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Comment Luv Enabled 18 November 2008, 11:52 pm
We enabled Comment Luv on our blog. When you comment on our blog, a link from your own blog will display along with your comments.It's Comment Luv....
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A Saturday Spent Geocaching 15 November 2008, 9:59 pm
Well it really wasn't a whole day geocaching. More like. . .A Saturday Spent Driving Around. I stayed up late last night, planning our geo-Saturday so we could score a bunch of geocaches. (It's not about the numbers.) I labeled them all on the trail map so we would be as efficient as possible. We should easily score the 14 in that park, then cruise over to Cleary Lake to finish up that bunch. Note to our faithful readers in California . . . It's different here. Twenty in a day, is a great da...
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Geocaching Last Saturday 12 November 2008, 7:25 pm
It was c-c-c-cold Saturday. We went to a regional park down by Prior Lake - a place that we had hiked two years ago before our addiction to geocaching. This time we hiked with a purpose! Rather than take up bandwidth yammering on about it, I'll just direct you to wayfarer's blog. She tells all about our trip and also talks about the recent changes to our geocaching tech gear. Cache on! Technorati Tags: geocaching...
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Geocaching and Twitter 8 November 2008, 1:28 pm
I've had some family and friends ask me about Twitter and why I use it to keep in touch with other geocaching folks. So I thought I'd post here, and just direct my peeps to this post. Let's start from the beginning. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. These posts can be conversational in nature (placing the "@...
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New Geocaching Blog Added 7 November 2008, 4:10 pm
I ran into another geocacher on Twitter this week. Twitter is way cool - and you are not cool if you are not on it. Anyway, I added his blog to our blogroll. He geocaches in Belgium. You can jump right to his blog by clicking on this very cool picture right here. Check him out. BTW . . . It snowed here today. Summer is over. ...
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Geocaching Road Trip II 4 November 2008, 8:37 pm
After walking straight up the bluffs of the St. Croix River for more than one geocache, we headed north - up river - for more geocaching fun. Our first stop was the historic Boom Site, National Historic Landmark, just north of Stillwater. Back in the 1800s, timber harvested upstream was branded with the logo of the company that had harvested it, and the logs were floated down to the boom where they were sorted by the brands and delivered to the sawmills in Stillwater. Millions of logs from ...
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Geocaching Road Trip 3 November 2008, 7:54 am
Yesterday we took a trip over to Stillwater to do some geocaching. Stillwater is often referred to as the birthplace of Minnesota. A territorial convention in 1848 selected three leading Minnesota cities as locations for important public institutions: Minneapolis got the University of Minnesota, Saint Paul became the capital, and Stillwater was chosen as the site of the territory's first prison. Looks like Stillwater got the short end of that stick. But I've digressed. Stillwater is a ...
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Our First Waymark Post 2 November 2008, 8:47 am
I created our first waymark on waymarking.com I know. I know. This is supposed to be a geocaching blog. But I had to do it. After yesterday's visit to the #100 Target store . . . (hey listen, I go to that Target store about four times a month) . . . we took a walk in one of the local parks here. We knew there were trails behind the ruins an old run-down homestead, because this was the site of one of our very first geocache finds. Unlike a Target store though, this place has some real cul...
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What's Up With Virtual Geocaches? 1 November 2008, 2:30 pm
I came across this post on the Groundspeak forums about virtual geocaches, and why new ones are not allowed. We've done a couple of virtuals, and plan to get a couple more tomorrow. They've usually been entertaining and somewhat educational. Okay, the Mary Tyler Moore virtual? Not so much. The argument against them is just how much WOW factor does a site need to qualify - and who gets to decide that? I thought there might be an argument made for allowing them, but that's what waymarkin...
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Geocaching with Love 26 October 2008, 5:25 pm
While perusing some geocaching blogs today, I ran across Desert Woodrat's Weblog. In his post, Heart of the Desert, he describes a series of geocaches that are in the shape of a heart! Here's a screen shot showing the geocaches. I know what you're thinking. It's fake. Someone Photoshopped the caches onto the picture? Right? Wrong! It's real. Click on the photo and the link will take you to the Geocaching web page. The caches are located northwest of Moab, Utah. Too cool! I encou...
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Geocaching on Hick's Power Trail 8 November 2008, 12:11 pm
Some geocachers do not like power trails. Well, I do. So I made one. Don't judge me, it's how I play my game. I like to store containers that would make nice geocache containers. Since I like to go to the gym and I like to take supplements, I had a few containers that needed to get out into the wild. I had some empty protein, creatine and fiber containers. A little flat black spray paint and we've got some geocaches on our hands. I had seen an old tree that was just begging to have a geocache pl...
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My First International Geocaches 31 October 2008, 8:25 pm
My travels recently took me to Alberta, Canada. I stayed in a city called Grande Prairie. This part of the country looks a lot like The Midwest of the US. It was very flat and all that was missing were the water towers announcing the town's name.I had a bit of trouble with customs while I was trying to enter the country. They actually sent me into the immigration office to have me better explain my reasons for visiting Canada. The immigration officer was looking me up in whatever database and as...
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Miramar Airshow in San Diego 6 October 2008, 10:08 pm
On Sunday, The Boy and I went to the Miramar Airshow in San Diego. We got there pretty early and had no problem with traffic or getting on the Marine base. Rather than wait in line for a shuttle bus to drive us the mile and a half to the tarmac, we got a pedi cab. Brody thought riding on the back of that three wheeled bike was one if the most fun things he's ever done. (Funny, we were just at Disney last week)Once on the tarmac, there were tons of things to do and see. There were also plenty ...
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My New Geocaching Style 4 October 2008, 2:53 pm
When I first started geocaching I wanted to try and get as many geocaches as possible every time I went out. I've settled into a new style of geocaching that I think works better for me. I kind of figured this out during my recent trip to Massachusetts. Instead of loading a ton of geocaches in an area and focusing on finding them all, I like to find a couple of caches in an area that I'm visiting and focus on the area rather than the caches. This worked out nicely last weekend when my brother c...
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My First "Out Of State" Geocache Finds 30 September 2008, 8:23 pm
As many of you know, My new position at work allows me to do a bit of traveling. I recently spent two weeks in Eastern Massachusetts. I was working at Smith College in a town called Northampthon. This was an old college town, (Old to me, my English Co-worker kept laughing at me for thinking the buildings were "old") I was certain that most of the places I saw had to be haunted.I didn't have a ton of free time but I did manage to squeeze in a few geocaches. The first one was about a half mile fro...
