Help me make Redmond worth their money

1.7k · July 22, 2003

Well, Redmond-area geocaching-type folks, you've lived Fuzzy-free for long enough. It looks like I'm going to be going to Redmond on business in September, possibly for 9 long days. Two of those days, the 20th and the 21st, will apparently be wholly devoid of any business-type activity, and I'm hoping there's one or more geocachers in the area who might take me under their wings and show me a few good caches. I don't know whether I'll have a vehicle or not, but I do know that I'll have enough common sense to not go caching in a strange city alone, and particularly not one that has elevation changes greater than the 20-30 feet we see around here. I'll even watch this thread, just so you don't have to go to all the trouble of emailing me.

Thanks for noticing me...

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July 22, 2003

Hi WarmFuzzies! You may not remember, but back in May you helped me by suggesting some Indiana caches when I traveled to Muncie and Lafayette on business.

My husband (blankjeff) and I live in Redmond, and there are several very active cachers in or near our fine city. I'm sure we can get together and have a fun day of caching and exploring the area.

Feel free to introduce yourself and/or keep an eye on the "eastside cachers" forum.

Looking forward to meeting you!

Cin

July 22, 2003

Redmond Oregon or Redmond Washington???

1.7k · July 22, 2003

Whoops, sorry, Redmond, Washington, home of the eevul empire.

1.3k · July 22, 2003

Well we wouldn't be good hosts if we didn't throw a party for you!!!!

We can plan a get together of your choosing. A picnic type gathering in a cache rich area, a special hunt designed just for you or even a mini cache machine event.

Just keep us informed on your schedule and what you'd like and we'll plan something.

We're all here, because we're not 'all there'.

1.1k · July 22, 2003

Well if your only going to that OTHER Redmond, we can not help you with any GOOD caches.

You will just have to make due with what they have.

logscaler.

2.6k · July 22, 2003

We'll test your metal. I expect you to do all of Dr. Koskas caches in one day.

They are all very close together in down town Redmond.

Pepper playing nice!

Mokita!

2.7k · July 22, 2003

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Originally posted by leatherman:
_We'll test your metal. I expect you to do all of http://www.geocaching.com/profile/default.aspx?A=73929&u=9086029331 caches in one day._

They are all very close together in down town Redmond.

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_Pepper playing nice!_

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You got that right, bud! Those are some seriously mentally tough caches. Coords are great! Keep that in mind. Those caches will sucuumb you until you find them!

Looking forward to meeting you Fuzzy...welcome to our area!

July 22, 2003

Man Fuzzy, I posted in the san diego thread and got 1 reply and some held back sarcassim. I hope you bask in the love your gettin. I'm green with envy.

July 24, 2003

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Originally posted by Sassquatch:
Man Fuzzy, I posted in the san diego thread and got 1 reply and some held back sarcassim. I hope you bask in the love your gettin. I'm green with envy.

Gee Sassquatch, I thought you were just green from tequila at the Champoeg Redux.

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tum soli proscript catapultas habeunt.

July 25, 2003

That's why I'm headed to San Diego so I can replenish the tequila that everyone enjoyed so much. Except last time I was in Teewhana I couldn't find any Cabo Wabo. Maybe it's only sold in the states so Sammy can keep that markup so high.

July 25, 2003

Hey Sassquatch,

Check my reply in the San Diego forum. I listed 3 nice caches there.

1.8k · July 25, 2003

WarmFuzzies-Fuzzy welcome, looking forward to having ya here.

Cachincin and I took a fellow cacher(forman) from Petaluma CA around Redmond/Seattle for a day of caching and it was fun.

Cindy and I are usually always free and would be willing to do the same for you.

Always up for visiting and caching.

Pepper

Horizontals where it's at!

July 25, 2003

Actually.. I might be up in that area tomorrow... When & where shall we meet up for margaritas!?

-fractal

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July 25, 2003

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Originally posted by fractal:
Actually.. I might be up in that area tomorrow... When & where shall we meet up for margaritas!?

-fractal

Wait, up in which area? Redmond? San Diego? (although I suppose that would be "down")

I haven't had a good margarita since I left New Mexico. There's just something about the heat and the sand and the wind....margaritas taste better down there.

Cin

July 25, 2003

Up in the Redmond & Kirkland areas

-fractal

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July 25, 2003

Well, gosh, surely we can pull together a quick cache outing or at least dinner. Who's got some free time tomorrow?

