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The one geocache on your watchlist your dying to do

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knowschad

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I have so many on my list but I really really want to get out and do this one

 

Annie Creek Railroad Cache

 

 

I see that I still proudly hold the most recent DNF on that one. Yeah, its an awesome cache in the Black Hills. A couple of miles of mildly offroad driving (I managed to make it fine in my Rav4) followed by a couple of miles of hiking up the gradual incline of the old narrow gauge railroad. There are two ravines that you have to cross... the trestles are now just a pile of rubble at the bottom.

 

If I had one complaint on the cache, it would be that a cache that takes so much effort to get to probably shouldn't be that hard to find. But I think a big part of the problem wasn't the hide itself but more the signal reflection from the rock cliff the cache is hidden near.

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I have so many on my list but I really really want to get out and do this one

 

Annie Creek Railroad Cache

 

 

I see that I still proudly hold the most recent DNF on that one. Yeah, its an awesome cache in the Black Hills. A couple of miles of mildly offroad driving (I managed to make it fine in my Rav4) followed by a couple of miles of hiking up the gradual incline of the old narrow gauge railroad. There are two ravines that you have to cross... the trestles are now just a pile of rubble at the bottom.

 

If I had one complaint on the cache, it would be that a cache that takes so much effort to get to probably shouldn't be that hard to find. But I think a big part of the problem wasn't the hide itself but more the signal reflection from the rock cliff the cache is hidden near.

 

My personal opinion, I think that the annie creek railroad geocache is what geocaching is all about. Outdoors adventure with some history involved.

 

I look at the pictures people have taken there and it makes me want to pack my things right now and head out there today.

 

Unfortunately, I dont think my wife would come along.

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hukilaulau

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Not on our watchlist but it's been on our todo list for quite some time. Hoping to check it out soon.

The Depot

The Depot is my favorite of the 1300+ caches I've done. Not difficult at all, but then magic usually isn't.

Here's the one I want to do. Maybe I'll try it for #1500 or something. No magic involved. Just overcoming (for me anyway) sheer terror!

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Parzival

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Not on our watchlist but it's been on our todo list for quite some time. Hoping to check it out soon.

The Depot

The Depot is my favorite of the 1300+ caches I've done. Not difficult at all, but then magic usually isn't.

Here's the one I want to do. Maybe I'll try it for #1500 or something. No magic involved. Just overcoming (for me anyway) sheer terror!

 

Any geocache that involves the possibility of death is ok in my book. .

 

<_<

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knowschad

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I have so many on my list but I really really want to get out and do this one

 

Annie Creek Railroad Cache

 

 

I see that I still proudly hold the most recent DNF on that one. Yeah, its an awesome cache in the Black Hills. A couple of miles of mildly offroad driving (I managed to make it fine in my Rav4) followed by a couple of miles of hiking up the gradual incline of the old narrow gauge railroad. There are two ravines that you have to cross... the trestles are now just a pile of rubble at the bottom.

 

If I had one complaint on the cache, it would be that a cache that takes so much effort to get to probably shouldn't be that hard to find. But I think a big part of the problem wasn't the hide itself but more the signal reflection from the rock cliff the cache is hidden near.

 

My personal opinion, I think that the annie creek railroad geocache is what geocaching is all about. Outdoors adventure with some history involved.

 

I look at the pictures people have taken there and it makes me want to pack my things right now and head out there today.

 

Unfortunately, I dont think my wife would come along.

 

There are many in the Black Hills that I'd say would fit that description. They put out some awesome caches in that area. Every one I found was also maintained very well. I'm looking forward to getting back there next summer for some more!

 

As for Annie Creek, looking at some spoilers in the gallery shows me that I finally had the correct GZ right at the very end, when I decided to call it quits!

Parzival

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I have so many on my list but I really really want to get out and do this one

 

Annie Creek Railroad Cache

 

 

I see that I still proudly hold the most recent DNF on that one. Yeah, its an awesome cache in the Black Hills. A couple of miles of mildly offroad driving (I managed to make it fine in my Rav4) followed by a couple of miles of hiking up the gradual incline of the old narrow gauge railroad. There are two ravines that you have to cross... the trestles are now just a pile of rubble at the bottom.

 

If I had one complaint on the cache, it would be that a cache that takes so much effort to get to probably shouldn't be that hard to find. But I think a big part of the problem wasn't the hide itself but more the signal reflection from the rock cliff the cache is hidden near.

 

My personal opinion, I think that the annie creek railroad geocache is what geocaching is all about. Outdoors adventure with some history involved.

 

I look at the pictures people have taken there and it makes me want to pack my things right now and head out there today.

 

Unfortunately, I dont think my wife would come along.

 

There are many in the Black Hills that I'd say would fit that description. They put out some awesome caches in that area. Every one I found was also maintained very well. I'm looking forward to getting back there next summer for some more!

 

As for Annie Creek, looking at some spoilers in the gallery shows me that I finally had the correct GZ right at the very end, when I decided to call it quits!

 

Ya, I have about 3 or 4 others in the Black Hills that are on the to do list. Hopefully I can get to them in the next few years or sooner..

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Ambrosia

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For years, it was Ebey Bluffs. I finally got to do it. <_<

 

Now, I don't really have one that stands out over any other, and that works for me. I try not to make any plans for the future.

 

I have a Must Do bookmark where I keep popping in caches that I'd like to do sometime. It's pretty loose, and I'm sure there are a few caches I'd really like to do that I just haven't added in there. I'll do that when I think of it.

Jeep_Dog

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I had not considered this possibility, but I would much rather die doing the geocache than a geocache I am dying to do.

 

Death by geocaching. Hmmmm.... there's worse ways to go. <_<

GIDEON-X

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<_< The one that I've been putting off for a couple of years is really not that far out of the way on my runs to San Diego........But Oh Next time seems to be the answer.... <_<

Oldie

 

One of these days...

The Leprechauns

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I don't have but four or five caches on my watchlist, because they don't fit anywhere else. Everything else is on a bookmark list. One bookmark list is the "caches I want to do" list. From that list of 20, and ignoring the cache I'll be hunting tomorrow for my 3000th find milestone, the one cache I'm most dying to do is Scripture Rocks 1. Imagine a spot way up in the hills where, 100 years ago, a rather zealous guy with a chisel carved thousands of lines of bible verse into the rocks. That is something I just have to see.

 

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bogleman

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Scripture Rocks 1. Imagine a spot way up in the hills where, 100 years ago, a rather zealous guy with a chisel carved thousands of lines of bible verse into the rocks. That is something I just have to see.

 

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quite an adventure. listed parking is very, very tight but getting there is easy enough. The carvings are on just about every rock in the place. Take plenty of pictures for us <_<

 

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Pioneers Petroglyph is 1 of 3 on my "short" list. My to do list is a private bookmark

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