It is Thursday Feb. 20th and Bornwild62 and Losthiker are now on a plane to Vegas to await the other 6 cachers to arive tomorrow morning. The 6 of us are catching the 315 ferry to the mainland today and a quick drive to Bellingham. Wa for our overnight stay and catch our flight tomorrow morning to Vegas.
We may even get a few caches tonight in Bellingham?? More to follow tonight..Paulboy
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Sunday, 16 February 2014
8-IC
The new caching adventure is about to start in four days. This morning we had our last meeting and breakfast at my place and then it was off to our 8-IC send off event in Ladysmith. Over 40 cachers showed up to join us for something to eat and a few prizes. It was a great time with a lot of laughs. Thanks to everyone for coming to our send off. On Thursday we are heading to Bellingham and then off to Vegas on Friday morning.
Will keep you updated daily.
Will keep you updated daily.
Saturday, 8 February 2014
It is time to get back to this blog. Last year was a great year for caching and have met some wonderful cachers and so many no cachers on Vancouver Island this past year. I managed to get over 5700 caches last year bring my cache finds to over 11,000. This year I have been asked to join a Sunday Caching Group that is on a mission to find most if not all the old Team KFWB caches. A lot of them are archived but still in place and many have been adopted.
I have put a new team together this year for another trip to Vegas and beyond which we start on Feb 21st. The team consists of myself, Paulboy, Cougar Kid, JuRuu, Sheesh695, Classictwo, crkayaker, Bornwild and Losthiker123. Some of the crew from last year could not make it this trip.
We intend to start off doing the new addition to the ET HWY as another 400 caches have been added and many other power trails in California, Arizona and Nevada.
Six of us are flying out of the USA and two of the team are going down a few days early to do some sight seeing in Vegas. I will be doing a daily blog for those that wish to follow our adventure and comment if you so desire.
This Sunday, Feb. 16th, we are having our send off event in Ladysmith at Ricky's restaurant at 1300 hours and you can sign in at GC4TPGO.
Stay tuned for more blogs as we move forward.
I have put a new team together this year for another trip to Vegas and beyond which we start on Feb 21st. The team consists of myself, Paulboy, Cougar Kid, JuRuu, Sheesh695, Classictwo, crkayaker, Bornwild and Losthiker123. Some of the crew from last year could not make it this trip.
We intend to start off doing the new addition to the ET HWY as another 400 caches have been added and many other power trails in California, Arizona and Nevada.
Six of us are flying out of the USA and two of the team are going down a few days early to do some sight seeing in Vegas. I will be doing a daily blog for those that wish to follow our adventure and comment if you so desire.
This Sunday, Feb. 16th, we are having our send off event in Ladysmith at Ricky's restaurant at 1300 hours and you can sign in at GC4TPGO.
Stay tuned for more blogs as we move forward.
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Winter Update
I think it is time for an update and get the blog on the road again. It has been a great summer and fall with a lot of caching up and down the Island. A lot of caching on the Geohonda's and mountain bikes.
We even did a group trip to Twassawan to do some caching on the dykes. Had a blast and a great day for it. We managed to get 99 that day and put on over 30 KM's on the bikes. This last month has slowed down in the numbers but getting some great caches , that are out of the way in the hills, lots of great hiking. We even hiked in the hills of Port Renfrew last Sunday in 4 to 8 inches of snow, hard packed. It was a great day for it.
Our Vegas trip is now in place for 2014 and a group of 8 cachers are now ready to go. There are 4 from last years trip, Myself, JuRuu, Cougar Kid & Crkayaker. We have 4 new cachers joining us this year, Sheesh695, Classictwo, Bornwild62 & Losthiker. This year we changed the name to 8-IC (8-Island Cachers). We are all booked and ready to go. We intend to complete the new addition to the ET Hwy series and some new power trails and off to California to do some power trails as well. We are having an event in Ladysmith as a send off, one in Vegas the night we arrive and one in Needles, CA and Barstow, Ca as well. A good way to meet local cachers and anyone that may be travelling in the area. Next week I will be posting all the event GC #'s. We are leaving for Vegas on the 21st Feb. and returning home on Mar. 02, 2014. Stay tuned for more up dates soon.
Geocaching My Way of Life..Paulboy
We even did a group trip to Twassawan to do some caching on the dykes. Had a blast and a great day for it. We managed to get 99 that day and put on over 30 KM's on the bikes. This last month has slowed down in the numbers but getting some great caches , that are out of the way in the hills, lots of great hiking. We even hiked in the hills of Port Renfrew last Sunday in 4 to 8 inches of snow, hard packed. It was a great day for it.
Our Vegas trip is now in place for 2014 and a group of 8 cachers are now ready to go. There are 4 from last years trip, Myself, JuRuu, Cougar Kid & Crkayaker. We have 4 new cachers joining us this year, Sheesh695, Classictwo, Bornwild62 & Losthiker. This year we changed the name to 8-IC (8-Island Cachers). We are all booked and ready to go. We intend to complete the new addition to the ET Hwy series and some new power trails and off to California to do some power trails as well. We are having an event in Ladysmith as a send off, one in Vegas the night we arrive and one in Needles, CA and Barstow, Ca as well. A good way to meet local cachers and anyone that may be travelling in the area. Next week I will be posting all the event GC #'s. We are leaving for Vegas on the 21st Feb. and returning home on Mar. 02, 2014. Stay tuned for more up dates soon.