Cin

1.3k · July 25, 2003

Love to get together. What time you heading up?

You need to stop by Boeing Surplus if you are passing through early enough in the day.

We're all here, because we're not 'all there'.

July 25, 2003

I'd love to stop by Boeing Surplus, but I would just be teasing myself... Can't afford to go nuts like I know I would wanna do...

Not exactly sure when I'll be heading up... Probably get in that area around 2:30pm-ish. I'll have my frs radio on gmrs channel 20, code 0, and I'll also have net access, so I'll check the forums...

-fractal

1.7k · September 16, 2003

Well, crud. I'm a loser. In the hustle and bustle of the past few weeks, I totally forgot about this thread, and here we are less than a week away. I'll be flying into Sea/Tac tomorrow evening sometime, doing businessy things until Friday evening, and then free until sometime Sunday afternoon. What I know as of right now is that I'll be staying at the Residence Inn at 7575 164th Avenue Northeast in Redmond, and that I won't have a car available. I'll try to get more information posted here when I have it. I'm not sure we need a cache machine or a mini-event or whatever; I'm not worth that kind of effort. But if some local cachers wanted to show up Saturday morning and show me a couple of cool caches, I could probably find some gas money.

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September 16, 2003

If I can shake this darn cold by Saturday, I'm up for a fun day of geocaching -- anyone else like to meet Saturday morning?

Warm Fuzzies, do you want to stick around Redmond, or would you like to get out to the Puget Sound? into Seattle? go walking in the Cascades? There are some beautiful areas here, if you'd like to go for a short hike to snag some caches.

By the way, your hotel is in the Redmond Town Centre. You'll be a couple of blocks away from the REI (if you feel like drooling over GPS and hiking equipment). There are also several caches that are just a quick stroll from your hotel. Here's one of mine that is just a couple of blocks from where you're staying: 5 Year Cache

You can do a nearby cache search to see the others -- you know, if you need a quick cache fix some evening.

Cin

7.4k · September 16, 2003

Wow, I completely missed this thread the first time it came around! From the date, it looks like it was when I was on vacation in July.

I would love to join the fun on Saturday. We will have a little dog recovering from surgery, so I might not be able to get away for long, but I'd love to link up. Fuzzy, just let us know what kinds of hunts you prefer.

1.7k · September 16, 2003

Hm, what kind of hunts do I like... Well, living in a larger city in a state that has zero - count 'em, zero - national parks, smack in the middle of Flatland, I've really only hunted the kind of caches the people in the forums tend to turn their noses up at - your basic city park, quarter mile from the car kind of caches.

I'm pretty sure I'm not up to any really long hikes or strenuous climbs, but the suggestion of a walk in the Cascades is beguiling, and I'd be willing to walk a few miles for a cache or two. Since my goal is more to socialize than to find a bazillion caches, a long walk would seem to be fitting.

I've already got a PQ of the 100 closest traditional and multi caches near my hotel, so I'm already planning on doing the stuff that's within walking distance of there some evening; maybe even dragging my boss along on the hunt and see if I can get him addicted. I see there's a micro across the street from MS Building 20, too, so I'll probably also try to find time to find that one when nobody'll miss me.

I also see that two of the infamous Dr. Ufo Koska's caches - Tenebrous and Die Kunst Der Fuge - appear to be within a few blocks of where I'm staying; is that a relatively safe area to be on foot in the evening? Should I even bother with the difficulty 5 one, given my limited schedule?

Anyway, that's all to say that Saturday can be for stuff that's further afield if that suits everyone. It looks like I'll have Internet access of a sort while I'm there, so we don't have to decide everything today.

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7.4k · September 16, 2003

You are in a VERY safe place - no need to worry about being out at night anywhere near your hotel.

Tenebrous is a very easy walk and, now that micros have become all the rage and people are more familiar with them, not all that difficult. Fuge, on the other hand, will likely take you far too much time. The second and final stages would be a healthy walk, too - doable, but probably pushing the limits of what most would consider a "walking" cache. I would recommend Koska's Macbeth cache instead.

I'd love to get you up into some cool Cascades scenery on Saturday. Anyone have any thoughts? Maybe Snoqualmie Pass?

