666 Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Probably shouldn't have parked where I did, but... got away with it ;) TFTC!

The Legend Of The Blue Beehive

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

Cute :) Ground wasn't frozen on my way there though, and got a shoe full of soup. Heheheh.

A Well Rounded Cache Day Challenge

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Did it. Hung out here afterwards to do some logbook maintenance and freaked a cop out, I think. He came up to "make sure I was okay" sitting in my car. Ah well... license plate is likely now logged as "suspicious." I got that challenge, though!

Milestone Challenge 100 Traditionals

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Not chosen

These darn milestones clogging up my area clears... guess I gotta knock 'em down.

A - Z Names - JIMINY CRICKET

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

Thankfully easy find.

Tenhave Woods Vernal Pond

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Not chosen

Nice park. Will be back. Too bad you can't bring dogs.

Woody's Revenge

By: gsix5666 & The Twins Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

Absolutely loved it. One of my favorite finds! Thanks!

En garde!! 2

By: gsix5666 & The Twins Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

Cool little quickie. The three in this area were all quite enjoyable. :)

Fix It Up

By: gsix5666 & The Twins Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Easy Breazy. A Nice stop and a nice find. Thanks!

HNY09 Give Me Liberty!

By: The Nightowl Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

LOL, I was being stubborn looking exactly where the GPS said to look. I kept blinding myself trying to root around. hah, wrong. Hint for anyone going here at night... it's NOT under the super-duper bright lights.

TenHave Vernal Pond

By: The Funky Monkeys Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Small

Nice park. Will be back. Too bad you can't bring dogs.

Yougo Wherigo

By: The Conman Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Kind of a cool idea, but buggy software required me to re-visit two of the locations twice. Glad I can say I did one, but won't be in a hurry to try another. The final was at least a nice easy claim.

Stop, Look and Listen

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

Alot easier coming from the South side I tell ya.

Tenhave woods

By: The Funky Monkeys Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Small

Nice park. Will be back. Too bad you can't bring dogs.

Duck, Duck, Goose!

By: Punk_Rocker Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

What a hint! My geo app doesn't give me the option to hide hints, so I can't think of a cache any easier than this one was... but that's not a problem! TFTC!

Dec 26, 2009

RCPA - Lieutenant Carlyle Abbott Tressler

By: gsix5666 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

quick grab before hittin' the highway.

Dec 25, 2009

Cussin' Gratiot

By: gr8johnson Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

merry xmas cache. right by my bro's new house. quick stop, loved the hide. Have seen one like this before, so the hint made it easy for me, but the execution on this one was much better. Great Job!

Dec 24, 2009

HB#46 - Sidelines

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

A cold freezin' night. Oh baby! -the books.

Found with my first geocaching buds, J & N of The Elite Panters.

The CLEM

By: Stinky & Stinky Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

Out with my crew from my first Geocache J and N of The Elite Panthers for a quick Christmas Eve grab. Someone had left a bag of christmas tree cakes right near the cache as a gift to hobos we thought. Left a geocoin took a TB.

Dec 23, 2009

Royal Oak Nano

By: Geocampers1 Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Other

Walked right up to it and grabbed it without looking anywhere else. Agree it's not a four. Another lunch cache with Nicedissolve. Signed over somene else's faded sig.

Dec 22, 2009

Boulan Park Cache II

By: DarrylW4 & Firefly03 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

The gz has been attacked with chainsaws... sawdust on top of the snow all over the place. I dug through a lot more bramble than I think I ever have before. But that was okay, because I just bought my new furry warm winter hat for cachin'. Left the TB that is without a B.

Dec 21, 2009

Played a lot of ball here

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

Quick grab on the way back from lunch. A guy came out of his house yelling at us, and I thought he was giving us trouble, but he was actually offering to help if we got stuck. Nice guy. We found it on our own though. :)

Dec 20, 2009

HB#42 - EJIW

By: Cindypray Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Found by J of the Elite Panthers on this bright cold day in the park.

HB#41 - Chris-Craft Chris-Cross

By: Cindypray Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Found with the Elite Panthers on this bright cold day in the park.

HB#39 - Swaying in the Breeze

By: Cindypray Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Quick find with the Elite Panthers on this bright cold day in the park.

Caching Every Day Of The Week - Wednesday

By: gsix5666 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Had more problems on the approach than finding it... don't try to get there from Groesbeck ;)

A - Z Names - TINKER BELL

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

I'm really getting to appreciate these drive up, keep your shoes dry caches. :) Thanks!

HB#38 - Lake St Clair Splash Zone

By: Cindypray Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Found with the Elite Panthers on this bright cold day in the park.

HB#37 - Shuffle Off to Metro

By: Cindypray Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

Found with the Elite Panthers on this bright cold day in the park.

