tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55768151428537486252012-02-15T22:48:29.142-08:00We are obsessed geocachers! We have had many new and exciting adventures while searching for various size containers hidden in obscure spots around the country. These are the stories of our adventures! Read and enjoy!Lindanoreply@blogger.comBlogger771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-77284114551557606272011-09-22T20:08:00.001-07:002011-09-22T20:08:33.664-07:00

Where's the dust? Where's the blue jeep! How will we find our way? What if something happens to us? Where are we? When can we do this again? All questions we asked ourselves today on our first 4-wheeling trip since my sister was diagnosed with her fatal disease. It was a sad trip but it was a good trip. We learned that we didn't have to stop doing something we enjoyed just because we didn't

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-84572215662785581522011-08-27T17:29:00.000-07:002011-08-27T19:47:31.861-07:00

Aaaahhhh! Wonderful day! We headed down to Rancho Seco Park for some geo-kayaking. We had the whole place almost to ourselves. We counted two fishermen and one family at the picnic area. They are behaved and did not interfere with our time on the water. Our goal was to find 6 caches. One of them would give us a square on the California Fizzy Challenge. We were successful in finding all the

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-62301827842674145962011-08-12T18:56:00.001-07:002011-08-12T18:56:49.306-07:00

I have a cold. My nose has been running non-stop. I told my son I wouldn't catch his cold! HAH!!! I was supposed to be on a bike ride today. it is impossible to ride and blow my nose at the same time--I'm not one of those no hands riders. Plus, where would I put the box of Kleenex? The problem was solved when we decided to go geocaching! With my Kleenex box and my package of antibacterial

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-12373246187964729392011-08-11T17:05:00.001-07:002011-08-11T17:05:55.542-07:00

A few days ago we traveled to San Francisco to concentrate on finding all the virtual geocaches there. We found close to 20 (there were some earthcaches thrown in for good measure). What a day!We saw sights we had never seen before and we have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding communities all our lives. Treasure Island, for example. We can now say we have been on Treasure Island

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-62906526093396758442011-07-28T19:44:00.001-07:002011-07-29T06:34:30.613-07:00

Sadly, it has come to an end. But, what fun we had and what memories we will carry with us!We were out on the lake early this AM. The lake was like glass and we just wanted to sit there and take it all in. We leisurely paddled down to Gary H's favorite fishing hole and watched him try to reel in a gigantic trout. It was a nice one! Unfortunately, it will only be a figment of our imaginations as

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-29133550854234566192011-07-28T16:47:00.001-07:002011-07-28T22:32:37.784-07:00

Up early and out on the lake! Beautiful! Almost as smooth as glass. The mist was drifting off the lake in the morning sun, creating a feeling of intrigue. One swish of the paddle and the kayaks slid along the water leaving a small ripple in their path. It was quiet and you could hear the call of the birds in the distance.We headed down the lake, following the shoreline. Our eyes were searching

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-44619483595545733222011-07-28T16:22:00.001-07:002011-07-28T19:52:08.388-07:00

We were all responsible for one community meal. Our meal was breakfast this AM. Of course, we opted for pancakes (blueberry), bacon, smokey links, and a variety of fruit. In keeping with the spirit, Vicky brought her bottle of wine with a fun label: Pancake wine! It fit right in. We opted to save it for later, but we did enjoy mimosas with our pancakes.After breakfast we went kayaking on the lake

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-79748536257565600952011-07-28T15:00:00.001-07:002011-07-28T19:52:30.481-07:00

The great camping adventure actually started last week with the planning/packing part. I know we used to have one of every necessary camping item . It must be somewhere, but where! I give up. Guess we will have to buy one and add it to our collection wherever it may be.The car is packed and we are ready to go. The plan is to meet at Awful Annie's in Lincoln and caravan from there. So far so good

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-25650125462523485832011-07-25T06:45:00.000-07:002011-07-25T06:55:17.940-07:00

It has been a while. Is it time to retire our limited art of blogging or is it time to start describing our activities again? We are doing so many more things since we first started geocaching but we seem to be geocaching less. Our emphasis has changed. Numbers are no longer important. What is important is to enjoy whatever it is you are doing. Walk a little slower along the trail between

