July 15, 2006

A cache blitz in the Central Valley with geekster and vaccine. Why we went into that oven is beyond me. Man was it ever hot!

Keep it Moving: After finding a great hide nearby, I thought this would be an appropriate place to drop a travelling cache. There are plenty of routes headed north here, by both road, rail and water. Keep this cache headed on its way back to Oregon!

Roads' End: I think we did 5 of these end of the road caches today. All slightly different, but every time we had to back-track the way we came. Go figure.

Vines N Roses: Since it was the first one of the day, and nothing was open yet, we attacked the area like nobody's business. Our persistence paid off!

Signs and Wonders: Since it appears that this road travels off to nowhere, I'm not sure I understand the significance of the sign. However, given that this is California, I figure somebody must use it to get from here to there. Thanks for the chance to stretch our legs!

Tracy Triangle #3: HOT today. I nearly burned myself trying to sign the log on a sun-soaked guard-rail. TFTC.

Tracy Triangle #4: Thanks for the smilie!

Car vs. Train: Geekster and I decided that the coordinates had to be off and started checking out the area of interest. Vaccine decided to look at the old logs on his PDA before venturing over. After convincing himself we were right, he pretty much walked right up to it and made the find. I think the heat is affecting my brain!

Tracy Triangle #5: I think we picked a good day to look for this cache! There were only about 6 vacant cars in the lot, and a couple of them were abandoned. TFTC.

Lite UP!: Our three sets of trained eyes knew that the area of interest was a little 'stuffed' in short order. Thanks for the smilie.

Fast Food III: I think vaccine was a little perturbed they didn't carry his favorite brand of smokes at the business adjacent to the cache. This ain't the bay area, buddy. Thanks.

Tracy Triangle #6: 3 parking spots with NO PARKING signs in the middle of nowhere. Fish me a cache! Thanks!

Tracy Triangle #7: Geekster explained to me about the business at this cache. It might be nice to pay your fuel bill once a month...on second thought, that might be quite a shock.

The bridge: Yeah, like vaccine says, the GPSr was kinda squirrelly here. Eventually it settled down and I scooted out there to make the find. TFTC.

The Down Under: I think I might have been the only one in the group with a reach long enough to make the grab. When it was all over, I ended up with grease and spider-webs on my hands, but it was well worth it! A great hide! Thanks!

Don't Panic: What a hoot! Thanks for pointing it out.

Steeeeerike Three!: Not wanting to walk too far, it seemed like we spent more time driving around the area than hunting the cache. Eventually we got it.

Stonebridge: I found it. Spider webs don't bother me.

Woodfield Park: This park appears to be a bowl. Does it fill up with water after it rains a lot? Like vaccine said, I was really careful to put the cache back where it belonged...I think I flipped it over my shoulder as we left. (...just kidding...) TFTC.

A Cache For JerryW: At this cache I'm afraid I was more interested in figuring out what kind of trees were all around. Walnuts right? TFTC.

Paris Piglet of Liberty: Pretty swampy at the cache site today. I think the sprinklers were on a bit too long. With all the little bits and pieces in this cache, we took quite a while putting it back together. TFTC.

Movin' Dirt 2....Caterpiller Inc.: Having lived in IL for a good portion of my life, I always thought that Peoria was where it all started. Thanks for filling me in on some more of the history.

Old Cache Renewed: Thanks for the smilie. That's mjp303 speak for 'I don't remember a single thing about your cache.

Shalom!: Interesting place. Right or wrong, I associate Jewish life with big cities, and so it was quite suprising to find this place out in the middle of nowhere. Thanks for lifting my horizons!

Wishin' I Was Fishin': After scaring off the guppies, we make a quick find. Nicely done! TFTC.

MANNNN-Teca: Yes, the desire to avoid walking further than necessary caused us to drive around quite a bit. Finally we just sucked it up and got the job done. TFTC.

End of the Road #58-Brunswick Road: I felt bad for that horse, tethered to the fence in the blazing sun. I think somebody was hoping he'd eat some of those nasty weeds in the ditch. What the h-e-double toothpicks was winini doing out here at 3:24am for an FTF??? TFTC.

Springtime Park: I cleaned the earwigs out of the cache, and took that little robot/alien figure for my trouble. I liked the way you attached the cache!

Delta College Farm Lab: It seems everyone's got an internship this summer. TFTC.

End of the Road #60-Junction Drive: The heat was really starting to get to us on this one. I wandered around in the hot sun for about 5 minutes too long. Finally geekster put us out of our misery.

End of the Road #61-Old French Camp Road: #61 huh? Does that mean there are at least 60 more? Thank goodness our auto-routing software knew about this one. TFTC.

Stumpy 2: I've never seen a cannon quite like that one! TFTC.

Park View Cemetery: There were a couple of possibilities, and I chose wrong. A solumn place. TFTC.