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I was going to send you on a treasure hunt to find the comic strip place, but George sent you right to it.

 

If you do sign up to create strips, people will be able to see them there, but if you want to include them here in the forums, you will need to go through a few extra steps.

 

Email me if you get to that stage and I will step you through it the way I did on some other graphics you were working with.

 

Ron

 

I've never been lost. Fearsome confused sometimes, but never lost.

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...check out this link which was obtained when searching for cartoons which contain the word cache.

 

Search for cache in comics

 

The top half seem to be geocaching...the bottom half computer caches. There is some "adult" language in some of the bottom cartoons.

 

Ron

 

I've never been lost. Fearsome confused sometimes, but never lost.

 

[This message was edited by Ron Streeter on October 06, 2002 at 11:51 AM.]

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Good morning all

 

Does anyone know a nice, scenic route to Morro Bay from Modesto? When I go to Mapquest or Expedia, they are telling me to go down 99 to Lemoore and then cut over the Paso Robles. Could there possibly be anything LESS scenic than that route?? YUCK!

 

I figured on going to Monterey and then hopping on Hwy 1 from there..but I wondered if anyone else knew any other routes that are nice.

 

Thanks!

 

Jaimee icon_smile.gif

 

Before criticizing others, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do the criticizing, you will have their shoes AND be a mile away!

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Driving down 101 from Gilroy is not bad. Drive like you're going to Monterey and then just keep going south on 101 until you reach Sal Luis Obispo, then cut over to moro bay.

 

Quicker than Hwy 1. Not as scenic but nicer than driving across the valley.

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

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....but I smell some CACHING coming on for Jaimee and Pat !

 

A beautiful time of year to be in that area.

 

My parents moved from Kansas to Cambria (near Morro Bay) in 1972 and lived there until 1982 when they moved....BACK TO KANSAS ! That's when I knew they had lost it !

 

That whole area is beautiful with lots to do and caches too.

 

I used to drive down hiway 5 and then took a right at Kettleman City I think it was. Not the most interesting way either.

 

Marilyn and I are taking a trip that weekend too. More when we get there.

 

Ron

 

I've never been lost. Fearsome confused sometimes, but never lost.

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No caching for Pat. icon_frown.gif This is the weekend that I do inventory, and Jaimee and her mom will be going down to Morro Bay for a few days. This is her retreat while I spend 40-50 hours at the hospital for 2 1/2 days doing all the inventory bullsh**.

 

My wife says put a coordinate on it and I'll find it.

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Thanks for the directional help. My mom and I went down to Los Angeles for a week while Pat did inventory two years ago, and we then drove up the coast and went in to Solvang on the way home. After leaving there, we drove through SLO and then across at Paso Robles to Kettleman City. We both said "NEVER again" for that route. The road between Paso Robles (46 I think) was nasty to drive at night, especially since neither of us had ever been that way before.

 

Not sure how much, if any, caching I will do while there. My main goal is a few days of relaxation..no rushing, no stressing..just sitting on the beach with a good book. Between school full-time, working 30+ hours per week, and my daughter's continual activities, I am about ready to blow a gasket!!!!

 

Jaimee

 

Before criticizing others, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do the criticizing, you will have their shoes AND be a mile away!

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I am VERY sorry to do this, but we need to change the BBQ from Sat the 12th to SUNDAY THE 13TH. We got a phone call last minute, and we need to shoot a wedding on Saturday, so there's no way we could do it then.

 

I hope EVERYONE who could make it Sat will still be able to go, since it's the same weekend.

 

I really hate to do this, but it's the only way we can do it.

 

Thanks everyone for being understanding and I hope to see everyone there!!!! Please email me if there's any problems!!!

 

Randy

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I tried to get to that cartoon creation website here at work, but the school district has that website blocked for some reason. Sucks because I was juiced to make a few....

