Totally Buggin': A quick find out of sight from people spending their lunch break in the parking lot. Why don't they get out and take a walk??? Well, at least their sedentary ways made my job easier. Thanks!
Castaway: I knew what it had to be, but still couldn't come up with the goods. Thanks for the stroll and the views though.
The Guy-y Cache: I found the cache partially buried in excavated dirt. Some sort of buried cables are being placed in a trench that runs literally a couple of feet from its hiding place. It suprising to me that the workers didn't notice the cache. I tried to hide it better, but it's still uncomfortably close to the work site.
Redwing: No birds today, but I enjoyed the hike all the same. Thanks!
Cool Cache View: A great view of the bay and planes on approach. I see a lot of the same over in my neighborhood on the other side of the bay, but never tire of it. Thanks!
Oyster Rustler's Point: I enjoyed exploring this stretch of the bay front. It looks like some sort of development is starting up nearby. I'm kind of confused about what the boundries of the park actually are. Thanks!
Cardiac Stretch: Thanks for showing me this great walking trail. Plenty of people out enjoying the mild temperatures on a Friday afternoon. I searched for a while, but the flowers on the bushes have gone to seed, and every time I would poke around in there I'd get a seed bath. Yuck! Still, as others have mentioned, I'm suprised I couldn't spot the cache. Thanks!
CITO Cache - San Leandro: I found the cache just sitting there in the weeds with 3 CITO kits and a damp log book. I tried to hide it better, but given the container's size, it was tough.
Marina Park - Northern Micro: Dogs and their owners, a soccer game, and plenty of people out getting some exercise (including me!). Thanks.
South of Marina Park - Southern Micro: The caches in this park are on my nearest page, so I though I better make the trek accross the bay and check things out. Thanks!
Wonder how you get there?: 3TF. I love the things you see while caching: So, I'm walking along and here comes a small hawk carrying a large rabbit. The rabbit is kicking and squirming like crazy. It's so heavy, and the motions are so vigorous that the hawk can't hang on and stay in the air. So the hawk drops the rabbit...onto the highway. In its fright, the rabbit runs into the tunnel. Five seconds later, I hear a loud WHACK! Talk about going from the frying pan into the fire! Oh, I found the cache too. Thanks.
Friday, October 28, 2005
October 26, 2005
Spooky Spooky Halloween: FTF! 8:32pm I haven't had the urge to go for a FTF for quite some time, but when this one came up, I knew I would probably have to be fast! It was definitely creepy in the dark with plenty of night noises and steep unfamiliar terrain. I was starting to despair, but suddenly there it was. Victory! TFTC.
October 25, 2005
Dead End: I got startled by a couple of muggles out walking their dog, so I palmed the cache and continued on down the street a bit. Nicely done!
Sunday, October 23, 2005
October 23, 2005
BJ's Space Cowgirls: I was expecting to find the cache site quiet and deserted. Wrong! There was a whole bunch of people involved in the space elevator competition milling about accross the way. TFTC.
Charleston Stormpumps: I was out on a caching expedition with my 'pair'. Thanks for the nicely stocked box. We traded, and then played on the rings. TFTC.
Charleston Stormpumps: I was out on a caching expedition with my 'pair'. Thanks for the nicely stocked box. We traded, and then played on the rings. TFTC.
Saturday, October 22, 2005
October 22, 2005
Relax for Awhile #2: A quick find on a late afternoon caching run. TFTC.
Littler House at the Park: Rough, rough, rough, ahhhh...smooth. One of the best parks around, we used to play here all the time before moving further north. TFTC.
Papua New Guinea Grove: A very cool place! It was quite busy on the Farm today: Football and homecoming I think. Thanks.
C or N?: I needed a lifeline, but had it a few minutes after that. How could anyone see the 'C' first? Quite a few cyclists passing by, not a single one walking that bike. TFTC.
