Eastside cachers

2.7k · September 9, 2003

QAuyside's busy now:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=62083c80-f0d3-4bf9-a8b8-bb31a4b4009e

Looks like a heck of a lot of caches have popped up since I've slowed dwon to set up my big find. Anyhow, I plan to be working very soon thanks to a temp agency and it will be nice to have ones close to home to do.

9.5k · September 9, 2003

Happy Birthday CachinCin! Good luck on your finds!

Cheers!

TL

1.8k · September 10, 2003

Hea Cindy Happy Birthday Girl!

Pepper

Horizontals where it's at!

7.5k · September 10, 2003

Happy birthday, Cin! I hope you have fun down in Tacoma!

September 10, 2003

quote:
So you like Sushi? What about Sake? I tried both years ago...neither agreed with me, but then we all have different tastes.

I love both -- and plan to consume mass quantities of each tonight.

Cin

September 10, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by evergreenhiker!:
QAuyside's busy now:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=62083c80-f0d3-4bf9-a8b8-bb31a4b4009e

Looks like a heck of a lot of caches have popped up since I've slowed dwon to set up my big find. Anyhow, I plan to be working very soon thanks to a temp agency and it will be nice to have ones close to home to do.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'm glad to hear you've got some work. Maybe this means that the rest of us will be able to catch up to you...certainly we may be able to beat you to a few FTFs.

Speaking of firsties -- I haven't seen Bebubo's name in a log for a while. Has anyone heard from him lately? Pepper and I got two FTFs yesterday, both in the late morning hours. We commented that Bebubo must not be around for us to get those...

Cin

2.7k · September 10, 2003

Well, I don't have a job yet, but I've always usually found something quickly through temp agencies. This is stop-gap measure until something pernament comes up. Thanks for the congrats though!

I'm concerned about Bebubo...I wonder if he's sick or something. Not like him to stop caching for a long time. I should try emailing him.

September 10, 2003

Happy B-day Cin, and early congrats on 300 ... Might have to go out and bag a Quayside cache today..... hmmmmmmmm

September 10, 2003

woot, finally found a cache. Grabbed Quaysides Charlie Noble. Neat idea.. still down on micros though. hmmmmmmmmmmm

[This message was edited by cooperdog on September 10, 2003 at 06:20 PM.]

September 10, 2003

Woo Hoo! Perfect timing on the part of Magellan -- got the new color SporTrak that we won in the treasure hunt. Pepper says hers came as well.

Lucy? Uplink? Did you receive yours.

I must say it is very pretty, and feels really nice in the hand....

Cin

1.8k · September 10, 2003

YaHoo!!

I think I'm in luv with my toy.

It's a sickness!

Thank you Magellan for putting some color in my life.

Pepper

Horizontals where it's at!

[This message was edited by SuperGenius on September 11, 2003 at 06:10 AM.]

September 11, 2003

woohoo that means mine must be coming soon! Did it come us mail or ups? We moved right after I had sent in the ticket, and I didn't know our new address yet. I'm not too concerned as my bro in law lives at our old address, and we still seem to be getting all our bills.

"Where shall the world be found, where will the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence." - T.S. Eliot

September 11, 2003

We're still empty handed.

1.8k · September 11, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by DenaliNW:
woohoo that means mine must be coming soon! Did it come us mail or ups?

DenaliNW it came Ground UPS and it is sweet.

Magellan done good.

Pepper

Horizontals where it's at!

1.8k · September 11, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by lucyandrickie:
We're still empty handed.

Keeping my fingers crossed that it shows up on your door step TODAY!

Pepper

Horizontals where it's at!

September 11, 2003

A few cool things about the color SporTrak:

* the buttons are lit up from behind, so you can see them after dark!

* lakes are blue when you have color

* it's a bit smaller than my Platinum, and it fits a little better in the hand

Denali, you should be entered in the drawing as well, correct? You'll have to let us know if you win any of the big prizes.

