Tuesday, June 18, 2013
We are now into the great weather for the most part and caching is on the menu as often as possible. Out to Sooke with JuRuu and did some great hiking in the hills, so many great spots that one would never get to. Also went to the west coast with JuRuu and did Tofino and Ucluelet, very long day left at 0400 hours and got home at 2230 hours. What a place to cache, so many nice trails and views. Saw the biggest cedar tree I have ever seen and will post a picture for all to see.
Having an event in Campbell River on Friday, June 21, 2013 as we are up there for the weekend. On Sat. JuRuu and I are heading to Port McNeil for some caching in that town and along the highway as well.
Just short of 9500 now and hope to have 10,000 caches before the end of the year.Hope to get out with Cougar Kid the following weekend on the Geohonda's near Buckley Bay as a whole lot of new caches have been published out there. Happy caching!!
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
It has been a while since I posted anything and I will be posting a lot more from now on. Since my return form the ET Highway and Route 66 it was back to caching on the Island. I have managed to find about 800 more caches since mid Feb and working towards my 10,000 before the end of the year.
I have been caching a lot in the Oyster River to Campbell River, Victoria and Saltspring Island. I have attended two events and did a Geocaching presentation to the Business element of Chemainus.
All of this caching has been great from hiking on trails, mountain biking on different trails on the Island and Saltspring Island. I have also cached in my local area as new caches are published. I have also done a lot of caching with Cougar Kid on our Geohonda's, it sure gets us to places that a truck or car can not go.
I have been out caching with Cougar Kid, JuRuu, Mike & Lily, Fordfender and LifeAboveAll, Quilt Carver, Classictwo and have seen many cachers along the trail as well as a lot new cachers.
Princess! and I have our PP series which now consist of 120 caches and more will be added soon as it is being well received. Also being added will be a special blend into the series called PPBW which will consist of 12 caches of a much higher rating with a special ending. Each cache will have a clue to the final which will be called PPOYIL which will be a 5/5.
Looking forward to Caching the Oregon coast with Princess! this early Aug. and doing the oldest cache along the way.
Happy caching Paulboy
I have been caching a lot in the Oyster River to Campbell River, Victoria and Saltspring Island. I have attended two events and did a Geocaching presentation to the Business element of Chemainus.
All of this caching has been great from hiking on trails, mountain biking on different trails on the Island and Saltspring Island. I have also cached in my local area as new caches are published. I have also done a lot of caching with Cougar Kid on our Geohonda's, it sure gets us to places that a truck or car can not go.
I have been out caching with Cougar Kid, JuRuu, Mike & Lily, Fordfender and LifeAboveAll, Quilt Carver, Classictwo and have seen many cachers along the trail as well as a lot new cachers.
Princess! and I have our PP series which now consist of 120 caches and more will be added soon as it is being well received. Also being added will be a special blend into the series called PPBW which will consist of 12 caches of a much higher rating with a special ending. Each cache will have a clue to the final which will be called PPOYIL which will be a 5/5.
Looking forward to Caching the Oregon coast with Princess! this early Aug. and doing the oldest cache along the way.
Happy caching Paulboy
Saturday, 23 March 2013
It is March 23rd, 2013 and it certainly been a challange since my return with the weather, snow, rain and wind, not to mention work. I have managed to do some caching on the mountain bike and the Geohonda. I have also been to East Sooke park where JuRuu and I hiked 7 hours with some very heavy elevation. It was a little hard on the legs but managed to find 40 caches that trip encountering rain, snow and heavy cold winds for part of the day.
Cougar Kid and I have been out on the Geohondas several times and have seen some great views and grabbing a few older caches around and several that have not been found for some time. I think the weather should be turning soon and hope to head deeper and higher into the mountains to find those caches that are not found too often and have been on my radar for some time.
Only 225 caches away from my 9000 find but having to travel further and further away from home to get any good numbers in a day. It makes for a better challange and a great way to visit new area as well.
A few events are coming up in April and May and looking forward to seeing all my fellow cachers.
Heading out with Cougar Kid today to do some more Geohonda caching today, should be a warmer day.
Will post in a few weeks. Geocaching My Way of Life..Paulboy
Cougar Kid and I have been out on the Geohondas several times and have seen some great views and grabbing a few older caches around and several that have not been found for some time. I think the weather should be turning soon and hope to head deeper and higher into the mountains to find those caches that are not found too often and have been on my radar for some time.
Only 225 caches away from my 9000 find but having to travel further and further away from home to get any good numbers in a day. It makes for a better challange and a great way to visit new area as well.
A few events are coming up in April and May and looking forward to seeing all my fellow cachers.
Heading out with Cougar Kid today to do some more Geohonda caching today, should be a warmer day.
Will post in a few weeks. Geocaching My Way of Life..Paulboy
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Back on the Island
Just a quick note to everyone, as we all arrived back on the Island, we are are all back to the grind of work, caching after work and on the weekends. Nice to see so many new caches on the island since we left for our Adventure. Have been hiking the mountains, out with cougar Kid on our Geocycles. Helping Princess! with her power trail, adding more as the snow melts in the hills.