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-32378078732927039082009-04-18T18:56:00.001-07:002009-04-18T19:08:51.787-07:00

It was such a beautiful day and we hadn't had an opportunity to geocache in a bit so we really only had one choice today. Where should we go? We decided to make a road trip up to Lincoln, over to Newcastle, down through Rocklin and back to Roseville. Along the way we met mama and papa goose and their four little goslings. We met the family in stages: mama and papa first as they walked

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-12789495172741468752009-01-31T16:35:00.000-08:002009-02-28T19:51:09.766-08:00

Cynthia and Mike have made several visits down our way so it was time to drive up to Reno. We took our time and geocached along the way. We didn’t encounter any spectacular caches that you would write home about, but we did trek through the snow to one. (We were wishing we had snowshoes, but we made it to the cache). We also found a multi that Team Alamo (the California cacher with the

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-19235051336451084262008-12-07T09:20:00.000-08:002008-12-07T19:37:41.915-08:00

Genealogy and Geocaching! We have spent a lot of time in cemeteries while geocaching. We wander through and read the inscriptions and actually learn a great deal about the area. The markers give us information on families, on time frames for serious disease, on dates the area was established, on the wealth of the area during the early days (elaborate markers), on custom changes as relate

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-77759716873336742982008-11-15T17:35:00.000-08:002008-12-01T08:19:34.447-08:00

It was bound to happen! Geo-Jeeper reached a major milestone after leaving us in the dust! We brought them in to the world of Geocaching and managed to stay ahead of them most of the time. Today they found cache #7000 and we are still a couple of hundred behind them.We had received a recommendation from 2Dee2Dee that we should go to Benicia to do some caching. We thought it was a great

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-11567421497375767032008-10-25T08:24:00.000-07:002008-10-27T17:23:40.601-07:00

October 25, 2008: It’s been a while since we have posted any of our geocaching experiences. We have certainly been looking for caches all this time, I just haven’t written about anything. Today we are off to cache in Grass Valley and Nevada City. Cynthia & Mike (Geo-Jeeper) are joining us. It should be an adventuresome day. We never know what we might encounter in this area. PO and

Lindanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-82384048212642581232008-09-03T18:10:00.001-07:002008-09-03T18:10:54.191-07:00

It has been a while since we have been able to do much in the way of geocaching. Larry's hip has been out of commission for a bit and our activities have been restricted. At the same time, Mike (Geo-Jeeper) has been having problems with his back. Fortunately, Cynthia (Geojeepette) was willing to make the drive from Reno to Roseville so she and I have been able to geocache a couple of

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-51252445929053956742008-06-10T10:29:00.001-07:002008-06-10T16:53:27.546-07:00

We were in Nevada this weekend. We arrived late afternoon Thursday and headed home today. Our goal for the weekend was to find 6000 caches. Actually, our goal was not just to find them, but to find #6000 at the same time Geo-Jeeper found #6000. We brought them into the geocaching world and it seemed fitting that our numbers meet at some point for an important find.Before we could get to 6000

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-54434398965826578722008-05-08T11:29:00.000-07:002008-05-10T18:56:42.445-07:00

We are headed to Oregon/Washington to attend the graduation of one of our daughters. She is getting an AA degree and plans to continue with her schooling to get a BA and eventually a Masters in Education. We will be rooting for her the entire way.Naturally, we just don’t drive somewhere any more. We always have to stop and pick up a couple of caches. Today we will be checking out the Hwy

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-1118750749064218552008-04-20T20:07:00.000-07:002008-04-20T21:02:33.884-07:00

We actually slept in this morning. Well, sort of. We didn’t need to leave until 8:00 so we figured we could sleep in a little and enjoy the morning. Unfortunately, my body didn’t cooperate and I was up at 5:00. I managed to get lots of things done while I waited for the others.At 8:00 AM promptly, we headed to Folsom for the second day in a row. We were bound and determined we were going

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-54628810113984512782008-04-06T22:20:00.000-07:002008-04-08T16:20:54.968-07:00

It was raining! Ok, it was a heavy mist. I think it is semantics! The weather report says we would have occasional showers. Right now it is more than occasional. Fortunately, Raley’s was open and had ponchos, hats and gloves! We stocked up for the hike to the cache. We were not going to let anything get in our way of finding this particular cache.We did see occasional blue patches in

Lindanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-25669481972779850422008-04-05T22:14:00.000-07:002008-04-08T16:42:07.275-07:00

Time to get on the road and head to the Sonoma 2008 Georally. Since we were in Ukiah, we had about an hour and a half to the start of the rally. We did manage to grab one cache in Ukiah that was just down the road from our hotel. We figured we needed to start the day off right to give us incentive.It has been a while since we have been in this part of the state. We were surprised to see so

Lindanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-68787929798685569492008-04-04T21:54:00.000-07:002008-04-08T16:37:59.745-07:00

It’s great to be out geocaching! What more can I say? It has been too long and we really needed to get out and about! We were on another great adventure with Geo-Jeeper (Cynthia & Mike) Friday, April 4, we drove up the coast along Highway 1. We are bound and determined to complete the Northern California Delorme Challenge this year. It was a beautiful day to drive along the coast and

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-75793639441356881122008-01-08T07:48:00.000-08:002008-01-08T15:42:17.262-08:00

We woke up this morning intending to spend a little relaxing time before heading over the Sierras. The wind was howling and the weather person indicated there might be snow showers today. We checked the road conditions and everything was clear at the moment. We decided not to wait so we hurriedly packed our stuff and headed for home. We didn’t really see it last night, but Reno is covered

Lindanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-24412947332445651572008-01-07T09:23:00.000-08:002008-01-08T15:12:39.697-08:00

Wouldn’t you know it! We are leaving Las Vegas and the sun is shining. Yes, it is still a tad chilly, but that isn’t expected to last for long. They are predicting temperatures in the 60’s next weekend. We won’t know whether the weather person is accurate or not as we won’t be here!We are on our way back to Reno and expect to pick up a few caches along the route. We can no longer just drive

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-87472256137408793902008-01-06T10:13:00.000-08:002008-01-08T15:43:08.064-08:00

We started the day with breakfast at Whole Foods Market because they had free wifi internet access! We were finally able to post our caches from yesterday! That was the last time we were warm for a while. OK, we were warm while in the car, but we kept getting out to find caches during the day and we froze our ....... off! It was an interesting day. The sun really was shining but the

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-17188542627156390552008-01-05T09:59:00.000-08:002008-01-08T14:36:39.137-08:00

I now understand why what goes on in Vegas stays in Vegas. It’s because you can’t get anywhere and if you do, you may never find your way back! We left the hotel at 7 and headed for Starbucks where we could get good coffee and access to the internet. Once we were back on the road, we couldn’t get where we needed to go because of the gated communities and the streets that didn’t go through.

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-86758225016939459012008-01-04T08:14:00.000-08:002008-01-08T14:23:02.477-08:00

Much ado about nothing? Actually it was something but we didn’t accomplish much before we had to stop and start again. After packing the car and getting in and out several times to adjust layers and the electronic equipment (computers and our receivers), we started out at 7:00 AM (or a little before) and headed for MacDonalds for breakfast. Even with the Nevada laws, that appears to be

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-50444921681004936562008-01-03T19:04:00.000-08:002008-01-03T20:09:25.920-08:00

OK, so we didn’t leave early this AM. In fact, we didn’t leave on time either! Unfortunately, I missed the photo op to show you why we didn’t leave on time. The Rambo living room was piled high with luggage and we had to stuff it all in the back of their Sequoia! There are only four of us, but since it is winter we needed extra layers and extra suitcases to hold the extra layers. And then,

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-52946912905439605342007-10-19T07:46:00.000-07:002007-10-22T15:13:59.026-07:00

We have been to Nevada many times and each time we see something a little different. The fall season has arrived and it brought with it the beautiful yellows--no reds, just yellows. The leaves of the few trees we passed were turning yellow as befitting the fall season, yet we found areas where the sage was in full bloom with yellow flowers as if it were spring. Of course the barren hills didn’

Lindanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-73460563436341112082007-09-03T08:59:00.000-07:002007-09-03T17:54:40.765-07:00

Today we decided to tackle the back roads again, but this time we concentrated on the east side of Hwy 65. We had a great time, but we did leave a lot of blood along the trail. Normally, we leave a little here and there, but today we left a lot almost from the beginning. Poor Larry (L1), he really suffered in our quest to reach 4700.We started the day at 7:30 AM. Our first stop was just

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-10383418102049040522007-09-02T11:26:00.000-07:002007-09-02T20:44:23.838-07:00

Today we followed the back roads from our house to Wheatland. The logical route would have been up HWY 65 but we chose to take the longer route via the back roads which took us through parts of Placer, Sutter, and Yuba counties. We passed some interesting spots as we traveled roads we had not been on before. We passed open fields, creeks, canals, rivers, and lots and lots of walnut orchards.

