+LadyBee4T Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I would smile too!! Thanks for the pics!! Quote Link to comment
+DaFunkyFrogs Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 looks like beautiful country, Steph..........great pics.......... Quote Link to comment
+luckycharmer Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 It looks like I'm going to have to add spending a week in Montana to my bucket list. Thanks for the photos Quote Link to comment
+ThirstyMick Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Wow, that's your backyard ::jaw drops:: Tristin is getting big! and what a pair of cuties them two are Quote Link to comment
+The Fossillady Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Those are just great photo's almost makes me want to move out of the desert. Temp today was around 70. Quote Link to comment
+acasim Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Wow, what an amazing back yard! I'm really impressed by the beauty of this scene! Thanks so much for the pics Quote Link to comment
ELTADA Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 wow! that's just lovely! Quote Link to comment
+JoenGPS Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I meant to add these earlier, I hosted my 2nd annual chili cook-off event this Saturday. I had everything packed up (including the turtles) and was headed out to the truck when I saw my friends in my back yard. We've had some really warm weather the past week after 2 weeks of below zero and lots of snow. Much of what I had has melted except for some drifts, anyhow, these antelope which are usually regulars to my back yard have been holed up during the bad weather and they have come back to feed now that it has warmed up and they can feed on the sage. It put a smile on my face. I couldn't get the turtles out in time to get a pic with them so you only get the antelope this go 'round. Wow!! What pictures. BTW, We are available for adoption......JoenSue Quote Link to comment
+intolerable Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I received the Earth Turtle bound for WA on Friday, just in time for a hike on Sunday rockitbiker and I headed out to the Wenatchee National Forest to find The Butte (GCGEFH), a cache placed in '03 with one logged find in '04 (although there was a unlogged find in the cache logbook from '05). I was fearing that the cache might actually be gone and I wouldn't be able to log the ET this trip as this was the only cache to be found on the hike, but we managed to dig it out of its hiding spot. Did a double summit on the hike, so the ET got to see Teanaway Butte's neighbor 'Tarzan' Butte also. It's an ammo can and an Earth Turtle! rockitbiker kindly poses with the ET Dragontail Peak, Stuart Range, Enchantments The remains of the fire lookout that was once found at the top of Teanaway Butte (and rb's gear!) Was pretty sure this was the remains of the fire lookout potty Just really hard to capture it in a picture Quote Link to comment
+LadyBee4T Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Gorgeous pics!!! Quote Link to comment
acadiahiker Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Great pictures and a remarkable cache find after all these years, and under snow to boot! Quote Link to comment
+plumbrokeacres Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Great to see the turtle moving again and to a area I will hopefully get to this summer only 470 miles away! Thanks for showing off the views it your area. Quote Link to comment
+ThirstyMick Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Intolerable, are those photos *real*? WOW! Those mountains really are too beautiful, just, wow. I'll have to get back out to WA sometime when it's not rainy gorgeous!!! I can't wait to see where you bring him next Quote Link to comment
ELTADA Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Amazing pictures...now THAT'S a place I would love to cache...! Quote Link to comment
+The Fossillady Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 And we thought we were nuts caching in the pouring rain this weekend in Yuma. Fantastic pictures. Quote Link to comment
+coreynjoey Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Great pics intolerable! And you managed not to throw this one over a cliff.....good job! Quote Link to comment
+DaFunkyFrogs Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 great pics.......on" the gonna hafta visit " list.. Quote Link to comment
+tsunrisebey Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Most excellent! Gotta love the mountains Can't wait to see more. Quote Link to comment
+intolerable Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Most excellent! Gotta love the mountains Can't wait to see more. You'll probably see more mountains from me, as that's where I mostly cache Thanks everyone for the compliments on the pictures And you managed not to throw this one over a cliff.....good job! I'm always ultra aware of where the ammo can is headed now Now the concern is more not sending *myself* over the edge... Quote Link to comment
+LionsLair Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Great pics and a beautiful area! I got cold just looking at the snow though! Quote Link to comment
+gardengorilla Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Ok,someone had to say it...'home, home on the range;where the deer and the antelope play....' Great Picture Stephanie! And intolerable...wow! Your pictures are great, I miss mountain caching (and yes, caching in the snow) so much more now. Tomorrow when it's 40C outside I'll stare at your pictures and pretend I'm rolling in the snow Quote Link to comment