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Geocaching In San Francisco 31 August 2008, 3:01 pm
Here's a nice video I ran across this morning. Doug McConnell of OpenRoad.TV joins TeamAlamo in the Bay Area for some geocaching. (TeamAlamo currently has over 29,000 cache finds)I like this video because it shows a variety of caches from a memorable urban cache at Lombard Street, to some out of the way caches with some of the finest vistas San Francisco has to offer. This video also does a pretty good job of showing what the game is about and gives a nice intro for those looking to learn about ...
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The Boy Turns 7 Today 30 August 2008, 7:40 pm
Today is The Boy's birthday. We went to Ruby's for breakfast and then went bowling. We are having some friends over for cake. It's been a great day.The highlight of this birthday has to be the card from my Grandma Decker. Grandma Decker is the sweetest woman I've ever met in my life. If you met her you would love her instantly. Grandma Decker sent The Boy a birthday card and he opened it and read the cute little message inside. Her notes always end with "XOXOXOXOXOXOX." Awww, we love you grandm...
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Bogus Logs On Geocaches 23 August 2008, 2:58 pm
I have a watch on Chomolangma. It's a 5/5 geocache on Mount Everest. It is labeled as "The Highest Geocache In The World", and has yet to be found.This morning I was surprised to see a "Found It" log in my E-mail for this cache. It was a bogus log. The people responsible for the posting have since deleted the find so I won't out them. I will, however, share their log entry. It reads as follows:Log Date: 8/22/2008Visited via Google Earth on a windy friday afternoon with my Son Matthew, it was qu...
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Nice Article On Geocaching 21 August 2008, 10:32 pm
As I've said before, I subscribe to a lot of blogs. One that I really like is call Wise Bread. They have several authors that all write about ways to be frugal. I noticed an article in my reader today about Geocaching.I like the idea she mentions about leaving American type swag when geocaching outside the US. I think I'll look for some "California" swag to leave on my travels. It also mentions Letterboxing and Orienteering. Here is the bit about Geocaching. You can read the entire article here....
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Who's Your Blogger! 17 August 2008, 8:19 pm
Here are all the blogs that I commented about in my last post. I do read more than this, however I can't claim to be short on time and then go bragging about all the blogs I read! (I hope I got them all right) If you don't already read some of these, go check try them on. If I read them, they have to be good!COMING SOON: DEATH OF A GEOCACHEThat's a bummer about your travel bug, I told you it was too cute.NorthWoods GeocatsI see you had a bump in with the law, glad it turned out OK. I hope Brookl...
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Four states one day — a caching day to remember 16 November 2008, 8:47 pm
Now that I’m somewhat caught up on sleep … and it’s not so frantic here, it’s time to take you through Tuesday. That was the day where we hit four states (including New York) and grabbed 50 caches — in a one-day excursion.
First, let’s talk about the time.
I left my house at slightly after 5 — that’s going on about two hours sleep as I had to get up before five and shower and such. I just couldn’t fall asleep when I got home from work. So I r...
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A quick update… 13 November 2008, 3:22 am
I’ll have a bigger blog post at some point this week/weekend, but wanted to make a quick post.
We left Tuesday at about 6:30 and we were at our first cache at like 7:30 or so. Not too bad. We went through four states (including our own) and finished with 50 finds.
Four Earthcaches. One virtual. A webcam cache. Lots of other ones, too. Some interesting, some quick.
A couple of good stories, too.
I’ll fill in when the full post comes.
Hoping to do some Friday, as well.
More later!
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The list 10 November 2008, 2:23 pm
OK, here’s where we stand with, what I’m now calling, the “New England Excursion.”
Including New York, we’re going to cache in four states Tuesday. When I get back, within the next day or two, I’ll obviously be posting a lengthy blog or two on the day as I am hoping it’s pretty big.
Checking the weather throughout the stops, it seems like it varies anywhere from mostly sunny to partly cloudy with a high in the upper 40s. To me, that’s good caching ...
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The ultimate caching trip (for now, anyway) 9 November 2008, 2:18 am
One day.
Four states.
Many caches.
How well will a trip like this go? We’ll find out Tuesday as we make a trek starting at around 6 a.m. and leaving from our area. The route planned is through Albany and into Vermont, followed by New Hampshire, Massachusetts and back to New York.
The goal is several Earthcaches, a few virtuals as well as a Webcam cache. Sweet deal. Along the way are — no joke — more than 100 caches that aren’t far off the route. Sure, we know we won’...
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Another sucker! 6 November 2008, 3:06 am
Another sucker, errr, challenger has joined the HooHaa Travel Bug challenge!
This blogger is joining us late, but he thinks he has a chance to do some damage. Funny thing is, he was approved and went and dropped off a travel bug today.
Ol’ Gunny hasn’t even dropped his yet! Yeah, I know, he’s in Japan and keeps talking about some big move that will equal thousands of miles. I keep saying that he has to drop it before it can move those thousands of miles!
Anyway, back to what I ...
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Taking advantage of a good day 5 November 2008, 1:13 am
What a great day to be outdoors.
Two of us went on a geocaching adventure Tuesday. My planning list had us at 35 caches. I knew we wouldn’t come close. Turns out we grabbed 8, with two DNFs. But, of those, three took a total of more than an hour and a half as we entered a state forest and did some good hiking. The total trip was probably around 1 1/2 to 2 miles on a decent, but rocky, trail. A little bushwacking happened, even though it turned out to not be needed. Ahhh well
In that area, ...
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Election Day plans 4 November 2008, 3:07 am
A quick post before heading off to bed. A great day is in the forecast for Election Day with weather partly sunny and in the 60s. I have the day off (sweet!) and am going to spend the afternoon caching — with some decent hikes in the plans. Hope it all comes through as planned!
Anyway, this post is for those who read this to make sure you get out and vote. No matter if it’s for your local offices, the President or whatever — get out and vote. It’s a right, yes, but itR...
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Tailgating 2 November 2008, 12:36 pm
So last Saturday, we held a small geocaching event in our area. Not a bad little turnout for a cold Saturday morning where rain was supposed to come. Thankfully it held off (well, at least for the event!)
The idea was a tailgating event where people brought some breakfast items. Good eats and conversation. Overall, a fun time. What I like about these little events is that there isn’t any serious planning. People show up, eat a little and chat for a while. Then that’s it. The bigger o...
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2008 World Series Champions 30 October 2008, 12:24 am
It’s over. Some 46 hours after the game was originally suspended, the Philadelphia Phillies are the 2008 World Series Champions. It’s something I’ve waited for as a fan for countless heartbreaks. From 1993 to coming up short over the past handful of years, this year’s team came through with a World Series title.
It doesn’t get any better than this.
Baseball is my true love. Sure, I like football and hockey. When the Colts won the championship in 2006, I was stoked. ...
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Hi 29 October 2008, 2:56 am
I’m still here.