HB#36 - West Beach

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

Found with the Elite Panthers on this bright cold day in the park.... after getting hassled by the man for driving on the sidewalk...

MGA9-Metro Beach-Birdwatching

By: Cindypray Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Found with the Elite Panthers on this bright cold day in the park.

Jack D Jr.'s Pub Crawlz #5

By: Younggunz & Bapman Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

stumbling back home, grabbin' cache'

HNY09 - Stop The Presses!!!!!!

By: gsix5666 Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Never even looked at this building before... too bad they weren't printing, I would've gotten a kick out of that. I'll keep my eyes open next time I'm in this area. Thanks for the info!

HNY09 - SQ - OUTSIDE Beth Tephilath Moses

By: paldog0603 Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

Ahahahah, you got me with the wind-up chattering teeth. I reached in and they activated. Makes ya jump hearing that noise in the middle of a silent evening.

Edison's Nano

By: gsix5666 Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Just happen to be here when the bar was letting out. I was signing the logsheet in my car, when some headlights roll up behind me and stay trained on me for about a minute. I figured it was a cop, but it ends up being a drunk in his Charger. It turns out he thinks my car is waiting, parked at the exit driveway, so he decides to go around me and gets his car locked up with his rear chassis stuck on a parking block and his front tires in a ditch. Laughed so hard. Definitely a good thing this guy didn't make it to the road tonight. TFTC~

ThANKS FOR OUR FREEDOM

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

Hardly a fitting tribute... a dumpy garbage side of an old theatre? I appreciate the cache, but think it's an odd place to plant a tribute. Still... TFTC!

Great Lakes ? Lake St. Clair

By: Rattrak Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Not chosen

Pretty sure the temperature is 32F, and thus, the PH will have to wait. Oddly, one leg fell into a sinkhole that I thought was Old Gregg coming to get me.

Putting for Cache

By: Midget Izzy Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

Found the cache and a plasic ant inside, but no log sheet. I'm going to start carrying some with me I think, for cases like this. Bummer that she's closed now. I've shanked a few buckets here in the past.

Groesbeck Series - Save Alot

By: Trail bandit_blood hound Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

creepy back corner, glad to get out of there. tftc

Dec 19, 2009

Right On ... You Know

By: Ramblin' Rumble Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

nice quick one, thanks!

Standing Tall

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

Great hide. Loved it.

It's Electrifying

By: Prospector01and Son Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Awesome, my favorite hide so far! This was really cool.

Dec 18, 2009

Play Ball

By: snyders33010 Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

quick find, even in the snow.

Dec 17, 2009

First Dog #3

By: Caching Goldens Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Haven't been able to bring my dogs along for awhile, but I'm wondering since they've all been at doggy-level, if they're perhaps also gravy-scented. :)

First Dog #1

By: Caching Goldens Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Really like these custom stencil cases. TFTC!

A - Z Names - XIAN YU

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

Found it, but new rule: no more pine tree searches for me in the dark. :)

Guarded Wall

By: srstuart Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Too funny. Stuff like this does crack me up. Cache wasn't necessarily hidden, tho.. but who would even look there. Left it in the same place.

Wetland Oasys

By: srstuart Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Lovely area. Glad to see stuff like this around. Thanks for showing me this area.

Humpty Dumpty North

By: srstuart Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Just how I like my caches... in the most logical place. The log is moist and shredded however, and the patented removal tool is getting rusty. Perhaps a maintenance soon.

WDC ? SQ - Rock & Roll

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

Found with help of OC. A digit is in contention perhaps. Check with OC if you're not finding it.

The Faith cache

By: joenate Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

TFTC. My mother-in-law's church. The necklace is still there should you want to retrieve it.

History Series: Medieval Fraktur Manuscript

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

aw, such a wonewy widdle cache. it's true the lid doesn't fit well... hope it wasn't a mistake leaving a geocoin there.

History Series: Saint Kilian

By: betseysmiley Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Not really sure why this guy's a saint. Sounds like he was more of a home wrecker and general troublemaker. TFTC!

Dec 16, 2009

First Dog #16

By: Caching Goldens Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Cool little spot. Took more time to decide where to park than to find the cache. The thing the cache was on comes alive every few seconds... I was thinking I was breaking something at first.

Centrally Located

By: AussieDexter Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

new baggie contained a frozen log. ha~! the log thawed just from my hand heat and turned into a regular ol' wet log. I signed'n'sealed.

A - Z Names - WINNIE the POOH

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

a Disney died today.

A - Z Names - OWL

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

a Disney died today.

A - Z Names - MICKEY MOUSE

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Found it easily, but the cache itself was frozen shut. And when I eventually opened it, it was an ice cube tray--the whole container was filled with ice. I excavated the log and signed.

