kawikaturn

Happy Elfing everyone! kawikaturn, Laa Laa, Tinky Winky and an unnamed Christmas geodog.

Well, I tried to do something artistic here. I had a new camera and did not know how to do a fill flash like I know I should have done when taking a photo into the sun. Maybe it could be adjusted, but I did not go there. Hope you enjoy it!

Nice photos Don. Say, does anyone know a good local source for decon containers? I hate to pay the ebay $5.00+ price if I can find a better deal locally. Any suggestions? I could use 4 of them. Thanks everyone.

Re: New Meetup.com Geocaching San Diego Organizer Planning Meeting Can we keep this meetup.com group going? Let's plan a meeting to discuss ways to fund the cost for keeping this group together. It's only $12. / mo to keep the group together. I am thinking we can host a couple events a year to fund the cost. What do you think? Any other ideas? I have a few other fun ideas to share at an informal get together on Wednesday, 11/28 @ 7:00 pm. Lets meet at: Karl Strauss Brewery Gardens - Sorrento Valley 9675 Scranton Road San Diego , CA 92121 858-587-2739 Please reply to RSVP or just leave an idea to be discussed at the meeting. Looking forward to seeing you there! For more info, see http://geo.meetup.com/114/. Dave

Nice photo Dave! Did you find my cache up there? Can I whine if you didn't? Sorry - that did not even make my PQ list! Maybe I will get there when the kids are a bit older on our next tram ride!

I was bummed after getting my family and I up to an elevation of 8516 feet, then to find out a cache is missing! Luckily, we did find one cache while we were up there! High above Palm Springs after an almost vertical tram ride! My nomination for a GC banner photo!

Great idea Tom! The event is a great place to collect things. Paul Since we are on the subject, has there been any word of other cachers that lost their home? Anyone heard the latest from Eric and Hill? Hill's folks lost their place in RB. See Post #12301.

This just in: Dear Friends, I am writing to you because my friends Luke and Laura (Tinfoil-Hat Head & Wall-Eyed Nutbag) have lost their home in the Fallbrook fire last week. I am happy to know that they are safe and have begun to rebuild their lives. They are fellow geocachers and I was hoping that you could help me get some things together that they need just to get back to basics and establish a daily routine while they piece it all back together. I have a list of things that they need. I'm going to go through my house and get whatever I can but I know I don't have it all. So any help you can give would be great. I'll be putting this together and driving down next week to give them what I've collected. Anything you could do would be appreciated. God bless! Katy aka Mamaloo The List cutting board knives pots/sauce pans baking sheet pyrex-type baking dish scissors cookbook/recipes crock pot bottle opener wine opener can opener hot pads tongs spatula wisk measuring spoons measuring cups left over food containers large outdoor garbage can small indoor garbage can swiffer dust buster vaccuum dust pan broom mop laundry soap fabric softener ------------------------------ FYI and to help out a fellow geocacher. Thanks.

No kidding. I'm getting sick of this too. If they're keeping us out because of contaminated water, so what! We never drink it anyway. We always use bottled water. Maybe we need to storm the gates. I heard on TV that the main reason is because the water levels and pressure is too low to fight any fires should a new one occurr. "It would be irresponsible if we let people back in and we could not protect them". That was from the OES interview.

I just spoke to Pat Trailgators - They are fine. They evacuated the San Pasqual area Sunday at 2am. He is anxious to get back home and post some replies on the forum I am sure!

During the fires, it has been good for some, bad for others. My son and I have been in jail twice today! Since we opted to stay home, we had a fun game of Monopoly. Kids have been in their PJ's all day. Glad to finally be out of jail and collecting rents from Boardwalk and Park Place!!

Yeah! Now it is OK for me to still be at home! Thanks for the good news Varner Parsteve!

They just expanded the mandatory evacuations into the Del Mar area.

Here is a pretty good one from North County Times website. This one was updated @ 12:30. Check the top stories link from their homepage for later updates.

Glad to hear they are OK, but I am sure it is very upsetting. It really hits home when it happens to someone you know. Hopefully these winds will calm and we can all get past this soon. Please keep us posted if there is anything you / they need. Winds seem to be calming at the coast now.

I-5 or I-15? No evacuations in Carlsbad yet. All Carlsbad schools are open.

Speaking of the coast, here is a photo down my street in Carlsbad! Some homes in RB have already been lost.

Congrats to pqcachers on the big # 1200 !!! I am proud to say I was there to witness the milestone, PLUS, SHE FOUND THE CACHE! HUBBA-HUBBA !!!!

Yes, it is just a deer. The amazing part is WHERE I found it today. Found this morning at A - Line Cache in San Marcos. Just 200 feet away from the cache and less than 500 feet from suburbia! See another photo on my cache log. I also spotted 3 deer near BACK to SCHOOL cache on 9/10, but I did not have my camera at the time. Did you know there are 65 varieties of deer? This is one of those!

Halfway on the truck trail, I may head north onto Otay Lakes Rd. I do not have any of those caches. Does anyone know if you can drive all the way through to connect to the main Otay Lakes Rd? I seem to be talking to myself. TA I'm just waiting for you to answer your last question Yes, you can go all the way thru (from the prison to Otay Lake Rd.) Great road. Could be done in a Yugo! ... but then again who would care if the Yugo went off the cliff!

Well, so much for that idea. We got drenched. Let's plan another attempt with a lower tide. Who can join me 9/1 @ 0600? Also, do Vintage: Coastal Hike while we are in the area. Changed the time to 5PM. See the San Diego Geocachers meetup.com site for details.

I emailed the owner about it.... he calls it a "self made pedal-boat". They could have a market here! here is another photo of the "pedal-boat". That is the hint of where it is! Is that a fiord? By the way, it looks like that guy wearing a bikini top.... Think "ultimate driving machine" ... How would it look out on mission bay / sail bay! All we need is a couple old surf boards and a bike and a welder! What you got there is a bicycle and two surf boards on a roof rack...what they aren't showing is that under the water, there is a Ford Explorer attached to that roof rack... Or is it a fiord Explorer! I have an extra surfboard!

I emailed the owner about it.... he calls it a "self made pedal-boat". They could have a market here! here is another photo of the "pedal-boat". That is the hint of where it is! Is that a fiord? By the way, it looks like that guy wearing a bikini top.... Think "ultimate driving machine" ... How would it look out on mission bay / sail bay! All we need is a couple old surf boards and a bike and a welder!

What is that thing, a bicycle on a surf board? Its a surfcycle!© I emailed the owner about it.... he calls it a "self made pedal-boat". They could have a market here! here is another photo of the "pedal-boat". That is the hint of where it is!

I was looking around at some 5/5 caches and ran into this photo that made me laugh. Never mind where it is, guess what country it is in! (yes, that is right). I hope you all enjoy this one!