I have some tales of geocaching to report on soon. And thoughts of the World Series. Planning an upcoming caching trip. Some photos and travel bug things to write about.
I’ll be back at it soon. Work has me pretty busy, so I’ve not been wanting to write all that much when I get home. It’s coming soon though!
More later!
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11/09/08 - Geocaching In The News 9 November 2008, 8:31 am
Geocachers in the news include Zachary Platt in this article about caches hidden at the University of Maine. You can read more here.
Marcie Thiery, her husband Robin and their six year old son, as well as Ivan Grieve are featured in this article here.
Here’s an interesting tidbit from last month, seems police found a Geocaching ammo box on Highway 10 in Elk River, Minnesota. We’re not sure if they logged their find. Check it out here.
Our friend, Headhardhat, over at the ‘I...
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10/26/08 - Geocaching In The News 26 October 2008, 12:42 pm
Joining the Geocaching tourism wave, The Halifax, Nova Scotia Regional Community Access Program (C@P) recently announced that they have developed the first Limited Edition C@P GeoCoin to be released in Nova Scotia. You can read more about this here.
And the Statesville Convention & Visitors Bureau and Carolina BalloonFest organizers added a new component to their annual three-day rally on the weekend - Geocaching! Read about it here.
Geocachers Nick Erno and his Dad, Chris, Jason Breedlove ...
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Cape Breton Celtic Caching 2008 23 October 2008, 10:21 am
Once again the Cape Breton Geocachers here in Nova Scotia held an excellent event and once again we were unable to attend. However, once again, stagunner was so kind to send the following post along, telling us about the great time they had:
What a better way to celebrate the changing of the seasons than to have a Geocaching event and see the splendor of some beautiful islands. This year’s Cape Breton Celtic Caching Challenge event on October 18th was a great celebration!
We did some dif...
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10/19/08 - Geocaching In The News 19 October 2008, 10:27 am
Sorry we missed lasts week’s news post. Between a combination of it being Thanksgiving here in Canada and the fact that we had a massive harddrive failure (oh yeah, it was the big one!) we missed the deadline. But here we are again…
It’s Geocaching but it’s not Geocaching here at San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge where they have set up a ‘multi-cache’ to educate visitors about the refuge. You can read more here.
TeacherMike and Bat1800 from the Geocachers...
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The Geocaching Race Of The Year! 16 October 2008, 3:00 pm
Well, the race is on and our entry in the year long HooHaa GeoChallenge race, GoGo T. Urtle, is on his way! He was released (actually, he jumped) into the camoed peanut butter container at The End Of The Lake - GC1EYND at approximately 1:37pm.
GoGo T. Urtle is a winner in every class! He has racing in his blood. His great, great, great, great, great grandfather was the winner of a legendary race years ago (maybe you’ve heard of it?).
Since the challenge was made a couple of weeks ago Go...
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Local Geocachers Meet At Pilot’s Pub 15 October 2008, 10:42 am
The Chebucto Adventure and Dining Society (CADS) met again tonight for another great outing! This time we met at Pilot’s Pub, on Atlantic St. in Dartmouth.
Pilot’s Pub offers a menu of traditional pub fare. It is located overlooking Halifax Harbour and offered us a spectacular sunset with the city of Halifax in the forefront. This alone was worth the visit!
There were well over 20 local Geocachers, members of the ACGA, and their children in attendance and everyone had a great time c...
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Geocaching With Your iPhone Available! 12 October 2008, 6:21 am
Geocaching with your iPhone has arrived! We mentioned a couple of weeks ago in our 09/28/08 - Geocaching In The News post that Groundspeak had a new application coming that would allow you to Geocache with your iPhone and it is now available!
What’s cool about this application is that it will allow real-time, direct access to GC’s database of Geocaches and shows details such as description, hints, recent logs, trackable item lookups and full navigation capability. You can also geocod...
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10/05/08 - Geocaching In The News 5 October 2008, 8:19 am
It was bit of a slow week for Geocaching in the news this week but still we were able to find several interesting articles:
Fifth graders at Brandon Elementary school in North Dakota are learning about Geocaching in their computer class. You can read more here.
Cachers in the news this week include Brian Swartling from Winowna, Minnisota. He is featured in this article here.
Katherine Lanzer from Seacoast Online writes an excellent article on Geocaching and gets hooked! You can read it here.
Tho...
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The Travel Bug GeoChallenge 4 October 2008, 8:54 am
Well, the gauntlet has been thrown, and the challenge has been accepted! We’re not about to allow some trash-talkin’, cache bloggin’ photog think, or even dream, that he can beat us at a race! We come from a long line of Travel Bug racers and we’ve got Travel Bug racin’ in our blood!
To bring you up to speed on The Travel Bug GeoChallenge (yes, the pun was intended), we, and a few other Geocaching bloggers, have been challenged by P.J. from over at the HooHaa Blog t...
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Geocaching The Shearwater Flyer Trail 2 October 2008, 10:43 am
We first walked The Shearwater Flyer Trail over a month ago and shortly afterwards heard that there were more caches being added soon so we decided to wait until then to do this post. We returned earlier this week to finish up this ‘cache run’ (presently there are 15 caches on this relatively short trail!) so this post is two, two posts in one.
The main part of the Shearwater Flyer Trail is a 5km (3 mile) well groomed, flat trail located between trailheads on Bisset Rd. (N44 39.436...
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A Feast for the Senses 13 November 2008, 1:21 pm
Sensuality in its purest forms has little to do with what we often term “carnal”. Life is experienced through our physical beings, and I recently had an afternoon in which all of my senses and faculties were treated to wonderful experiences.
It started with a workshop for a jazz festival that I did with my a cappella group, Sixth Wave. When I sing, my entire body is a musical instrument, vibrating with and amplifying my voice. When I sing with these five other gifted people, we vi...
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Twitter? 9 November 2008, 8:26 pm
OK, I’m succumbing. I’m becoming a Twit. I’m looking to gather geocachers to follow me on Twitter, too!
Here’s a link to sign up
Twitter
or click on the counter to the right…..
emcofnorthridge is my TwitName.
Whee….
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Thousands of Caches, Photos, and Memorable Experiences 6 November 2008, 11:36 am
So many caches are just there to get me there, wherever there is.
In-N-Out Headquarters
Can I get a degree in burgers? They make the best ones, for sure!
Perhaps they should feed the little guys more!
A really large recycling project: dining cars!
There’s nothing like being able to pull off the freeway for a little fishing:
Go to church or go bowling? If you can’t decide, just do both at the same time here!
Michael Jackson’s Mailbox…. not much of a “thriller...
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San Juan Farm Supplement 31 October 2008, 1:14 am
OK, per request, here are three more photos of the farm and my visit there!
Kitty!!
