Sunday, October 24, 2010
Caching In Tel Aviv Israel
Went to church at St. Peters first then spent the day caching. Found the first one in a couple of minutes behind the church. Then biked over 16 miles and found 3 out of 6 for the day, Hard to cache in the city. Each street only is about a block long then you have to make some kind of jog. Caching along the promenade is fun. easy bike or walk along the beach.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Great October caching day.
Caching with John, David and RJ. We had a good day caching around Fridley. 7 finds, 2 DNFs. David had 5 of the finds. RJ kept saying I have a friend near here. Finally visited one and ended up walking 3 mile round trip.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Weekend Geocaching report
04/29/07
Well no car so today’s caching will be via bike. I am going to look for a couple along route 40 towards White Marsh. I left the Apt. Around 8:30 am. The first one I attempted was a Cache and Dash WilmotModular Phobia. GCRPZM Wilmot Modular was the name of an industry it was in front of. I looked all along the fence and around some small trees that were there but came up empty handed. Not a good start.
Next up was The Diner Cache. I new where this Diner was having passed it a couple of times on the way to Hammerton Beach area. With the clue, logs and GPS it was obvious where it should be. But it said it was held in place with strong magnets and when I found a magnet nearby I thought it was gone. But a little more looking and I found it. Took a St. Maarten key chain and left a Miller keychain.
Caching R Us
Was next in line. I was watching the GPS and it guided me into the woods. I followed and had to build my self a rock bridge across a small stream. About another quarter mile and I crossed a paved road that I could have come down. The cache was about 500ft off this road in a swampy area. Took a pair of dice and left an Eeyore ring. Then I took the road back to 40 and continued to Silly Cone. GCMFWM. This was in the back of a Home Depot parking lot by some pine trees. From the name I was looking for a fake pine cone maybe magnetic against the barricade But Came up with a DNF.
On the way back looked for WilmotModular Phobia again but still didn’t find it.
I mad it back home totally exhausted after about 7 hours and 20 miles of biking/caching. Took a hot shower and bath and laid down for a while.
04/28/07
I thought I lost my cell phone last night so I was up and biking to the office to look for it and then was going to go back to the caches we were at last night to look. Well it was on my desk when I got to the office, Thank God. So now I could spend the day caching. First on the list was:
Lister-Mean
I found this one before I used the giveaway hint. Then I picked up a bag full of cans. On the way out I threw another soft and fuzzy thing at the cache. Next finder might want to remove it.
Then I went back after Old Belcamp #2. This time with the right clues and some different thinking I found it. It was still tough because none orf the cache was actually showing and no external markings.
Next on the list was I95 Travel Bug Hotel. This is the one Arshad and I went after last week. This time I walked right up to the first stage and not much problem with the second either.
Took another crack at Off the Rocker but too many muggels around. A couple of up and downs then gave up.
04/27/07
Went caching with Mike a friend from work after work today. We went for 3 caches that were close to his house and only a couple of miles from work.
Old Belcamp Rd #1 Mike found this one. We did a lot of hunting and then he just spied it. It was a film canister laying on a broken tree. Part of the problem with all three of the Old Belcamp caches is that non of them had any Geocaching marks at all.
Old Belcamp #2
We missed this one Friday night but I went back on Sat. Mike found the other two and probably would have this one found this one too but I was reading the wrong clues. But there was not any of this cache showing,
Old Belcamp #3
Another find for Mike. I was on it early in the hunt but didn’t look close enough. A good Camo job.
04/21/07
Spent 6 hours caching today. Went to Phoenix, MD to find three caches there. Met up with Grey Ghost1 at The Dead Kennedy, he was logging it as I came upon it. It was called a “Dead Kennedy because Kennedy was the manufacture of Fire Hydrants and this one was no longer in use. We went on to find Can you see me now (a Chameleon over a small bullet type cache hidden in a tree stump) and then he help me find the Phoenix and the Turtle which is the main one I came looking for because it was just hidden a week ago. We were the second and third to find. When I first went to find Phoenix and the Turtle I came upon a rock ledge and looked for about an hour. When I returned with Grey Gohst1 He walked right to it at a spot at least 30 feet away from where I had been looking and he said is GPS still showed it 60 feet away. The cache was a rather large sparrow looking bird with a small cache in it, This was part of my problem I was looking for a Micro cache along the wall thatg had a million places to hide one. Greg Ghost1 gave me the coordinates for Wren you come home and I found it before leaving the Phoenix area.
