Random caching around the valley

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

I got a few caches today, first was DR PEPPER, a new cache goblincamper2004 hid last night, it is in the same place as BYU BLUE was, another of their caches. They have by far hidden the most around Mapleton and Springville for me to find and I'm thankful for that!

Another find was Girly Girl, a cache hidden in someone's front yard in the sprinkler box, that is actually a pretty common hiding method around here but this one was different, normally it is just in the box, this one had fake wiring and sprinkler equipment in there that I had to pull out to find the cache hidden below, that was a lot of extra work.

I found At the Park, it was as the name implies... at a park. It had a great overlooking view of American Fork and Highland. A nice cache, and I enjoyed sitting there for a few minutes just taking in the view of my valley.

I found a little cache called Over the Wall from Wallmart, I had meant to find it before but it seemed to be missing (based on logs of people not finding it) so I never bothered to look. It is a simple micro in an evergreen tree, boring to many but I enjoy all kinds of caches.

I finally found Dry Creek Trail Head, I had been wanting to for a few years because I knew what it was going to be and I really like that kind of cache, often mountain tops and trail heads will have a register for people to sign in on, sometimes people will use that log book as the log book for a geocache, so it is not necesasary to actually hide a container, rather just use the book and box it's in. I have "hidden" a few like that myself.

I also finally found Lame Jokes, I have been there many times and for some reason just could not spot it, it wasn't that hard of a hide, a fake sprinkler in the lawn of a park but sometimes they just elude me.

Tiff's cache was another quick one, just a micro in the post of a stop sign.

I also saw some fun animals today, wildlife (deer, turkeys...) and some camels in a corral too.

Rock my world

Monday, 09 August 2010

I stopped in Hobble Creek Canyon while hiding a few and found Rock my world, what a gorgeous little spot with a creek and green grass and a canopy of trees and birds... I really enjoyed the peaceful spot and sat there for a bit. That is what I love about geocaching, why would I have ever found that spot if someone hadn't led me there with a geocache? I wouldn't have. it is only 80 feet off the road and totally hidden. Everyone drives by never knowing.

Doh!-nut Falls Cache

Sunday, 08 August 2010

Tammy and I hiked up to find the Doh!-nut Falls Cache, it turned into quite the adventure. It was a nice easy hike, about 0.75 miles up to the falls area, saw some people and some wildlife along the way.


It is a popular hike, we saw a lot of people along the way. When we got to the falls I stood under the FREEZING cold water, it was way colder than either of the other two waterfalls I've stood in this summer, and I thought Stewart Falls was cold!



After looking all over the hillside for the cache Tammy decided to look for it and instantly said "here it is!" I guess I should keep her around!

We decided to be adventurous and find out own "better" way back after finding the cache... Something I often do and always regret but never learn from. We ended up climbing cliffs, sliding down mountains, jumping across raging rivers, running into a moose a few feet away from us and much more... all in all a nice little Sunday evening hike.

Know Your Local Cachers Challenge

I recently found a new challenge cache, Know Your Local Cachers Challenge ~ Utah.

I enjoy the challenge caches and searching through my finds to figure out if and how I qualify to log the cache. This challenge was to have at least 10 geocachers which I have found three different types of caches hidden by them.

DrJay
How Green Is My Valley? ~ 30 Aug 06 ~ GCRPVH
Utah County Sudoku - Level 1 ~ 30 Jul 06 ~ GCTEWT
Fröhliche Weihnachten, Charlie Brown! ~ 19 Aug 06 ~ GCTDC3

Baldin' Eagle
Kodachrome ~ 27 Sep 08 ~ GCH3KT
Deer Crossings ~ 10 Mar 04 ~ GCHANV
The Price is Right ~ 28 Mar 08 ~ GC1A46M

GOBLINCAMPER2004
Northstar Cache ~ 09 Apr 08 ~ GC1AZN2
DO YOU REMEMBER ~ 26 May 08 ~ GC1CGVW
LABOR DAY BASH ~ 30 Aug 08 ~ GC1E0WH

Cervine girl
Game Over ~ 10 Oct 06 ~ GCRMNF
117 Roses ~ 03 Dec 06 ~ GCYX4E
The Art of Sculptures 101 ~ 19 Nov 09 ~ GC20NXV

firennice
Memorial View ~ 10 May 08 ~ GC1BZQ4
Springvilleigo ~ 29 Sep 08 ~ GC1FQ25
One Cache To Rule Them All - Middle Earth Cache ~ 27 Jun 10 ~ GC1EQK7

pokernut
Electric Cache ~ 14 Apr 07 ~ GCMVAX
Palmyra Fort ~ 07 Dec 06 ~ GCNG8X
Old Shed ~ 14 Jul 07 ~ GCPC7V