Those in the background would be future dinners… mmmm… lammmb…
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Ferry + Tunnels + Apes + HQ = Seattle! (part 2) 30 October 2008, 10:19 am
Another reason I went to Seattle was to reconnect with my eldest cousin. We couldn’t remember the last time we’d seen each other, but it had probably been 30 or 40 years! He looks like both his mom and his dad, and it somehow being with him felt like being with them, too. He and his wife live on a farm out on San Juan Island, where they raise kiwis, apples, asian pears, filberts, lambs and gourmet grass to feed them. I got a long tour of their whole operation and of the island, ...
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Ferry + Tunnels + Apes + HQ = Seattle! (part 1) 24 October 2008, 1:07 am
I had multiple excuses to go to Seattle last week, and two of those were unique geocaches.
Of course, I had to make a pilgrimage to the headquarters of Groundspeak, where I got the 10-cent tour with a new local caching buddy, babj615. The magic screen that everyone talks about is very cool, indeed. It shows a Google Earth location of the most recent log posted each minute, so you can spend a long time staring at it while the logs pop up in various languages and you virtually fly all over the ...
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Ahhh… Ahmanson… 16 October 2008, 10:32 am
It was a lovely, cloudy, cool day when I headed out to Ahmanson Ranch with OLdweeb to nab some FTFs and to check on a couple of his out there. We hiked about 6 miles RT on a mostly flat trail, but did get some nice hill climbing in at the upper end of the trail.
THREE COWGIRLS
See Hear & Speak No Evil
BEHIND THE OAK
The Lesser Pillar
SURROUNDED BY PEAKS
SHADE & WATER
SOLAR PANELS
Too Lazy to Proceed
Beyond the Boundary
The overcast weather kept us nice and cool:
The jimson weed is bloo...
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Geoteaming 9 October 2008, 9:15 am
Last week, I was asked to participate with the folks at Geoteaming as one of their geocaching pros. I’ll take any excuse to hang out in Laguna Beach for a day, especially if I can get a little cash on the side from it AND do some geocaching. I joined Got4×4, DopeyDuck, MissAmerica1, and jshults at the gorgeous Montage Resort, and we helped the teams of corporate executives from Land o’ Lakes in Minnesota learn teamwork and strategy by finding caches and meeting various types o...
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The Glory of Geocaching in Glorious Scenery 3 October 2008, 1:09 am
According to Clay Jenkinson, we as geocachers are part of what makes humanity strange and fascinating, and are to be admired as such. Check out his recent column in the Bismarck Tribune where I and all of you receive this honorable mention:
The Article
We’re right in there with the miracle of heart transplants, great music, and the world’s largest collection of Elvis decanters. LOL. But he’s right: our species really IS remarkable.
Yes, yes, I know I’m #3 and not #2,...
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Pairs and Fanfares 25 September 2008, 10:04 am
TWO found in Hollywood
High note in a swanky neighborhood
NOT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL near a swanky outdoor theater
TWO found in Canoga Park
LiLo the Dodo a classic OLdweeb hide
WANT TO BE TOYS R US KID!!! a classic “well-lit” hide
TWO found in Aliso Canyon… er… make that ONE found and ONE DNF… bleh….
Lower Aliso found!
Middle Aliso dnf, after much searching and a life line and… of course… someone else found it the same day….
How many caches ...
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Geocaching Meets Twitter 15 November 2008, 8:53 pm
It was only a matter of time before the two worlds of web 2.0 social networking and the geek-leaning geocaching communities collided. Wikipedia describes social networking as, "a service that focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services."The...
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So What is a GPX File Anyway? 8 November 2008, 11:57 pm
You know those Pocket Query files you get from Geocaching.com, or the files you can download directly from a cache page when you click on the "GPS eXchange File" button? Did you ever wonder what they are exactly? Well, we'll try to solve that little mystery here.These GPS exchange files, or GPX files for short, are designed specifically for describing and transferring GPS data between software applications. They can be used to describe waypoint, tracks, and routes. Its tags store location, eleva...
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Election Mapping 1 November 2008, 3:41 pm
I hope all of you take time out from your busy geocaching schedules on Tuesday to vote in this year's historic election. While I'm struggling to find any solid connection between caching and voting to discuss in this post (other than ballot measures that expand access to new open space areas, which of course means more geocaching opportunities), there is definitely no shortage of mapping tools available this year to help you monitor election activity on Nov. 4th. Here are just a few examples:Hi...
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Challenge Caches 26 October 2008, 2:18 pm
The web site Cacheopedia defines a challenge cache as a puzzle cache that requires geocachers to complete certain tasks (e.g., to find other geocaches meeting certain requirements) before they can log it. Typically, geocachers must send an email to the challenge cache owner providing evidence that they have completed the challenge requirements, and the cache owner replies with the coordinates of the cache.Chances are, if you've been geocaching for a while, you've probably already met some of the...
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iPhone Geocaching 19 October 2008, 4:38 pm
If you're lucky enough to own one of the new iPhone G3's (I wish), then you might be interested in some of the geocaching applications that are cropping up in the iTunes App. Store. Since the new iPhone uses a combination of GPS, Wi-Fi positioning and cell towers to determine your approximate location, it makes for an ideal Geocaching device.Here's a brief run-down of some of the iPhone Geocaching Apps. currently available:Groundspeak's Geocaching iPhone Application. Cost: $9.99. Just ...
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Geocaching and Mapping (not in that order) 11 October 2008, 1:10 pm
My humble apologies for this late post. I try never to let more than one week go by between posts, but I recently changed internet service providers and have been dealing with all sorts of issues related to the switch; including lost internet access through my gateway, network file and printer sharing problems, and a host of issues created by the anti-virus/firewall software that comes "free" with my new ISP.Anyhow, enough about that. Let's get on with the good stuff:From the Free Geography Too...
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WWFM IV - 11/08/08, 10:00 AM (PST) 28 September 2008, 11:00 pm
Well, the votes have been cast, and the date set for the next World Wide Flash Mob Event (#4). It is scheduled for Saturday, November 8th, at 10:00 AM (PST). As you may recall, the WWFM's are the inspiration of Sonny and Sandy, the dynamic Podcaching duo.The basic idea behind these Flash Mob caching events are that they all start at the exact same time all around the globe, and that they only last for 15 minutes. Here's a recap of a WWFM III event I attended last May. For more information, see t...
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Build Your Own GPS Unit 21 September 2008, 11:14 pm
From MakeMagazine, Bre Pettis teams up with Hardware Hacker Joe Grand to show you how to integrate LCDs and GPS into your electronics projects. Watch these two self-described "smooth and efficient electronics podcasting ninjas" show you how to build your own portable GPS device, and then use it to go geocaching:Cache On!...
