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Has there already been one started? I didn't see one.
We went today for the first time in a long time. Had fun too.
Found 4 and DNF one. I came home and there was a note telling the owner to check on it, they thoguht it was gone.
I hope to take my parents on Sunday.
We haven't been a while--:blush: they are all so far away now. I don't have an unfound within 20 miles.
I am planning on do a bunch on vacation, I already have loaded a ton for CT, ME, RI, and DE
Michele
07-07-2006, 10:28 AM
We just did one. TONS of poison ivy.
Now I'm worried about caching in the summer with all the brush growth.
stacyspace
07-07-2006, 10:32 AM
We did a 5-star last week....it wasn't very hard at all. We had to go to south station in Boston and connect to their wireless, find a page, and find the coords on the page. They were at the bottom of the page :rolleyes:
I think it was a 5-star because you needed a laptop.
We did 7 in Rockport, MA on Sunday :D We're going to hide our first on Saturday :)
Sonny
07-07-2006, 11:23 AM
We haven't gone for a looooong time. We are going to do some caching on vacation...there are a few on an island in the lake we are staying at.
It seems too hot. I think geocaching is more of a spring/fall thing for me. :D
It seems too hot. I think geocaching is more of a spring/fall thing for me. :D
:agree:
Hiking in 90 degree weather with 90% humidity is not fun to me.
Yesterday it was 75 and breezy though.
deputycoz
07-07-2006, 10:47 PM
We did a bunch on Father's Day, it was 92 degrees, the kids faded fast, but I threatened them not to grumble because this is what Dad wanted to do.
We have a bunch planned for our vacation in FL and we will be hiding our first one soon.
Kate, when will you be in DE?
DE is the first week of August
deputycoz
07-07-2006, 11:00 PM
We will be home from FL by then, will you be staying with family?
Michele
07-08-2006, 12:10 AM
What do you guys usually wear for geocaching?
I live in flip flops, but I felt very inadequate when I saw the bushwacking/poison ivy and huge animal holes.
I also live in flip-flips but recently I have made the kids wear sock, tennis shoes and if possible jeans.
I just keep hearing that this is the worst year they know of for poison ivy.
What do you guys usually wear for geocaching?
I live in flip flops, but I felt very inadequate when I saw the bushwacking/poison ivy and huge animal holes.
Socks and tennis shoes for sure. (And I live in flip flops) and usually jeans. Cliff wears shorts because he gets too hot and B will wear either.
Oh, and we are taking my parents goecaching for the first time tomorrow.
:dance:
taragunner
07-08-2006, 05:37 PM
DE is the first week of August*stows away in Kate's luggage* :whistle:
Danielle
07-09-2006, 03:24 AM
ok, I just googled it:) Now I know what you are talking about!
:right:
We set out for a little cache this afternoon. Finding the place was...less than easy. By the time we had an idea of where we needed to be, Russ had to leave for work (he rode his bike).
After he left, the kids and I found the right road. A dirt road. We drove a couple of miles down it and found the trailhead.
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Our signal wasn't good at all, so we decided to just check the place out and go back tomorrow with Russ. There are three waterfalls we hiked (:cry:) down to the first one. Actually only partway down, this picture is not at all capturing where we were. We were on a cliff :cry: overlooking the falls, which are bigger than they look. :D
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We decided to follow the trail some more and try to find the larger falls. As we were walking, the kids started spotting animal (?) tracks. They insisted that I take some pictures of them...
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By now, the kids are FREAKED out. Maggie is begging to go home and the boys were pretty scared. So we turn around and head back to our van.
Suddenly Alex yells "I see it!" Sure as shit he's spotted the cache. We didn't have any idea where to look and hadn't even loaded the coordinates! :eek:
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On the way home, we passed by Alder Dam.
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They are looking at me like I'm crazy because I said, "Ok everybody, say dam it!" :rofl: /bad mom
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We pulled off at the lake that is formed by the dam.
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Some little boys decided to go for a swim. :eek:
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Austin was having a great time, I don't know why he looks so freaked out in this pic. :D
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Mt. Rainier :dunno: The water comes rigggght from the mountain. *shiver*
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Alex freezing his ass off. :cry: He wants to go back tomorrow, though. :dunno:
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The boys are behind me on the other computer researching bigfoot. They are convinced he lives in the forest we were at today. :D
:eek: that footprint!!!!!
and I am so proud that you hiked the waterfalls!
and tell Alex he can geocache with me any time-- he has great caching sense!!
:love:
We didn't get to go yesterday. My dad had to work on the house.