Duck!: Very happy to have DNF'd this one the other day. This time I followed WoW...you know what that means: I finally collected one of those sig tokens. TFTC!
Littler House at the Park: Rough, rough, rough, ahhhh...smooth. One of the best parks around, we used to play here all the time before moving further north. TFTC.
Papua New Guinea Grove: A very cool place! It was quite busy on the Farm today: Football and homecoming I think. Thanks.
C or N?: I needed a lifeline, but had it a few minutes after that. How could anyone see the 'C' first? Quite a few cyclists passing by, not a single one walking that bike. TFTC.
Duck!: Very happy to have DNF'd this one the other day. This time I followed WoW...you know what that means: I finally collected one of those sig tokens. TFTC!
Friday, October 21, 2005
October 21, 2005
Heron's Head Park: After aborting an ill-conceived plan to cache in the east bay, I ended up here. (What was I thinking trying to cross the Bay Bridge late on a Friday afternoon???). The place I found was a very pleasant suprise! Upon arrival at the cache site, I interrupted a pair of aspiring artists that were engaged in self-expression on those granite blocks with a sharpie marker. They were curious about my GPSr, and once I explained things, they watched me search a bit. Shortly, the 'drawing' was done, and they departed. I had actually spotted it earlier, but decided not to pull it out until they left. Caches 28; Days 18. TFTC.
CalTrain - 22nd Street: A sooty find. I actually never spotted the train station. TFTC. Caches 27; Days 18.
Houseboat Hangout: Heck, yes, I'd live there! Thanks for the 3 hour...err...15 minute...tour! Caches 26; Days 18.
CalTrain - 22nd Street: A sooty find. I actually never spotted the train station. TFTC. Caches 27; Days 18.
Houseboat Hangout: Heck, yes, I'd live there! Thanks for the 3 hour...err...15 minute...tour! Caches 26; Days 18.
October 19, 2005
Ravenswood Trailhead: Thanks for pointing out this neglected stretch of bayfront. I took a professional interest in the chemical plant nearby. Those are some serious distillation columns! I didn't recognize the name of the company though, so I'm not sure what they're doing. TFTC. Caches: 36; Days: 21.
View with a Bridge: Great hike! RR really was in a hurry to get home last night! I found the cache container in plain sight. Either that or the hide has disturbed someone's home. I did see a few marsh rats on my way out there. The view of the old bridge was very cool. TFTC! Caches: 35; Days 21.
Marsh Catwalk: Guano Gauntlet has been "out-planked"! Thanks for the adventure. I got a chuckle out of your stash note! Perhaps you should mention that removal of this cache is 'subject of civil and criminal prosecution' as well! Caches 34; Days 21.
Baylands Bridge: Approached from an EPA access point, which saved a few tenths. It was a uprisingly busy area. Thanks! Caches 33; Days 21.
(#2) Day St Park: Whew, plenty busy on a late afternoon, so I just marched up to it like it was my business to be there. Same story when I returned it. Thanks for the help getting the adreniline pumping! Caches 32; Days 21.
(#7) Top, Middle, Bottom?: All quiet on the street, but you never know who might be watching out of one those windows. Think I'm a little paranoid? Caches 31; Days 21.
(#6) Rest Stop on the Hill: I had to wait for an extremely tired pedestrian who took several breaks on the way up. Completely understandable! After that, it was a quick score. Left a TB. TFTC. Caches 30; days 21.
Little Road in Town: Lots of construction going on nearby. TFTC. Caches 29; Days 21.
View with a Bridge: Great hike! RR really was in a hurry to get home last night! I found the cache container in plain sight. Either that or the hide has disturbed someone's home. I did see a few marsh rats on my way out there. The view of the old bridge was very cool. TFTC! Caches: 35; Days 21.
Marsh Catwalk: Guano Gauntlet has been "out-planked"! Thanks for the adventure. I got a chuckle out of your stash note! Perhaps you should mention that removal of this cache is 'subject of civil and criminal prosecution' as well! Caches 34; Days 21.