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Biking + Caching + Sierra Foothills = Heaven 13 September 2008, 1:26 pm
Last weekend I had the privilege and pleasure of attending a most excellent geocaching event: the MET Downhill Bike Ride: Let's Try This Again, held in a beautiful area nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. You can click on the first link above to see the detailed event description, but to summarize, this was simply a 20-mile downhill bike ride (4,200 feet of total descent, to be exact), with stops along the way to look for the 27 or so geocaches hidden alon...
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Getting Lat/Long Coordinates From Google Earth 7 September 2008, 11:18 pm
As you know, you can do a search in Google Maps or Google Earth using latitude and longitude coordinates. But sometimes the coordinates are just what you're looking for, so here's a quick tip on how to find them. In Google Earth, browse over to the location for which you'd like to find the coordinates, then click on the "Add Placemark" button in the toolbar. This will automatically put a placemark in the center of the screen and open a dialogue box that shows you the coordinates for that spot. Y...
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Discoveries? 17 November 2008, 7:47 pm
The first time I saw the mass hysteria over geocoin icons, was at an event several years ago. People had books of geocoins and there were other cachers just scrambling to write down the geocoin numbers on them. This is all done so that people can get another cool looking "Icon" on their geocacing profile page. And you don't have to look, because I'll freely admit that I have many icons on my page as well. This has all been precipitated by Geocaching.com's use of the "Discovery" feature, where ...
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Temptations 13 November 2008, 1:30 am
On Sunday, during our hike to the Vernal Fall Bridge, I casually told my daughter there was another virtual cache further up the trail. She was willing to try for it, but it would be another .7 miles of hiking and an elevation gain of over 1000 feet. At that time, temptation set in. I told her that the only requirements for this virtual were that I name the two pools people weren't supposed to swim in near the brink of Vernal Fall.In other words, this was one of those "arm chair" caches that ...
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Yosemite 12 November 2008, 8:58 pm
I started caching before geocaching had its first birthday. All that really means is I've been at this awhile. It doesn't mean I have found the most caches (I haven't) or I've hidden the most caches (I haven't) or even that I'm a creative hider of caches (probably not, but I'll let others decide that).I first heard about geocaching in all places, a Where's George? chatroom. If you're familiar with Where's George?, you know the purpose of that website is to track your money after it leaves your...
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Mission Accomplished! 11 November 2008, 3:20 pm
"Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to distribute 18 travel bugs and/or geocoins in geocaches in the next three days. This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds."That's sort of what it felt like after getting a corn dog box filled with travel bugs and geocoins. I was up to the task and made sure I had plenty of large geocaches with which to choose to make sure I was going to be able to leave them all on the road and not bring any home. It should also be noted that several caches ...
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A Great Excuse for Caching 5 November 2008, 7:59 pm
As previously noted below, I'm heading out on the road this weekend. I plan on leaving Saturday morning which will get me up to Stockton in plenty of time to hear my daughter play in her college orchestra Saturday night at 7:30. I don't plan to set an alarm, but I'll probably get an early start. At one time, I thought about hitting the Flash Mob Event that's happening in Covina at 10:00 in the morning, but I'm pretty sure that I'm going to miss it this time. The Tadpole and I went to a Flash...
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Bevy of Baubles 2 November 2008, 8:28 pm
Dictionary.com defines a bevy as a large group or collection and baubles as a small, showy ornament of little value or a trinket. Last Monday after a physical therapy appointment in the area, I stopped by Losel2's Trackables WayStation Cache in order to pick up a couple of travel bugs to take with me on my road trip up to Stockton next weekend. He'd read on this blog that I was making the trip and no one had been by the cache since October 6th, so he asked if I could help him out with some mov...
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Meetings and Greetings 2 November 2008, 1:06 am
I've been following the travels of Elemental Jay via his blog EJ Rider. He's in the process of taking a cross country road trip from Indiana to the west coast and back again via his Harley. Today, I got to see the Harley, up close and personal. Oh yeah, I also got to meet Jay as well.Jay was waiting for me in the parking lot of my school this afternoon when I got off of work. We drove to a nearby coffee shop where both of us had fruit smoothies. We talked geocaching for a little bit and I thi...
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Self Inflicted Goofiness 27 October 2008, 1:33 am
Back in April, while I was recuperating from my surgery, I posted this, which talked about oddities found while geocaching. As I was looking at a recent picture I took, I realized there are also oddities, or as I like to call them, Self-Inflicted Goofiness out there. I looked through my pictures and it was either some silly picture, like 3blackcats "getting stuck" in some finger cuffs. Now everyone knows that finger cuffs are really easy to get out of, but at that point in our hike, we were t...
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Natural surprises 25 October 2008, 2:16 pm
Every now and then I'll get some decent pictures while I'm doing some urban caching, but most of the time, I very rarely take pictures. How many pictures can you get of Wal-Mart parking lots while checking under a lamp post skirt?Usually, it's the pictures while out on a hike I find most interesting. Sometimes it's just little things, like a layer of rock that's a different color than the surrounding rock. The capstone formation of rock on the hike that we took a couple of weeks ago down near ...
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Odds and Ends 23 October 2008, 1:19 am
This one is more of a quickie than anything else. In a couple of weeks, I'm going on another road trip to Stockton to visit with my daughter. She's the concertmaster of her college orchestra and the orchestra will be performing on the 8th of November. I'll be leaving in the morning and getting up there in time for the concert. I emailed her yesterday asking her what she wanted to do the next day, since I wasn't going to be leaving until Monday the 10th. I suggested a road trip to Yosemite N...
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HooHaa TB Race Update: P.J.'s Quilt Covers Second Place 18 November 2008, 7:45 am
Well in a surprising change of pace our very own P.J. who came up with the HooHaa Travel Bug Race has now moved into second place. Apparently some action was required after recent rumors that the soft and cuddly "Quilt" just wasn't made of the right fluff. This left him in stitches and forced the move to sew up this race. We will have to wait a see if Quilt can continue to move it's fat quarters at a winning pace.For all the information about the HooHaa TB Race including the latest standings, r...
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GeoSnippits Mystery - Puzzle Cache Footnotes 17 November 2008, 7:25 pm
(Mutant Mantis TB Sighting)I had such a good time yesterday shooting and editing my latest GeoSnippits episode about Mystery and Puzzle caches. One of the first realizations while putting it together was the amount of information available to create it. When you start out thinking "wow, how am I going to fill out five minutes on this?"and end up with "wow, how can I do this in only ten minutes?"I started out by doing some research and asking information from the people who know, geocachers. O...