Ugly, Uglier, Ugliest
Found this one with out too much hunting. The area is really wet right now. The cache was on the ground with a pen. I put it back where I thought it should be. Then I went for BSA Trail. I tried the route in the cache description but it was hard to follow and I lost the orange trail. Plus I had not marked the car. So I went back to the road marked it then walked back down the trail until I was parallel to the catch and then I walked in from there. This is the only cache I took and left something today. I took a Coyote and left a soccer ball whistle.
So I ended up with 6 finds for 6 tries in 6 hours. A Great day of caching especially because Phoenix was about a so minute drive.
04/22/07
Went to church this morning then came back to the Apt. to take pictures of items I am going to try and sell before heading back to MN. I finished around 11:00 AM this and had promised to help at a St. Jude Bikeathon at Holy Spirit 12:45. There was a cache between here and Holy Spirit so I decided to try for it on the way. Dads Birthday Cache. I parked on Jones road and then walked down 40 until I was parallel and then walked in and found it without much problems. I left my homeward bound Travel bug and a puff ball, took a radio. When I left I found a parking lot for Gunpowder Falls at: N39.24.773 W076.23.274. Hope some one finds this and get MN Homeward bound moving.
Sweet at Marsh Point Nature center was next but I missed it. On the other side of the Nature Center was CAM 2005. It was down White Tail Dear trail and I did see two White Tailed Deer. They ran into the marsh then stopped to look at me but before I could get the camera on they took off again. Picked up Capella Pride TB 3jfgv5 and left Amposta, Spain Travel Bug. TB1BTXJ
Since I was having such good luck I thought I would try for a couple of others that I had missed before. Sing Sing was first and I found it. Reflections was next still couldn’t find it then I found 1 for the record.
Well no car so today’s caching will be via bike. I am going to look for a couple along route 40 towards White Marsh. I left the Apt. Around 8:30 am. The first one I attempted was a Cache and Dash WilmotModular Phobia. GCRPZM Wilmot Modular was the name of an industry it was in front of. I looked all along the fence and around some small trees that were there but came up empty handed. Not a good start.
Next up was The Diner Cache. I new where this Diner was having passed it a couple of times on the way to Hammerton Beach area. With the clue, logs and GPS it was obvious where it should be. But it said it was held in place with strong magnets and when I found a magnet nearby I thought it was gone. But a little more looking and I found it. Took a St. Maarten key chain and left a Miller keychain.
Caching R Us
Was next in line. I was watching the GPS and it guided me into the woods. I followed and had to build my self a rock bridge across a small stream. About another quarter mile and I crossed a paved road that I could have come down. The cache was about 500ft off this road in a swampy area. Took a pair of dice and left an Eeyore ring. Then I took the road back to 40 and continued to Silly Cone. GCMFWM. This was in the back of a Home Depot parking lot by some pine trees. From the name I was looking for a fake pine cone maybe magnetic against the barricade But Came up with a DNF.
On the way back looked for WilmotModular Phobia again but still didn’t find it.
I mad it back home totally exhausted after about 7 hours and 20 miles of biking/caching. Took a hot shower and bath and laid down for a while.
04/28/07
I thought I lost my cell phone last night so I was up and biking to the office to look for it and then was going to go back to the caches we were at last night to look. Well it was on my desk when I got to the office, Thank God. So now I could spend the day caching. First on the list was:
Lister-Mean
I found this one before I used the giveaway hint. Then I picked up a bag full of cans. On the way out I threw another soft and fuzzy thing at the cache. Next finder might want to remove it.
Then I went back after Old Belcamp #2. This time with the right clues and some different thinking I found it. It was still tough because none orf the cache was actually showing and no external markings.
Next on the list was I95 Travel Bug Hotel. This is the one Arshad and I went after last week. This time I walked right up to the first stage and not much problem with the second either.
Took another crack at Off the Rocker but too many muggels around. A couple of up and downs then gave up.
04/27/07
Went caching with Mike a friend from work after work today. We went for 3 caches that were close to his house and only a couple of miles from work.
Old Belcamp Rd #1 Mike found this one. We did a lot of hunting and then he just spied it. It was a film canister laying on a broken tree. Part of the problem with all three of the Old Belcamp caches is that non of them had any Geocaching marks at all.
