Steve's Journal » geocache http://www.kf8ki.com Just another day in paradise... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 GC29ZHW For the Love of a Pond http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gc29zhw-for-the-love-of-a-pond/ http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gc29zhw-for-the-love-of-a-pond/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:52:35 +0000 Steve http://www.kf8ki.com/?p=665 Continue reading →]]> So despite the effort put into finding the BCTC Port Union cache only to find that it was probably washed away, I decided to find at least one more for the day.  After all, I had a travel bug (The Circle Puzzle) I needed to get rid of, considering I’d had the bug for WAY too long!

After a looking through a couple more listings, I found one on the way home that seemed promising:  GC29ZHW For the Love of a Pond

Amusingly, I thought this was going to be a retention pond that was part of someone’s landscape in a nice neighborhood based on it’s map location.    Bzzzzzz.   Wrong.   Turns out the retention pond in question was one behind a small strip shopping center and it happened to be dry at that.  So much for scenic.   Behind the pond was a narrow strip of woods.  GPS lead me right too it.  Oh well, can’t complain about the easy ones :D

]]> http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gc29zhw-for-the-love-of-a-pond/feed/ 0 GCQYXF BCTC Port Union http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gcqyxf-bctc-port-union/ http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gcqyxf-bctc-port-union/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:53:04 +0000 Steve http://www.kf8ki.com/?p=652 Continue reading →]]>   I can’t believe it’s really been almost two years since I went geocaching.  I came to that depressing conclusion today as I finally took the time to use the geocaching app on my android phone.   After finishing up at a client’s facility today and enjoying a few minutes ride it occurred to me that I should pull over and see what caches might be in the area.

After a few minutes of looking through the list, I found the BCTC Port Union cache and thought it would be a good one, like many of their others I’d done.   So, plan established, I headed toward the area of the now long gone Port Union Cafe.  Turns out, this is now the Trinity Pub.  Looked like a nice place.   I didn’t visit.

After a short walk up the trail I found the spot after crossing a creek bridge.  On the bridge, looking south, you can see evidence of a large “water related” concrete structure.  Considering this trail is built on the towpath for the Miami – Erie canal, I can’t help but wonder if the structures I could see were the remains of a lock.   Might have to do some research.

Unfortunately for me, I couldn’t find the cache.   I suspect it is gone.  There was obvious evidence of 2-3 ft deep flooding in the area of the cache, and I even found a mass of camo tape that probably was around the cache container based on the previous logs for the cache.

Oh well.  It was a nice walk down the trail anyway!  Here’s a couple pictures:

]]> http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gcqyxf-bctc-port-union/feed/ 0 GCPMV2 Over the Bridge http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gcpmv2-over-the-bridge/ http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gcpmv2-over-the-bridge/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:10:01 +0000 Steve http://www.kf8ki.com/?p=485 Continue reading →]]> While in the Dayton, TN area visiting my daughter at school, one of the sites we visited was the Laurel Falls Pocket Wilderness for some geocaching and hiking.  You can read more information on this geocache at the geocaching.com listing:  GCPMV2 Over the Bridge.   You can also see more images in my post on the Laurel Snow Pocket Wilderness.  Here’s some pictures of the area around the cache:

]]> http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gcpmv2-over-the-bridge/feed/ 0 GC14T2M Laurel Falls Earthcache http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gc14t2m-laurel-falls-earthcache/ http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gc14t2m-laurel-falls-earthcache/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:58:22 +0000 Steve http://www.kf8ki.com/?p=481 Continue reading →]]> While in the Dayton, TN area visiting my daughter at school, one of the sites we visited was the Laurel Falls Earthcache.  For the uninitiated, an Earthcache is a Geocache without a container.  Its intended to be a point of interest, generally with some significance to the Earth.  I’ve also seen these referred to as “Waymarks” or “Waymarking”.  As a type of geocache, logging an earthcache generally requires answering some questions to prove you were there, and perhaps also providing a picture.  You can read more information on the earthcache at the geocaching.com listing: GC14T2M Laurel Falls Earthcache.  You can also see more images in my post on the Laurel Snow Pocket Wilderness.  Here’s some pictures of the area around the earthcache:

]]> http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gc14t2m-laurel-falls-earthcache/feed/ 0 GC8038 Mario Stage One http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gc8038-mario-stage-one/ http://www.kf8ki.com/geocaching/gc8038-mario-stage-one/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:32:08 +0000 Steve http://www.kf8ki.com/?p=538 Continue reading →]]> Figures that for one of my first caches, I’d go for the World’s Most Difficult Geocache!  This one is a multi stage puzzle cache.  I of course decided to start looking for it while on duty, in the rain.  Found stage one though!  If I have as much trouble with the rest of the stages as I did with this stage, I’m in trouble!

Here’s the page on Geocaching.com:  Mario’s Tower, the World’s Most Difficult Geocache

And… here’s some images:

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