My Friday didn't go as planned. I had to wait around in the morning for Eastlink to show up, you know what they are like for appointments, anywhere from 8-12. I had 16 new cache containers all ready to go and just as soon a Eastlink left i was going to head out and place the caches in places i already had scouted out.
Around mid morning my Mother -In-Law called and wanted to know if i could drive her to Lunenburg in the afternoon for an appointment. It had been snowing all morning and she was afraid the roads might be slippery. There went my cache hiding plans.
I have been chosen to look after her parents for things like this now that i am retired, but i don't mind and actually enjoy helping them out. I figure that this is one of the things that this time of your life is for, both of my parents are gone so i have adopted Vic's. They are very thankful for the help (Vic's mom is 75 and her dad 78) and i am getting along with them better than i ever have. Now to find another day to hid my caches.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Jaqnuary 7, 2011
hey had to go to my sons today in Porter's lake and Rick came with me --- he was having a TV delivered and window was between 10 am and 2 pm. So we left home around 8 am and stopped at a cache just before John's house. I did it a few months ago so it was gonna be an easy start to the day ........ You guessed it cache was gone ....MIA .. so we went to John's place and waited -- 11 30 am --TV show up but it has snowed while we waited and there is about 1 cm of wet snow over everything -- made it a messy wet day to cache but we started out --- 1st cache was a quickie --then we hit next 3 three and either they were gone after a lotta looking or we decided too far to walk so stopped looking ..... then we hit a good one --then 2 more no finds or to wet or something --then a long long look and Finally we hit "Yahoo" at this one cache and that made us feel better ...then 2 more finds --- then Tim's then home -- 4 hours ---- not our best day but we did enjoy each others company and it was good to get outside ..
Thursday, January 6, 2011
January 6th -- Bayers lake
Met the Seeker around 9 45 am to grab a few caches together in Bayer's lake as we were both in the city today . Well the first cache that we do together is on a light pole -- it is on 1 of 6 so at the 1st one I say to B ... stay in the car I will look ... so I look and no cache so off we go and we check all the other 5 --- no cache -- Back to 1st one and both get out to check and sure enough ''The Seeker finds it -- I had my hands on it the first time -- LOL ..what a start to our day ... It was an awesome sunny morning and in two hours we grabbed 7 out of 8 caches and I think the 8th was MIA ....... It was hard to believe that we were so close to all those stores but it seemed like we were in the middle of no where --
Great Morning --thanks Seeker ........................
Great Morning --thanks Seeker ........................
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
GC2JE2F - How Do I Solve all of these Puzzle Caches?
So, at 11:45 last night (while I was watching NHL hockey, of course) I see a new puzzle cache has been published. GC2JE2F - How Do I Solve all of these Puzzle Caches? is supposedly a tutorial on how to solve puzzles and is 14 puzzles in one, one for each number in the coordinates. That isn't totally true, there are several numbers that are actually identical solves.
We all know how much I enjoy trying to solve puzzles. So, when I got up this morning I started to solve the coordinates. Before I knew what was happening, I had all but three numbers solved. For time's sake, I took an educated guess at the other three. It came back incorrect. I changed one number and had the correct solve!
Around noon we headed out - Jan with her book to read while I beat around in the bush.
We arrived at the parking coordinates and I had a 105 meter walk. In I went. I searched at GZ with no luck and had just begun to expand the circle of my search when I heard somebody coming down the trail. It was Pam Grant-Murray, the Valley part of team Fundy & Valley. We searched together for probably 35 or 40 minutes and we were both about to call it when I saw one more spot I wanted to check. As I walked towards that spot I had my head down to watch my footing - there is snow in the woods and I am, after all, a clumsy old guy! I saw what looked to be the cover of a 35 mm film canister. I called Pam over and we cursed and blessed Leona together because the cache listing said it was a regular size container, not a micro. (I think there is also an error in the puzzle, but it is obviously solvable.) I had to pry the container out, it was frozen in, and we found a blank log. Co-FTF! YAHOO!!!!!!!!
As an aside, Leona has changed her caching name. She is now 4CeasonS (think four seasons).