I want cool caches like that. Most of ours are micros.
:D So I mentioned to my girlfriend where we had gone caching today. She said that there had been bigfoot "sightings" there. So, that explains the footprints. :D I mean, it must be a fun place to put giant fake ones. They were still fun. She told me that before I even told her about them.
I found a news article. :D
Wednesday, July 13, 1977
Another Bigfoot sighted
Eatonville, Wash. Dispatch
Three campers near the Little Marshell River close to Murphy's property by Little Falls reported what they said may have been a Bigfoot last thursday night at dusk.
Lori Cormany of Tacoma smelled a "musky" odor and then saw a large, dark animal on the hillside. The men, Bill Russell and Dan Cormany, thought the animal must be a bear, and the woman said the creature stood upright on two legs.
One of the campers crossed the stream to get a closer look. He said the animal squatted, and had broad shoulders and a head. As the man came closer to the animal, it took off.
The campers reported the incident to the Eatonville Police Department at about 11 p.m. Thursday. Officiers went to the scene and checked, but found nothing. They said the campers didn't appear to be intoxicated or on drugs, and that they appeared shaken.
BTW, I don't think the cache that Alex found was the one that we were looking for. :D
BTW, I don't think the cache that Alex found was the one that we were looking for. :D
Damn, he is really good then. :D
I just checked the website. 2 new ones in our area! Within walking distance.
:dance:
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 01:47 AM
Bigfoot sightings, huh? :D
Ok, so.
We might be getting a gps.
:whistle:
See, that's why you don't have big ones. We had to drive an hour for this one. :D We still might go back tomorrow. :right:
Yay! You and Amy can be caching buddies.
Bigfoot sightings, huh? :D
Ok, so.
We might be getting a gps.
:whistle:
Cool! I've been thinking about looking for a cache up your way. :right:
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 01:49 AM
Cool! I've been thinking about looking for a cache up your way. :right::rock:
See, that's why you don't have big ones. We had to drive an hour for this one. :D We still might go back tomorrow. :right:
I know. A lot of them around here are micros hidden in little parks.
We have some that are bigger, but I don't know the area awell enough to plot a day out. I guess I could spend some time and do it. :indiff:
I do have about 5 loaded in a big state park not far from here. that is what we were going to do with my parents.
Amy, you should take Rebecca one day and introduce her to it.
My brother came over yesterday and wanted to know if my kids had been outside at all...apparently they are too white. :D So, we're going to spend some more time outside...if it stays dry.
Not knowing areas is a problem. We wasted most of the day figuring out where we needed to be.
Not knowing areas is a problem. We wasted most of the day figuring out where we needed to be.
B and I spent a lot of time driving around looking for where we needed to be one day only because I didn't know where streets led. I was following the GPS, but it does straight lines, not streets.
Amy, you should take Rebecca one day and introduce her to it.
I should. :D I WISH that I would have taken them...or somebody to the pirate one. It was the COOLEST ever. It was a nice walk and not too strenuous. The cache was soooo well done, perfect for newbies.
Well, get on it.
Take them tomorrow. /pusher
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 01:54 AM
Where was the pirate one?
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 01:55 AM
Well, get on it.
Take them tomorrow. /pusherWe have drama camp all day for the next 2 weeks. *sigh*
Where was the pirate one?
Wapato Lake. I guess you could go without me. :cry: :D
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 01:56 AM
Wapato Lake. I guess you could go without me. :cry: :DOh yeah, I remember now. :D
Russ didn't go that day, I keep wanting to do it again but the kids would give it away. :D
Cliff wants to know why we didn't take the GPS when we went to Indiana. The route mapquest had him taking was closed for contsruction. He could have found his way with the GPS.
DUh. Didn't even think of it. We need to start leaving it in the car.
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 01:58 AM
Of course they'd give it away. :rofl:
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 01:59 AM
Cliff wants to know why we didn't take the GPS when we went to Indiana. The route mapquest had him taking was closed for contsruction. He could have found his way with the GPS.
DUh. Didn't even think of it. We need to start leaving it in the car.That's why were getting one. :D Dave wants this mapping program and they sell it at costco w/a gps for 100 bucks. I'm on board mostly so I can geocache. :D
That's why were getting one. :D Dave wants this mapping program and they sell it at costco w/a gps for 100 bucks. I'm on board mostly so I can geocache. :D
We looked at the car mount one because he travels. But for the money, the one we got works perfect.
