09-17-2010 - 1 out of 1 (sort of)

GCFF6BW - Great Scott!!

 

FIRST, THE DNF on 09-16-2010

 

Not sure what time the FTF and STF's happened - I noticed this was still "unfound" on the sight around 10:30pm - so I took my lunch break from work and headed out (flashlight in hand)...

After prowling around the bushes in the dark (very carefully - I didn't want any of the neighbors calling the police on me) I gave up - but a couple of hours later - I noticed that others HAD found it - not sure if there were there before me or after me..

Dang! Another missed FTF... I'll be back to "right" this "wrong" ("find" this "DNF") - Perhaps in the daylight next time, huh?? (wink)

THEN THE FIND ON 09-17-2010

Ahhh... Redemption!

Swung by on my way to work this afternoon (in the daylight) - not only did I find the cache (so much easier in the day time, but I also got to meet the cache owner!!

Grabbed a TB. TFTC Maznroll!! (Find #167)

08-27-2010 - 1 for 1

GC2C7QW - Nine mile Easy Street

One quick lunchtime GeoNab... The cache was laying in the middle of the path - right in the open. I moved it to where I thought it may have originally been. TNLNSL - TFTC!! (#166)

08-09-2010 - 3 out of 3

I passed by these three caches, and "had to" nab them on my way home from Tomahawk Scout Reservation (where my boys were camping for the week, and I was chaperoning for a half week)!

GC2CAWP - Northern Star - Treasures of Scouting - Tomahawk 3

#1 on a 3 out of 3 cache-stop on my way home from Tomahawk. TNLNSL (#163)

GC2CAWN - Northern Star - Treasures of Scouting - Tomahawk 2

#2 on a 3 out of 3 cache-stop on my way home from Tomahawk. TNLNSL (#164)

GC2CAWM - Northern Star - Treasures of Scouting - Tomahawk 1

#3 on a 3 out of 3 cache-stop on my way home from Tomahawk. TNLNSL (#165)

07-26-2010 - 2 out of 2

OUT OF STATE GEOCACHING!!! (Dallas, TX)

I nabbed a few caches while on a recent trip to Texas to see family and for a birthday party for friend and fellow GeoCacher AtHomeDaddy!  Yikes... I see why you Texans don't cache in the summer (while we Minnesotans do not cache in the winter)

GCP143 - Legally Grounded Java Cache

#1 on a 2 out of 2 morning - this being our LAST morning in Texas (heading back to Minnesota). As previous finders have mentioned the cap is missing off this cache... Log is still dry (at this point). TNLNSL - TFTC!! (#161)

GC10EXM - Graham Cracker

#2 on a 2 out of 2 morning - this being our LAST morning in Texas (heading back to Minnesota). Nice sized container (was hoping to find a TB to take back with me.... but that did not happen.) TNLNSL - TFTC!! (#162)

Headin' back to Minnesota!

07-25-2010 - 2 out of 2

OUT OF STATE GEOCACHING!!! (Austin, TX)

I nabbed a few caches while on a recent trip to Texas to see family and for a birthday party for friend and fellow GeoCacher AtHomeDaddy!  Yikes... I see why you Texans don't cache in the summer (while we Minnesotans do not cache in the winter).

THESE were the two caches I HAD TO get on my list!!  I've been waiting a LONG time to mark these "found"!! 

GC1N8RR - AtHomeFam 1st Hide

#1 on a 2 out of 2 day. Oooo... I've been waiting a long time to nab these two caches!! I've had them in my GPS for a long time now, but the 1400 mile distance was just too much to tackle... NOT TODAY!! I went out on a mission to get these in my list, and sure enough - my name is finally in that log!! This one I approached from the wrong side and had to rough it down, across the creek, and back up again... Then after the find, back down, across the creek, and back up the hill... I EARNED THIS LONG AWAITED CACHE!!! Dropped the GOPHER TB from Minnesota too! Hey, cache-owner, GREAT HIDE!! Thanks for the cache!! (#159)

GC1NTH8 - AtHomFam 2nd

#2 on a 2 out of 2 day. Oooo... I've been waiting a long time to nab these two caches!! I've had them in my GPS for a long time now, but the 1400 mile distance was just too much to tackle... NOT TODAY!! I went out on a mission to get these in my list, and sure enough - my name is finally in that log!! This one had my GPS bouncing all over the place - and there were SO MANY options!! But having traveled so far to find this one, the Summer heat of Texas was not about to discourage this Minnesota Cacher!! Determination finally paid off! Dropped the COWBOY'S DOG TAG TB from Minnesota too! Hey, cache-owner, GREAT HIDE!! Thanks for the cache!! (#160)

