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Sunday, July 25, 2004
5 New Caches and an Event
Got up early Saturday morning to hunt five new local caches placed by ItsJustUsTwo. Hooked up with The Lone Ranger and Little Geek David tagged along. We headed out to Lemont and met up with out partner for the morning about 7 am. The old quarries along the I&M Canal were pretty cool. Mosquitos were really biting and we had to fight them off every time we stopped to log a cache.
Around the Bend
The Ancient One
Heritage Quarry Cache
I & M Trail – Little Stone House
I & M Trail – The Rock
We parted ways with the Lone Ranger and headed over to the GPSr plus Compass - Into the Woods! event at Waterfall Glen.
Saw familiar faces ( Camp637, Geogil and Dairy and of course Panther in the Den and Geo Jongg). We learned about compass navigation an topo maps. The best part was just hanging out with other geocachers.
Around the Bend
The Ancient One
Heritage Quarry Cache
I & M Trail – Little Stone House
I & M Trail – The Rock
We parted ways with the Lone Ranger and headed over to the GPSr plus Compass - Into the Woods! event at Waterfall Glen.
Saw familiar faces ( Camp637, Geogil and Dairy and of course Panther in the Den and Geo Jongg). We learned about compass navigation an topo maps. The best part was just hanging out with other geocachers.
Friday, July 23, 2004
Butt-kicking in Naperville
Went out with my friend FallenFaery for an afternoon of cachin' in the Naperville area on Wednesday 7/21. We found 10 caches or should I say She found 8 and I found two. Yes, I was basically useless. Just along for the ride on most of them. That's o.k. The company was great and the caches were fun. An afternoon well spent. Here's the recap:
9/11 :
fallenfaery (638 found) First cache out of 10 for Sox Fan and I. hehe. seems like I was on a running start today but he'll just say he couldn't see the cache without his glasses or that his gps wasn't working well. He can't stand to lose to a girl, but today he did :) Quickly found this just after the rain slowed down.
Fallenfaery 1Sox Fan 0
Sox Fan (1051 found) Lose to a girl huh? Well, sure she found more than me today I just wanted her to regain her confidence after Saturday. LOL!
Nice cache at a neat location. FallenFaery found it before I even had a chance to begin looking. TFTC!!
Hear The Bells Chime:
fallenfaery (638 found) Cache is there. I filled Soxfan in on what I had read here and we started looking for the cache. Didn't take me long to find it after I got a better idea where it could be. Man I guess he didn't have his wheaties today :)
Fallenfaery 2 Soxfan 0
Sox Fan (1043 found) No Wheaties, just the usual cup of morning coffee (afternoon when you work third shift) Yeah, that's it... I'm really tired because I worked all night and didn't sleep very well today...my body clock is off...
Enjoyed the walk from 911. The river walk was empy after a nice little storm had just swept thru the area. FallenFaery Hootie Hoo'd and now she's up two! TFTC!!
Land Before Time
fallenfaery (638 found) Cache number 3 for the day. Cache covering blended well. Only reason I didn't get this one first is because Soxfan pushed me, yeah that's it.
fallenfaery 2 soxfan 1
Sox Fan (1044 found) HAHA... as I was looking 20 away from her I heard a "THUMP". Down she went! Says she slipped on the mudd. By the end of today I was wishing I would have pushed a few times..
I watched her walk right by it and spotted the container !! WOO HOO!! TFTC!!
Child's Play
fallenfaery (638 found) This one took sometime. Used the hint and still took sometime. I had problems with putting my hands in holes where I couldn't see so I let Soxfan do that while I went and actually found the cache. I walked right past it to find someones yard and found it on my way back.
Fallenfaery 3 soxfan 1
Sox Fan (1051 found) Yes..the little girl was scared to place her hand in the hollow tree. I guess she was tricking me. She found the cache now she's up by three.
I was out once before but had a no find. Now I know what rock you were talking about!! DOH!! If it was alive it would have bit her on the melon! Left TB took a TB. TFTC!!
Over And Under
fallenfaery (638 found) What an awesome cache. I must say I'm positive the first part wasn't there as it was today the last time I went to find this cache. Sox Fan found the first part and had to call me over while he tried to calm down. Quickly grabbed the coords and headed to the next part. I headed to the right area wrong end but was able to see the cache first. Once again Sox Fan grabbed it so I wouldn't have to. Headed to the car to figure out which side of the creek the cache was on and spray down with bug spray again. Got out to the area and while he babbled about how far away he was (blah, blah, blah) I headed to the obvious spot. Definitely glad I found this cache.
Fallenfaery 4 Sox Fan 1
Sox Fan (1051 found) This is my third Joseppi cache and I was not disappointed. what a neat multi. I found the first stage and just about jumped outta my skin when I first caught a glance of it. Whew!...
We moved on to the second and FallenFaery was all over it from the get go but again was a little shy about sticking her hand into things (Girls!).
Off the the final after a quck stop for more bug spray and she found it after a short search. Let me repeat... she FOUND it but was not about to retrieve it. She mumbled something about bugs and no f'in way she was gonna grab it blah blah blah. So I had to risk taking a head first dive into the river and get the cache. It was a bit slippery after the rains. Well, I managed to open it and we signed in.