I marked B's dad's house. He likes watching the way to our house. :D
The thing that was so awesome about the pirate one was all the little hidden clues. Right there. It was such a fun surprise each time we found one. :love:
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 02:01 AM
We'll definately have to do it then. :dance:
I think you need to take Beaker on the pirate one.
I think you need to take Beaker on the pirate one.
:cry: We'd ruin it for her. But, she should bring a cell phone to call me. So she doesn't give up...like I did. :D It's a good thing that Anthony's so dedicated.
But, she should bring a cell phone to call me. See, that could be a problem. Just go with her.
Promise the kids ice cream if they stay quiet.
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 02:06 AM
a cell phone!!! :rofl::rofl::rofl:
You start working on Dave and maybe in a few yrs he'll give in. :nono:
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 02:06 AM
See, that could be a problem. .See? Red knows. :agree:
See? Red knows. :agree:
:agree:
LMFAO! Anthony just came down from bed (where he should be sleeping :D ) with a complex plan for planting fake bigfoot prints all over Boy Scout camp next week.
He cracks me up. When we first got home, he was all about proving that bigfoot exists. Now he's part of the hoax. :D
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 02:09 AM
LMFAO! Anthony just came down from bed (where he should be sleeping :D ) with a complex plan for planting fake bigfoot prints all over Boy Scout camp next week.:love::love:
He cracks me up. When we first got home, he was all about proving that bigfoot exists. Now he's part of the hoax. :D
You're gonna help, right?
Apparently, his leader has some experience with this. :right:
I am all about the pranks. :love:
You're gonna help, right?
Sure. :D They already have a plan for scaring the new boys. Anthony was a new boy last year, so it's time to pay it forward.
Sure. :D They already have a plan for scaring the new boys. Anthony was a new boy last year, so it's time to pay it forward.
Man. I so need to be there.
I am good at that stuff.
The peel off mask was my favorite. B and his 2 friends were here and I had it half peeled off, came out of the bathroom and told B to find cliff, that my skin was falling off. :rolf: He still hasn't forgave me.
:nono: No girls allowed. :D
Today, when my younger kids were at the peak of fright, Anthony screamed something. He scared me so flucking bad. :D
It's pretty much how my family works.
When I was 13, I spent a week at girls camp. I used to scare my cabin-mates sooooo bad. One night I snuck away during campfire time. I waited in the rafters of the cabin and dropped down as they walked in. Good times. :D
That is how it works here too. :D
We live for pay backs.
Brandon is still seething about the time I told him that we missed his birthday. It was October 30th. I told him that when he was born we forgot the date so we made up the November 11th birthday. Then I told him that I found his birth certificate and his real birthday was October 23rd, and sorry, we missed it. Too bad, so sad./bad mom
I actually had to show him the birth certificate to prove I was joking.
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 02:19 AM
:eek:
My family seems like a good target for your family.
:laugh:
((((Brandon)))) :p
I know. He is so abused.
And gullible.
:eek:
My family seems like a good target for your family.
:laugh:
LMAO!!!!
Russ got Anthony gooooood today. We were on the wrong trail and Russ and I noticed that we were going around in a circle, so he went back to sneak up on the boys. Anthony figured out his plan and tried to foil it. OF course Russ figured it out and hid from Anthony. It was awesome!
Ha! I just remembered a hilarious one from when I was a kid. My brother climbed on the roof of our house at night. We were all hanging out in the living room. He tapped on the skylight. When we saw him up there!!!! Holy CRAP! We were so freaked out.
I could go on and on.
My mom's family did it too. She always tells the story about sitting on a fence outside her brother's window at night. :D
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 02:28 AM
I love stuff like that, but I'm not very creative. Dave does some of that kind of stuff, but sometimes it doesn't go over very well with the girls. :laugh: He so needs a boy.
I'll send him one.
Anthony won't stop. He wants to get his hair cut before camp and save the hair for his prank.
You should hear him cackling.
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 02:36 AM
Save his hair!!!! :rofl:
stacyspace
07-11-2006, 12:46 PM
[nerdy geocaching tip]
To get directions to a cache click on "view map", then click on "view results in google maps (beta)"
I do this when caching in cities :)
Alright. We found the falls. They were AWESOME! And a way easier hike than yesterday. Still steep, but there were steps.
The spot has been really abused. :( They've spraypainted nasty stuff on the rocks and left tons of garbage. It pisses me off.
Other than that, it was amazing!
Pics uploading now. :D
so --
did he find the real cache without a GPS or another one?
It was a different one. :D
:nono: Our first good look at the falls. Bastards.
