JaimeeG

We are tossing around the idea of caching today. I am trying to get my daughter to give me some input as to what she would like to do today, but I keep getting the standard 14-year-old girl reply.."I don't know." We want to do those Lodi area caches, and I also want to place these 2 we have ready. I have been wanting to do a virtual out in the foothills also. Who knows what we will do...I also want to go see that movie, but Caitlin doesn't! I am suprised that my body doesn't hurt from all we did yesterday! My legs are a bit sore in spots but not too bad. I have recovered from the trauma of the tick bite and ready to face the wild and its challenges once again! Give us a call if you decide you are gonna be out and about and need any help finding caches! You could come to Ceres and find Obezag and then we could have lunch/dinner or something. Jaimee

We are tossing around the idea of caching today. I am trying to get my daughter to give me some input as to what she would like to do today, but I keep getting the standard 14-year-old girl reply.."I don't know." We want to do those Lodi area caches, and I also want to place these 2 we have ready. I have been wanting to do a virtual out in the foothills also. Who knows what we will do...I also want to go see that movie, but Caitlin doesn't! I am suprised that my body doesn't hurt from all we did yesterday! My legs are a bit sore in spots but not too bad. I have recovered from the trauma of the tick bite and ready to face the wild and its challenges once again! Give us a call if you decide you are gonna be out and about and need any help finding caches! You could come to Ceres and find Obezag and then we could have lunch/dinner or something. Jaimee

Hey all Pat hit the big 5-0 yesterday, with regards to caches found! I am at 48 and hope to pass 50 this weekend. We technically each have one more find (he has 51, I have 49), but one of our logged finds has been deleted. Man, I guess we better plan on taking a few weeks off work and devoting the time only to caching if we want to even get near Mr. Squirrel and George! Who's heading out today? Jaimee

Hey all Pat hit the big 5-0 yesterday, with regards to caches found! I am at 48 and hope to pass 50 this weekend. We technically each have one more find (he has 51, I have 49), but one of our logged finds has been deleted. Man, I guess we better plan on taking a few weeks off work and devoting the time only to caching if we want to even get near Mr. Squirrel and George! Who's heading out today? Jaimee

We plan on placing a couple new ones either today or tomorrow...not sure how close they will be to you though. We have been holding off on placing these until we found just the right spots. Jaimee

We plan on placing a couple new ones either today or tomorrow...not sure how close they will be to you though. We have been holding off on placing these until we found just the right spots. Jaimee

Squirrels? You are one!!!

Squirrels? You are one!!!

Yes Ron, you are quite the actor. You sure had me fooled. I am glad you are so willing to accept your payback. Oh..do you like rocks???? jaimee

Yes Ron, you are quite the actor. You sure had me fooled. I am glad you are so willing to accept your payback. Oh..do you like rocks???? jaimee

Okay....I know everyone has been anxiously awaiting the truth to what happened today, so I shall tell it! We met Ron at Squirrel's Stash at about 9:30 this morning. We hunted..hunted..hunted. I found it within 5 minutes, but I decided to not tell anyone and let them feel great when they found it. Oh..wait..that isn't exactly true..but it sounded good, right?? Ron stood back and watched while Pat and I continued hunting. Ron said he had found the cache when it was in the previous location, thus his reason for not searching with us. Yes, I bought it (call me "SUCKER"). George and Kelly arrived, and off we went again. Now, I figured with this many of us on the job, we were sure to find this dang thing...NOPE!!!! Ron kept asking things like "How long do you spend before you give up??" and other questions along those lines. We finally all cried "Uncle"...and then the fun began. Ron had something for each of us. As soon as I saw him pull out some envelopes, I knew something was up. Sure enough...the poop had been there at midnight last night and found it!!! We had all been had. This was pretty sad...there were 3 (4 including the kiddo) intelligent people there..and we were SO HAD! One more thing to say on this subject...Paybacks are a you-know-what Slick Willie! Oh..one more thing. If you ever get busted while caching (like by campus security),just hope you have Ron along to bail you out. I believe the story was that we were hunting the rare yellow banana slug as a nature project. Nice one Ron!!! We even had gifts for both Ron and George, little mementos from caches they had previously placed. On to Sacto we went. We walked a LONG way and found some pretty easy caches. I felt kinda bad because Ron got the short end of the stick since he had already found most of these up in that area. But hey..after what he did earlier, I didn't feel bad for very long. Ron showed me some poison oak...now I am an educated fool when it comes to that stuff. On the way home, I found we had gained a traveler. After dropping Ron back off in Stockton, I discovered a tick on my belly. YUCK!!!! I didn't freak out though. We stopped at a friend's home in Salida, and Pat borrowed a cigarette to make the lil' sucker back out. It only took about 90 seconds..but it was gross. I could feel it wiggling around and didn't like that at all. I now have learned that you aren't supposed to burn them out..oh well..too late now! Well, I guess that is my story of the day. Another fun day with Ron...and I can't wait to give him the appropriate payback!! Jaimee