FallenFaery is kickin' my butt pretty good today.
Left TB.
Thanks for a fun milti!
It's Puzzling
fallenfaery (638 found) NIce easy walk. I was just one the wrong side of the tree. but hey I guess I gotta let him find a FEW or I guess in this case 2. :)
Fallenfaery 3 Sox Fan 2
Sox Fan (1051 found) Let me find one? HEHE... ok, maybe she did.. It still counts....On the way to the cache we talked about the cool cache that used to be out on the island. Ah...fond memories of a snowy Xmas day in 2002 when I came knockin' on Mrs. Weigland's door....
No TB in the cache, sorry. TNLN. TFTC!!
Forecast: Hot and Humid
fallenfaery (638 found) WE were a little worried about this one. As we drove by I saw one guy fishing near where the gps was pointing. So we walked over and I started watching the water glancing over my shoulder here and there to see if I could find it. I was about ready to move on when i found it and gave a whistle. and another whistle. and another whistle. Where did soxfan get off to. Well i was nearly signed in and had the cache back before he made his way back over.
Fallenfaery 5 Sox Fan 2
Sox Fan (1048 found) Yep...I tell you what, we were sneaky as all heck on this one.As inconspicuous as two bulls in a china shop. I swear the cache was in my grasp but I was off and she was on...AGAIN! DARN IT!! Neat place for a cache. Thought I was gonna have to push they guy in so we could hunt this one. Nothin' stands between me and my caches!!
TFTC!!
Robin Hood and His Merry Men
fallenfaery (638 found) Found the quick easy walk and the cache from the trail. it was quite visible from the trail tried to cover it up a bit better. guess he needed his glasses for this one too
fallenfaery 6 soxfan 2
Sox Fan (1049 found) FallenFaery was out of the van and down the trail before I could even get my butt in gear. SO I had to play catch up a but she gave a hootie hoo when we were 60 feet away. This is getting ridiculous! TNLN...TFTC!!
Gentlemen Start Your Engines
fallenfaery (638 found) nice easy cache. was worried about fly balls as we walked by then i grabbed a trail and soxfan questioned whether it was the right way or not. but then who got to the cache first....that's what i thought?
fallenfaery 7 sox fan 2
Sox Fan (1050 found) Even if she did get hit in the head and knocked out cold, I still would not catch up tonight. By this point I was just along for the ride. FallenFaery was on fire, she said my troubles probably had something to do with my cheap Yellow GPS. OUCH!
TFTC!!
Arrowhead
fallenfaery (638 found) Nice hide. found the area and was able to open the cache log it and put it back all with sox fan 20 ft away. I even yelled "hey, joe's already found this one" but he didn't get it. I guess he's a little dense up there.
Final Score: Fallenfaery 8 Sox Fan 2
Sox Fan (1051 found) YEAH YEAH... I've been married long enough to be trained to tune women out when the start babbling about something. I'm sure I was nodding in agreement...I don't remember it was a blur. When I came to she laughed at me and literally had to point me in the right direction. I was a beaten man... pride wounded, scratched an bloody on the shins (should have worn pants) and humiliated that she found 8 of 10 caches this evening.
(Don't tell her but I'm just setting her up for Wisconsin in two weeks .)
TFTC..now let's eat!!
9/11 :
fallenfaery (638 found) First cache out of 10 for Sox Fan and I. hehe. seems like I was on a running start today but he'll just say he couldn't see the cache without his glasses or that his gps wasn't working well. He can't stand to lose to a girl, but today he did :) Quickly found this just after the rain slowed down.
Fallenfaery 1Sox Fan 0
Sox Fan (1051 found) Lose to a girl huh? Well, sure she found more than me today I just wanted her to regain her confidence after Saturday. LOL!
Nice cache at a neat location. FallenFaery found it before I even had a chance to begin looking. TFTC!!
Hear The Bells Chime:
fallenfaery (638 found) Cache is there. I filled Soxfan in on what I had read here and we started looking for the cache. Didn't take me long to find it after I got a better idea where it could be. Man I guess he didn't have his wheaties today :)
Fallenfaery 2 Soxfan 0
Sox Fan (1043 found) No Wheaties, just the usual cup of morning coffee (afternoon when you work third shift) Yeah, that's it... I'm really tired because I worked all night and didn't sleep very well today...my body clock is off...
Enjoyed the walk from 911. The river walk was empy after a nice little storm had just swept thru the area. FallenFaery Hootie Hoo'd and now she's up two! TFTC!!
Land Before Time
fallenfaery (638 found) Cache number 3 for the day. Cache covering blended well. Only reason I didn't get this one first is because Soxfan pushed me, yeah that's it.
fallenfaery 2 soxfan 1
Sox Fan (1044 found) HAHA... as I was looking 20 away from her I heard a "THUMP". Down she went! Says she slipped on the mudd. By the end of today I was wishing I would have pushed a few times..
I watched her walk right by it and spotted the container !! WOO HOO!! TFTC!!