07-24-2010 - 3 out of 4

OUT OF STATE GEOCACHING!!! (Austin, TX)

I nabbed a few caches while on a recent trip to Texas to see family and for a birthday party for friend and fellow GeoCacher AtHomeDaddy!  Yikes... I see why you Texans don't cache in the summer (while we Minnesotans do not cache in the winter)

GC1KQ6Y - Starting Gate

#1 on a 3 out of 4 trip... We are in town from Minnesota for a birthday party. Wife and I went for a nice long walk in this Texas heat with mission... Nab a few caches. This was the first of the "four stage progression. TNLNSL - TFTC!! (#156)

GC1KQ73 - Connect

#2 on a 3 out of 4 trip... (This was the DNF) We are in town from Minnesota for a birthday party. Wife and I went for a nice long walk in this Texas heat with mission... Nab a few caches. This was the second of the "four stage progression". I too can confirm that this cache was not in place. Sorry.

GC1KQ77 - Grow

#3 on a 3 out of 4 trip... We are in town from Minnesota for a birthday party. Wife and I went for a nice long walk in this Texas heat with mission... Nab a few caches. This was the third of the "four stage progression. TNLNSL - TFTC!! (#157)

GC1KQ7A - Deepen

#4 on a 3 out of 4 trip... We are in town from Minnesota for a birthday party. Wife and I went for a nice long walk in this Texas heat with mission... Nab a few caches. This was the fourth of the "four stage progression. Log was soaked and almost unwritable. Normally, I carry replacement logs with me, but I'm 1400 miles from my home area.. Did not have one with me today (sorry) TNLNSL - TFTC!! (#157)

07-16-2010 - 1 out of 1

GC249FC - SMWF4

Just a quick single today... Was on a TB mission - alas, the TB listed at this cash is MIA... LOTS of thorny bushwacking though... TNLNSL - TFTC!! (#155)

07-15-2010 - 1 out of 1

GC2AHW4 - Cornelius's Pad

A quick single find while the kids were swimming in the Millpond! TNLNSL - TFTC!! (#154)

06-25-2010 - 1 out of 1

GC28X82 - Bleacher Bum(mer)

One quick grab on my way home from work... Had me climbing all over until I found it! TFTC! (#153)

06-19-2010 - 7 out of 8

Ever since "Best Bud Ed" has gotten bit by the Geocaching bug - we have been eager to get together and log some finds together.  This weekend, he was in town - and we had the better part of a day to go out and log some finds!!  It made for a GREAT caching-run!!  Here are our results!

 

Rice Krispies: Home of Pop - GC21AGB

#1 on a 7 out of 8 Cachefest with lifelong buddy EJHudak and Jake the über Geo dog - This was our first trip Geo-caching together! Grabbed the TB to move it along. June TFTC! 19, 2010 | 12:32 PM  (#146)

 

Nabbed Cowboy's Dog Tag - TB2AV4H out of the Rice Krispies: Home of Pop - GC21AGB cache.

 

Rice Krispies: Home of Crackle - GC212QV

#2 on a 7 out of 8 Cachefest with lifelong buddy EJHudak and Jake the über Geo dog - Second find on a geocacing run with EJHudak! June 19, 2010 | 12:42 PM - TNLNSL TFTC!  (#147)

 

Rice Krispies: Home of Snap - GC20V23

#3 on a 7 out of 8 Cachefest with lifelong buddy EJHudak and Jake the über Geo dog - This has proven to be the best run of the year in more ways than one! June 19, 2010 | 1:04 PM - TNLNSL - TFTC! - (#148)

 

Huber Park - GC1WG05

#4 on a 7 out of 8 Cachefest with lifelong buddy EJHudak, Jake the über Geo dog, and my child #3 of 5.  This was our DNF for the day. 

