boulter's Geoblog

Mar 30, 2007

Governor's Mansion

By: vtroses & dosouth Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

4:31 pm - Holy moly, traffic! Found it while pretending to look at a rather uninteresting building. Thanks!

Parliament Square

By: forman & Donna Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Virtual

3:55 pm - It was a nice afternoon for a walk and we made this our first stop. Thanks!

The Water Tower

By: forman Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Virtual

4:07 pm - Second stop on a caching tour of the area. A market was just closing up here. Thanks for the view and cache.

Mar 28, 2007

Sunset Cache

By: tinkertoad Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

8:53 am - We're not sure how you're supposed to get to this one legally. We wandered through the condos next door that were being built and found access to the beach. Then we walked up the path to the cache. The gate at the top was locked, so we had to go around again through the condos. Good thing we left the gate from the condos open! Thanks for the cache.

Green Key

By: Fred Langa Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 5.0 Container: Virtual

2:11 pm - This was one hell of an adventure. We only had a few hours left before our cruise ship left and this looked like a fun cache to do. Our plan was to use our snorkeling equipment to swim out to the island, run over to the cache, swim back, return the rental car and get back on the ship. We put all out stuff in a backpack and triple bagged the camera, GPS and cell phone. Also in the bag were shoes for walking on the island. These were a very good idea as the rocks on the island were sharp!

The swim went ok with flippers and we made it on the island in about 30 minutes. Our electr onics were dry. It then took us another 40 minutes or so to walk across the Key to the cache to get the picture and get back.

When we returned to the beach to put our snorkeling equipment back on, some other people had come over on a boat; they looked at us like we were crazy. Off we went and we w ere back on the island proper in another 35 minutes. We quickly got our stuff together and raced back to dock.

I took a wrong turn and we got stuck in some nasty traffic, making it a bit more stressful for us. When returning the car, we couldn't find one set of flippers. Crap, I left them on the roof of the car back at the beach. There was no time to go back for them, so we finished the paperwork and rushed back to the ship. It seems that a lot of other people were late too, so we made it ok, but it sure was exciting! Thanks for the adventure!

Mar 27, 2007

Jake's Seat

By: Joliet Jake Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

12:52 pm - My god, this place was crazy busy - cars honking, people running across the street, nearly getting run over. Good hide for the cache and a nice spot to check out the view - when there aren't so many frickin' people! Thanks.

Hull Bay Hide

By: Dread Pirate Snow Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Regular

12:32 pm - I looked around the boat ramp first, then wandered into the right spot. Funny placement. Thanks!

Top-O-The-Hill

By: MrXCyTING Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

4:50 pm - Well, we thought this one was on the road side of the fence, so we went all the way around. Nope, no cache up there! Down the hill we went and found it in a much more reasonable spot on our way back to the ship. Thanks!

Dock Sider

By: Pittsburgh Transplant & Tag A Long Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

4:56 pm - Yeah, I don't think you could get closer to the dock. Looks like we weren't the only geocachers on the ship! Thanks.

Sea Princess 4 Cache

By: Allen, Isabelle and Samuel Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 2.0 Container: Micro

2:09 pm - We had a fun walk out to this spot. Anne grabbed the cache. I didn't make it out without getting my shoes soaked, but I guess that's what fun is all about, right? Thanks!

Mar 26, 2007

La Rogativa

By: TCOMGUY Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

8:08 pm - Based on the description, I expected this one to be closer to the statue. I found the cache on my second check in this spot. It was a little worrysome to stick my hand in there especially at night, but I came out ok. Thanks!

Mar 23, 2007

Watch Over Wetlands (WOW #2)

By: IslandRoy Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Small

7:07 pm - There was a wedding on the beach today, which was neat to watch. As for the cache, I was waiting for a gator to jump out any second as I was trying to find the cache. Got out unscathed, fortunately. TNLN. Thanks!

Walk On Water (WOW #1)

By: IslandRoy Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

6:02 pm - Neat spot to take a break! I don't know how, but we all missed this cache on our first pass, but we did. Embarrassing! TNLN. Thanks!

EZ Street

By: Chere Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

6:17 pm - Nice neighborhood for a cache. Left the car running as we grabbed it. Thanks!

Hop To It Cache

By: Chere Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

6:47 pm - This cache was a good excuse to find the beach. We wandered around a bit and enjoyed the ocean. TNLN. Thanks.

Mar 22, 2007

Cache of a Lifetime!

By: PAbabe and Wiseye Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Small

11:26 am - We looked for a while in reference to the hint, but that lead us nowhere. Eventually I found it in the first place we looked. Well-hidden cache. TNLN. Thanks.

Sweet Jasmine

By: The Dream Cachers Difficulty: 1.0 Terrain: 1.0 Container: Micro

10:37 am - Hey, this was a nice spot to park and check out the beach. Quick cache, too! Thanks.

Mangrove Momma

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

11:01 am - The coordinates were all bouncy here, but I eventually found it. Interesting camo! Thanks.

Mar 18, 2007

Shred it, Dude!

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

11:33 am - There was a long wait at Stacks' for breakfast, so Rob and I went for a walk. Found it OK and made it back in time for them to call our name and get some yummy pancakes. Thanks!

Mar 10, 2007

Fennel (was Bamboo)

By: MotorBug Difficulty: 2.0 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Regular

5:45 pm - MotorBug is definitely not a plant guy, but I don't hold that against him. SMILIE

Tides

By: MotorBug Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.5 Container: Micro

5:53 pm - We walked all the way out here from the marina and by this type, we knew we were definitely not going to make it back before dark. Oh well, it was a nice walk. Thanks!