Baylands Bridge: Approached from an EPA access point, which saved a few tenths. It was a uprisingly busy area. Thanks! Caches 33; Days 21.
(#2) Day St Park: Whew, plenty busy on a late afternoon, so I just marched up to it like it was my business to be there. Same story when I returned it. Thanks for the help getting the adreniline pumping! Caches 32; Days 21.
(#7) Top, Middle, Bottom?: All quiet on the street, but you never know who might be watching out of one those windows. Think I'm a little paranoid? Caches 31; Days 21.
(#6) Rest Stop on the Hill: I had to wait for an extremely tired pedestrian who took several breaks on the way up. Completely understandable! After that, it was a quick score. Left a TB. TFTC. Caches 30; days 21.
Little Road in Town: Lots of construction going on nearby. TFTC. Caches 29; Days 21.
October 17, 2005
Nannarone: I stopped by after work: One team was practicing, and several people were jogging on the level path around the field. Very nice. TFTC.
Sunday, October 16, 2005
October 15, 2005
ANX: The Angle of Eternity: What a great afternoon for a group caching trek! A group effort all the way; we started slow, but picked up steam as the puzzles unfolded.
Stage 1: Boulter said the answer was right under his nose; for us, it was just above mine. The level of our confusion was nicely illustrated by both craw, who was looking for inspiration in paint flecks, and vaccine, who figured that bird poop meant something significant.
Stage 2: In theme and nicely done. It wasn't long before a pattern emerged though.
Stage 3: I had to snicker a bit at bthomas and vaccine who were way off in the bushes somewhere when craw, burr, and I found the puzzle. It was their insight, though, that led us to a solution.
Stage 4: Plenty of evidence of previous cachers at this spot, and I must admit that we felt obliged to comb over all the same tired spots. As we should have anticipated a lot quicker, the hide was truely unique. As time goes on it won't get any easier. I think craw said it would aquire 'patina'. Indeed.
Stage 5: We fanned out pretty quickly on this one, and as I was contemplating a hike up a pretty steep slope bthomas made the find.
Final: This one reminded me of some sort of reality show contest. You know, the kind where one person shouts instructions to his blind-folded teammates...Lots of confusion, vague gesturing, dozens of opinions and requests. Gradually things came together though, and we had finished the quest.
Back in the car on the way home, we happened to glance at the picture on the cache page, carefully printed out and carried along, but forgotten in the heat of the moment. Hey! that would have been really helpful. It's simply a tribute to this cache, which fit together on so many levels it's truly amazing. Grand fun. Thanks so much for putting it together.
Great Wall of Sanborn: There was this string accross the creek close to the cache. Strange. I thought it might be part of a puzzle cache, but evidently not. Thanks.
328: We walked right past that 'No Pedestrians' sign to get back in the car after finding this cache. Hmmmm... TFTC.
Assume Nothing #2 1/2: When we arrived on scene, there was a kid trying to feed his dollar into the vending machine. It must have been pretty wrinkled, 'cuz he was having trouble. Fortunately, he didn't look around from his work, and we searched while he fed, and fed, and fed, and fed...Eventually it was victory for us and for him! We were happy. He looked relieved. TFTC.
SC- not! - What is wrong with this LC?: I hate it when things like expressways and creeks get in the way. Thanks for the quick score (once we got on scene!).
Excuses, Excuses: Well, not a habenero spicy burn your mouth evil, but more of a tangy mango salsa leave your mouth pleasantly warm evil. Unfortunately, no time for tacos, it's on to the next cache.
Cheap (First Cache): Walking back to the car after spending way too much time on this cache, vaccine read us clownknife's log from his PDA. After hearing about those travails, I definitely have nothing to complain about.
Monsters Could Hide Here: Okay, I freely admit it: I'd thrown in the towel quite a while befor burr found this cache. Nicely done.