Cin

September 11, 2003

quote:
You'll have to let us know if you win any of the big prizes.

Absolutely. I need to try calling my brother in law to see if UPS stopped by.

"Where shall the world be found, where will the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence." - T.S. Eliot

September 12, 2003

Would this be a good time to mention that we FINALLY got our Compaq notebook on a highspeed connection? Cacherunner can now log at the same time as I can. How long before she passes me in finds?

I DO like setting OziExlorer on the Compaq to communicate with my Legend, to show us exactly where we are in the car at all times, but I have calibrated Topo maps for Vancouver Island and BC mainland only. Does anyone have a jpg or two calibrated for OziExplorer of Washington State, specifically Spokane or Seattle areas? I would be happy to trade my BC maps, calibrated to 1 meter, if anyone's interested.

How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a piece of tupperware?

7.5k · September 12, 2003

MarinerBC, I have USGS DRG maps calibrated for use in OziExplorer for the entire state of Washington. They are a bit out of date as the USGS topo maps are not often updated, but they should help with terrain (if not roads). Will that work for you?

September 12, 2003

oops, sorry double post. See below.

September 12, 2003

Absolutely, Moun10bike! However, all of my wonderfully calibrated Topos (1992 NAD27 and NAD 83) are in tif format so far and too large to email. I will burn them to CD's for you. In the meantime, I will scan a Washington state roadmap, just for fun on the trip down and east. Are your maps in jpg format by any chance? I keep meaning to convert mine to jpg so that they take up less hard disk space. Maybe you have a jpg small enough to email of North Seattle where EGH! lives...?

How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a piece of tupperware?

7.5k · September 12, 2003

All of the DRGs are .tif as well. I could save them as .jpg, but maybe it would be easier to burn CDs and ship them to you. If you send me your address, I can do that (email me at jon dot stanley at comcast dot net).

Let me know what coverage you want. How about the I-5 corridor (which would include EGH's home), the I-90 corridor and the areas hit by the Spokane Cache Machine? Anything else?

September 13, 2003

Hey, I got my SporTrak Color this week too! The bad thing is that I've been so busy house hunting all week that I haven't had time to play with it . Now that I've got an offer in on a little rambler in Des Moines, I think I'll go play so I don't sit here twiddling my thumbs waiting for the phone to ring! Magellan sure does things differently than Garmin; going to take a while to reprogram my brain! Also, I must have $500 worth of mapping software, and I still need to buy more maps for the Magellan. What a roast! Looks like a pretty cool GPSr though; thanks Magellan for the free toy!

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. -- Oscar Wilde

2.7k · September 14, 2003

Donna adn I got back late yesterday from our backpack to Lake Valhalla in Stevens Pass. We hit a few caches afterwards also...got within 15 miles of Leavenworth. That last cache was a DNF in the dark though. Next time! I got my 1000th Cache at Valhalla:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=85833

Weather was terrrible thursday on our way in and we set camp at just at dark, but managed to stay dry enough. The weather kept improving next day and was dry for my big find and the next day was supremely gorgeous. Wanted to stay another day, but had to get back. Boy funny how it can be like middle fall one day and summer the next.

We hit Waterlilly pond cafche on way up for number 999. Great cache spot, but it was raining/very wet so we didn't take any pics for that one. I still had my interview clothes on as I was running late for picking Donna up.

Pack out day: we left Valhalla area around 5 pm I believe and hit a couple of Wenatchee lake caches, Nason Creek Reststop, and the other Wenatchee reststop one we couldnt' find. It was just too dark and we were tired. Great trip overall!

1.1k · September 14, 2003

Congrats on the big 1000!

You sure picked the right day for the weather. I guess you couldn't hold back any longer a wait for St. Helens huh? Now you can go nuts on all the new caches that have been put out since you were setting up for the big find.