A - Z Names - HERCULES

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

a Disney died today. i'm not fond of the Disney legacy. tftc

A - Z Names - DUMBO

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

a Disney died today.

Sudoku? What the....

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Thanks to J from Elite Panthers for doing the sudoku... he loves 'em, I hate 'em. Good teamwork, that.

Chuck E's Cash

By: The Nightowl Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

Quick grab, thankfully... hate being that creepy guy lurking around in places that's a little too creepy for a guy to be lurking. Luckily no one was around.

Dialing for Cache

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Loved the puzzle. First one I solved I believe... glad to finally make it over here for the smiley.

Dec 15, 2009

Chief Tecumseh

By: BAPMAN CREW Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Had to get this one on my lunch binge to 100, and.... here it is, my 100th find! woot. dropped off Toadie's coin.

Langley Cache

By: t6e9a Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Hijacked NICDZLV after lunch and didn't go back to work. Determined to get my 100th over lunch...

Devil's Stache

By: sextuple_entendre (SE) Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

Really cool cache. I'd never seen the campus before. The ring of blue lights was really cool. Walking down into the pit was pretty spooky on this windy 20 degree night, though.

Added Fridge Coin and this thing: http://geokrety.org/konkret.php?id=3312

Opposite, Adjacent and Hypotenuse - Geometry

By: The Funky Monkeys Difficulty: 3.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Thanks for the puzzle! Might want to do a little maintenance as the tape is coming loose... it might not hold its position much longer!

Micro Center Micro

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

Grabbed with NiceDissolve after more margaritas... dunno what it is about this area. No wait, I do... it's Grand Azteca. Go there if you haven't and tie on about 3-4 jumbos :)

Beechwood Park

By: The Funky Monkeys Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I love hides like this one. Walked right to it, too.. hoping for it. :) thanks!

Water Works Park.... Again!

By: The Funky Monkeys Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I got wet from the sloshy snow coming down if that counts towards staying on theme.

SQ - Perrin

By: Firefly03 Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Intended on getting over and looking at this cache with the intent on replacing the log for the OC, but it turns out there's actually quite a bit room left between other signatures still. I would still recommend replacing the log, but maybe archive it just yet.

Into the Light

By: 75 North Warrior Womyn Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

Ahh... I heard that someone else had used the container that I thought I was being so clever with! Cool! you did it years before I even started caching. Log's full, though.

Cheers!

Water Works park

By: The Funky Monkeys Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

I got wet from the sloshy snow coming down if that counts towards staying on theme.

Dec 14, 2009

Rowsell T. Merrill's Vision

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

[Been at this one in the dark, in the rain, and now in the dark and in the rain. Never could seem to find it. I swear it wasn't there the 2 times before. I know I checked this spot. Oh well, found it now though... ] had to overcome some, not necessarily arachnophobia, but at least the fear of sticking my hand in dirty, dark, spider-webby places. I was surprised to see so many spiders carrying on outdoors with their lives in this December weather.

Dec 13, 2009

Chacham's Test Cache

By: Chacham,True Freak Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

The nicest Cache I've ever found. Very well organized. Took a self pic, flash didn't work. Took another using flashlight... I'm interested to see how it turns out. Grabbed Scooby geocoin. Thanks for the wonderful cache. Oh, word to the wise, don't try to take a shortcut back! THORNSVILLE!

Salt Of The Earth

By: Karshooter Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Ahh... a nice easy no-thorns, no mud cache. Thank you!

Lost City

By: srstuart Difficulty: 3.5 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

Clearing solved puzzles off my map as I can fit time in. Pretty cool location for the final. It looks like a new property development is coming very soon and this cache might have to go away, so, get on it if you haven't solved this one yet.

A Bear of a Puzzle

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Needed help on this puzzle because I was misunderstanding how to count! The OC helped me with some corrective notes and I had some time to spare today with which to grab a smiley. Also, I took an advertisment pink chip from the cache, but didn't have any trinkets with me to put in--sorry.

Check Please!

By: srstuart Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Clearing out solved puzzle caches, makin' smileys. Gotta admit, there wasn't the "aha moment" on this solve. Felt more like an "Oh, I got lucky to stumble across this non-standard solution on google." Still, thanks for the puzzle!

Gunners Grub Series -- Sliders

By: door gunner Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Had to grab this one while checking off some puzzle caches. And darn you, Gunner! This is the only food I miss since having gone semi-vegetarian 15 years ago! Smelled pretty darn good.

Berkley Micro Not

By: 4KClub Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

Great cache. Loved it. Hardest part was talking myself out of parking in the no parking zone. :D

Dec 12, 2009

First Dog #19

By: Caching Goldens Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

My first geocache after several Margaritas over at Grand Azteca. No worries, my wife was driving. Good fun.