1.3k · September 16, 2003

We'd be up for a social get together sometime this weekend. Friday night or Sunday would be best for us. Some place that is kid friendly.

Snoqualmie Falls won't be running to fast but would still be amazing if you're a flatlander. Mt Si might also be good if you don't mind a good hike.

I hope you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you've heard is not what I meant. --Richard Nixon

1.8k · September 16, 2003

WF-F Hi Pepper here I'm free Saturday and I'm smack dab in the middle of Redmond.

Would be my pleasure to meet up with ua and take ya around to some fun close caches.

Even willing to take you to the Cascades to do some fun, easy, short walk caches.

How much time do ya have and are you free on Sunday too?

Pepper

Horizontals where it's at!

2.7k · September 16, 2003

Hey Fuzzy,

Good one to do would be Rattlesnake Ledge...nice hike up to great views. I've also placed a cache not too far from where the actual trail for the Ledge begins.

Annette Lake could be a suitable cache hike...haven't doen that one yet, but the hike itself is around 7 miles RT or so.

LucyandRickie have placed micros up on ski slopes....good views of the pass.

I've placed FRanklin Cache which is up in the Sno Pass area and it's almost a drive by if you want it to be. The other option is to take the trail from the beginning and hike almost a mile along the river to the cache.

1.7k · September 18, 2003

Well, I'm here and I finally got my Internet connection working, so the only remaining question is when and where to do this thing. I'm available all day Saturday and most of the day Sunday, and I'm really flexible as to time. I am still basically adjusted to Indiana time, so even early in the morning isn't a big deal. If everyone who's interested in shooting the breeze and maybe finding a cache or two wanted to agree to meet somewhere near Redmond Town Center sometime Saturday morning, all y'all gotta do is tell me what time works for you and I'll be there. I vote for 8:30 or so at the Residence Inn in Redmond, but I'm more than willing to be laughed at. Since email is harder for me to deal with from here than web, feel free to talk amongst yourselves in this thread.

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5.9k · September 18, 2003

I would suggest Tubal Cain Treasure hunt and Cache landing.

I did these two last weekend and the hike was not too strenous. Very slight elevation gains, good views, and a plane crash site to boot. If you have the energy, you can climb the scree to the mine.

Be brave, it ain't so tough!

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September 19, 2003

*hack* hack* *cough* *cough*

I'm just now starting to see the light of day, after spending a week with nasty influenza. Unfortunately, it means I'm not really up for a day of caching yet (especially if it keeps raining!). I know the others will show you a good time, though.

Get them to take you to at least one of our local evil caches!

Cin

7.4k · September 19, 2003

Fuzzy, I'll be at the Residence Inn tomorrow morning at 8:30. I'll meet you in the lobby and be wearing something geocaching related. Anyone else want to join us?

I'll have the morning free to take you around to whatever caches you feel like hitting - you make the call! I have to get back home in the afternoon to relieve my wife, who will be on puppy duty (we have a dog recovering from surgery who needs supervision; in fact, I'm staying home from work today to watch him).

Looking forward to meeting you tomorrow!

1.7k · September 20, 2003

Well, folks, you missed your chance.

I met Moun10Bike and Jeremy in the lobby this morning and we drove out to the Snoqualmie Pass area and found five caches, which you can read all about if you go to Warm Fuzzies' profile. Thank you all for your hospitality, even if you couldn't make it, and special thanks to Moun10Bike for driving and guiding the tour to all of the caches he'd done before.

If any of you ever find your travel plans taking you to Fort Wayne, after you've ruled out suicide, look me up. We'll go find some flatlander caches together.

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September 20, 2003

I'm so glad you had a fun time out caching today -- Moun10bike and Jeremy took you to some fun and scenic ones. Next time you'll have to bring the Warm half with you to meet everyone.

Cin

2.8k · September 20, 2003

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I met Moun10Bike and Jeremy in the lobby this morning

What? You couldn't find any good tour guides?

This must've been like winning a game show where you get to fly to geocaching.com HQ and get a geo-tour by the royalty of geocaching. I guess I'll just have to live vicariously through your adventures.

9.5k · September 22, 2003

Boy you couldn't have picked a much better weekend either. Right between the rain storms no less!

Very cool locations to hunt! I put the Franklin Cache on my list of Must Do! for next year when spring will really let the waters cut loose.

Cheers!

TL

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