Momma Owl
Payson's #1 Park ~ 15 Jul 06 ~ GCRJP8
Payson Park # 2 ~ 07 Sep 06 ~ GCT13J
Red Owl Letterbox Hybrid Cache ~ 22 Jul 06 ~ GCT261

Mr Morty
Dead Man's Cache #1 (Rocks in a cage) ~ 06 Jul 06 ~ GCV2A4
Dead Man's Cache #4 (Arrrr, Here be the Booty) ~ 07 Jul 06 ~ GCV2BR
The Search for Pirates Treasure ~ 30 May 07 ~ GC125VP

Princess Daisies
Where's the Froggie? ~ 11 Nov 07 ~ GC17625
Easter Egg Cache Scramble ~ 15 Mar 08 ~ GC197ZG
Stewart Falls ~ 13 Aug 08 ~ GC1E69R

PeanutsParents
Peanut's Trailer Trash ~ 16 Sep 06 ~ GCN83J
Between a "Rock" and a Benchmark ~ 15 Jul 06 ~ GCRDRR
Blunder Bums and S. T. Zach ROCK ~ 09 Jun 07 ~ GCVR20



As for the cache itself, it was hidden where an old CoolCache cache called Lucky Strike, the old drilled out piece of wood was still there, you can see it in the pictures.

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I also stopped by and found Lets Go Commando!!!

Recent Events

Friday, 06 August 2010

Several events lately, we had the monthly event I host at the local hot dog shop "Kranky Franks," we always have a bunch of fun people show up there.

It was also the annual camp-out in Whiting Campground, I do that every summer. A few people rent campsites and stay overnight but a lot more just come up Friday night and socialize and eat and enjoy each others company. We had a great group this year, as always.


Jan (gotwings ) and I.

Ryan (rferguson527)

Tammy with Ken(WindBeneath)

Sean(SoulDominator) and Dave(Clodbuster 2)

Saturday, 07 August 2010

The annual event to hike Maple Mountain (Spanish Fork Peak) was Saturday as well, I wasn't feeling well and didn't hike more than half a mile, but it was still fun to see everyone.

Later on Saturday was SPLASH MOB IV, a fun little event at a park in Riverton with a "Splash Pad" for kids (and adults) to play around on and get wet.

Monday, 09 August 2010

Brian (PeanutsParents) had an event too, 8-9-10 Flash Mob Event, it was on 8/9/10 at 11:12am... A fun date and time that doesn't happen often at all.

Heber Valley

Friday, 06 August 2010

I found myself in the Heber/Midway area today and decided to do a little caching, I stopped by Brace Yourself and was able to find it this time, I had tried before unsuccessfully. It was hidden by PlumNuts which generally means I'm going to have a hard time with it.

I also found Wasatch to Star Wars - Kashyyyk, it was hidden by my friend Brian (JediMasterAilshie) and I have wanted to try to find all of his, now I need six more of his 22.



Since I was in the area I stopped by Wasatch Mountain State Park: Huber Grove... I had already found it but I thought since I'm keeping this blog now I'd take a few pictures of the funny cache... It is in an old looking outhouse, and when you open up the "toilet" you find the ammo can.




To finish off the caching in Heber Valley I stopped by Ranger Rick #2, it was a quick find on the sign at the National Forest Ranger Station.

A Dork in Diamond Fork

Thursday, 05 August 2010

Dick and I decided to go up Diamond Fork Canyon again, I was wanted to hide a geocache at the site of the Diamond Battle of 1866, I really like putting geocaches at historic places.

We stopped at Castilla Hot Springs and looked around at the ruins of the old resort there, not a lot left. While we were parked there Chris happened to be driving by and stopped, it was pretty random seeing him, and there of all places... but I love when I randomly see friends in odd places.

Chris and Dick and I went up Diamond Fork together, we found Yellow Ribbon #6 and then went up Little Diamond to the battle site, which was the original goal for the night.

From there we decided to continue up the road, it went up to the top of a little mountain, about 7,920 feet above sea level, a mountain that I have wanted to go check out for most of my life, I can remember looking at the maps and seeing the winding, switch-backing road going up to the top, passing several mines, we saw a big mine but it was getting to be too dark for any good pictures. We hid a few caches up top and headed back down the mountain.