Okay....I know everyone has been anxiously awaiting the truth to what happened today, so I shall tell it! We met Ron at Squirrel's Stash at about 9:30 this morning. We hunted..hunted..hunted. I found it within 5 minutes, but I decided to not tell anyone and let them feel great when they found it. Oh..wait..that isn't exactly true..but it sounded good, right?? Ron stood back and watched while Pat and I continued hunting. Ron said he had found the cache when it was in the previous location, thus his reason for not searching with us. Yes, I bought it (call me "SUCKER"). George and Kelly arrived, and off we went again. Now, I figured with this many of us on the job, we were sure to find this dang thing...NOPE!!!! Ron kept asking things like "How long do you spend before you give up??" and other questions along those lines. We finally all cried "Uncle"...and then the fun began. Ron had something for each of us. As soon as I saw him pull out some envelopes, I knew something was up. Sure enough...the poop had been there at midnight last night and found it!!! We had all been had. This was pretty sad...there were 3 (4 including the kiddo) intelligent people there..and we were SO HAD! One more thing to say on this subject...Paybacks are a you-know-what Slick Willie! Oh..one more thing. If you ever get busted while caching (like by campus security),just hope you have Ron along to bail you out. I believe the story was that we were hunting the rare yellow banana slug as a nature project. Nice one Ron!!! We even had gifts for both Ron and George, little mementos from caches they had previously placed. On to Sacto we went. We walked a LONG way and found some pretty easy caches. I felt kinda bad because Ron got the short end of the stick since he had already found most of these up in that area. But hey..after what he did earlier, I didn't feel bad for very long. Ron showed me some poison oak...now I am an educated fool when it comes to that stuff. On the way home, I found we had gained a traveler. After dropping Ron back off in Stockton, I discovered a tick on my belly. YUCK!!!! I didn't freak out though. We stopped at a friend's home in Salida, and Pat borrowed a cigarette to make the lil' sucker back out. It only took about 90 seconds..but it was gross. I could feel it wiggling around and didn't like that at all. I now have learned that you aren't supposed to burn them out..oh well..too late now! Well, I guess that is my story of the day. Another fun day with Ron...and I can't wait to give him the appropriate payback!! Jaimee

Maybe you could find a way to just mutate the heck out of the plant...make it so it actually grabs you as you walk by!! That is pretty much what those stupid berry bushes at Ripon cache did to me the other day. I swear they had little eyes just waiting for me to walk by so they could nab me. Oh..George...I was thinking of something here. If one of us (you, me or Pat) were to find Squirrel Stash before someone else (RON), maybe we should pretent like we don't find it until after he does. I think that if I find another one before him, it just might do him in. jaimee

Maybe you could find a way to just mutate the heck out of the plant...make it so it actually grabs you as you walk by!! That is pretty much what those stupid berry bushes at Ripon cache did to me the other day. I swear they had little eyes just waiting for me to walk by so they could nab me. Oh..George...I was thinking of something here. If one of us (you, me or Pat) were to find Squirrel Stash before someone else (RON), maybe we should pretent like we don't find it until after he does. I think that if I find another one before him, it just might do him in. jaimee

Okay..I have it figured out now!!!! There are a couple cachers in this area who have figured out how great I am at this sport/hobby. They were sitting around mulling over possible ideas of how they could possibly slow me down so I don't make them look bad. One decided it would be very ingenious to plant the caches in areas laden with poison oak, and that is what they went with. Nice planning!!!! Jaimee

Okay..I have it figured out now!!!! There are a couple cachers in this area who have figured out how great I am at this sport/hobby. They were sitting around mulling over possible ideas of how they could possibly slow me down so I don't make them look bad. One decided it would be very ingenious to plant the caches in areas laden with poison oak, and that is what they went with. Nice planning!!!! Jaimee

Oh..wait..a dragonfly, you say???? I thought I was looking for a horsefly all this time!!! No wonder I couldn't find the stupid thing!! Jaimee

Oh..wait..a dragonfly, you say???? I thought I was looking for a horsefly all this time!!! No wonder I couldn't find the stupid thing!! Jaimee