 

I have 3 geocaches all set to place somewhere, but no time to place them. I think all of my caches have been entirely too easy for all you guys so I'm gonna make these puppies TOUGH. We have a thursday game this week so I may actually have some time to go caching this weekend.

 

Mike: did you ever finish lifting your rig?

 

KURTULEAS

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quote:
Originally posted by ZachNLiam:

 

I really hate to do this, but it's the only way we can do it.

 

Thanks everyone for being understanding and I hope to see everyone there!!!! Please email me if there's any problems!!!

 

Randy


 

It's actually better for me since Saturday is my bike riding day.

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

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Hey Randy

 

You might want to email some of the folks who posted a note on the BBQ page to say they would be there. I think there are a couple who don't follow this forum regularly.

 

Jaimee

 

Before criticizing others, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do the criticizing, you will have their shoes AND be a mile away!

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Hi Everyone!

 

I'm really excited about the BBQ and sorry we had to change it again!

 

Anyway, we will be supplying the burgers and dogs, buns, veggies, paper products and condiments.

 

I would really appreciate if everyone coming could bring a salad and drinks. And if anyone wants to volunteer...icon_smile.gif....a dessert would be great!

 

Thanks so much and we will see you at 6 p.m. on Sunday!

 

Tammi

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Just got back from some... out of state caching. Warm, relaxing, beautiful area if I do say so. Blows the socks off the Little Hawaii cache site!

 

Anyway, looks like we're able to attend the bar-b-que and I'll have those Diamonds for those cachers that are due. Looking forward to meeting the group and hear all those P.B. stories. lol

 

Maybe I'll be able to give some pointers on how I found the Black Box cache... if I do indeed find it. ('Pride comes before a fall')

 

See you all there.

 

Bill of Green Achers

 

Bill of Green Achers

 

"A closed mouth gathers no feet!"

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Hello? ello? ello? Is anybody out there? out there? out there? out there?

 

Sure hope my last post (with all my dry humor) didn't drive everyone away! Maybe by chance, no one was able to log in over the past day and a half... Or maybe you're all working on your next cartoon post! lol We're looking forward to the next clever comic.

 

hum, Clever Comic! Maybe that would make a good cache. Too bad I need to focus more on hunting than stashing in order to meeting my goal (1/10 ratio). I added a new cache called Wild Life Cache. Anyone interested in being the FTF?? icon_razz.gif

 

Hope everyone's doing well and looking forward to meeting many cachers at the 'Que.

 

Bill of Green Achers

 

"A closed mouth gathers no feet!"

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Hey Bill

I think everyone is busy. I know I sure am, that's why I'm posting on the boards right now. No actually it is a very busy time for me at work right now. Getting ready for inventory in two weeks. I get a chance every once and a while to check the forums from work. icon_biggrin.gif

 

My wife says put a coordinate on it and I'll find it.

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We have all been busy.

We are going to Monterey for the weekend so no B.B.Q for us. Unless I can find some B.B.Q oyesters some where in Monterey.

 

Kurt, I got the lift on pretty easy. The hardest part was extinding the steering shaft. That took longer to do than the body lifting it's self.

Mike

 

If it's got wing's, I can fly it!!

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I'm still hitting them here and there but I haven't had time to go for any more than 1 at a time. I'll hit a few this weekend.

 

I did hide a couple new ones over the past few days.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=38871

 

and

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=39271

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

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I didn't have to do that with my rig...Maybe I should have. You gotta post a pic. i just put the depsoit down on my jeep Rubicon last night, but they haven't even started to build them yet, so I still have to wait another 6-8 weeks.

 

Busy isn't the work for it, I'm swamped. Football, work, baby, commute and teacher rallies to get rid of our superintendant etc., I'm about to keel over.

 

Hey is this BBQ by e-mail invite only, or open to everyone? Did someone say that there's a BBQ page? I couldn't find it.