+intolerable Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 After failing to find the two caches I tried for at Seattle Center last weekend, I headed back to the hills where I'm more in my element When the Earth Turtle Challenge first started, I was actually living in North Bend, WA, which is pretty much where we were hiking. Our plan was to hit the cache Absolute Last Promontory (GCP2GJ) and then bushwhack up to the top of Green Mountain. First stop, Twede's. Do people really cache without coffee? Fans of Twin Peaks might better know this joint as Norma's Double R Diner. The mountain in the background is Mt. Si... If heading to visit the APE cache from Seattle, you can't can't miss it... It usually looks much more dramatic than in this picture It's a geocache and an Earth Turtle! Sadly, most of the pictures were washed out. Mt Rainier was peeking out over some of the mountains, but I didn't manage to capture. That was ok though, as the Rainier views just got better and better as we made our way up It was all up, up and more up starting here! A bit more than 4000 ft gain total. Just another day along the I-90 corridor Mt. Rainier from the cache I've not yet gotten around to listing. Rainier towering over everything else. Green Mountain (GC1MZ00) almost went right there... Can you tell I like the mountains? Quote Link to comment
+tsunrisebey Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Love them mountians! Loved the Mt. Rainier pic Nice, nice job... looked like a great day for caching. tsun Quote Link to comment
+intolerable Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Love them mountians! Loved the Mt. Rainier pic Nice, nice job... looked like a great day for caching. tsun It was a *great day out*, one of the best in quite a while. I was a bit disappointed that I completely forgot about a local geocoin event that was yesterday though, as I'd hoped to have the coin bump into coreynjoey and some other forum folks. Quote Link to comment
+fairyhoney Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Love them mountians! Loved the Mt. Rainier pic Nice, nice job... looked like a great day for caching. tsun It was a *great day out*, one of the best in quite a while. I was a bit disappointed that I completely forgot about a local geocoin event that was yesterday though, as I'd hoped to have the coin bump into coreynjoey and some other forum folks. I LOVE Your pictures, Chris ! Quote Link to comment
+Crowesfeat30 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Mt. Rainier from the cache I've not yet gotten around to listing. Rainier towering over everything else. Whoa!! What amazing scenery! Awesome view!!! Thank you so much for sharing these pictures. I can only hope to visit some day. Please list that cache! That view will inspire me to go west & visit your mountains. CF30 Quote Link to comment
ELTADA Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Beautiful...love the second picture from the bottom...breathtaking! Quote Link to comment
+JoenGPS Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 We wanna be THERE!!! Wow!! Nice shots ..not too many turtle Xrossing signs we bet... Quote Link to comment
+plumbrokeacres Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Very nice pics I'm hoping to go that way this summer Quote Link to comment
+millieballon Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Just found this topic. Great pictures, something different then my pancake Holland But we do have loveley spots to visit. Hope I can volunteer for the next time, would love to do some caching with an earthturtle. Sure do hope they like cows and horses. Maybe i can take the turtle for a ride? Quote Link to comment
+intolerable Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Yesterday we headed into Seattle. Previously I had hoped to show off the city a bit, Seattle Center in particular, but I didn't manage to come up with a find. I was pretty bent on that, so for the third cache we found a puzzle cache even I was able to correctly solve, Key West Storm. Seattle Center is home to Key Arena, the Pacific Science Center, The EMP and Science Fiction Museum, the Space Needle and more. Some of the below pictures were taken from our DNF visit as they turned out *so* much better than the one's yesterday as we had no blue skies and all my pics were washed out After spending some time at Seattle Center to pick up some waymarks/have fun, we made our way down to the Seattle waterfront to pick up the fourth cache. mightyzinn with ET at International Fountain, Center House/Space Needle in background ET with my fav sculpture @ waymark WM47D2 mightyzinn & ET on the way in to see the Lucy's Legacy exhibit at the Pacific Science Center The arches above the Pacific Science Center Butterfly House @ Pacific Science Center Our DNF visit was on President's Day and the Space Needle was sporting a flag Science Fiction Museum, EMP and monorail track. I tried to take a pic of the ET inside, but security was not amused We took a detour on our way down to the waterfront so we could swing by this place... I'm lame-o for not setting up an appointment to get the ET inside You can ride the monorail from Seattle Center to downtown, but then you miss the caches, waymarks, benchmarks and a nice walk Quote Link to comment
+plumbrokeacres Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Another place I hope to visit in the near future Quote Link to comment
+intolerable Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Another place I hope to visit in the near future It's great fun and there's so much to do between Seattle Center and downtown! Will post pics from the fourth find later today and have the ET back off to tsun within a day or two for more adventures!!! Quote Link to comment
+tsunrisebey Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Oh those were cool pics Chris! I loved the butterflies and would love to see the Lucy exhibit. Thanks again for the unique pics tsun Quote Link to comment
+DaFunkyFrogs Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 what great pics......we hope to be able to go up north to visit..........Thanks for the views... Quote Link to comment