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-53627259901490810612007-09-01T20:32:00.000-07:002007-09-02T20:17:44.519-07:00

It's been a while since I posted any geocaching adventures. Unfortunately, I still don't have any exciting adventures but I can tell you about our day spent geocaching in Elk Grove. Ann (Imawahl) and another caching friend, Don (Dstoye), went with us.We left early this AM and returned home around 6:30 PM. We were a little shy of a 12 hour day, but we managed to find 44 caches. We covered the

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-291424255700856482007-08-19T22:00:00.000-07:002007-08-20T15:52:57.200-07:00

We (Geo-Jeeper and L2--Larry is still in Utah) started the day intending to go for the numbers. We were sure we could get 50! Afterall, with all the end of the road caches, it should be an easy day.It didn’t quite turn out that way. We started in Woodbridge to grab a couple we had missed on previous trips. We knew we would have a short walk, but it turned out to be longer than that

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-44593578129454586322007-08-19T21:56:00.000-07:002007-09-02T20:33:06.579-07:00

Geocaching has given us many moments of new and exciting adventures. Yesterday was no exception.Larry is out of town, but I didn’t let that stop me. I teamed up with Geo-Jeeper (Cynthia & Mike), dstoye (Don) and imawahl (Ann) and headed for the Oroville area. The weather was nice, the traffic was pretty light, and the whole day was loads of fun. We started caching just a little ways north of

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-31150120733482034552007-07-31T17:36:00.000-07:002007-07-31T18:23:21.617-07:00

Our Golden Retriever is sick! She has been sick for over a month. In fact, she has been sick since a couple of days after we returned from a trip that included a bumpy ride along the route of the 2007 GBES Rally (see story below) and a journey to Utah and Wyoming! She has been bed ridden in the garage since we discovered transmission fluid all over the garage floor!Today was the first day

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-811476952973726172007-07-16T21:58:00.000-07:002007-07-16T22:38:42.612-07:00

Ann(imawahl), Larry, and I went geocaching on Sunday. It was quite a day, but we didn't get any pictures!We started the day on our bikes. We met up with Ann's bike group (including 2 brand new geocachers) and rode to Woodcreek Oaks Golf Course for breakfast. The bike ride was over 12 miles and Ann and the other new cachers found a couple of caches both coming and going! We were pretty worn

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-16210765177800646972007-07-08T15:14:00.000-07:002007-07-08T15:39:46.690-07:00

But wait! Wasn’t our destination Tremonton, Utah? It certainly was, and we got there but we just couldn't resist the temptation. We arrived in Tremonton on Monday after a lengthy drive (including geocaching) from Reno. We spent a good part of our visit chatting with family. We did take a break occasionally to run to the store and pick up a few geocaches along the way. We justify the

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-84645357021671069742007-07-02T21:52:00.000-07:002007-07-08T14:41:58.195-07:00

We just spent the last weekend (June 30 & July 1, 2007) running the 2007 GBES Rally Route. We covered a lot of territory and all I can remember was that is was “way rocky”! Actually, the first day was the rockiest and we spent so much time bouncing around, I couldn’t do a thing with the computer except hold on to it! So, check out Geojeepers blog to get the more exciting version! The

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-48233258098287351302007-06-27T18:15:00.000-07:002007-06-27T18:38:12.240-07:00

Today we took some new geocachers out to find some caches. We decided to walk the bike trail in various parts of Miner's Ravine and see what they could find. Hopefully, they would see several types of containers and hide locations that would prepare them for the great world of geocaching.The new cachers are our neighbor (imawahl), her son (Skiritai72) and her three grandchildren (they were

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-61591248698112215102007-06-03T06:46:00.000-07:002007-06-05T06:03:09.488-07:00