Okay..Ron's name has been changed to Slick Willie. I decided to back off the ol' guy a bit..was feeling kinda bad for rubbing it in about finding a cache before him (make it 2 now that I found Ripon cache). So, I go and look at the Dragonfly page, and I see that the cache now has a special difficulty rating just for MOI!!! And to think I felt bad I wish people would quit posting that they find that dang thing...just makes me feel dumber and dumber!! On to my next subjects now. Congrats on all the finds George. We have been wanting to do those caches for some time now..maybe tomorrow will be the day. What time are you guys meeting up in Stockton? Maybe we could stop by there on our way to Sacto if that is what we decide on. Oh..one more thing George. You took a picture of your WHAT at the Tuolumne Big Tree cache???? Lastly, the poison oak issue at the LaGrange cache. I was there Monday..haven't broke out yet and neither has my friend. Pat went back up with me that evening and didn't think it was poison oak. A possible way to earn a few bucks here...who can identify poison oak without any tiny doubt in their mind??? I want someone who can say "Yes, Jaimee, that is 100%, without a doubt.." either poison oak or not. I have looked at way too many different pictures now to be able to tell whether or not it is the real thing up there or not. So, here's the deal. If someone is willing to travel to LaGrange with me (or meet me there if I scare you) and give me proof positive that this is/is not poison oak, I will pay you $20. Yes, you heard right. I MUST know whether or not this is p.oak!!! If it is, I really think it is a rather lame spot to place a cache. If what I am thinking is poison oak actually is poison oak, there is no way to get to the cache without touching the crud. Whew..that was a lot of typing there. Good thing I'm fast! Email me if you are interested in my offer. I can go up there pretty much anytime. Jaimee

Okay..Ron's name has been changed to Slick Willie. I decided to back off the ol' guy a bit..was feeling kinda bad for rubbing it in about finding a cache before him (make it 2 now that I found Ripon cache). So, I go and look at the Dragonfly page, and I see that the cache now has a special difficulty rating just for MOI!!! And to think I felt bad I wish people would quit posting that they find that dang thing...just makes me feel dumber and dumber!! On to my next subjects now. Congrats on all the finds George. We have been wanting to do those caches for some time now..maybe tomorrow will be the day. What time are you guys meeting up in Stockton? Maybe we could stop by there on our way to Sacto if that is what we decide on. Oh..one more thing George. You took a picture of your WHAT at the Tuolumne Big Tree cache???? Lastly, the poison oak issue at the LaGrange cache. I was there Monday..haven't broke out yet and neither has my friend. Pat went back up with me that evening and didn't think it was poison oak. A possible way to earn a few bucks here...who can identify poison oak without any tiny doubt in their mind??? I want someone who can say "Yes, Jaimee, that is 100%, without a doubt.." either poison oak or not. I have looked at way too many different pictures now to be able to tell whether or not it is the real thing up there or not. So, here's the deal. If someone is willing to travel to LaGrange with me (or meet me there if I scare you) and give me proof positive that this is/is not poison oak, I will pay you $20. Yes, you heard right. I MUST know whether or not this is p.oak!!! If it is, I really think it is a rather lame spot to place a cache. If what I am thinking is poison oak actually is poison oak, there is no way to get to the cache without touching the crud. Whew..that was a lot of typing there. Good thing I'm fast! Email me if you are interested in my offer. I can go up there pretty much anytime. Jaimee

Ha ha ha Mr. Streeter! I think I have a way to find it though...but I won't reveal my tactics until it proves successful. I would hate to have it rubbed in my face that I was wrong or something!!!!!!!! We are planning on getting up early tomorrow and spending the day caching. I still want to hit the American River Parkway, but I guess we shall have to wait and see what the weather does. Anyone else heading out tomorrow (Friday)?? Jaimee (whose tagline will soon be "Death to the Dragonfly"!!!)

Okay...this is now my mission. I will find Dragonfly; I will, I will, I will!!!! I am going to recruit everyone I know and scour every square inch of that dang area until it is found. Ron, you could be nice and help me you know!!! Jaimee

Okay...this is now my mission. I will find Dragonfly; I will, I will, I will!!!! I am going to recruit everyone I know and scour every square inch of that dang area until it is found. Ron, you could be nice and help me you know!!! Jaimee

Has anyone ever done any GeoDashing?? I was looking at the website and found it quite interesting. I know that Just A Short Walk and Iron Chef play, but I wasn't sure if anyone else from around here participates. I guess you can do it individually or in teams. Sounded kinda fun to me but wanted to see if any had actual experience with it. Off to bed for me. I did lots of walking today and I am tired!!! Jaimee

Has anyone ever done any GeoDashing?? I was looking at the website and found it quite interesting. I know that Just A Short Walk and Iron Chef play, but I wasn't sure if anyone else from around here participates. I guess you can do it individually or in teams. Sounded kinda fun to me but wanted to see if any had actual experience with it. Off to bed for me. I did lots of walking today and I am tired!!! Jaimee