+LadyBee4T Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I love those pictures! I've never been to Seattle and now I think I'd like to go there! Thanks for the pics... Quote Link to comment
+intolerable Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 The fourth cache we picked was also in Seattle, but down by the waterfront. One of the cool things about the Seattle area (IMO) is that we have mountains, the Puget Sound/Pacific, rainforest and desert all within a reasonable driving distance. Wanted to try and show off a bit of that so we headed down to Olympic Sculpture Park Walk, a great puzzle cache that was impossible for us to finish in one visit with mightyzinn along! Sadly, all my pictures of the Olympic Sculpture Park artwork turned out horrible... It's a super groovy sculpture garden/park, too bad my camera didn't agree with the lack of sunshine/murky sky! After this we walked back up to Seattle Center and hit one of our fav local used bookstores, where I almost had the ET get a free tarot card reading. Good times mightyzinn, ET & cache! It makes my head spin thinking about all the evil koodies and ick on those hands, but he was so very proud of the clever pose... mightyzinn & ET with Port of Seattle in background More mightyzinn, ET and Puget Sound Olympics in the background You can sorta see the Olympics behind redegg and mightyzinn Looking down the shore towards Seattle Ferry, with Rainier melting into the clouds in the background Lots of big ships come into the Port of Seattle... You can usually get amazing views of the Olympics across the Sound, but by the time we finished lunch and crossed the street and started taking the pics, had no luck. Quote Link to comment
+gardengorilla Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Great Job intolerable! Now, Seattle is a place I could definitely visit! Quote Link to comment
+tsunrisebey Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Great job Chris! Really enjoyed the tour Quote Link to comment
Tooeygeotrashed Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Another round of fantastic photos - many thanks intolerable for all those great photos, looks like mightyzinn enjoyed the experience too, and Stephanie - that is some back yard you have there (again, love the photos). Quote Link to comment
+ThirstyMick Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Youse guys are making me ache to take another month off for traveling! or retire; is 25 too young to retire? I want to be on a mountain not in a building with no windows Great job, really great job, Intolerable! Quote Link to comment
+gardengorilla Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Wow, I sure had to dig to find this thread...are the ET's in transit? The weather here is finally cool enough to tolerate long bouts of caching.... Quote Link to comment
Tooeygeotrashed Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Bumpety bump bump Quote Link to comment
+tsunrisebey Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 This challenge is temporarily and maybe indefinitely halted. Sorry. In the event I determine I need to close the challenge, I'll defintiely honor all special coins to the participants. Unfortunately this isn't going as smoothly as I had hoped. tsun Quote Link to comment
+Geo.Error Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 This challenge is temporarily and maybe indefinitely halted. Sorry. In the event I determine I need to close the challenge, I'll defintiely honor all special coins to the participants. Unfortunately this isn't going as smoothly as I had hoped. tsun oohhh, that is a pity. Your coins show me the world. Thanks Tsun and thanks all who show there world, I am very impressed. Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 It's Ok Error. Maybe Tsun Will have a "Family EarthTurtle Challenge" With the new Turtles???????/ Opalsns Quote Link to comment
+GATOULIS Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Oh... That's a pity for sure! Photos of this cahllenge showed me nice places in the world too! Places that I will not have a chance to visit! I thought that ET were travelling too! I was waiting to come back and Iwas hoping to get lucky... anyway, Tsun, thank you for the challenge it was a great one, and thank you because with this we saw beautiful places!!! Quote Link to comment
+intolerable Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 This challenge is temporarily and maybe indefinitely halted. Sorry. In the event I determine I need to close the challenge, I'll defintiely honor all special coins to the participants. Unfortunately this isn't going as smoothly as I had hoped. tsun What up??? Please tell me you got the ET back (like, quite some time ago!!!!) Hope this continues, this was an awesome idea... I want to do this with a couple of my hiking groups MMM coins, but send them off to groovy peaks around the world :-) Quote Link to comment
+tsunrisebey Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 This challenge is temporarily and maybe indefinitely halted. Sorry. In the event I determine I need to close the challenge, I'll defintiely honor all special coins to the participants. Unfortunately this isn't going as smoothly as I had hoped. tsun What up??? Please tell me you got the ET back (like, quite some time ago!!!!) Hope this continues, this was an awesome idea... I want to do this with a couple of my hiking groups MMM coins, but send them off to groovy peaks around the world :-) Chris, Sorry, yes I do have that ET That is the only one I do have presently and I'm thinking about how to work this now until / if I can get the other one back. tsun Quote Link to comment
+plumbrokeacres Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Oh no! I was wondering what was happening as I haven't seen any new submissions in a while. I 'm disappointed to hear it may end I look forward to seeing new places. I hope the missing turtle makes it home. Quote Link to comment
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