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GeoSnippits - Geocaching For Mystery - Puzzle Caches 16 November 2008, 7:06 pm
The latest in the GeoSnippits Series is on YouTube. This episode of GeoSnippits hosted by HeadHardHat gives you four caches in one. We take a road trip to find out about Mystery and Puzzle geocaches. Our first adventure takes you to two traditional caches which give you the complete coordinates to the secret mystery cache. Then on to an unusual puzzle cache indeed. Follow HeadHardHat as he gives useful information to all about the game, hobby, obsession of geocaching.If you would like to see mor...
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HooHaa TB Race Cartoon - Week Four 15 November 2008, 10:37 pm
It looks like all this time stuck at the Starting Line is beginning to take it's toll on the HooHaa TB Racers. Heck poor Gunny's TB was discovered yesterday. That means someone picked it up, marked down the number and put it back in it's hidey hole. I would be a bit frustrated too... Sorry Gunny.
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Buying A Camera For A Twelve Year Old Girl 15 November 2008, 7:05 pm
My daughter Geoness by far is the better half of our Geocaching team. When we are out on the trail we have a serious competition for who finds the cache first. You see, that gives the winner instant bragging rights and the honor of signing the logbook first. She's currently twelve and has no problem telling people that she is a “pre-teen”. I still am not sure if that is to show the importance of her age or is a subliminal warning of her possible moods and just to deal with it. Ahhh, teenager...
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WITW Is Pete The Parrot: ¿Cómo es el tiempo Pete? 15 November 2008, 9:50 am
Well Pete is a much happier and warmer Parrot. He is a bit tired after travelling from Sweden but the warm sunshine from Islas Baleares, Spain is putting him in much more of a party animal spirit. This very cool travel bug has now gone over the 9000 mile mark and still going strong. Let's see how much party action he can get into before moving on to his next destination.
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It's A Mystery I Tell Ya - A Real Puzzler 13 November 2008, 3:36 pm
My next GeoSnippits episode came in as a suggestion from one of our regular subscribers. It describes Mystery/Puzzle caches and how the Geocaching community feels about them. Let me tell you if anything it opened up a broad spectrum of conversation on two of my favorite forums. I also posted a poll and you may be surprised as to the results.The episode will actually take you on a three stage mystery series and will also show a couple other puzzle caches along the way. It should be packed with he...
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Darkness Is Interfering With My Cache Time 12 November 2008, 9:34 pm
When I started caching in the early month's of this year the days were getting longer. Even though I did not have a whole lot of time in the morning there was always time in the evening to hit a few quick caches before the sun dipped below the horizon. Now after Daylight Savings Time has kicked in I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark. How does one find our weekday smileys? Sure the first thing that comes to mind is caching during our lunch hours. That's all fine and good when you h...
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A Day Full of Caching and Natural Beauty 9 November 2008, 10:57 pm
This was a fun day.I was able to spend several hours with my daughter geocaching and we were able to take some pretty nice photos during our adventures.We started out with a preplanned CacheRaid of about thirty caches to try and find. With the majority of them in the Cary, NC area I figured they would most likely be micros and skirt hides. Not exactly what I would consider a day full of fun but maybe we could go for a personal best in total finds for the day. Boy was I in for a treat. What Daugh...
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Sweet Roses in November 9 November 2008, 2:55 pm
While geocaching in Cary, North Carolina on one the many greenways and these were right there for the smelling. Did I mention that it is November?
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Useless hints 4 November 2008, 9:18 pm
As I have previously posted, useless hints are just that -- useless. I was reminded of this tonight when I read a post in the IGO forums complaining about useless hints. Bottom line: When you create a new geocache, if you're not going to give useful information in your encrypted hint, leave that field blank. If not, all you're doing is frustrating your fellow geocachers and diminishing their opinion of your cache....
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Paperwork -- sometimes it works! 27 October 2008, 9:57 am
Success! My effort to follow-up with the internet service provider of the web site that ripped off my blog content appears to have paid off. As I mentioned in my previous post, I sent a document -- about 12 pages of explanation and samples of material copied from this blog -- to the ISP. After waiting only a few days, I checked the offending web site and found this message:ForbiddenYou don't have permission to access / on this server.Additionally,a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while tryin...
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Ripping me off on the web 2 October 2008, 8:16 pm
A couple of weeks ago I received a Google alert that a web site mentions IowaAdmin. (I will not mention that site by name here so as not to give them any additional visits from my site.) So I checked it out and discovered the site has duplicated several posts from my blog -- some credited to me, most not. I posted a few comments on that site politely asking that they remove all these posts because it appears I am the one who is selling geocaching goods on that site, which I am not. The site is a...
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A gift from the Frog 28 September 2008, 9:09 pm
I recently received an unexpected gift from Groundspeak, the company that owns and runs geocaching.com. It's a glass award to mark my five years of being a volunteer reviewer for their web site. During those 5+ years I have published close to 6,000 geocaches, which comes to approximately 100 per month. I don't know how many others I have reviewed but not approved, but I'm guessing it would be an additional 10 percent to 25 percent. Sometimes you encounter people who just seem to have a grudge ag...
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Another kayak video 16 September 2008, 8:09 pm
I have posted some vacation photos here in the past. Sometimes I felt a little weird about doing so because, by my own definition, this is primarily a blog about geocaching and the review process. But some of you have been kind enough to comment or e-mail that you enjoy seeing my vacation photos. Because of that, and because I haven't posted here for a number of days, here's another installment of vacation images -- this time as a video. If this bores you, well, don't watch it.:-)...
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Technology is great... when it works 14 August 2008, 9:43 am
The past few evenings have been frustrating because we've been having problems with our Internet connection at home, making it tougher for me to review new geocaches and communicate with those of you who submit questions and details about your caches. I thought I had the problem fixed about two weeks ago after I replaced the cable modem, but now it's acting up again. I've been compensating by logging on at work to keep up with the review queue, [shhhh!] but it takes more time to review at work b...
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A pretty amazing new geocache 3 July 2008, 8:43 am
Iowa Tom would be proud of this a new geocache called Captain Crunch created and hidden by geocacher linuxonthebrain. If you're in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area, you have to check this out. I don't want to give anything away but I have a feeling you won't be disappointed. I just hope it doesn't get damaged or stolen anytime soon....
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What's in a name? 17 June 2008, 10:11 pm
I think you can tell what kind of weather we've been having in the Midwest just by looking at the names of some of Iowa's newest caches.Hi and Dry - 2008 FloodRiver ViewThe Watering HoleSTOP! it'sTwister HillGonna StormAt the waters edgeWaterfront PropertyIT'S CREEKYOur thoughts and prayers go out to all those who have been affected by the floods....
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Dam-age 10 June 2008, 1:03 pm
The big weather news since the weekend is rain. Over near the Wisconsin Dells, Lake Delton is now just a bug mud hole after the wash-out of an earthen road/levee that held the lake back from the Wisconsin River. In case you missed it, here's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0bVsSWXG-I...