 

KURTULEAS

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For those who've had troulbe finding the link, here it is:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=33542

 

ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COORDINATES ARE DIFFERENT! We've decided to hold it at my parents' house (still in the same town - Turlock) for various reasons - mostly because their yard is way bigger (lots more room for any kids), it's better lit (as it gets dark), and they have a better BBQ (obvious reason there).

 

The new coordinates are N37 29.604 W120 48.862

 

I'll try to email everyone who's emailed me about this change, and I'll put up a poster at the original location with the new coordinates for anyone who goes there by mistake!!!

 

Looking forward to it! This is a better place anyway - we should have done this from the beginning!

 

Randy

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Wow! I feel like I have been gone for a long time! Way too busy and tired (maybe because it is getting dark at 6:30pm already!). ZachNLiam thank you for informing me of the change. I would have been totally confused when I got to your house and no one else was there.

 

Too bad this place has been so quiet. I feel like we lost someone, don't know who.

 

Still caching here!

 

~`Fallen`~

 

I am always confused, lost, or heading the wrong direction... Who cares?!?

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I talked to the reporter on wednesday and she said that the article should be in this Sunday's Living section. She was doing an article on MTBer's in the area so I had a chance to talk to her again last night.

 

I did not get a chance to meet her in person before so she was a bit surprisded to see me. She wouldn't interview me for the mountain biking article but that's fine. I was in a few photos so you never know.

 

I'm interested to see what impact the article will have on the local geocaching scene. I'd expect an burst of visit to the already placed caches, maybe a few new caches in the area, and hopefully a few regualars will stick around to join the fun.

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

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Some one just placed a travel bug in one of my new caches that someone might want to go get.

 

The bug has over 16000 miles on it and it's in my Lyon's Crossing cache. The cache area closes Oct 31st so if the but is still there by the 31st it's going to be stuck there.

 

The bug

http://www.geocaching.com/track/track_detail.asp?ID=897

 

The cache

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=38871

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

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Hey all

 

Just popping in to send out a "hello" to everyone.

 

My school/work/life schedule is proving to be quite hectic these days..so much so that I pretty much only leave the house for school. Fun, huh?? Oh..I also leave the house for my daughter's band competitions..how could I forget that?? icon_eek.gif

 

I most likely won't be going to the BBQ..not sure about Pat. If I do go, it will be for just a bit to say hi to everyone.

 

Everyone be sure to check out the paper Sunday...it should prove to be an interesting story. The reporter emailed me several weeks ago, and we then talked by phone as well. She also interveiwed me a few years ago for an article she did on darts...I am famous!!! icon_biggrin.gif

 

Well, off to bed I go, with visions of muscles, bones and blood vessels dancing in my head!

 

Have a good weekend all!

 

Jaimee icon_smile.gif

 

Before criticizing others, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do the criticizing, you will have their shoes AND be a mile away!

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I just got back from my trip to Holland. Did some very fun caching there! I though you folks might appreciate this cache, which is called "Lang Parkeren?", which means "Long Term Parking?" It's a car that got apparently got so many parking tickets that the owner cut off the roof and turned it into a garden. Right in the middle of Amsterdam!

 

Here's a picture:

 

LangParkeren.jpg

 

The parking tickets are displayed under the plexiglas on the hood. Can you guess where the cache is? Took me 2 tries.

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George... You little Jet Setter. First you visit my new cache, now off to Holland! Maybe I need to drop the farm and start "teaching" too. lol

 

(Thanks for your log. I replied with one myself.)

 

Oh, ya... Looks like I'll be caching tomorrow. Do I need to take my DF antenna (thats Direction Finding) to locate the Black Box cache? icon_wink.gif Thanks for raising the reward and offering a possible FTF too. (Fizzy's back - Maybe I better leave at first light.)

 

Bill of Green Achers

 

"A closed mouth gathers no feet!"

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Originally posted by georgeandmary:

I talked to the reporter on wednesday and she said that the article should be in this Sunday's Living section.