We are starting to look at another trip for next year for places unknown or are they?
Heading to Campbell River on Friaday night and will be caching with crkayker on Sat. on the logging roads. Hopefully it will be a nice day but love caching in the rain anyway!
Managed to grab a FTF at 0500 hours this morning and another that was missing but the CO replaced it. Love caching in the dark before work sort of make ones day!
I will be posting every 14 days or so about different geocaching Adventures.
Geocaching My Way of Life..Paulboy
We are starting to look at another trip for next year for places unknown or are they?
Heading to Campbell River on Friaday night and will be caching with crkayker on Sat. on the logging roads. Hopefully it will be a nice day but love caching in the rain anyway!
Managed to grab a FTF at 0500 hours this morning and another that was missing but the CO replaced it. Love caching in the dark before work sort of make ones day!
I will be posting every 14 days or so about different geocaching Adventures.
Geocaching My Way of Life..Paulboy
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
The final is near
Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013
After 5 long days and about 2500 cach finds and many many Km's on the road and many Km's of hiking we had arrived back in Vegas. It was an experience that we will all remember for ever. We visited many hotels, resturants and out of the way places. We encounter rain, snow, sun shine and heavy winds while driving and hiking. Our days were long and we went until exhaustion set in yet we laughed all the time. In the resturants we laughed so hard and long.
What a great group of people to spend 6 days cching with in this wondeerful place. We also bumped into a few cachers but not too many. Always nice to see other cachers while on the road.
This brought us to day 5 and after cleaning out the vans at a car wash that evening and a quick supper it was off to bed as we had to get up at 0345 hours for a 0400 hours start to California to start the Route 66. Three members of the team opted out so they could take in the sights of Vegas. So Postie Bear, Just Leafy and Shadowcaster enjoyed the day in Vegas.
The rest of the team all met, Paulboy, Cougar Kid, bigbluemarble, crkayker, JuRuu and seekandsail headed of to Califorina and arrived two hours later at the Bagdad Cafe. What can I say about this place, WOW,a whole different place but certainly fun and the food was great. A whole different place that goes way back in time. Really enjoyed all the old trivia and the people.
So we started out doing the Route 66 about 0740 hours and off went. We managed to find all the caches and only had one minor problem. JurRu turned over a rock to find a small radle snake coiled around the cache container. We took some pictures before helping it on it's way as we had caching to do. This part of the trip was so great with so many old businesses just left there to tor away. I suppose at some time they were all thriving businesses. The day was really sunny so it made it a pleasent day. We did encounter a snow storm on the pass out of Las Vegas towars California but it did not last long.
We completed the Route 66 at about 1700 hours and then drove to Arazona to grab 2 caches there before having supper at a local place near the border. It was a little bar and cafe in Oatman, CA and the food was great. We laughed so loud they thought we were all crazy Canadian, and we were..LOL
After eating we decide to head back to Vegas via Highhway 95 to Kingman then on to Highway 93 which took two hours. A nice pleasant drive back to Vegas arriving at in Vegas at 2100 hours. A very long had day but so wonderful to enjoy it with great company.
We managed to grab about 850 cache finds today. Our biggest day to date. In total we have found over 3300 caches in 6 days. The final numbers are yet to be dertermined..
This trip is the highlight of my Geocaching adventures and had a wonderful time with friends for Campbell River to Victoria and those that live in between.
Bigbluemarble, Postie Bear and crkayker are in the air and myself, JuRuu and Cougar Kid are at the airport leaving and Skadowcaster, Just Leafy and seekandsail leave later today. As we part, I thank all the team for such a great week and help in making my dream come true.
Geocaching My Way of Life...Paulboy
After 5 long days and about 2500 cach finds and many many Km's on the road and many Km's of hiking we had arrived back in Vegas. It was an experience that we will all remember for ever. We visited many hotels, resturants and out of the way places. We encounter rain, snow, sun shine and heavy winds while driving and hiking. Our days were long and we went until exhaustion set in yet we laughed all the time. In the resturants we laughed so hard and long.
What a great group of people to spend 6 days cching with in this wondeerful place. We also bumped into a few cachers but not too many. Always nice to see other cachers while on the road.
This brought us to day 5 and after cleaning out the vans at a car wash that evening and a quick supper it was off to bed as we had to get up at 0345 hours for a 0400 hours start to California to start the Route 66. Three members of the team opted out so they could take in the sights of Vegas. So Postie Bear, Just Leafy and Shadowcaster enjoyed the day in Vegas.
The rest of the team all met, Paulboy, Cougar Kid, bigbluemarble, crkayker, JuRuu and seekandsail headed of to Califorina and arrived two hours later at the Bagdad Cafe. What can I say about this place, WOW,a whole different place but certainly fun and the food was great. A whole different place that goes way back in time. Really enjoyed all the old trivia and the people.
