Geocaching
September 13, 2006 / Wednesday
Cache + Bush = ???
One week into this geocaching thing, it seems that all the caches I've been unable to find are hidden in bushes, or some sort of widespread bush-like ground covering. I'm doing something wrong, but I'm not sure what. I don't want to stomp all over the plants in my search; I assume that caches should be reachable without disturbing the surrounding area too much, or at all. So what's the trick? How do I find a cache in a bush? Someone please enlighten me.
12:58 PM | Geocaching| Comments (2)
September 10, 2006 / Sunday
Pedal Pedal Cache Cache
Caches found: 2
Miles ridden: 11.5
The miles feel like nothing when there are caches to ride toward!
I also found my first geocoin today. Hooray for trackables!
06:15 PM | Bicycle:Geocaching| Comments (3)
September 07, 2006 / Thursday
Pedal Pedal Pant Pant
It's been over three weeks since I've done any off-playa riding. Today I decided to get back on the trails. I headed over to Fremont Older after work for a quick three mile loop. I'd intended to do more, but my body said no. Plus, the trails looked mighty weird with one eye blurry and seeing double. The gigantic runoff cracks running parallel with and in the trail were especially scary. I figured the less time I spent out there the smaller my chance of running into or off of something painful.
Still, it was good to get back on my bike. I did yet another eek-while-in-the-air hop while going downhill. It was my first hop of the day, and I somehow got myself slightly diagonal to the directional in which I was travelling. Fortunately, I stuck the landing, and my visions of rolling/skidding along the dirt trail and losing massive amounts of skin soon faded away.
Today's outing served a dual purpose: this was my first successful geocaching trip. I had a travel bug from Josepi to place somewhere in California. I looked up a cache at Fremont Older near Hunter's Point, and decided it would be good practice for my big geocaching mission later this month. Cache found, log signed, travel bug placed. I even remembered to take a picture.
Hey, that was pretty fun. Thanks, Josepi!