I can’t believe it, we actually left Cynthia & Mike’s house before our projected departure time of 7:00 AM. True, it was only by 20 minutes, but 20 minutes is 20 minutes. Besides, we had to make our traditional stop at Starbucks. By the time we had our coffee in hand, it was still before 7 and we were on our way to Tahoe. We headed out via the Mt. Rose Highway. Up, Up, Up we went. Round,

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-85453783943528164252007-06-02T10:03:00.000-07:002007-06-02T19:54:08.876-07:00

We relaxed today. The “boys” got to sleep in while the “girls” rushed out to get a First To Find Cache. We pulled up and spotted two suspicious looking characters. They turned out to be AppleJohn (from the Tahoe area) and Randallh from Reno. AppleJohn had already signed the log and returned the cache to its hiding place. The rest of us finally got around to finding the cache after we chatted

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-46216159957111601962007-06-01T07:15:00.000-07:002007-06-01T22:01:48.111-07:00

It's another day and another trip to find caches in various quads in Northeastern California. 7:00 AM was our (Cynthia, Mike, Larry and Me )projected start time. The first time we left it was 6:54 AM. The second and final time we left it was exactly 7:00 AM. I do believe this was the first time we ever actually started one of our trips on time! But, we had to make our first stop at Starbucks

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-3985433580904470272007-05-31T19:29:00.000-07:002007-05-31T19:48:00.908-07:00

We are on the road again. This time to pick up the quads in the Northeastern part of California for the California Delorme Challenge. Today, however, we were driving at a leisurely pace to Reno. We figured there would be plenty of time to find some geocaches along the way. Little did we know that it would also be a Krajovic day for us. (Krajovic is the term we use to describe anything we do

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-26146731722272030822007-05-23T15:25:00.000-07:002007-05-23T15:41:52.002-07:00

That's the name of our new travel bug that we started on its way this morning.We recently learned that the the sister and brother-in-law of one of our very good friends are fellow geocachers. They go by the geo-name of "canuman" and they live in South Carolina. They recently sent a travel bug on it's way to California, specifically, Roseville, CA. If it gets here, we will take our friend over

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-2200646996494217282007-05-21T07:16:00.000-07:002007-05-22T07:26:55.126-07:00

This is the route we took over the last three days. We headed out baseline/Riego, down 99, down 80, across 12, up 37, out 20, up 101, up 199, across 62/140, down 39/139, across 161, down 97, up 5, out 3, back 3, down 5, out 89, across 299, down 5, out 36, back on 36, down 5, up 99, across Riego/baseline and home! We traveled over 2000 miles, found bunches of caches in 5 counties and 20 quads,

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-244850515947643302007-05-20T20:14:00.000-07:002007-05-20T21:58:20.288-07:00

We were so close, we just had to make the trip north to Yreka to pick up a quad for Cynthia & Mike. Sure it was in the opposite direction, but what the hey, we were so close. We didn’t count on running into rain, but we did. Fortunately, it was just sprinkles and stopped as fast as it started--several times. The unfortunate part was that we looked for two caches without success before we

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-14738209208907926512007-05-19T18:40:00.000-07:002007-05-20T05:34:59.930-07:00

It was raining when we got up this morning! How could it rain on our parade? We were supposed to see the ocean and enjoy some spectacular views. Oh well, we couldn’t stop long anyway, so it probably was a good thing it was raining (sprinkling, actually)!We found our first cache in the rain in Eureka! OK, Mike and Larry found our first cache in the mist in Eureka. Cynthia and I stayed in the

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-51198902326332855822007-05-19T06:28:00.000-07:002007-05-20T05:44:37.268-07:00

We headed out with Geo-Jeeper (Cynthia & Mike) sort of early this morning. Unfortunately, the traffic didn’t know we were on a mission and couldn’t stop--even for them! Mike had worked up our route and our agenda. We had a long drive ahead of us if we wanted to get to Eureka by night time.Our first two caches were at a Winery outside of Calistoga. This was a new winery with lots of

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-21843046708514070962007-05-07T23:06:00.000-07:002007-05-07T23:05:06.824-07:00

This map includes our various routes over the past few days. We covered a lot of territory and had loads of fun.