My Kind of Town - Campbell: Octoberfest was over for the evening, so it was just us and some food vendors in the distance. We systematically approached the problem, and craw came up with the find. Thanks!
Billy's Box: Getting to it was most of the trouble. First a creek, then an embankment. Fortunately these were only temporary setbacks! TFTC.
Campbell Park Troll: A nice night for a stroll in the park. We looked pretty carefully, the troll must be on vacation.
Airborne: I'm sure the people walking just as we opened the plastic bag with the log in it thought we were doing something quite different than what we actually were. Good place for it too.
Stage 1: Boulter said the answer was right under his nose; for us, it was just above mine. The level of our confusion was nicely illustrated by both craw, who was looking for inspiration in paint flecks, and vaccine, who figured that bird poop meant something significant.
Stage 2: In theme and nicely done. It wasn't long before a pattern emerged though.
Stage 3: I had to snicker a bit at bthomas and vaccine who were way off in the bushes somewhere when craw, burr, and I found the puzzle. It was their insight, though, that led us to a solution.
Stage 4: Plenty of evidence of previous cachers at this spot, and I must admit that we felt obliged to comb over all the same tired spots. As we should have anticipated a lot quicker, the hide was truely unique. As time goes on it won't get any easier. I think craw said it would aquire 'patina'. Indeed.
Stage 5: We fanned out pretty quickly on this one, and as I was contemplating a hike up a pretty steep slope bthomas made the find.
Final: This one reminded me of some sort of reality show contest. You know, the kind where one person shouts instructions to his blind-folded teammates...Lots of confusion, vague gesturing, dozens of opinions and requests. Gradually things came together though, and we had finished the quest.
Back in the car on the way home, we happened to glance at the picture on the cache page, carefully printed out and carried along, but forgotten in the heat of the moment. Hey! that would have been really helpful. It's simply a tribute to this cache, which fit together on so many levels it's truly amazing. Grand fun. Thanks so much for putting it together.
Great Wall of Sanborn: There was this string accross the creek close to the cache. Strange. I thought it might be part of a puzzle cache, but evidently not. Thanks.
328: We walked right past that 'No Pedestrians' sign to get back in the car after finding this cache. Hmmmm... TFTC.
Assume Nothing #2 1/2: When we arrived on scene, there was a kid trying to feed his dollar into the vending machine. It must have been pretty wrinkled, 'cuz he was having trouble. Fortunately, he didn't look around from his work, and we searched while he fed, and fed, and fed, and fed...Eventually it was victory for us and for him! We were happy. He looked relieved. TFTC.
SC- not! - What is wrong with this LC?: I hate it when things like expressways and creeks get in the way. Thanks for the quick score (once we got on scene!).
Excuses, Excuses: Well, not a habenero spicy burn your mouth evil, but more of a tangy mango salsa leave your mouth pleasantly warm evil. Unfortunately, no time for tacos, it's on to the next cache.
Cheap (First Cache): Walking back to the car after spending way too much time on this cache, vaccine read us clownknife's log from his PDA. After hearing about those travails, I definitely have nothing to complain about.
Monsters Could Hide Here: Okay, I freely admit it: I'd thrown in the towel quite a while befor burr found this cache. Nicely done.
My Kind of Town - Campbell: Octoberfest was over for the evening, so it was just us and some food vendors in the distance. We systematically approached the problem, and craw came up with the find. Thanks!
Billy's Box: Getting to it was most of the trouble. First a creek, then an embankment. Fortunately these were only temporary setbacks! TFTC.
Campbell Park Troll: A nice night for a stroll in the park. We looked pretty carefully, the troll must be on vacation.
Airborne: I'm sure the people walking just as we opened the plastic bag with the log in it thought we were doing something quite different than what we actually were. Good place for it too.
October 14, 2005
GeoBeads #9 - Hidden in a Hidden Walkway: This one brought back fun memories of the first walkway cache here. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
GeoBeads #3 – Down the Chute: I thought I checked there the first time. My second pass revealed the goods. TFTC.