Mark

2.7k · September 14, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by MarcusArelius:
Congrats on the big 1000!

You sure picked the right day for the weather. I guess you couldn't hold back any longer a wait for St. Helens huh? Now you can go nuts on all the new caches that have been put out since you were setting up for the big find.

Mark

Thanks Mark. Well, Mt. St. Helens cache has disappeared so I decided to put the big number up here. Actually more suitable anyway if you think about it....camping/hiking and enjoying the scenic high Cascades.

I'm going tomorrow to fix EraSeek's cache and the summit if the weather permits. I will not attempt it if it's nasty, but will shoot for the cache regardless of weather. Probably will hit some other caches down there as time allows.

1.8k · September 15, 2003

EGH congrats on the BIG one!

Yipee, Yeah, Yahoo #1000.

Looking forward to hearing tales of the Mt. St Helens trip.

Pepper

Horizontals where it's at!

September 15, 2003

Way to go EGH.. quite the accomplishment 1000finds. wow. Good luck w/ Mt.St. Helens.

2.7k · September 16, 2003

St. Helens went down yesterday:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=2919

Boy what a hike/climb up. Didn't suffer any altitude stuff. Never had been above 7000 ft. I believe the highest was around 8400 feet.

Also did some other caches incuding Mike Teague's oldie...from May 2000! Mountain Marsh...way cool good ole fashion stash hunt.

2.7k · September 17, 2003

A huge thank you to MA and everybody for the beautiful wooden evergreen tree with all the sigs!!!! I enjoyed reading all the logs and it really moved me that you guys would do this. I can't believe how many nice people and new friends I have made through this very addicting sport! Also thanks to L&R for the wonderful card they left in the cache! See you all out there hopefully sometime soon.

September 18, 2003

Received the new Color Sportrak last night. My oh my, what fun is this. I'm already way to distracted with this hobby, and I'm certain this new toy isn't going to help any.

"Where shall the world be found, where will the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence." - T.S. Eliot

September 18, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by DenaliNW:
Received the new Color Sportrak last night. My oh my, what fun is this. I'm already way to distracted with this hobby, and I'm certain this new toy isn't going to help any.

Glad that you finally got it! The new toy certainly is cool. Pepper says that the topo maps are awesome with the color display -- I haven't seen them yet.

LucyandRickie, have you received your prize yet?

Cin

September 18, 2003

Got it! Free toys are fun. The maps are really good. It will take me a while yet to know if I switch over to being a Magellan girl. Having fun playing with it.

1.1k · September 18, 2003

quote:
A huge thank you to MA and everybody for the beautiful wooden evergreen tree with all the sigs!!!! I enjoyed reading all the logs and it really moved me that you guys would do this. I can't believe how many nice people and new friends I have made through this very addicting sport! Also thanks to L&R for the wonderful card they left in the cache! See you all out there hopefully sometime soon

Glad you liked it EGH! Hmmm Lucy & Rickie are gettin close too....

Thanks to everyone that stopped by to sign. I posted pictures for those that missed it.

Mark

2.7k · September 18, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by MarcusArelius:

quote:
A huge thank you to MA and everybody for the beautiful wooden evergreen tree with all the sigs!!!! I enjoyed reading all the logs and it really moved me that you guys would do this. I can't believe how many nice people and new friends I have made through this very addicting sport! Also thanks to L&R for the wonderful card they left in the cache! See you all out there hopefully sometime soon

Glad you liked it EGH! Hmmm Lucy & Rickie are gettin close too....

Thanks to everyone that stopped by to sign. I posted pictures for those that missed it.

Mark

So is Wienerdog...if fact they are within a few caches of each other

September 18, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by lucyandrickie:
Got it! Free toys are fun. The maps are really good. It will take me a while yet to know if I switch over to being a Magellan girl. Having fun playing with it.

Magellan? Magellan!!?? Oh L & R, say it isn't so!! Don't turn to the dark side! You can still belong to the Garmin family!