Old Belcamp #2
We missed this one Friday night but I went back on Sat. Mike found the other two and probably would have this one found this one too but I was reading the wrong clues. But there was not any of this cache showing,
Old Belcamp #3
Another find for Mike. I was on it early in the hunt but didn’t look close enough. A good Camo job.
04/21/07
Spent 6 hours caching today. Went to Phoenix, MD to find three caches there. Met up with Grey Ghost1 at The Dead Kennedy, he was logging it as I came upon it. It was called a “Dead Kennedy because Kennedy was the manufacture of Fire Hydrants and this one was no longer in use. We went on to find Can you see me now (a Chameleon over a small bullet type cache hidden in a tree stump) and then he help me find the Phoenix and the Turtle which is the main one I came looking for because it was just hidden a week ago. We were the second and third to find. When I first went to find Phoenix and the Turtle I came upon a rock ledge and looked for about an hour. When I returned with Grey Gohst1 He walked right to it at a spot at least 30 feet away from where I had been looking and he said is GPS still showed it 60 feet away. The cache was a rather large sparrow looking bird with a small cache in it, This was part of my problem I was looking for a Micro cache along the wall thatg had a million places to hide one. Greg Ghost1 gave me the coordinates for Wren you come home and I found it before leaving the Phoenix area.
Ugly, Uglier, Ugliest
Found this one with out too much hunting. The area is really wet right now. The cache was on the ground with a pen. I put it back where I thought it should be. Then I went for BSA Trail. I tried the route in the cache description but it was hard to follow and I lost the orange trail. Plus I had not marked the car. So I went back to the road marked it then walked back down the trail until I was parallel to the catch and then I walked in from there. This is the only cache I took and left something today. I took a Coyote and left a soccer ball whistle.
So I ended up with 6 finds for 6 tries in 6 hours. A Great day of caching especially because Phoenix was about a so minute drive.
04/22/07
Went to church this morning then came back to the Apt. to take pictures of items I am going to try and sell before heading back to MN. I finished around 11:00 AM this and had promised to help at a St. Jude Bikeathon at Holy Spirit 12:45. There was a cache between here and Holy Spirit so I decided to try for it on the way. Dads Birthday Cache. I parked on Jones road and then walked down 40 until I was parallel and then walked in and found it without much problems. I left my homeward bound Travel bug and a puff ball, took a radio. When I left I found a parking lot for Gunpowder Falls at: N39.24.773 W076.23.274. Hope some one finds this and get MN Homeward bound moving.
Sweet at Marsh Point Nature center was next but I missed it. On the other side of the Nature Center was CAM 2005. It was down White Tail Dear trail and I did see two White Tailed Deer. They ran into the marsh then stopped to look at me but before I could get the camera on they took off again. Picked up Capella Pride TB 3jfgv5 and left Amposta, Spain Travel Bug. TB1BTXJ
Since I was having such good luck I thought I would try for a couple of others that I had missed before. Sing Sing was first and I found it. Reflections was next still couldn’t find it then I found 1 for the record.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Geocaching on a Friday afternoon/evening
04/20/07
Two out of three today. Unfortunately the one I really wanted is the one I missed. I took my boss out for an afternoon break and I wanted to start my MN Homeward Bound travel bug. See description below.
I-95 travel Port Bug Hotel
Went looking for this one with my Boss Arshad at lunch time. I really wanted to find it to start my MN Homeward Bound Travel Bug. We looked for almost an hour at both of the coordinates and came up empty handed. I’ll be watching it to see if I can pick up any more hints from the logs.
Dumb as a Pile of rocks.
I drove around for a while then finally parked behind Patterson school. It was an easy walk to the cache and easy find. This was good because I had a DNF earlier in the day with my boss. These Canadian Geese landed on the pond on my way out. Took a dragon ring and left a sports whistle.
Stump the UMP
On the way back from Dumb as a Pile of rocks I figured I would give this a third try maybe be successes would hold out. GPS ran out of batteries but I new where to start looking. I replaced the batteries and before it reset it self I had found the cache. I happily signed the log and re-hid the cache.
I-95 travel Port Bug Hotel
Went looking for this one with my Boss Arshad at lunch time. I really wanted to find it to start my MN Homeward Bound Travel Bug. We looked for almost an hour at both of the coordinates and came up empty handed. I’ll be watching it to see if I can pick up any more hints from the logs.
Dumb as a Pile of rocks.