Child's Play
fallenfaery (638 found) This one took sometime. Used the hint and still took sometime. I had problems with putting my hands in holes where I couldn't see so I let Soxfan do that while I went and actually found the cache. I walked right past it to find someones yard and found it on my way back.
Fallenfaery 3 soxfan 1
Sox Fan (1051 found) Yes..the little girl was scared to place her hand in the hollow tree. I guess she was tricking me. She found the cache now she's up by three.
I was out once before but had a no find. Now I know what rock you were talking about!! DOH!! If it was alive it would have bit her on the melon! Left TB took a TB. TFTC!!
Over And Under
fallenfaery (638 found) What an awesome cache. I must say I'm positive the first part wasn't there as it was today the last time I went to find this cache. Sox Fan found the first part and had to call me over while he tried to calm down. Quickly grabbed the coords and headed to the next part. I headed to the right area wrong end but was able to see the cache first. Once again Sox Fan grabbed it so I wouldn't have to. Headed to the car to figure out which side of the creek the cache was on and spray down with bug spray again. Got out to the area and while he babbled about how far away he was (blah, blah, blah) I headed to the obvious spot. Definitely glad I found this cache.
Fallenfaery 4 Sox Fan 1
Sox Fan (1051 found) This is my third Joseppi cache and I was not disappointed. what a neat multi. I found the first stage and just about jumped outta my skin when I first caught a glance of it. Whew!...
We moved on to the second and FallenFaery was all over it from the get go but again was a little shy about sticking her hand into things (Girls!).
Off the the final after a quck stop for more bug spray and she found it after a short search. Let me repeat... she FOUND it but was not about to retrieve it. She mumbled something about bugs and no f'in way she was gonna grab it blah blah blah. So I had to risk taking a head first dive into the river and get the cache. It was a bit slippery after the rains. Well, I managed to open it and we signed in.
FallenFaery is kickin' my butt pretty good today.
Left TB.
Thanks for a fun milti!
It's Puzzling
fallenfaery (638 found) NIce easy walk. I was just one the wrong side of the tree. but hey I guess I gotta let him find a FEW or I guess in this case 2. :)
Fallenfaery 3 Sox Fan 2
Sox Fan (1051 found) Let me find one? HEHE... ok, maybe she did.. It still counts....On the way to the cache we talked about the cool cache that used to be out on the island. Ah...fond memories of a snowy Xmas day in 2002 when I came knockin' on Mrs. Weigland's door....
No TB in the cache, sorry. TNLN. TFTC!!
Forecast: Hot and Humid
fallenfaery (638 found) WE were a little worried about this one. As we drove by I saw one guy fishing near where the gps was pointing. So we walked over and I started watching the water glancing over my shoulder here and there to see if I could find it. I was about ready to move on when i found it and gave a whistle. and another whistle. and another whistle. Where did soxfan get off to. Well i was nearly signed in and had the cache back before he made his way back over.
Fallenfaery 5 Sox Fan 2
Sox Fan (1048 found) Yep...I tell you what, we were sneaky as all heck on this one.As inconspicuous as two bulls in a china shop. I swear the cache was in my grasp but I was off and she was on...AGAIN! DARN IT!! Neat place for a cache. Thought I was gonna have to push they guy in so we could hunt this one. Nothin' stands between me and my caches!!
TFTC!!
Robin Hood and His Merry Men
fallenfaery (638 found) Found the quick easy walk and the cache from the trail. it was quite visible from the trail tried to cover it up a bit better. guess he needed his glasses for this one too
fallenfaery 6 soxfan 2
Sox Fan (1049 found) FallenFaery was out of the van and down the trail before I could even get my butt in gear. SO I had to play catch up a but she gave a hootie hoo when we were 60 feet away. This is getting ridiculous! TNLN...TFTC!!
Gentlemen Start Your Engines
fallenfaery (638 found) nice easy cache. was worried about fly balls as we walked by then i grabbed a trail and soxfan questioned whether it was the right way or not. but then who got to the cache first....that's what i thought?
fallenfaery 7 sox fan 2
Sox Fan (1050 found) Even if she did get hit in the head and knocked out cold, I still would not catch up tonight. By this point I was just along for the ride. FallenFaery was on fire, she said my troubles probably had something to do with my cheap Yellow GPS. OUCH!
TFTC!!
Arrowhead
fallenfaery (638 found) Nice hide. found the area and was able to open the cache log it and put it back all with sox fan 20 ft away. I even yelled "hey, joe's already found this one" but he didn't get it. I guess he's a little dense up there.
Final Score: Fallenfaery 8 Sox Fan 2
Sox Fan (1051 found) YEAH YEAH... I've been married long enough to be trained to tune women out when the start babbling about something. I'm sure I was nodding in agreement...I don't remember it was a blur. When I came to she laughed at me and literally had to point me in the right direction. I was a beaten man... pride wounded, scratched an bloody on the shins (should have worn pants) and humiliated that she found 8 of 10 caches this evening.
(Don't tell her but I'm just setting her up for Wisconsin in two weeks .)
TFTC..now let's eat!!