So we started out doing the Route 66 about 0740 hours and off went. We managed to find all the caches and only had one minor problem. JurRu turned over a rock to find a small radle snake coiled around the cache container. We took some pictures before helping it on it's way as we had caching to do. This part of the trip was so great with so many old businesses just left there to tor away. I suppose at some time they were all thriving businesses. The day was really sunny so it made it a pleasent day. We did encounter a snow storm on the pass out of Las Vegas towars California but it did not last long.
We completed the Route 66 at about 1700 hours and then drove to Arazona to grab 2 caches there before having supper at a local place near the border. It was a little bar and cafe in Oatman, CA and the food was great. We laughed so loud they thought we were all crazy Canadian, and we were..LOL
After eating we decide to head back to Vegas via Highhway 95 to Kingman then on to Highway 93 which took two hours. A nice pleasant drive back to Vegas arriving at in Vegas at 2100 hours. A very long had day but so wonderful to enjoy it with great company.
We managed to grab about 850 cache finds today. Our biggest day to date. In total we have found over 3300 caches in 6 days. The final numbers are yet to be dertermined..
This trip is the highlight of my Geocaching adventures and had a wonderful time with friends for Campbell River to Victoria and those that live in between.
Bigbluemarble, Postie Bear and crkayker are in the air and myself, JuRuu and Cougar Kid are at the airport leaving and Skadowcaster, Just Leafy and seekandsail leave later today. As we part, I thank all the team for such a great week and help in making my dream come true.
Geocaching My Way of Life...Paulboy
Sunday, 10 February 2013
Back to Vegas
Hello All,
We had breakfast this morning and headed out about 0900 hours to do the ET Space Ship and a few other caches in the area. After hiking all that we headed towards Vegas. We did several small power trails on the way as well as a few caches here and there along the way. The weather was great and the roads were snowless all the way. We even got to climb a small rock outcrop 200 feet up, what a great view. We arrived in Vegas about 1730 and booked into the hotel then off to a car wash to detail the cars, it took about 2 hours to do both of them. Then we came back to the hotel to grab supper and it is off to bed because we are leaving here at 0400 to do Route 66 in California. Yesterday and today, we managed to grab about 250 caches each day. One day left.
Thanks for you comments and happy caching to all.
Geocaching My Way of Life- Paulboy
We had breakfast this morning and headed out about 0900 hours to do the ET Space Ship and a few other caches in the area. After hiking all that we headed towards Vegas. We did several small power trails on the way as well as a few caches here and there along the way. The weather was great and the roads were snowless all the way. We even got to climb a small rock outcrop 200 feet up, what a great view. We arrived in Vegas about 1730 and booked into the hotel then off to a car wash to detail the cars, it took about 2 hours to do both of them. Then we came back to the hotel to grab supper and it is off to bed because we are leaving here at 0400 to do Route 66 in California. Yesterday and today, we managed to grab about 250 caches each day. One day left.
Thanks for you comments and happy caching to all.
Geocaching My Way of Life- Paulboy
Saturday, 9 February 2013
Much to do about the numbers
Saturaday Feb. 09, 2013
Today was a totally different caching day then the last three. We started out inTonapah with a great breakfast in the local hotel and off we went towards Rachel. We did caches along the way until we reached the Alien Head and then we booked into our hotel and had lunch. We then went out and did a power trail across for the ETHead and then we did the ETHead. We also did a lot of the local caches in Racheal and some at night as well. We did a lot of hiking today and it was a great day for it, not too much wind and the sun was out.
There was a lot of snow in Tonopah but the roads were good so the driving was not a problem. The mountains were full of snow all around us. But once we arrived near Rachel it was all clear.
We all returned to the hotel did a Whereigo, a muli, regular, earth cache, mystery and a puzzle in the dark. A great time had by all.
We are all having supper and setting the route for tomorrow.
As I am getting a little tired now I will cut it short for tonight. Stay tuned for my blog tomorrow night.
Geocaching My Way of Life..Paulboy
Today was a totally different caching day then the last three. We started out inTonapah with a great breakfast in the local hotel and off we went towards Rachel. We did caches along the way until we reached the Alien Head and then we booked into our hotel and had lunch. We then went out and did a power trail across for the ETHead and then we did the ETHead. We also did a lot of the local caches in Racheal and some at night as well. We did a lot of hiking today and it was a great day for it, not too much wind and the sun was out.
There was a lot of snow in Tonopah but the roads were good so the driving was not a problem. The mountains were full of snow all around us. But once we arrived near Rachel it was all clear.
We all returned to the hotel did a Whereigo, a muli, regular, earth cache, mystery and a puzzle in the dark. A great time had by all.
We are all having supper and setting the route for tomorrow.
As I am getting a little tired now I will cut it short for tonight. Stay tuned for my blog tomorrow night.
Geocaching My Way of Life..Paulboy
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