 

The Orchid - GC1CYPW

#5 on a 7 out of 8 Cachefest with lifelong buddy EJHudak, Jake the über Geo dog, and my child #3 of 5.  LOVED the cache container!!  TNLNSL - TFTC!  (#149)

 

Corny P&G - GC28E53

#6 on a 7 out of 8 Cachefest with lifelong buddy EJHudak, Jake the über Geo dog, and my child #3 of 5.  This was a GREAT cache to watch EJHudak try and figure out - he's from a more "woodsy" area and had never seen a cache of this type!!  When he finally gave up I told son #3 to "show him where it's at" - The look on his face was PRICELESS!! - GREAT FUN! - TNLNSL - TFTC  (#150)

 

Sea of Green - GC2A2F2

#7 on a 7 out of 8 Cachefest with lifelong buddy EJHudak, Jake the über Geo dog, and my child #3 of 5.  Great scenery - the cache name is spot on!  Child #3 traded a Canadian dime for the Paintball coupon! - Log Signed - TFTC!!  (#151)

 

Mairzy Doats - GC1HAXQ

#8 on a 7 out of 8 Cachefest with lifelong buddy EJHudak, Jake the über Geo dog, and my child #3 of 5.  Great hide!  Couldn't have found it without child #3!!  He gets all the credit on this one!! - TNLNSL - TFTC! (#152)

06-18-2010 - 2 out of 3

GC27VMQ - Shakopee Rocks! Lives On.

#1 on a 2 out of 3 day out with son #2. Grrrrrrr... My frustration lives on! Two failed tries at Shakopee Rocks! - and now a failed try at Shakopee Rocks! Lives On... Why me??

GC29A53 - That Way Or This Way?

#2 on a 2 out of 3 day - had son #2 with me today. TFTC! (#144)

GC29A4Z - This Way or That Way?

#3 on a 2 out of 3 day - had son #2 with me today. TFTC! (#145)

06-15-2010 - 2 out of 2

GC27AZ2 - B is for Bloomington

#1 on a 2 out of 2 afternoon.  It sure is nice to cross a DNF off my list!  How or why I missed this one the first time is BEYOND me...  TNLNSL - TFTC - BTW - the Monster TB that is listed as being in this cache is not there...  (Find #142)

 

GC1N7TR - Another B.I.G. Cache

#2 on a 2 out of 2 afternoon.  It sure is nice to cross another DNF off my list!  How or why I missed this one the first time is BEYOND me... TNLNSL - TFTC (Find #143)

06-05-2010 - 1 out of 1

Feeling a little inspired by my last TB run, I sought out another TB...  (I do enjoy moving TB's.)

 

Well, in honor of Caching buddy AtHomeDaddy, I found a cache with a TB called Texas Bound 2 (TB2JX5Q).

 

While I was able to find the cache itself, Texas Bound 2 was missing in action.

 

Spring Lake Boundry (GC1TJWB)

#1 on a 1 out of 1 geo-mission. Sadly, I have to report the cache is SOAKED... Bits of paper inside... Soaked, The Geocaching explanation sheet soaked... Scraps of soaked orange bits of paper.. and the log (even inside the bag) soaked almost beyond usability. I did not have a new log with me, (I usually carry one) otherwise I would have dropped one in there for ya... Sorry. And TFTC anyway!!

06-05-2010 - Travel Bug Run

Having had little time for Caching as of late, I went in search of a Travel Bug as a means to try and "inspire" me into finding some time for caching.

Passing by this cache every day - the GC1VBYR - CLOSE TO PURRKINS cache was already on my found list - but I noticed it contained a new TB.  A previously located cache, with a new TB in it was JUST what the doctor ordered.

I retrieved the TB15DP8 - GOPHER travel bug. 

05-02-2010 - 2 out of 2!

Just a quick couple of P&G caches today while on break...

 

Autumn and Lily's Cache by Kittycatgato and Geo Sasha (GC1Z1ZE)

#1 on a 2 out of 2 "Lunch Break" cacherun. TNLNSL - TFTC!! (Find #139)

 

Tick Tock! by firepower (GC2528N)

#2 on a 2 out of 2 "Lunch Break" cacherun. TNLNSL - TFTC!! (Find #140)

04-29-2010 - 1 out of 1

Father-of-five found Dino Turtle Lives!

After today's lunchbreak "cachebust" - I had to try for one more... This one was on my way home, and after a nice email exchange with the owner! (find #138)

TNLNSL - Thanks Good Neighbors!!!

04-29-10 - 0 out of 2

Father-of-five couldn't find "B" is for Bloomington

#1 on a 0 out of 2 lunch break "cachebust".... Add me to the list...

I am having a horrorific early season this year.... Blech!!

 

Father-of-five couldn't find Another B.I.G. Cache

#2 on a 0 out of 2 lunch break "cachebust"....