Yum: I liked it! Thanks.
Speed Ease: Passing through with a little extra time...TFTC.
GeoBeads #3 – Down the Chute: I thought I checked there the first time. My second pass revealed the goods. TFTC.
Yum: I liked it! Thanks.
Speed Ease: Passing through with a little extra time...TFTC.
October 10, 2005
This Stop: Montara!: 3TF! It was a great day to take the long way home. I particularly enjoyed the view from the final location, and spent a few minutes watching the waves.
Wild Blackberries--Yum!: 2TF!! Minutes behind Vacine...who was nowhere to be seen. I really like this park. Thanks for bringing me back.
Wild Blackberries--Yum!: 2TF!! Minutes behind Vacine...who was nowhere to be seen. I really like this park. Thanks for bringing me back.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
October 6, 2005
Reflect on this: After a moment's reflection (required by the presence of cars, joggers, and a bicyclist), I notched another smilie. Thanks!
Steeple Chase #1: Thanks for pointing out this church! The steeple reminded me of an Egyptian obelisk. Very unique. TFTC.
Shopping for a cache: I hopped out of the car to find this cache and smelled the In-N-Out. Guess where I went next!?! TFTC.
Hardware Alley Cache: Weaving through workers on smoke or coffee breaks, I did my best befuddled and confused acts. For some strange reason, this always seems to embarrass people, and they will look away long enough for me to make a moving grab. I always wonder what they're thinking when I make a second pass to replace the cache, though. Thanks!
Stan Troedson Field: Just me and the groundskeeper. TFTC.
Ow data matches: Thanks for pointing out this path! TNLNSL.
SWAT coated ham: Thanks for the quick hike.
Mao's thawed cat: My turn-around point. TFTC.
Benny Bear: An out-dated pocket query clashed with plump logs and mangled metal while Benny bear looked on aloofly. Thanks!
Steeple Chase #1: Thanks for pointing out this church! The steeple reminded me of an Egyptian obelisk. Very unique. TFTC.
Shopping for a cache: I hopped out of the car to find this cache and smelled the In-N-Out. Guess where I went next!?! TFTC.
Hardware Alley Cache: Weaving through workers on smoke or coffee breaks, I did my best befuddled and confused acts. For some strange reason, this always seems to embarrass people, and they will look away long enough for me to make a moving grab. I always wonder what they're thinking when I make a second pass to replace the cache, though. Thanks!
Stan Troedson Field: Just me and the groundskeeper. TFTC.
Ow data matches: Thanks for pointing out this path! TNLNSL.
SWAT coated ham: Thanks for the quick hike.
Mao's thawed cat: My turn-around point. TFTC.
Benny Bear: An out-dated pocket query clashed with plump logs and mangled metal while Benny bear looked on aloofly. Thanks!
October 3, 2005
Ashen Cache: Heard enough at the un-event to make things click. I'm still not sure how you get a set of unambigous coordinates, but I knew enough about one of my solutions to be pretty sure it was correct. Nicely done. TFTC.
October 1, 2005
Pacific Shores Zoo: I found it around 7:30pm, after dodging the 'Courtesy Patrol'. IIRC, this guy blocks entry to Pacific Shores Center after about 8pm, as a courtesy to the folks who own the place. Finally, since everyone's being so courteous to each other, thanks very much for placing this cache: The fading light over the evaporator ponds was quite nice.
RWC Hills Beacon-Endangered Landmark #2: John, Ted, and I met up with crawburr to find this cache. Clear skies made for excellent views, and after a bit of trading, we continued on up the hill in order to appreciate the full effect. Thanks for replacing the cache!
RWC Hills Beacon-Endangered Landmark #2: John, Ted, and I met up with crawburr to find this cache. Clear skies made for excellent views, and after a bit of trading, we continued on up the hill in order to appreciate the full effect. Thanks for replacing the cache!
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