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-4224043522849544562007-05-07T22:59:00.000-07:002007-05-08T11:21:05.902-07:00

We have spend a lot of time on the top of Tufa mounds and today was no exception. We started the day with breakfast at Bruno’s and then drove to our first cache of the day: an ammo can hidden in a crevice at the top of a Tufa “mountain”. Mike and I climbed to the top. Well, Mike climbed to the top and I climbed to just below the top. Mike actually retrieved the cache, but I could see it (

Lindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-41819862711137164412007-05-06T20:53:00.000-07:002007-05-08T10:35:02.525-07:00

Today we (Larry, me, Cynthia & Mike) were headed for Gerlach, Nevada to attend an event honoring additional geocachers who have completed the Nevada Delorme Challenge. We started the day climbing rocks somewhere north off 395. The cache was a new one (Flying Fishes--GC12CNZ). We were able to get fairly close in our jeeps and then we climbed the rocks. We are getting quite proficient at

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-79257939174612030802007-05-05T20:43:00.000-07:002007-05-07T20:46:07.028-07:00

The sun was shining this morning--sort of. There were clouds in the sky--some looking mighty dark, but the weather person says it is going to be warmer today. After yesterday, we didn’t figure a few clouds would deter us from our appointed destination.We (Linda, Larry, Cynthia, & Mike) started the day at a new cache that bugged us all day yesterday. We wanted to go for it but we weren’t sure

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-14396386155285088402007-05-04T19:38:00.000-07:002007-05-04T19:57:27.671-07:00

We awoke to a blanket of snow on the cars, houses and yards in Reno. Fortunately, it did not last as the rain washed it away. It did, however, put a crimp in our geocaching plans for the day!We were supposed to be up in the mountains in our jeep, finding our way down lost roads, across creek beds, and over rocks. Instead, we were picking up some of the “easier” caches in Reno proper and

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-46110539111207000092007-05-03T21:51:00.000-07:002007-05-04T07:46:47.520-07:00

We went from a lovely sunny day in Roseville to this and then to this:The roads were clear in the Sierras, but the trees and the hill sides were covered in snow. This is May!!! It looked like it was winter! We didn’t have much of a winter this year so maybe Mother Nature has decided to make up for it!Once we got into Nevada, we ran into the wind! The fact that we had to climb up a rocky slope

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-32192745891010559432007-04-27T08:05:00.000-07:002007-04-27T09:15:09.503-07:00

"The Spot" is a geocache. It was hidden September 1, 2003 along the meandering creek that parallels Twin Oaks Avenue in Citrus Heights. Larry spent his high school years on the family 10 acre ranch at the other end of Twin Oaks. You can consider this area as his old stomping grounds.We became Geocachers on December 27, 2003 and this cache has been on our list of caches near our home ever since

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-63541533587138082062007-04-25T22:44:00.000-07:002007-04-26T18:02:42.093-07:00

Today was one of those days. We went from “potato” piles, to bike trails, to hill sides, to tree tops. That’s right, tree tops!We were in a park in Rocklin. It is a favorite spot for frisbee golf. Fortunately, it was a quiet time and we only had to dodge two frisbees heading in our direction. Our goal was not to play frisbee golf, but to find a cache hidden somewhere in the park.We had no

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-27545889839735373762007-04-25T20:46:00.000-07:002007-04-25T23:09:20.008-07:00

More specifically, we hate Folsom and Rocklin potatoes!Have you ever filled out a questionnaires where you had to rate how you felt about something? Well, if we were filling out a questionnaire, we would have to say that we strongly dislike Folsom and Rocklin potatoes! Many years ago, miners used dredgers to clean our the rivers to search for gold. As a result, they left many "river rocks"

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-37911820922059536972007-04-24T20:17:00.000-07:002007-05-04T20:29:07.761-07:00

At last! We were in the right place at the right time and we headed for this cache! This cache was originally placed to honor Robbie and his family. Robbie (the family dog) passed away and his family moved to Hawaii. All three were important to the geocaching world in the Sacramento area.Not counting our mentor, DStoye, Al, Pat & Robbie were the first geocachers that we met out in the wild on

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-18206003593475340682007-04-13T20:30:00.000-07:002007-04-26T07:07:35.613-07:00