As I was scurrying around in the woods - a B.I.G. employee shouted down to me... "Are you one of those GPS guys looking for stuff in the woods from that webpage?" "Yes", I said expecting the police to show up any moment... "You are pretty close then! I saw a couple of other guys down there last year, and that's about where they were."

Helpful!! How cool! So I continued upon my quest - but my GPSr was bouncing ALL OVER the place - I was wandering in about a 30' circle - back and forth... Alas, due to my time constraints (lunch break almost over) - I had to leave without the find...

I am having a horrorific early season this year.... Blech!!

04 /23 & 24/2010 - 5 out of 9

Father-of-five found arbol de la cache (#133)

#1 on a 5 out of 9 weekend. TNLNSL. TFTC!

 

Father-of-five posted a note for Mille Lacs Albino Deer Cache

#2 on a 5 out of 9 weekend.

I was almost there, but the "muggle" traffic in and around the cache made me walk alway.

Maybe next time!

Father-of-five couldn't find Superman: Man of Steel

#3 on a 5 out of 9 weekend. Maybe next time!

Father-of-five couldn't find Even More Seagull Poop

#4 on a 5 out of 9 weekend. Maybe next time!

Father-of-five couldn't find Hickory Lake PWA

#5 on a 5 out of 9 weekend. Maybe next time!

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By this time, and all these DNF’s – I was getting a bit frustrated. 

I was about to “throw in the towel for the day, but I did not want to end on a DNF – I decided to try for one more!

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Father-of-five found Puma Cache (#134)

#6 on a 5 out of 9 weekend.

Cache was out in the open - very easy to see.

I placed it back in what I thought was the "Beacon" and camouflaged it a bit!

TNLNSL! TFTC!

 

Father-of-five found Remains of the Andy Gibson (#135)

#7 on a 5 out of 9 weekend. TNLNSL - TFTC!

Father-of-five found Whomping Willow (#136)

#8 on a 5 out of 9 weekend.

TNLNSL - TFTC!

(P.S. Owner, there is a portion of the cache container that has broken away at the bottom - revealing a "quarter sized" hole.. FYI.)

 

Father-of-five found Fathers and Brothers (#137)

#9 on a 5 out of 9 weekend.

Slipped in the mud, and slid through the mud on this cache.

What a MESS!!

I think I'm going to be sore in the morning!!

TNLNSL - TFTC!

04-22-10 - 2 out of 2

I'm making a run to "Best Bud Ed's" cabin to help him put in the dock for the season.  I had hoped to nab a couple of TB's to give them some extra milage...  I was in a hurry and on a bit of a time crunch, so I located a cache with a TB that would be a quick and easy find.

GC21GFD - Park & Grab (Or Not)
#1 on a 2 out of 2 day! TFTC!

GC25DD7 - Ruins of Repossessed Dreams
#2 on a 2 out of 2 day! I picked this cache specifically for the AMTG Virtual Stars and Stripes GC TB that is listed as being inside the cache (heading up on a road trip tomorrow... Thought I could help someone log some miles!) Alas, I did not see the coin... TNLNSL - TFTC!

04-05-2010 - 2 out of 2

Today I had the girls with me (the boys were back in school, while the girls were not).  We headed out to find the two new caches in town!

 

GC25CH3 – Torie’s Cache

#1 on a 2 out of 2 day for us! I had child #4 and child #5 with me today! Gorgeous day! What a delightful spot! TFTC!

(Find #129)

 

 

 

 

 

GC25CH3 – Jon’s Cache

#2 on a 2 out of two day for us! I had child #4 and child #5 with me today! Gorgeous day! We went for our find, and decided there were too many muggles around. Came back after running some errands, and found a few less - so we went for the find! TFTC!

(Find #130)

A Funny Geo-Caching Story.

This is a story about the (archived) GC20MHJ - H Wadsworth cache.

 

I am a 911-Police-Fire dispatcher.

Yesterday we got a call of a suspicious person hanging around the Cedar Av Freeway near 87th & Longfellow putting an "object" in a tree.  We were told that it looked like the guy was strapping an "explosive" to a tree near the freeway.

While PD was "en-route" I sent them a message to their squad car computers that it sounded like he was hiding a "GeoCache" - I (of course) teasingly was called a geek, etc...   But when the arrived and located said "device" and confirmed it was a "GeoCache".  (The Street Sgt even admitted to never having heard of "Geocaching" before.)

