L3-Geo Finds #2000

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, we moved on the the NUT MEG'S cache--still in the wilderness area. We were glad we found this one quickly!

We never were more than 3/4 of a mile away from the car as the crow flies, but we walked roughly 5 miles up hill and down hill--mostly up! We had some beautiful views and for such a hike, the weather couldn't have been better--a little overcast and not too hot!

We spent the entire day in the Spenceville area and found at least 10 caches. Some required more hill walking than others, but we enjoyed each and everyone of them.

By days end we had found 13 caches. We just couldn't resist those extra three caches on the way home.

Now that we have accomplished this fete, we can get busy finding the local caches that have been hidden recently. Finding Geocaches is a never ending task and we love it!

Yes! We Are Obsessed!

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 not let that deter us. We found a total of 26 caches! As we found the last cache, the rain came. At that point we didn't care as we were headed home after that.

We have no idea what the weather was like in Roseville, or the foothills (where the hike will be), but we sure knew what the weather was like in Oroville (an hour plus from Roseville). And, we can add 26 more caches to our geocaching numbers!!!

As we are frequently reminded: "It is not about the numbers". Try and tell that to an obsessed geocacher! As Abe in Reno would say: "Cache On"!!!

Our FBC

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 caterpillar in the tree) quite quickly.



We made it home safely, but the sky is getting darker and the winds are getting stronger. Rain is on the way, but we are happy! Now we can stay inside safe and warm for the rest of the day.

Geocaching Wins Over Football!!!

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 multi-caches so we had several stages to find before we reached the final cache. We enjoyed some nice walks in some wonderful parks. It was a beautiful day to be outside and we didn't miss the Super Bowl at all!!!

A FTF?

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. There was still hope to be the FTF! Then we spotted it! Unfortunately, others had gotten there first. Oh well, it was fun, and we will do some more geocaching later today.