Sometimes we run across caches that leave us stymied. This was one of those caches. Back on March 11, 2007, we found our way to the location of this geocache (False Bottom GC11259). We spotted it almost immediately and had to give the retrieval process a lot of thought. You see, the cache is a fake champagne bottle suspended quite a ways up in a tree. In order to get credit for finding the

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-61581917944914302912007-04-03T09:05:00.001-07:002007-04-06T15:05:41.094-07:00

Where do I start? This was a trip we will talk about for a very long time. The pictures probably say it all! So, please click on the picture. I have left all of the other wonderful pictures public so you all can see them. They are FANTASTIC!Yesterday, we decided to drive to a cache in the Virginia Mountain Range “just behind” Cynthia & Mike’s (Geo-Jeeper’s) house. It shouldn’t take too

Lindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-82732617566008543202007-04-01T20:43:00.000-07:002007-04-10T07:38:10.451-07:00

We are here in Reno experiencing the “wilds” of Nevada from the “comfort” of our bouncing jeep! We spent Friday driving here and finding a few geocaches along the way. Of course we had to climb a mountain for a couple of caches as soon as we arrived.The big day was actually Saturday, Marcy 31. We left Cynthia & Mike’s house a little before 6:30 AM. Our goal: to find as many geocaches as

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-64720628168988361182006-09-25T10:32:00.000-07:002007-04-02T22:44:36.024-07:00

It was beautiful clear windy cold day, when we started out on our 3K caching adventure on Friday, September 22, 2006. We found 2 caches. Lady Bug Cache (GC2296) was #3000, and Peregrine Lookout (GCR5N3) was #3001. Both were a great part of our day. We jeeped, we hiked, we saw deer, we drove past aspen trees, we froze, we ate dust, we braced ourselves against the wind, we enjoyed

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-30690321228171536412006-08-30T22:05:00.000-07:002007-04-03T20:44:15.072-07:00

We just got back from a weekend in the Reno, NV area. It was great! We found geocaches on both sides of Pyramid Lake and in the mountains around Reno.While geocaching, I climbed hills of tufa with my brother-in-law Mike,got attacked by burrs (the picture does not show the true extent of that nasty burr attack),and stood on top of the world. It was another terrific adventure. I did the

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-280861607956972972006-08-29T22:11:00.000-07:002007-04-02T22:12:29.027-07:00

Laurie and Mark went geocaching with us in the Albany, OR area last Saturday. We were there when they found their 50th cache. Laurie was pretty excited while Mark took it in stride. We had a fun day.

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-10160141475388467732006-08-22T22:13:00.000-07:002007-04-02T22:54:30.971-07:00

Our goal was to drive around Lake Tahoe, find lots of caches and maybe dip our toes in the cold waters of the Lake. Actually. only Addison really wanted to take the dip, but the rest of us planned to be there to record the event.We started early, but after stopping at a couple of local caches, we were a little later than expected so we got home a little later than expected. We also stopped

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-69490045364519883972006-08-21T22:17:00.000-07:002007-04-02T22:24:09.548-07:00

Today was the first day of the rest of their geocaching lives. Yes, Kendriana & Addison have been bitten by the geocaching bug and they have become official members of the geocaching groupies. Let me introduce Sunkwon and AnaXD! They bravely went wherever we led them and found caches galore!We started the morning at our favorite breakfast place: The Original Pancake House. Alas, we

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-38191128132520653862006-07-27T22:26:00.000-07:002007-04-02T22:43:45.510-07:00

. What a blast this was!!! We took our granddaughters with us and we had more fun. We got our feet good and wet, but that was OK--we needed to cool off. The girls actually got to the cache first and logged their find while we were struggling with all the tears! We took lots of pictures and they will remember this adventure for some time. The full explanation: to get to this geocache we had

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-23839159335279436732006-07-25T21:53:00.000-07:002007-04-03T07:13:59.922-07:00

The twins went out geocaching with us today and found some very interesting caches. I could let you think it was real, but, trust me, it isn't!In addition to the rat, we found a cache in a fake lizard, a nerf football, a fake rock, a hole in the fence and several other places. Rebecca and Katelynn loved it. And, they got to log all their caches themselves since they are official

Lindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-38225779458434980562006-06-18T07:19:00.000-07:002007-04-03T07:23:17.277-07:00