I had assumed this person was hiding a NEW cache (as opposed to finding an existing cache).  Seeing an opportunity for (my first) FTF, I signed off for "Break" and jumped into my car - thinking I had a chance at finding a new (and likely unpublished) cache!

As I stepped out of the office, I thought to myself that maybe I should check geocaching.com to see if it was a preexisting cache or a new unpublished - but I took my chances and headed out (without checking - and without my GPS)

By the time I arrived, PD/FD had cleared.  With the snow on the ground, I started off searching for fresh tracks in the snow.  I located the tracks (and what looked like a decent hide) but could not find anything...

I sulked back to my car (thinking for sure that I just ran out of luck) when one of the Fire Chiefs pulled up and yelled out his window to me that it wasn't there anymore...  The officers and Fire Chief had removed the cache while I was enroute.

DANG!  I missed that opportunity!

That was until I got back to work and checked Geocaching.com (which I should have done in the first place)... It has been around since 11-09 and found 26 times prior... it was a cacher LOCATING the cache (not hiding it like I suspected).

I retrieved the cache and contents from the officer that recovered it - with the promise that I would attempt to return the cache to the owner. 

 

A message has been sent.

02-19-2010 - 4 out of 14

Yup... I only got FOUR out of FOURTEEN....

We were in Illinois visiting family - and I took an afternoon off to go out and do some GeoCaching.  I had downloaded over 40 caches into the GPS - and was hoping to hit a LARGE number of them.  Once I set out, and started looking - I ran into problems with snow cover, and the placement of a large number of the caches - which seemed to be in open areas around public spots - that sure made me feel like I would be seen as some "suspicious person", and perhaps draw some unwanted or unneeded attention to myself...

Here is what I DID find... (with one exception)

GC1DY65 - Indian Bluff (Find #125)
This is my first "Interstate" find! I was in town visiting family, and HAD TO take some time out for GeoCaching! Dropped a TB! TFTC!  I dropped TB2K66K - Cub Scouts pk 281 Den 2 in this cache.

On a side note to this cache, I did get a very nice email from the owner of this cache, asking me about the condition I found it in, and wishing me a safe journey home... Very nice!

GCJXK6 - Sinnissippi Park Cache (Find #126)
In town visiting family and took some time for some GeoCaching! TNLNSL - TFTC!

GC1H0V5 - Wild Rose

DNF (The only one I logged.  I checked for this one for a while..) In town visiting family and took some time for some GeoCaching! GZ on my GPS put me in the middle of several good possibilities - but with the snow cover - I did not have much luck... Maybe next time I'm in Illinois! Thanks Anyway!

 

GC1BA4M - Halo Guards (Find #127)

In town visiting family and took some time for some GeoCaching! TNLNSL - TFTC!

 

GC1BA57 - Hut's Up (Find #128)

In town visiting family and took some time for some GeoCaching! TNLNSL - TFTC!

 

 

11-27-2010 - 1 out of 1

Robin's Creek Wetlands - GC1YNJY

Coordinates were spot on... and a good thing too! A fresh blanket of snow would have made finding this cache VERY difficult! Thankfully there was a teeny bit of "geo beacon" sticking out of the snow TNLNSL - TFTC!!

01-11-2010 – 4 out of 5

Handy – GC17K0H
#1 on a 4 out of 5 day. Nice quick P-n-G! As PA-20 mentioned, the log is pretty full - I added a bit of lined paper to the log that should keep it goin' for a bit! TFTC!

Lakeville Timbercrest PnG – SKSC – GC21FEP
#2 on a 4 out of 5 day. When it's cold, wet, and generally yucky out - these P-n-G's keep me a-cachin'! TFTC!!

Family Friendly Find - GC1VF9Y
#3 on a 4 out of 5 day. Thanks for the "Family Friendly" cache!! Unfortunately, today I was cachin' solo... Swapped TB's. TFTC!!  I dropped Team Happy Face – Renee (TBM0FM) at Family Friendly Find – an picked up Cub Scouts pk 281 Den 2 (TB2K66K) from Family Friendly Find cache.

Lakeville Park and Ride - GC1Z4PM
#4 on a 4 out of 5 day. When the weather is as cold, wet, and icky as it was, these P-n-G's keep me a-cachin' !! TFTC!!

Let's Go - GC18Y4V
#5 on a 4 out of 5 day - this was the DNF... IN MY DEFENSE... I was running late, and I did not give it the attention it deserved... I shop Fleet Farm enough. I'll be back!! TFTC!