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Austin found the cache this time. :D
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We stopped at a different beach (is it a beach when it's on a lake?) on the way home.
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This is pretty ghetto. Instead of a pool, boat and proper floats, my kids are in a lake using logs. :D
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BTW, I had about 1000000000000 panic attacks at the falls. :cry: My kids are soooo freaking brave.
Mary Ann
07-11-2006, 07:02 PM
Maggie :love:
Angie
07-11-2006, 07:03 PM
:love: Russ is hawt. :D
I'm sure that Rebecca is cracking about them swimming. It is NOT beach weather. :D
:love: Russ is hawt. :D
:right:You say that every time.
He's gonna freak when he sees these pics. His hair is turning to the gray side. :D
Angie
07-11-2006, 07:11 PM
:right:You say that every time.
He's gonna freak when he sees these pics. His hair is turning to the gray side. :D
Remember when Russ "had to go get something out of the car" when you were at that hotel in Erie???? :right:
Ha! We didn't stay at a hotel. Nice try though. :D
Although, my kids were DESPERATE to stay at the one by the mall with an indoor water park. :D
Remember when Russ "had to go get something out of the car" when you were at that hotel in Erie???? :right:
I don't. Tell me about it.
And wow, that is a great spot for a cache. those falls are beautiful.
Angie
07-11-2006, 07:15 PM
Damn. I thought I had it straight. :D
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 07:17 PM
I'm sure that Rebecca is cracking about them swimming. It is NOT beach weather. :DWell, sorta. This IS Washington, tho. You take what you can get. :D
Is that the first time I've ever seen Russ w/o his hat??
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 07:18 PM
Where is that?
You're right! I didn't even think of that. I wonder why he isn't wearing it. He's also not wearing his favorite sweatshirt. :D He left it on my brother's boat.
Where is that?
University of Washington Pack Forest. Near Eatonville. It is a GREAT place.
Did you guys notice Austin and Alex's hair? :D
Angie
07-11-2006, 07:22 PM
Hmmmm...I wonder if Dustin really does have big balls or if they are making that up.
Angie
07-11-2006, 07:23 PM
I did. :D And Anthony doesn't look like Russ or you.
:D Anthony looks like my side of the family. More like my brothers than me. If he's lucky, that means he's got some growing coming soon.
Hmmmm...I wonder if Dustin really does have big balls or if they are making that up.
:nono: That made me sooooo freaking mad. Did I already say that? :D
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 07:27 PM
They got haircuts!!
I just remembered something that I think I'll keep tucked away in the geocaching thread. Austin was changing in the back of the van. I turned around and saw him exposed. :eek: I said "oh no I saw a peeny!" Russ was all "what's a peeny?" I explained that it was a teeny penis. Earlier we had been talking about "tweens" and telling the boys what that means, so I whispered to Russ "Anthony has a tweeny." He said..."uhhh...no, he doesnt." :eek: :indiff:
/inappropriate family story
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 07:30 PM
:indiff:
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 07:31 PM
Should I admit that I went back and looked at a picture of Anthony? Not that I was looking there but just cuz he's still so young. :cry:
Angie
07-11-2006, 07:44 PM
:indiff: So a "tweeny" means it's big? *passes out* Oh Lord. Why do they have to grow up? :cry:
:D Tweeny means it is in between. I guess it's not. :indiff:
My sister just stopped by. Apparently she has been going with her friends (and Dustin? :right: ) to those falls forever. She said that Jimi Hendrix wrote some waterfall song there. :dunno: I don't know anything about JH's music. Although once I ******* **** and went to his grave with some friends. :right:
Phoebe
07-11-2006, 08:39 PM
Is that the first time I've ever seen Russ w/o his hat??
:laugh: I had the exact same thought.
What a beautiful family :love:
what a great cache!!!
cool falls and I said it yesterday but I mean it-- I am so proud of you for hiking where it scares you.. and yes, Russ is hot.
Your boys are getting so big. and I love the ghetto rafts.
Rebecca
07-11-2006, 10:15 PM
:laugh: I had the exact same thought.
What a beautiful family :love:And I've even met him in person. :D Twice (I think)
Yikes! Look at this log from a cache near my house! It's been moved now. It was in a park in a pretty urban area (as urban as we get out here in suburbia :D)
We found this one pretty easily, but not before we found the meth lab that was within 5 feet of it. No joke. We reported it to the Puyallup Police and later had to show them where it was. We got some really weird looks from all the people in the park as we walked around the lake followed by three police officers in uniform. We strongly suggest this cache is moved soon.
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