Geocaching My Way of Life..Paulboy
Sunday, 4 August 2013
Well summer is half over and caching has become even more obsessive in a way that is good. With the use of the Geohonda with Coygar Kid, mountain bikes and hiking as well as drive ups, I am rapidly approching the 10,000 cache find. Some of my great caching friends are Cougar Kid, JuRuu and Bigbluemarble along with many others that I cache with from time to time. Have been able to find between 60 and over 100 caches every weekend for months. During the month of August we can get a souvenir for every day cached, I will be taking on that adventure. During the month I am hosting 6 events in the Ladysmith area.
Summer update
Hello All, time to catch up on the Geocaching news. Over the last few months I have been caching a lot on the weekends with Cougar Kid and JuRuu and many other cachers from time to time. The weather has been great for our Geohondas and mountain bikes as well. I am fast approching my 10,000 cache find. A few days ago it was my 3 year mark of caching and it only gets better. There have been so many new caches being released on the north island and have been spending at least one day every weekend on the roads and trails up there..
I was honoured to be part of The GO! Team's wedding party and it was a wonderful and great day. They even had a flash mob picture event.
Princess and I are heading to Oregon for 8 days of R&R and some caching. I am looking forward to doing the first cache outside of Portland. Having an event while we are down in Lincoln City. GC4E1CW
As August is a special month with getting a souviner for every day cache is found, I will attempt to get one every day but it will be a challange having to drive a few KM's some days to find a cache.
I will also be having 6 events on the following dates in Ladysmith.
1- GC4GQWZ- Aug. 14th, 2- GC4GQXH- Aug. 16th, 3- GC4GQY8- Aug. 20th,
4- GC4GQYZ- Aug. 22nd, 5- GC4GQZQ- Aug. 26th, 6- GC4GR0D- Aug. 29th.
Hope to see you all there..
More to come during the trip down the Oregon coast..
Paulboy
I was honoured to be part of The GO! Team's wedding party and it was a wonderful and great day. They even had a flash mob picture event.
Princess and I are heading to Oregon for 8 days of R&R and some caching. I am looking forward to doing the first cache outside of Portland. Having an event while we are down in Lincoln City. GC4E1CW
As August is a special month with getting a souviner for every day cache is found, I will attempt to get one every day but it will be a challange having to drive a few KM's some days to find a cache.
I will also be having 6 events on the following dates in Ladysmith.
1- GC4GQWZ- Aug. 14th, 2- GC4GQXH- Aug. 16th, 3- GC4GQY8- Aug. 20th,
4- GC4GQYZ- Aug. 22nd, 5- GC4GQZQ- Aug. 26th, 6- GC4GR0D- Aug. 29th.
Hope to see you all there..
More to come during the trip down the Oregon coast..
Paulboy
Road trip to GCGV0P
We started out quest to find GCGV0P Original Stash Tribute Plaque on Aug. 02 via the ferry to the USA out of Sidney at 1800 hours and arrived at Everett, Wa late that night. I got up fairly early and managed to grab 11 caches near the hotel in the dark and rain to start with. The rain stayed but as the sun rose it got better. Nothing like caching in the dark in the great USA, a little scary.
We set out about 0930 on the 3rd for our quest and the rain is stating to let up and the I5 is bumper to bumper. We stopped at a few rest stops and managed to grab a few caches at each stop.
As we left the I5 towards the OSTP there were about 6 caches that we grabbed on the road to OSTP.
We arrived at the OSTP at 1500 hours on Aug. 03, 2013. It was so great to finally reach this cache after three years since I started caching. It appears that 3 is my lucky number today.
Princess! and I took some pictures and will post later. We opened a can of Pepsi and had a toast.
A great day for us!! We then headed back to Portland to our hotel and out to supper. Princess! wanted to get e little night shopping in so off we went to the mall. It is so weird but someone placed 5 caches in the mall parking lot so I just had to grab those!! So my total cache find for the day was 26. Doing those route PQ's sure is great. I am now 153 away from my 10,000 and hope to reach towards the end of the week. We are having our event in Lincoln City on Wednesday.
Well, it is almost 0530 hours and I am going out to grab a few caches as Princess! is sleeping. About 0730 hours we are going to do a short hike on a power trail before heading to the coast at about 1000 hours. I will do another post in a few days. Happy caching!!
Geocaching My Way of Life Paulboy
We set out about 0930 on the 3rd for our quest and the rain is stating to let up and the I5 is bumper to bumper. We stopped at a few rest stops and managed to grab a few caches at each stop.
As we left the I5 towards the OSTP there were about 6 caches that we grabbed on the road to OSTP.
We arrived at the OSTP at 1500 hours on Aug. 03, 2013. It was so great to finally reach this cache after three years since I started caching. It appears that 3 is my lucky number today.
Princess! and I took some pictures and will post later. We opened a can of Pepsi and had a toast.
A great day for us!! We then headed back to Portland to our hotel and out to supper. Princess! wanted to get e little night shopping in so off we went to the mall. It is so weird but someone placed 5 caches in the mall parking lot so I just had to grab those!! So my total cache find for the day was 26. Doing those route PQ's sure is great. I am now 153 away from my 10,000 and hope to reach towards the end of the week. We are having our event in Lincoln City on Wednesday.
Well, it is almost 0530 hours and I am going out to grab a few caches as Princess! is sleeping. About 0730 hours we are going to do a short hike on a power trail before heading to the coast at about 1000 hours. I will do another post in a few days. Happy caching!!
Geocaching My Way of Life Paulboy
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