Cache on, cache safely,
Ken
We all know how much I enjoy trying to solve puzzles. So, when I got up this morning I started to solve the coordinates. Before I knew what was happening, I had all but three numbers solved. For time's sake, I took an educated guess at the other three. It came back incorrect. I changed one number and had the correct solve!
Around noon we headed out - Jan with her book to read while I beat around in the bush.
We arrived at the parking coordinates and I had a 105 meter walk. In I went. I searched at GZ with no luck and had just begun to expand the circle of my search when I heard somebody coming down the trail. It was Pam Grant-Murray, the Valley part of team Fundy & Valley. We searched together for probably 35 or 40 minutes and we were both about to call it when I saw one more spot I wanted to check. As I walked towards that spot I had my head down to watch my footing - there is snow in the woods and I am, after all, a clumsy old guy! I saw what looked to be the cover of a 35 mm film canister. I called Pam over and we cursed and blessed Leona together because the cache listing said it was a regular size container, not a micro. (I think there is also an error in the puzzle, but it is obviously solvable.) I had to pry the container out, it was frozen in, and we found a blank log. Co-FTF! YAHOO!!!!!!!!
As an aside, Leona has changed her caching name. She is now 4CeasonS (think four seasons).
Cache on, cache safely,
Ken
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
An Earthcache on Highway 101?!?!
Well, I've probably driven right by it hundreds of times, but today I grabbed an earthcache on the side of Highway 101.
It all started out with the need for a warmer winter coat for Winnipeg next week, so we took a flying trip to the Mecca of bargain shoppers in Nova Scotia, the Sears Bargain Basement. I scored a $149.00 coat, extremely warm, for $80.00.
But before we left home I ran a PQ for caches along a route, the 101 from Kentville to Halifax. Lo and behold, there is an earthcache jumping off the screen at me. GC11WHZ -Cobequid Chedabucto Fault. (Mind you, I have since done a little research and I'm not so sure it is a good example of the fault line, but I'm probably wrong.) So we stopped on the way home and I fulfilled the requirements - I hope. I haven't heard back from the CO yet to approve my answers.
That is my first find for 2011. It's January 4, friggin' near time I grabbed a cache! I only need 764 more this year to meet my goal of at lest one more find than than last year!
Cache on, cache safely!
Ken
It all started out with the need for a warmer winter coat for Winnipeg next week, so we took a flying trip to the Mecca of bargain shoppers in Nova Scotia, the Sears Bargain Basement. I scored a $149.00 coat, extremely warm, for $80.00.
But before we left home I ran a PQ for caches along a route, the 101 from Kentville to Halifax. Lo and behold, there is an earthcache jumping off the screen at me. GC11WHZ -Cobequid Chedabucto Fault. (Mind you, I have since done a little research and I'm not so sure it is a good example of the fault line, but I'm probably wrong.) So we stopped on the way home and I fulfilled the requirements - I hope. I haven't heard back from the CO yet to approve my answers.
That is my first find for 2011. It's January 4, friggin' near time I grabbed a cache! I only need 764 more this year to meet my goal of at lest one more find than than last year!
Cache on, cache safely!
Ken
Great Hike
Had a great hike today, 4 miles (6.4 Kms) on old hauling roads and trails. I wasn't looking for caches but i was scouting locations to place caches. I love hiking in the cold weather, the air seems so much fresher. I marked spots for 8 caches on the trail and i already have 3 in the area to tie the trail together. I plan to expand this trial over time to cover 20 miles or more and probably at least 50 or 60 caches.
I also marked locations for 10 caches around Brooklyn. Now i have to get the containers ready and then place them. I seem to place most of my caches in the winter.
I also marked locations for 10 caches around Brooklyn. Now i have to get the containers ready and then place them. I seem to place most of my caches in the winter.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
January 1/2011
Yesterday as I was closing up the computer a listing for a cache in Halifax came up that it was put back in action that day. It was on Veith Street so I loaded it into the GPS and today I told Rhonda just one cache on the way home to start the new year ---YUP I got er ... Happy New Year Guys !!!!!
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