The rally is behind us and we are happy. Happy that we finished and happy that we don't have to do this route again!The day rally was a challenge! Actually, the first part was great and lots of fun. It wasn't until we were all hot and tired that we hit the rough stuff.The route took us straight up the the side of a hill in Ricky Canyon. One of the vehicles (a Suzuki Samarai) couldn't

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-8096866060128361132006-06-16T23:24:00.000-07:002007-04-03T07:26:16.247-07:00

Let's see, the rally itself was great fun. We did have a few problems before and during, but we finished and we were still smiling. In fact, Cynthia and I broke into song several times while Mike & Larry rolled their eyes and pretended not to know us!We arrived to check in to discover that one of the rally organizers had failed to show. He had all the routes and waypoints for the rally, plus

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-26494862314088327562006-06-16T07:27:00.000-07:002007-04-03T07:27:41.371-07:00

Today we head out on another geocaching adventure. We will be in Nevada, more specifically, Gardnerville and Minden. The event will take place over the next two days.This evening we will participate in the night rally. It will last about 2 hours. We will be driving a specific course within a specific time limit and grabbing caches along the way. Mike is our driver, Cynthia is our cache

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-10807030842292317222006-05-20T22:30:00.000-07:002007-04-03T07:33:44.564-07:00

We spent Friday geocaching with Cynthia & Mike on Peavine Mountain just outside of Reno, NV. The weather wasn't always so great, but the mountain was showing us its splender.The drive around the mountain was spectacular for its flowers and its views. We managed some pictures of the views, but somehow missed the flowers.We discovered new accessible jeep trails and old blocked trails we were

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-2009465811887062252006-05-06T19:35:00.000-07:002007-04-03T07:38:27.902-07:00

There is this geocache in Maidu Park in Roseville. It's name is "The Multi-Magic Tree Cache". This cache is a multi-cache with a rating of 5/5. That means there are several stages you have to find in order to get the coordinates for the final stage, but it will not be easy as the terrain is difficult and the cache itself will be difficult to find.We actually found all four of the stages

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-73228605656405252292006-04-24T07:40:00.000-07:002007-04-03T07:50:09.515-07:00

We did it! We found our 2000th Geocache!!We were joined by Don Stoye in our quest. He was the one who originally interested us in Geocaching.We left early in the AM as we wanted to have plenty of time. We were originally headed for an 11 stage cache located in the Spenceville Wilderness Area. We were unable to find the third stage of that devious cache, so after over an hour of searching

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-34125391424302422662006-03-10T18:52:00.000-08:002007-04-03T07:53:13.792-07:00

We admit it! We are obsessed geocachers!The weather folks were predicting rain, thunderstorms, and lots of snow (in the mountains). We were supposed to scout a hike we are leading next week, but we cancelled because of the weather. Instead, we headed out early this morning for Oroville.Yes, it was cold--very cold. Yes, the sky was black. Yes rain was threatening at every moment. But, we did

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-60167023397100715902006-02-26T12:54:00.000-08:002007-04-03T07:57:22.098-07:00

The clouds and wind were moving in, but the cache was only 2.25 miles from our house. It would be a perfect cache to find while riding our bicycles. This would be our very First Bicycle Cache (FBC). Off we went, riding in the bike lane while cars swooshed by much closer than I thought they should be! We made it to the cache without incident and found the little bug (it was a fake

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-76030050009636966452006-02-05T19:59:00.000-08:002007-04-03T08:00:03.188-07:00

Hands down, we prefer geocaching over football. While the rest of the world was supposed to be watching the Super Bowl, we were out geocaching in the Roseville, Antelope, Citrus Heights, Fair Oaks, Orangevale area. As it turned out, there were others not watching football either. We had a little more traffic to deal with than we planned, but we did find 14 fun filled caches. A couple were

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576815142853748625.post-21920244470697851322006-01-13T10:02:00.000-08:002007-04-03T08:09:15.623-07:00

Hurry, she's awake. Let's get her dressed and be off. Who knows, we could get there and be the First To Find (FTF) the cache!!!. Our granddaughter Felicia (almost 2 years) is visiting today and we thought it would be fun to take her out geocaching. As soon as she was awake and dressed, we raced off and found the spot. We were looking high and low when dstoye (another geocacher) walked up.

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