Dec 11, 2009

SQ: Buffalo Soldier - Team Irish Rover

By: Team Irish Rover Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Cool. Loved the hiding spot. Been waiting to find one just like this. Cool.

Dec 9, 2009

December's Monthly S.E. MiGO Meet & Eat

By: S.E. MiGO Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Not chosen

Seemed like a lot of nice folks.

Dec 8, 2009

The trees were all kept equal...

By: ramblin rumble Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Grabbed this one well into the start of the blizzard. My car was donutting well here. There were no tiretracks, so JNS's sig with the same date must've been much earlier. I really enjoyed this cache placement, as I'm starting to get a little bored with bushwhacking. Kudos on a neat package.

Castle Spy

By: srstuart Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Thanks for keeping the pine nice.

The Bookworm

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

Due to sloppy handwriting, I was off in the woods, then had to cross the river and went under the building behind there... looked for way too long in the wet blizzard... checked my math and I'd plugged in the wrong number because I couldn't even read my own writing. Good times. Swapped some geocoin TBs.

Some people are ...

By: Door Gunner Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Other

This was the first geocache I'd ever heard of. Four months later, I tried for it. Looks like I'm the last on on this clever log, though. It's full now.

Tee time at Metro

By: gsix5666 & crashmasterspc Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

This was the place my nephew first told me about geocaching, while we were driving over the bridge.

Happy Bunny Cache

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

Had to run some errands, and the snow just started falling. Nice quick easy fun cache. Picked up my first ever pathtag... gotta figure out what that is.

Travel Bug Campus Hotel

By: LordYatchman Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

Hah! was wearing my Boba Fett Hoodie---so I took the Boba Fett Bobblehead. Left a hedgehog. Nice easy find, but the blizzard was upon me, which was getting pretty intense by now.

Dec 6, 2009

Going Gibson

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

Only had time for one GC in my entire stay in Nash. Chose this one hoping to get a pick. Nope. No pick there, no TBs either. Also there were two logs. I signed the one that looked more official than the note pad. Left Dream Catcher 2 TB. Very fun location, especially not knowing the area.

No Park Indeed

By: ramblin rumble Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Was hoping to grab my first FTF, but didn't. Probably could have done it if I hadn't of chased down what ended up being cemetery hides, and realizing they were cemetery caches once I got there (and shouldn't be entered at night.) Oh well. Still my first 2ndTF. I used to be a chef a few yards from here at Steak & Ale in the late 80s. I can't remember what was back here at the time. The Steak & Ale looks to be long gone too.

Leprechaun Treasure

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

Easy puzzle / devilish hide *(in the dark anyway) Thanks!

The Very First Time

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Nice puzzle, figured out the pattern immediately and it checked out. Thanks for not requiring too much bushwhacking!

Sent More Cache

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

Loved the puzzle, but this was the worst/scariest cache find I've been on. I think the terrain should be bumped a few stars. After being scared off from one approach by no trespassing signs, I found another way in. But once in, I started smelling the unmistakable scent of skunk. I've had to clean my dogs off a few times from skunk encounters so I was dreading every step. ( I'm out on this one at night-time by the w ay! ) It took either courage or stupidity to go on, but luckily I had enough of both at the time. After committing to trudging through the difficult brush I hear a scuttling sound not too far away. The scent got immediately stronger. I was then stuck there cursing my stupid new choice of a hobby and chanting "this is not worth it" over and over. I'm convinced at this point that "even if I try to go back, I'm going to get sprayed anyway," so I decide after a pause to trudge on. I try making as much noise as I can to wake up any skunks that might be sleeping so I don't catch them off guar d. Every step of the way was a maze to navigate. Flashlight in hand I'm stumbling around trying to find anything that stands out since my gps was bouncing by this point. Luckily the OC was kind enough to choose a spot with a landmark, but reaching it was difficult as well. I eventually reached it , signed my name and made back for the car as quickly as I could--safe and spray-free.

Cache Math Test

By: Team Rumble Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

One of the first puzzle caches I'd solved, but hadn't gotten to this area yet. I decided to clean off all my solved puzzle caches tonight, but after my skunk run-in, I was done bushwacking for awhile. Thankfully this was easy/light bushwhacking so I went for the smiley. TFTP!

Triangulation

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

Darn Child-Proof Lids! heheh, that was the hardest part of the whole cache! D'oh!

Steganography - #3

By: The Conman Difficulty: 4.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

The most difficult of the 3 Steg puzzles I've tried, due to my absolute lack of understanding of PGP systems. Really good hide, too.

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