buckyd's Geoblog

Dec 30, 2009

Secret Southern Trailhead

By: donvsop Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Not chosen

Found a very damp log, without a container. Signed at the end around a rip. Checked with Walruz and I'll try to get an appropriate replacement done for you while I'm on vacation this week, if you don't have extras lying around.

Pleasant One

By: XeviousNK Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

Took a nice little walk today to see what I could find. The cache was in great shape and it was a great day to be out on the trails in Pleasanton Ridge. Thanks for the cache.

Hippo Crossing

By: donvsop Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Not chosen

It looks like a local squirrel has aspirations to be a brain surgeon; the hippo was on the ground and missing some parts... I put the hippo up in an obvious manner, hopefully away from critters. Log was damp so I stopped awhile to air it out in the sunlight (and breeze). I've been noticing with some surprise how these containers aren't very watertight. Thanks for the cache.

White Witch of Niles Canyon

By: swmorrisroe Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 3.5 Container: Small

Enjoyed the walk to this one from the Hungry Hippo, it really highlighted the difference between using a high sensitivity receiver and not using one. Super big thanks to Marky for selling me his Colorado -- I don't think I would have been successful using my LegendCx. I signed on the last numbered space, but there's still plenty of room all around the logsheet for future visitors. Thanks for the cache.

Neato Thermalito

By: Maverix Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Small

As others have noted, this one is in bad shape. I wasn't prepared with cache angel items today, and I had pre-decided not to plant any caches on my hike, so I was ill-equipped to do anything meaningful here. The critters had eaten a hole in the ziploc, and everything was just soaked. I stayed a while for the logsheets to dry out a bit in the sun, and picked through my bag for anything that might make for a good container for the cache contents given the critter problem. I found a coated metal container that seals tightly and might do the trick against water and the critters, but it is by no means cam'od near as well as the original (and quite broken) cache container. I picked through the swag that would fit into the new enclosure (the rest ended up at Team Supergenius - Why Not? up the road a bit), found a small ziploc for the semi-dry logsheets, and then tried to cover it all up the best I could with the old cache container and some natural materials. I'm not sure how long this will be good for, as the container I left may begin to rust and then be hard to open. Future searchers might just want to make sure they've got some keys or an all-in-one tool to pry it open...

Sunol View

By: Maverix Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

Beautiful morning for a hike up the mountain. WalruZ was on baby and preschool-pickup duty today, which allowed me a fabulous day of hiking wherever I chose. Thanks for the great parking instructions; they really helped make my mind up where to go today.

Put a Cork In It

By: flywriter Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

I've been meaning to come hike around Pleasanton Ridge for about 4 years or so, and have been carrying around a cork from my favorite winery in my cache bag since about that time! So, I was super happy to sit, have some trail mix, and add my Sterling Vineyards cork to the multitude that have collected in the ziploc. You'll have some corkboard someday... Thanks for the cache.

Log In

By: Bear N Grin It Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Regular

I started out at the super secret downtown Sunol trailhead, hiked all the way out to Sycamore's n Logs, then nabbed this cache on my way back up the hill to Team Supergenius' cache since the place was completely mugglified on the way down. Later in the afternoon there were only a few bikes whizzing by to contend with. Thanks for the cache.

Sycamore ?s N? Logs

By: SARCRZY Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 3.0 Container: Regular

Wow -- no finds in six months! I wasn't sure I was going to find it either, as the area is covered over with natural camo from the tree right now, but I left no leaf unturned. I whacked around for a bit, then read the description and hint, whacked around some more, and eventually spotted the cache very nicely hidden. I was out in Pleasanton Ridge today for the first time ever, unbelievably enough; WalruZ was kind enough to hang out with lil'brother and pick up Geo Baby from her preK class in order to give me a day to work off some of that baby weight. Thanks for the journey and the smiley at the end.

SuperGenius #15-Why Not?

By: Pepper Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

This was my final cache in a day hiking all around the southern end of Pleasanton Ridge. It was very nice to find such an old cache in excellent shape, with nearby convenient seating! Had my afternoon snack of trail mix here and watched the ground squirrels play across the way -- they've sure pockmarked the side of the hill across the trail! Thanks much for the cache.

Like An Extra Virgin

By: fizzymagic Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Regular

I was fortunate today to have Geo Baby signed up for preschool and WalruZ willing to do lil'brother duty as well as pick-up, so after drop-off I headed over to the new-to-me downtown Sunol trailhead for Pleasanton Ridge to work off a little baby weight. It's amazing that I've been caching for something like 6 years now, living in Fremont for over 4 years, and have never ever been to Pleasanton Ridge. The cache was in great shape, sitting right next to someone's woody home, in a great little grove. Such a pleasure to find the oldies in excellent shape! Thanks for the cache.

Dec 26, 2009

Neil MacKenzie Trail Redux

By: Wood_Rat Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Small

It was a little confusing that I had a cache here on the map, since I just did one, but the pull of the little green box was there, so we were. WalruZ bashed around for a while then tagged out. It took about a half hour of inspection, but I finally discovered it's hiding place. That one should last a while, unless the neighbors get wise to adults playing around in that area... Thanks for the cache.

Ren & "Stumpy"

By: Atomsoup & Ica187 Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

All quiet down at the end of Weddell today... Thanks for the cache.

Center of America

By: Oaknest Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Wasn't sure if we should leave this one for a "planned outing" day rather than a "random driving" day, but here we were... Bet the developers are sorry they decided to increase the office space in this area now. Thanks for the cache.

The Woods

By: atomsoup Difficulty: 3.0 Terrain: 2.5 Container: Other

I was checking everywhere except the ivy, which I suppose was wishful thinking. The second time I found myself looking at toilet paper between ivy leaves and some cut logs, I decided to break out the hint. Then it was off to Taco Bell so Geo Baby could use the potty herself.

Just One Dave

By: evi1chef Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

Wow, that's a bold "hide" just sitting there! Perhaps it's a little different in the spring and summer...

Droopy Cache

By: Bloopy901 and Co Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

Seems to me this park has a cache already... Been here before in my childhood to hang out on the nearby picnic tables and be adolescent and then a couple decades later to be geeky and do the multi. This time Geo Baby was along to enjoy the excellent playground structures, so this was a great stop for the family on our caching outing. Thanks.

Kaylee

By: X Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Out and about in the cache jalopy with the family today after a nice Hobee's breakfast. Deja Vu as we drove up, and it took some time to convince WalruZ that he hadn't done this one before. Tried to get Geo Baby to do the retrieval, but ended up having to call WalruZ over... Thanks for the cache.

River

By: X Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Quick find. Log is damp but signable. Thanks for the cache.

Alcove

By: cc Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

Pretty quiet around here on the day after Christmas. Saw it as I walked up. Thanks for the cache.

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