WeightMan
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Enjoy your trip. I went through MT a few years ago, but that was further north along US 2. Check out Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park in Nebraska. It is an interesting group of fossils and all indoors.
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According to information on airnav.com the airport is on the sand and is closed to vehicles during the summer, but not now.
http://www.airnav.com/airport/S16
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When I have traveled outside of North America, I get an international data plan that does not include calls. For Canada, using the phone offline as suggested would work well.
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Since those are both national parks, most of the caches there will be virtuals or earthcaches. Traditional caches are generally not allowed in national parks although there are some exceptions. I have only been through there once so I am not that familiar with the caches available, but you will need to check the town you enter through, or exit through. I have no finds in Cody or Jackson and have not been in West Yellowstone. I do have some finds inside Yellowstone, but all are either virtual or earth caches.
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The last cacher looking for Daejon Park <https://coord.info/GCJN1M> found the hook the cache was hung on so the cache must be missing. I am no longer capable of getting on my knees due to knee replacement surgery. If someone would like to adopt it, I am more than willing to let it go. If not, I will have to archive the cache.
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We're a bit farther south than Ireland, so the days will be a little shorter. The elevation at Monte Cristo is around 2800 feet, so not bad, you shouldn't notice it. We have heavier forests than Ireland, not as much open country. For the most part, the wildlife wants to avoid you as much as you wish to avoid it. No poisonous animals in Western Washington (Eastern Washington does have rattlesnakes), the only pisonous plant to look for is nettles - but it only gives you an itchy patch for s short while and can sting thru clothing. I haven't been on the new trail, but hiking boots are a safe bet, not only for possible rough terrain, but wet/muddy trails.
Edit: to correct elevation.
It appears the Jester has forgotten about one plant to avoid. Devil's Club looks bad and you would tend to avoid it anyhow due to the thorns. I have not been to Monte Cristo so I don't know if it grows up there. We do have poison oak which can cause severe itching. In that case, just remember to avoid leaves of three.
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If you are coming up I-5, be sure to take the old road through Siskiyou Summit. There are some good caches along that route. That assumes, the road is passable, of course. That would be Exit 1 off of I-5.
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We're spending the night in the middle Oregon (just south of Roseburg). Tomorrow we head for the California coast and the Redwoods. By Thursday we should be in San Fran - Fisherman's Wharf, Alcatraz and such.
We picked up one cache in Portland - The Atomic Penguin - after a Weight Watcher meeting. The rest of the day was just traveling, as we get to Oregon fairly often.
It's good to be back on the road again, it's a joy to explore this country. It's just fun to get out and "do" things different from the norm.
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WM - We did Firestone back in 2005, a very cool cache.
SS - You'd better hurry, we'll be there in just a couple of days...
Since you have done Firestone, how about this one, just west of the Golden Gate Bridge. I parked near the bridge and walked down the hill. Very nice area with few people. https://coord.info/GCC63B
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If you have not already done it, while in the San Francisco area, give Firestone a try. https://coord.info/GC78
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On the geocaching app, there is a button to leave a message. That is where you go to write something. If you have already logged the cache, you can go to your log and edit it in a browser.
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Are you using a phone app or doing it on the cache page?
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Mine have not run at all. I made copies on my main account on Monday and changed the day to the current day on my second account. I changed days again today and neither set have run.
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I had two weekly PQs not run on Saturday, although the rest of my normal Saturday runs did. I moved to my second account and checked them to run today (Sunday). That was over two hours ago and neither of them have run.
Edit to note that those two had last run on my second account in 2014.
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Too bad I didn't know you were going to be in the Newcastle area. A bit south of there is the town of Durham. In that town is the only true Norman Cathedral in Europe. The old town portion of Durham looks like it did back in the day. Narrow streets and all. It is way too far north from Norwich. York was also a neat city to visit.
For details on the Durham Cathedral see this link.
