Day One

Well we were up at 0315, got everyone in the Vans and off we went to Tonapath which is about a 4 hour drive north of Vegas. We stopped in Alomo for breakfast  and a short break. Once we arrived at the first cache, away we went and managed to get about 420 caches in 4 hours. The roads were a little rough in some spots but all was well. As there is no gas any where near here, we had to drive about 200 Km to get gas and return to Racheal for the night. We saw so many antelope, wild horses and a few critters as well as a lot of birds of prey. The scenery was out of this world and we went to a town of 9 people and Dirty Dicks Bar in Belmont. What a place in history this was. Even had hitching posts. They also had this grave yard that was out of this world, LOL, some of the grave stones were back in the early 1800. Lots of laughs and even a little gas. Everyone is on their lap tops getting things in order and doing our GPS loaded for tomorrow morning. We had a great supper here and another place in history that we stayed at last year.
More to follow tomorrow.Ggeocaching My way of Life  Paulboy

Arrival

We left Bellingham on the 0800 flight for Vegas and it was a great flight. We arrived about 1015 and got one of the cars, checked into our hotel and picked our other two cachers that arrived the day before. Off we went caching for a while around the ULV and then had to pick up the 2nd car. Time goes by so fast. About 1900 hours we all arrived for the event and we had about 30 cachers from all over the place. Had some great chats and stories. Not a whole lot today as we began our adventure at 0400 hours tomorrow on our way to start the 2001 to 2400 ET HWY  caches. We will end up in Rachael  tomorrow night and will let you all know how are day went. Geocaching My Way of Life  paulboy

Here we go

As we were about to start our adventure, a sad phone call from Classictwo and her husband is not doing to well and was admitted to the hospital so she had to cancel. We would like to dedicate this trip to Doug and a speedy recovery. All the best my friend.
We started by meeting in two different groups, Sheesh695 & myself went to the ferry to await for Cougar Kid, JuRuu & crkayker. I was driving Sheesh695's car so as we waited for the other three I left the lights on and once the other three arrived, the battery was dead. So we got a boost and on to the ferry. We arrived at the hotel before 1900 hours. Cougar Kid and JuRuu went for something to eat and the rest of us went caching in the dark. We just had to and we managed to find 10 caches before heading back to the hotel. A great start and we have not even arrived in Vegas. Bornwild62 & Losthiker are already in Vegas and we will meet up with them today about 1230 hours. My GPS fell under the seat on the way back to the hotel so that was fun trying to find!! Just adds to the fun.
We catch our flight at 0800 hours this morning but I cannot sleep, not sure if it is snoring or excitement!!
I will do another post after our event in Vegas tonight. Geocaching My Way of Life..Paulboy

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

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.

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.

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