Tongue planted firmly in cheek.

September 19, 2003

MBC

You know what they say...you never forget your first love

I think we'll bring both to the SCM and see how it works out. I guess that makes us a mixed family.

[This message was edited by lucyandrickie on September 19, 2003 at 05:10 PM.]

September 19, 2003

I see that fiendorfoe has a new devilish micro within a mile of my house:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=93107

If I weren't still coughing, and it wasn't pouring outside, I'd be there now.

Cin

2.7k · September 19, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by CachinCin:
I see that fiendorfoe has a new devilish micro within a mile of my house:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=93107

If I weren't still coughing, and it wasn't pouring outside, I'd be there now.

Cin

Yep, I'm on it sometime today. Noticed it earlier. Hope you feel better, Cin.

1.8k · September 19, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by CachinCin:
I see that fiendorfoe has a new devilish micro within a mile of my house:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=93107

If I weren't still coughing, and it wasn't pouring outside, I'd be there now.

Cin

Been there done that left empty handed!

Not that I expected to find it on the first try any ole way.

Pepper

Horizontals where it's at!

2.7k · September 19, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by SuperGenius:

quote:
Originally posted by CachinCin:
I see that fiendorfoe has a new devilish micro within a mile of my house:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=93107

If I weren't still coughing, and it wasn't pouring outside, I'd be there now.

Cin

Been there done that left empty handed!

Not that I expected to find it on the first try any ole way.

Pepper

http://www.geocachingwa.org

Horizontals where it's at!

Went down swinging!

September 19, 2003

hope you're feeling better Cin, I've caught something deadly too. Stomach flu yechers.

Nero stinks.... no fun there today. Least the dogs got a good walk.

2.7k · September 20, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by cooperdog:
hope you're feeling better Cin, I've caught something deadly too. Stomach flu yechers.

Nero stinks.... no fun there today. Least the dogs got a good walk.

Hope you feel better, Cooperdog! Sounds like a bug is floating around.

1.8k · September 20, 2003

OMG what a beautiful day! hmmmm... must cache yes-yes that's the ticket cache on a beautiful day.

Oh happy caching day.

Pepper

Horizontals where it's at!

2.7k · September 20, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by SuperGenius:
OMG what a beautiful day! hmmmm... must cache yes-yes that's the ticket cache on a beautiful day.

Oh happy caching day.

Pepper

http://www.geocachingwa.org

Horizontals where it's at!

Yep, the weather gods are with us. I'm going backpacking today...gonna crash at the Big Creek bridge adn go for that elusive Dream Lake tomorrow. On the way, I'll grab the Otter Falls cache. There's another one on the Mid Fk road I'll pick up on way home tomorrow. So if we get to the lake, there will be a 5-terrain cache waiting for you all to grab and perhaps a MTB Geocoin.

9.5k · September 20, 2003

I take it there will not be a WSGA meeting this month?

Cheers!

TL

September 20, 2003

Hi TotemLake -- we're trying to work through a few changes to WSGA (I'm on a new committee that's setting up meetings), and working through some ideas. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get anything set up for September.

There should, however, be a meeting/event in October.

Cin

2.7k · September 20, 2003

Dream Lake Expedition off...boy, that lake is elusive! Something came up for the other cacher that was to go with me. So now, I'm going hiking with Jeremy, MTB, adn EraSeek to Lake Melakwa tomorrow. Should be a blast.

9.5k · September 20, 2003

Thanks for the heads up CachinCin. Good luck with your new responsibilities!

Cheers!

TL

9.5k · September 20, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by evergreenhiker!:
Dream Lake Expedition off...boy, that lake is elusive! Something came up for the other cacher that was to go with me. So now, I'm going hiking with Jeremy, MTB, adn EraSeek to Lake Melakwa tomorrow. Should be a blast.

Sounds like fun!

Cheers!

TL

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