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Today we took a tour of Dublin after finding an outdoor shop (gee, I miss REI) to replace a buckle I slammed in the door, then drove down and found the oldest cache in Ireland/Europe (both in one - bonus!). We headed west to kiss the Blarey stone, but ended up too late in the day so we just headed for the room. We'll get to the Blarney Stone tomorrow morning and then north thru Limerick towards the Cliffs of Mohar.
Navagating the cities is so much "fun". Roads can change names every few blocks, they don't line up or go thru, and half the time the OSM maps we're using don't have the name right (sometimes no name at all - the dreaded "turn on alley or road").
But the sights are amazing. We're still having trouble believing we're really here - some times it looks very much like parts of home - trees and rain. The people we've met are friendly - even when we accidentally end up in their driveway on the way to a cache.
Enough for now, I need to plan where we'll get to tomorrow so I can book a room.
When I was at Blarney Castle, I skipped kissing the stone and took a walk through the garden. There were some caches there, but the highlight was the lake at the end of the trail.
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For a quick and close estimate multiply the meters by three and add ten percent. Example 30 meters times three would be 90. Ten percent would be 9 so 30 meters is close to 99 feet. While not the easiest to change kilometers to miles, multiply by 0.6. I know this doesn't change the app, but it does give you a good idea.
Edit to correct a math error.
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We awoke to about an inch of snow - the pavement is clear, but cars and brush are covered. It looks like I-90 thru Missula is mixed snow/ice/clear, we'll see how the day goes. I hope no more adentures await us, I've had enough for the year...
You certainly have.
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Be prepared for I-84 when you get to Spokane. I heard something about snow at Snoqualmie.
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I completely understand why you think it is a bit short, but I had limited time for the trip. I had a longer trip planned that would go through the Upper Peninsula, down through Michigan, into Kentucky, coming back through Kansas and then picking up this trail. I may well do that other part later on, but start in Minneapolis and ending in Nashville.
Yeah, that's similar to what I was looking at, but add in a loop thru New England. Retirement is fun!
I'm also looking at a 'short' loop thru Glacier, Yellowstone and the canyons/arches of southern Utah. Maybe even parts of northern Arizona, but I have to be careful or it'll turn into another big trip.
If you do that loop with Glacier and Yellowstone, be sure to hit Wind Cave NP. There is another EC at Wind Cave.
Skip Crazy Horse. You can see it from the highway and the stop is just a tourist trap.
New England is a place I have to get back to. I was there before caching and so have none of those states.
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Jester, You mentioned a trip across the northern states. I did that last September on the route shown below. Unfortunately I no longer have the bookmark, but I can tell you there are some good caches along that route. I followed US 2 most of the way east.
Hmm... Looks a little short.
I was looking at something like that, but continue up thru Michigan, and into New England before looping south-ish thru the Mid-West (have to get the oldest in the state for all those states, and a couple we did visit, that we didn't get to. Maybe a fall trip for leaf color in New England.I completely understand why you think it is a bit short, but I had limited time for the trip. I had a longer trip planned that would go through the Upper Peninsula, down through Michigan, into Kentucky, coming back through Kansas and then picking up this trail. I may well do that other part later on, but start in Minneapolis and ending in Nashville.
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Jester, You mentioned a trip across the northern states. I did that last September on the route shown below. Unfortunately I no longer have the bookmark, but I can tell you there are some good caches along that route. I followed US 2 most of the way east.
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I have eaten lunch at the Lambert's in Sikeston. One of the pass-arounds was deep fried okra. That was good. Lambert's is a MUST VISIT just for the fun of it.
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I figured they were too involved with GeoWoodstock to post here. Hopefully soon.
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Don't forget spare batteries.
I was looking at something like that, but continue up thru Michigan, and into New England before looping south-ish thru the Mid-West (have to get the oldest in the state for all those states, and a couple we did visit, that we didn't get to. Maybe a fall trip for leaf color in New England.
Any recommendations for truly great caches
in Northwest
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There is the Northwest Classics bookmark list at https://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=404373d8-f811-491f-bc9f-45f6dbff7b58
That should give you a few to look at. Note that this is pre-2010 so more recent ones won't be on the list.