I drove around for a while then finally parked behind Patterson school. It was an easy walk to the cache and easy find. This was good because I had a DNF earlier in the day with my boss. These Canadian Geese landed on the pond on my way out. Took a dragon ring and left a sports whistle.
Stump the UMP
On the way back from Dumb as a Pile of rocks I figured I would give this a third try maybe be successes would hold out. GPS ran out of batteries but I new where to start looking. I replaced the batteries and before it reset it self I had found the cache. I happily signed the log and re-hid the cache.
MN Homeward Bound My current goal:Please help me get back to Minnesota. I am starting my journey near my temporary home of Edgewood, MD. I really would like to get back to my first hidden cache "Little Black Box" in East Bethel, MN at N 45° 23.273 W 093° 15.222 waypoint GCZVXD URL: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=982d1f4f-061c-44c7-817b-ee9db15acbfe.
Monday, April 9, 2007
Geocaching on Good Friday
03/06/07
Today was a good caching day we (Doug, David, and myself) found 5 out of 6 caches. I am pretty sure the one we did not find was missing but I will put it on a watch list.
Norris Lake Stash We searched for a while but then found on this Cold spring day (Good Friday). Grandpa found this one. We took a small bobber and left a whistle.
Just What The Doctor Ordered? Doug snared this one after we had both been almost face to face with it. Took the Diabetes travel bug and left a whistle.
Walk in the Park
Another find for Doug. Took a coin and left waterproof matches.
"We're all just a bunch of nuts!" Another find for Doug. Took a Viking keychain bottle opener. I am going to take this to Maryland and start a travel bug with instructions to find its way back to Minneapolis. There was also a game that David wanted so we left a whistle and a pencil sharpener.
Woodbury Park Micro
Grandpa found this one. The log was frozen, did not try to sign it afraid it would have torn up. TNLN.
Here's lookin' at you kid! I thought for sure with the hint we would find this one but no luck. This may be missing because of the trees that have been cut down. It was only about 20 degrees and the wind came up and made us run for the car.
Today was a good caching day we (Doug, David, and myself) found 5 out of 6 caches. I am pretty sure the one we did not find was missing but I will put it on a watch list.
Norris Lake Stash We searched for a while but then found on this Cold spring day (Good Friday). Grandpa found this one. We took a small bobber and left a whistle.
Just What The Doctor Ordered? Doug snared this one after we had both been almost face to face with it. Took the Diabetes travel bug and left a whistle.
Walk in the Park
Another find for Doug. Took a coin and left waterproof matches.
"We're all just a bunch of nuts!" Another find for Doug. Took a Viking keychain bottle opener. I am going to take this to Maryland and start a travel bug with instructions to find its way back to Minneapolis. There was also a game that David wanted so we left a whistle and a pencil sharpener.
Woodbury Park Micro
Grandpa found this one. The log was frozen, did not try to sign it afraid it would have torn up. TNLN.
Here's lookin' at you kid! I thought for sure with the hint we would find this one but no luck. This may be missing because of the trees that have been cut down. It was only about 20 degrees and the wind came up and made us run for the car.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Geocach 3-11-07
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03/11/07
Rode my bike to the following three caches. They were 6 to 7 miles from Apt. I didn’t find any of them but picked up sack of cans, A Christmas towel, a baseball, and a pillow. Took some pictures of St. Mary’s church a Russian Catholic Orthodox Catholic church I visited last year the sign is new. Also took this highway marker. I had a couple of these on my old GPS but lost the coordinates. Starting to collect them again. Coordinates are in the name of the file.
GCJBN3 Sing-sing
I poked all around the thorns but didn't find it.
GCY03J Reflections
Looked at everything that shined but didn't find it.
GCJXC1 One for the RECKORD Book
Rode my bike to the following three caches. They were 6 to 7 miles from Apt. I didn’t find any of them but picked up sack of cans, A Christmas towel, a baseball, and a pillow. Took some pictures of St. Mary’s church a Russian Catholic Orthodox Catholic church I visited last year the sign is new. Also took this highway marker. I had a couple of these on my old GPS but lost the coordinates. Starting to collect them again. Coordinates are in the name of the file.
GCJBN3 Sing-sing
I poked all around the thorns but didn't find it.
GCY03J Reflections
Looked at everything that shined but didn't find it.
GCJXC1 One for the RECKORD Book
Another no find for me. I need some more hints if anybody wants to send them to me.
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