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!
#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)
#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(my first) FTF, I signed off for "Break" and jumped into my car - thinking I had a chance at finding a new (and likely unpublished) cache!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the office, I thought to myself that maybe I should check geocaching.com to see if it was a preexisting cache or a new unpublished - but I took my chances and headed out (without checking - and without my GPS)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.
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.
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!
In town visiting family and took some time for some GeoCaching! TNLNSL - TFTC!
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!
11-25-09 - 4 out of 4
#1 on a 4 out of 4 day...
THIRD try for me on this one... Now that I found it, I don't see why I could not locate it before... Oh well, glad to scrub a DNF (x2) off my list! TFTC!!
GC1R1T3 - Code Blue
#2 on a 4 out of 4 day...
Cords got me close... It was a matter of checking from there! TFTC!!
GC1WAFX - Little PL Hill
#3 on a 4 out of 4 day...
I made this one a little harder than it needed to be by bushwacking my way to the cache... TFTC!!
GC1CE52 - On the Shores of Antique Auto
#4 on a 4 out of 4 day...
This was a BONUS CACHE!! I loaded up three to hit while my daughter was in sewing class... Those three went so fast that I checked "next closest cache" on the GPS and discovered I was pretty close to this one... Hill was UBER slippery on a cold rainy November day - but it was worth it... (At least going down was, still trying to decide on that trip back UP the hill...)
TNLNSL - TFTC!!
THIRD try for me on this one... Now that I found it, I don't see why I could not locate it before... Oh well, glad to scrub a DNF (x2) off my list! TFTC!!
GC1R1T3 - Code Blue
#2 on a 4 out of 4 day...
Cords got me close... It was a matter of checking from there! TFTC!!
GC1WAFX - Little PL Hill
#3 on a 4 out of 4 day...
I made this one a little harder than it needed to be by bushwacking my way to the cache... TFTC!!
GC1CE52 - On the Shores of Antique Auto
#4 on a 4 out of 4 day...
This was a BONUS CACHE!! I loaded up three to hit while my daughter was in sewing class... Those three went so fast that I checked "next closest cache" on the GPS and discovered I was pretty close to this one... Hill was UBER slippery on a cold rainy November day - but it was worth it... (At least going down was, still trying to decide on that trip back UP the hill...)
TNLNSL - TFTC!!
11-08-09 - 1 for 1
Bug Bag, Coin Purse - GC1E42W
Stopped by on my way home from work this morning..
I had a GeoCoin to drop, and I wanted to swap it out for the alien TB (TB218VE - Zaz the LGM).
First off... I forgot to drop the GeoCoin (I'll swing by later tonight, or tomorrow) and secondly, I did not see Zaz the LGM... I saw what I thought was PART of him lying on the ground. I picked up the piece and brought it home with me... I did grab the other TB (TBM0FM - Team HAPPY FACE - RENEE).
I will examine the area closer for the rest of Zaz when I return to drop the Geocoin - but I am pretty sure I would have seen the TB dog tag in or around the cache... There was no apparent signs of the cache being muggled (everything else (and then some) was still there....
Oh, yeah... I almost forgot... Thankfully I think it's too cold for them anymore - but I came across a basketball sized bee hive hanging in a nearby tree... Pretty cool to look at if nothing else... (Photos (2) attached)
Team HAPPY FACE - RENEE - TBM0FM
I'll see if I can move Renee along!
Zaz the LGM - TB218VE
I cached in search of this little traveler... But alas, when I got to the cache - I could not find him... Before I left though (out of the corner of my eye) I saw a small bit of plastic lying on the ground that looked like was part of Zaz... Since I need to return anyway - I took the piece home (photo attached) and will return tomorrow to drop the geocoin I forgot to drop, and look for the remaining portion of Zaz...
Stopped by on my way home from work this morning..
I had a GeoCoin to drop, and I wanted to swap it out for the alien TB (TB218VE - Zaz the LGM).
First off... I forgot to drop the GeoCoin (I'll swing by later tonight, or tomorrow) and secondly, I did not see Zaz the LGM... I saw what I thought was PART of him lying on the ground. I picked up the piece and brought it home with me... I did grab the other TB (TBM0FM - Team HAPPY FACE - RENEE).