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Getting started 28 May 2008, 10:10 pm
Today I received a message via geocaching.com from a geocacher who is planning to place a bunch of caches this summer. Here's his message -- with his name and location withheld in case he doesn't want to be identified.I have been doing geocaching for about a year now, and plan on putting out my first cache. To make life easier for both of us, I thought I would ask you for any suggestions or tips on placing a cache. Our current plan is to put between 10 and 20 caches in the ______ area, mostly in...
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Earth Cache 19 November 2008, 2:30 pm
While I was gone my Earth Cache was published. So if you are ever over by Plush, OR you can find my new cacheOregon Sunstone Earthcache...
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Even More Las Vegas 18 November 2008, 12:08 pm
I got back from my latest Las Vegas adventure yesterday. Probably my most balanced trip to Vegas so far as I came home with most of my money and some of my "losses" were actually spent on food and asprin.Once again I spent some time on the Nevada forum and Moose Mob arranged a caching trip. I have to be honest and say most of the day I didn't know where the hell we were. I know we went through Searchlight, Laughlin, we could see Bullhead City accross the border with Arizona and even found a cach...
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Permission granted 3 November 2008, 4:44 pm
Soon after asking permission for my Earthcache from the Lakeview BLM it was granted. So that was easy and mostly painless. They were very quick, but it has taken me a few days to get around to actually typing up a cache page to submit. Earthcaches are submitted and approved differently... you submit it right through the earthcache website and if they approve they submit the cache and later you adopt it.I learned something while writing up the cache page. I'm not a geologist. Sunstones while inte...
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Permission is a dirty word 24 October 2008, 11:16 am
In one of my previous logs I mentioned the fact that you must have permission to set up an Earthcache (See guideline #6)Obviously the extra hassle of getting permission knocked the wind out of the idea, but I've regained my breath and decided to write a letter to the Lakeview BLM to seak permission.I'm a big believer in personal liberties. If my cache is sitting out on public land not hurting anyone then it should be allowed and I shouldn't have to ask anyone for permission. This might seem a li...
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In the news 23 October 2008, 10:59 am
The local Medford newspaper has a story today about geocaching. Several locals get a mention including Beaver Lover, Peanuthead, The Lost Patrol and even myself.You can read the article here.Does it make me a more legit cacher now that I've been mentioned in the news paper? I'm glad she picked my better quotes. If she had just relied on me it would have been a terrible article. I think I did right by leading her to Chris, Nick and Mark... even if they are addicted to picking up Travel Bugs and G...
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A Trip East 20 October 2008, 1:23 pm
I was talked into going on a little camping trip with my family this weekend at Hart Mountain just outside of Plush, OR. I took a day off and ended up finding 8 caches along the way, but none on the other days. Mostly caches on Highway 140 between Medford and Lakeview. While in the area I saw some wildlife (including 30 bighorn sheep) and searched for sunstones.There is a section of BLM land designated as a sunstone collection area. I took coordinates at the area with the idea of maybe setting u...
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Another Las Vegas Adventure 5 October 2008, 12:04 am
This week was my latest jaunt to the land of bright lights and money sucking casinos. I was in Las Vegas Monday through Friday for the WIB Technology Summit. The conference actually started on Wednesday so that left me all day Tuesday to cache. However like clockwork everything at the bank began to go haywire and I was on the phone nearly non-stop the first 3 days.Before I left I inquired on the Nevada Geocaching website for anyone interested in going with me and I found a lot of people. Our gro...
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Pizza and such 23 September 2008, 1:32 pm
Saturday was the 5th. Annual Pizza By The Creekside. This event has become very popular and is always a great time. Geocachers from all over attend each year. Eyeseek2 makes several custom cache containers to give away. And they always seem to pick a weekend with perfect weather.Before the event I got an email from drdan52000 about maybe hitting a few caches before the event. While I waited on him I got a second call from rain_man_rich and I told him he might as well join us. We only had time fo...
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RIP Mr. Duckworth 26 August 2008, 12:44 pm
Sad news today as former Trail Blazer Kevin Duckworth has passed away at the age of 44. Duck was one of my favorite players as a kid. He was money from 16 to 18 feet and other centers had to respect his shot this would pull shot blockers like Hakeem, Manute Bol, and Mark Eaton away from the basket. He was a two time All-Star and named the league's Most Improved Player in 1988. Besides being a good player he also seemed like a good person and I wish I would have gotten a chance to meet him....
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Not clowning around 25 August 2008, 11:45 am
On Saturday DrDan and I went for the only 5/5 cache in the area Just Clowning Around . We were able to drive within .68 miles of the cache. That few tenths of a mile though were more or less straight down the hill. Going down was hard as we had to push our way through the underbrush while we slid down the steep slope. Anyone who has gone caching with me knows that I am not much for going downhill... I'm very cautious and slow, but I got there. We got down to the river and climbed the rock the ca...
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Pinhead Traveler 5 October 2008, 9:36 pm
MooHaaHaaHaaa! Halloween approaches and Pinhead craves souls...or at least fabulous pins for his collection. Laminate a geocoin into the proper orifice and stuff this prickly guy in a box somewhere. Follow the exploits of Pinhead #1. and get yours here....
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Polymer Clay Geocoin 14 September 2008, 10:30 pm
Go big or go home. Polymer clay geocoins are well documented here and here. My short attention span version is as follows: I rolled Super Sculpey between two paint sticks and cut circles with a 3” diameter peanut butter lid. Then I raided our Stampin’ Up stash and made my name with an alphanumeric punch set (taped together). Next was fifteen minutes in the oven at 275° followed by Testors copper enamel paint. Voila! ...
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Tricachelon 8 September 2008, 6:24 pm
We have some great puzzle caches in my neck of the woods, but not too many physical challenges. Meet the Tricachelon. To complete it you will bike 20K, navagate the local lake, and climb a tree high enough to feel it sway in the wind. Grab the logo and create your own batch of tricacheletes where you live. I printed up a batch of the logo in reverse on iron-on paper and left them in the final for survivors to proudly wear. Now imagine the possibility of a decachelon!...
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Pirate Public Announcement 4 August 2008, 9:16 pm
Avast ye scurvy dogs! Try yelling that at random. You'll find it is often quite appropriate. Submitted for your perusal: one flier to promote geocaching in your hometown. ...
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Code Crane 12 July 2008, 3:30 pm
This crane kicks harder than the Karate Kid, but it isn't swag. It's a three-dimensional puzzle you're welcome to use for your next mystery cache. Folded properly, the surfaces of the crane may be used to decode coordinates. Here's an example and here's the pdf. ...