I will examine the area closer for the rest of Zaz when I return to drop the Geocoin - but I am pretty sure I would have seen the TB dog tag in or around the cache... There was no apparent signs of the cache being muggled (everything else (and then some) was still there....
Oh, yeah... I almost forgot... Thankfully I think it's too cold for them anymore - but I came across a basketball sized bee hive hanging in a nearby tree... Pretty cool to look at if nothing else... (Photos (2) attached)
Team HAPPY FACE - RENEE - TBM0FM
I'll see if I can move Renee along!
Zaz the LGM - TB218VE
I cached in search of this little traveler... But alas, when I got to the cache - I could not find him... Before I left though (out of the corner of my eye) I saw a small bit of plastic lying on the ground that looked like was part of Zaz... Since I need to return anyway - I took the piece home (photo attached) and will return tomorrow to drop the geocoin I forgot to drop, and look for the remaining portion of Zaz...
11-07-09 - 2 out of 2
Runnin' Down A Dream - GC1B00V
#1 on a 2 out of 2 morning - on my way home from work.
TNLNSL - TFTC!!
Whats on Second? - GC1YXXM
#2 on a 2 out of 2 morning - on my way home from work.
TFTC!!
#1 on a 2 out of 2 morning - on my way home from work.
TNLNSL - TFTC!!
Whats on Second? - GC1YXXM
#2 on a 2 out of 2 morning - on my way home from work.
TFTC!!
10-31-09 - 2 out of 2 on Halloween!
Today was a great afternoon to nab a couple of caches near home. I was home with child #2 and #3 - so we headed off for a couple of finds, and nab (and drop) a TravelBug or two!
In 35 minutes start to finish, we were able to complete the following...
Ferry Good Landing - GC1Z797
#1 on a 2 out of 2 day with children #2 and #3.
Happy Halloween!!
Dropped TB, Snagged GC!
TFTC!!
#1 on a 2 out of 2 day with children #2 and #3.
Happy Halloween!!
Dropped TB, Snagged GC!
TFTC!!
I dropped Father-of-five's 100th Find! - TB2JANQ Travel Bug off, and grabbed the Geocoin Club September 2009 Geocoin - TB37NQ5 at/from the Ferry Good Landing Cache...
Thoughtful Spot - GC1QQG6
#2 on a 2 out of 2 day with child #2 and #3.
Happy Halloween!!
Dropped a TB.
TFTC!
#2 on a 2 out of 2 day with child #2 and #3.
Happy Halloween!!
Dropped a TB.
TFTC!
I dropped Luke the GPS Junkie - TB11WQP off at the Thoughtful Spot Cache
10-23-09 - 1 find and a GeoCoin
Tweet Tweet - GC1ZE7R
Great find... I even drove past it!
I sought this cache to drop a TB, but alas it was "just a touch" too small... I did grab the GeoCoin - Will move that one along!
TFTC!!
Round Tuit Geocoin - TB1T21H
Quick nab... I'll move it along soon!
Great find... I even drove past it!
I sought this cache to drop a TB, but alas it was "just a touch" too small... I did grab the GeoCoin - Will move that one along!
TFTC!!
Round Tuit Geocoin - TB1T21H
Quick nab... I'll move it along soon!
10-26-09 - 3 out of 4
Maxs Dog Dayz of Summer - GC1FWNC
#1 on a 3 out of 4 morning... I used this cache to introduce a good friend "King-of-Clubs" to GeoCaching!
TFTC!
Cirith Ungol - GC123BF
#2 on a 3 out of 4 morning... I had a sneeky suspicion where I would find this one, but had to work my way around a muggle crew of land surveyors... TFTC!
Every Time A Bell Rings... - GC1VKBC
#3 on a 3 out of 4 morning.
Funny, I have lived in Bloomington most of my life, and despite my having taken numerous "suspicious person" 911 calls from this park - I had never actually BEEN to this park before.. It is very nice!
Swapped a GeoCoin for the TravelBug.
TFTC!
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I swapped GeoCoin for a TravelBug at Every Time a Tell Rings...