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Bottle Cap Coins 17 June 2008, 10:40 pm
Start slammin' cold ones this summer cuz bottle caps are the raw ingredient for this round of homebrew geocoins. Throw some bling-bling glitter and custom logos in the bottom of a bottle cap, then fill it with two cc's of epoxy, and cha-ching! instant personalized geocoin. Photos, bugs, sprinkles, candy, and wire are the sorts of mixed media that can be cast into the epoxy. Try googling "bottle cap art" to get more ideas and have fun collecting those caps. Extra tip: You can probably pick up a f...
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Grocery List 14 June 2008, 1:41 am
This isn't swag. It's a puzzle sheet you're welcome to use for the next "unknown cache" you hide. This combines two of my favorite things, food and geocaching, without breaking the no edibles in a cache rule. While wandering the aisles, complete the grocery list to find the final coordinates. Here's a link to the first cache using the list: Food Glorious Food. Here's a blank list just for you....
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Project A.P.E. - Collector's Card 6 June 2008, 7:21 pm
What do apes and Jeeps have in common? Geocaching of course. Here's a card to commemorate an all-too-rare promotional event from way back in '01. Show us some love again corporate America; it's been too long! I want Indy Caches, and Cracker Jack Micros, and Survivor Challenge Coins, and Lance Armstrong Endurace Caches, and anything more than apes and Jeeps. Here's the front. Here's the back....
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Micro Gift Card 17 May 2008, 12:24 am
Spankin'-new micros make great swag. Here's a card to drop along with them so that credit goes where credit is due.The front: http://renzotobias.googlepages.com/microsheetFRONT2.pdfThe back: http://renzotobias.googlepages.com/microsheetBACK.pdf...
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1st Geocoin - Collector's Card 10 May 2008, 11:11 pm
Geocoins are more elusive than custom swag 'round these parts. Just to rub salt in that wound, here is a collector's card commemorating the first coin. Thanks to Moun10Bike for giving this card a big thumbs up.Front: http://renzotobias.googlepages.com/1stcoinFRONT.jpgBack: http://renzotobias.googlepages.com/1stcoinBACK.pdf...
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Latest GeoSnippits - Mystery - Puzzle Caches on YouTube 17 November 2008, 7:43 am
The latest in the GeoSnippits Series is on YouTube. This episode of GeoSnippits hosted by HeadHardHat gives you four caches in one. We take a road trip to find out about Mystery and Puzzle geocaches. Our first adventure takes you to two traditional caches which give you the complete coordinates to the secret mystery cache. Then on to an unusual puzzle cache indeed. Follow HeadHardHat as he gives useful information to all about the game, hobby, obsession of geocaching.If you would like to see mor...
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Latest GeoSnippit Out On YouTube - Intro Regular Size Caches 1 November 2008, 10:20 pm
The latest and greatest of the GeoSnippits series is out on you tube. Host HeadHardHat goes over the most popular of geocache sizes - Regular. Learn why this size of geocache is such a favorite and see a sneak peek into an ammo box. ...
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Cache Inventor Updates 19 September 2008, 11:17 pm
Greetings all - HeadHardHat here,Email SubscriptionCouple of things going on. First off we received a very nice comment about our blog from emcofnorthridge who asked if we could set up an email subscription. Not a problem, if you go to the right side column of either of our blogs and you will find an email subscription widget. Put in your email and do a quick comformation and anytime we post you will get the update. You can also visit our California friends of northridge by going to this link: ...
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From The Email Bag: Wvangler's Random Musings 15 September 2008, 11:33 pm
Just in from our Email Bag: Just some random musings on caches I’ve found. One was a slender microtube that was pushed into the end of one of those pieces of plastic landscaping edging. The top part of the edging is a long tubular section attached to a flat section that is pushed into the ground. The cache tube was inserted into the end and was a tough one to recognize.One more that gave me fits was around a mall area. It was one of those random number/letter magnets stuck to the outside of an...
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The Simplistic Genious of the Bison Tube 13 September 2008, 2:54 pm
Micros, either you love them, hate them or love to hate them. They are small and usually just big enough to hold some small log sheets and that is about it. Caches in the micro size range from small bags, 35mm containers and bison tubes.Bison tubes are very popular and can be used in a multitude of ways. They are small, water proof and designed to drive the average cacher completely out of their minds.They come in every color of the rainbow but the most common colors are silver, black and green....
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Favorite Caches From Equador 9 September 2008, 1:38 pm
Steve King from Equador wrote in about one of his ingenious cache favorites.Steve writes:HHH: I like this new website. Thanks for pulling this together. One of my favorite caches is in the picture I’ve attached. So as not to create too much of a spoiler, I won’t say where it is or give specific information about the actual cache. A friend and I searched around expecting a magnetic. Finally the name of the cache proved to be the clue and I found it. Now I don’t know what permission the owne...
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The Beginnings of Something 'Evil' 9 September 2008, 1:22 pm
This just in out of the email bag. A really nice tutorial sent in by Scott SchornerScott writes:I think your site is going to be a great resource for those of us who aren't naturally evil! That said, my first hide wasn't exactly the most elaborate or ingenious, but it's a simple trick that could be the start of something that's in the "evil" class. Here's a link to the page I presented for review: Keep up the good work! Thanks Scott, it's an ingeniously clever cache in my book. Thanks for the in...
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PVC Is My Friend - Hiding In Plain Sight Caches 8 September 2008, 11:47 pm
I love making caches out of PVC pipe. It is inexpensive and extremely durable plus with a little sealant can be down right water proof. When it comes to doing a well thought out cache you sometimes have the challenge of having to hide it in plain sight. In other words you are placing the cache in an area that is extremely visible and yet must be undetected by muggles. Oh and there is that whole creating an interesting hide for cachers too. PVC may be a solution to your problems. Say you have an...
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Basics: Painting Caches 8 September 2008, 6:36 pm
Lets face it, anybody can slap on the cover of a tupperware bowl or Lock'nLock box, hide it under some sticks and call it a cache. For many that is more than acceptable and gives the same reward of a smiley just like any other hide. But does it really give the same reward to the overall geocaching experience? I think not. I guess it would depend on what you define as your preferred style of caching. For me if it comes to hunting the elusive woodland cache and the end result is "oh there it is",...
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Welcome ALL Ingenious Cache Inventors!!! 8 September 2008, 3:20 pm
Release the Geocache Mad Scientist in all of us! Geocaching is a very addictive game where you use a GPS unit and a multimillion dollar satellite floating around in outer space to find creatively designed containers or “caches” hidden all around our planet.This blog is dedicated to all the Ingenious Cache Inventors out there who love making these wonder boxes almost as much as they do finding them. So whether you spend countless hours with pvc pipe, pinecones and waterproof glue or just appr...