Dropped Round Tuit GeoCoin
Picked up Luke the GPS Junkie
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Echo Location - GCMXE5
#4 on a 3 out of 4 day, and like the two logs prior - this was my DNF this morning....
Thanks anyway!
Sand Creek at Lions Park - GC1H3EE
Cache has been retrieved... A little maintenance, a new location (sans poison ivy) and Sand Creek at Lions Park should be back on-line!
#1 on a 3 out of 4 morning... I used this cache to introduce a good friend "King-of-Clubs" to GeoCaching!
TFTC!
Cirith Ungol - GC123BF
#2 on a 3 out of 4 morning... I had a sneeky suspicion where I would find this one, but had to work my way around a muggle crew of land surveyors... TFTC!
Every Time A Bell Rings... - GC1VKBC
#3 on a 3 out of 4 morning.
Funny, I have lived in Bloomington most of my life, and despite my having taken numerous "suspicious person" 911 calls from this park - I had never actually BEEN to this park before.. It is very nice!
Swapped a GeoCoin for the TravelBug.
TFTC!
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I swapped GeoCoin for a TravelBug at Every Time a Tell Rings...
Dropped Round Tuit GeoCoin
Picked up Luke the GPS Junkie
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Echo Location - GCMXE5
#4 on a 3 out of 4 day, and like the two logs prior - this was my DNF this morning....
Thanks anyway!
Sand Creek at Lions Park - GC1H3EE
Cache has been retrieved... A little maintenance, a new location (sans poison ivy) and Sand Creek at Lions Park should be back on-line!
10-21-09 - 2 out of 3
Today, we had a road trip to Mankato planned. I had some GeoCaching planned. Mother-Nature had some significant rain planned. Mother-Nature's plans put a bit of a damper on my secondary "GeoCaching" plans, but I WAS able to make one quick stop, and nab 2 out of 3.
Minnesota Valley Rest Area #3 - GCQ4KX
#1 on a 2 out of 3 day. Dropped TB. TFTC!!
The Minnesota River Valley - GC1PPWK
#2 on a 2 out of 3 day. My first "EarthCache" - love it!! I have grown up most of my childhood, and now all of my adult life in / on / or close to the banks of the Minnesota River! (email sent with answers) TFTC!!
I dropped the Roughousing Rick TB off at the Minnesota Valley Rest Area #3 - GCQ4KX
Trail of the Zodiac: Virgo - GCWK3D
#3 on a 2 out of 3 day - this was the DNF...
But, I **WAS** in a hurry, and the ground was muddy and slippery, and my shoes were not "cachin' shoes" (just came from a meeting with my insurance guy), and then, there was that hill... Oh, my there was that hill..
In these shoes, with this mud, in this rain, down (and back up) that hill, and on my timeline... Nope.. Just ain't gonna try it.. I'll have to come back better prepared next time (now that I know what to expect)...
10-14-09 - 2 out of 2
Close to Purrrkins - GC1VBYR
#1 on a 2 out of 2 day.
This was attempt #3 for this cache... The first two were unlogged DNF's (and now I see why).
TNLNSL - TFTC!
Back to the Future: Hyland Lake Park - GC1ME6C
#2 on a 2 out of 2 morning.
What a nice out of the way area... and the cache is chuck-full of goodies!
Took the TB - Signed the log.
TFTC!
Roughhousing Rick - TB2T739 (Travel Bug)
Snapped up this scofflaw who (by his own admittance) is "usually on the run from the law".
I'll TRY to keep him away from the law, and moving along towards his destination... But, ya never know....(wink)
#1 on a 2 out of 2 day.
This was attempt #3 for this cache... The first two were unlogged DNF's (and now I see why).
TNLNSL - TFTC!
Back to the Future: Hyland Lake Park - GC1ME6C
#2 on a 2 out of 2 morning.
What a nice out of the way area... and the cache is chuck-full of goodies!
Took the TB - Signed the log.
TFTC!
Roughhousing Rick - TB2T739 (Travel Bug)
Snapped up this scofflaw who (by his own admittance) is "usually on the run from the law".
I'll TRY to keep him away from the law, and moving along towards his destination... But, ya never know....(wink)
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