 

I'm very interested in the story but don't get the paper (no time to read - even if I could read). So I'm going to stop by a stand if it's not posted on their web site. [http://www.modbee.com/life/leisurestyle]

 

Looking forward to seeing Georges mug-shot and read about who he looks up to... [certainly, it's not Ron. Is it?] icon_wink.gif

 

Bill of Green Achers

 

"A closed mouth gathers no feet!"

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Originally posted by georgeandmary:

No pictures of me in the geocaching article. I just did a phone interview.

 

Ron is probablly in the photo since Randy and Ron went out geocaching with the reporter and the photographer.

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.


 

It's probably better like that. icon_wink.gif I'm so glad that you both where interviewed as you've both added so much value to our area. There are other cachers too but between that pair of you, I'm sure the story will be written well.

 

Will there be any spoilers in the articles? Hey, Maybe there's a way to credit interviews & articles amongst ones Geocaching kill marks. (Is that stirring it up or what??) icon_rolleyes.gif

 

See you all Sunday (after I inscribe "Black Box" onto the side of my Geocaching craft). If you're due Diamonds, be ready at the Bar-B-Que! I'll need to figure out how to get Ron his later.

 

Bill of Green Achers

 

"A closed mouth gathers no feet!"

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I think it's really cool the BBQ will be on the same day as the story comes out. They took a lot of pictures of my kids holding their gpsrs - I'm hoping that's the focus - get more families involved.

 

Can't wait to meet some of the newer cachers and see George, Mary, Pat, Jamie (hopefully!), etc.

 

See you guys Sunday!

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quote:
Originally posted by Naitram:

I'm almost afraid to say that i've found the forum...Ron might get mad for me using his tagline :P

 

In any event, i'm here...hi everyone.


 

Welcome from another n00b.

 

Ron mad? He's too cool to get mad. It just wouldn't be the logical thing to do. That's one of his good traits... he has more.

 

Hey George! I have to say, out of the three caches that I bagged today (all turned out to be yours), they were all quality caches. I'm put to shame with my little, plastic, not always well thought out caches. Guess you've been doing this for long enough to have learned what works best.

 

While I was at Hot and Cold, I noticed that the log had Fizzy as the FTF... signed with grass! Way to go in a pinch, Fizzy! I inked in his log below his "penmenship" so that after the grass fades, his entry will remain.

 

Looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow. It will be great to put faces to all these virtual personalities. Hope to see a big turn out.

 

Bill of Green Achers

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quote:
Originally posted by Green Achers:

 

While I was at Hot and Cold, I noticed that the log had Fizzy as the FTF... signed with grass! Way to go in a pinch, Fizzy! I inked in his log below his "penmenship" so that after the grass fades, his entry will remain.


 

A couple weeks ago Fallen and I were hitting some caches in the bay area. Each cache we tried to remember to bring a pen, --just-in-case--. Well, we forgot a pen at one cache that was a good little uphill walk. It was a sign only and it was too small for a pencil.

 

Out of desperation we found a half burned stick nearby and signed in charcoal. It wasn't pretty but it worked.

 

For some reason I forgot to put pens in both of those caches. Fizzy left his pen in Black Box and then had none for Hot and Cold.

 

Thanks Fizzy.

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

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quote:
Originally posted by Green Achers:

While I was at Hot and Cold, I noticed that the log had Fizzy as the FTF... signed with grass! Way to go in a pinch, Fizzy! I inked in his log below his "penmenship" so that after the grass fades, his entry will remain.


 

Thanks, Bill. I appreciate the addition of the permanent log! I wasn't about to walk all the way back to Black Box, and I couldn't find anything burned nearby, so I crushed some leaves and made do.

 

I've done the charcoal thing once, too. Now I try to remember to always bring a pen with me.

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Hello all

 

Anyone read the paper yet? I think the article turned out pretty good! It will be interesting to see if there are any new recruits from the Modesto area because of this.

 

What time is the BBQ today???? I just was looking at the cache page, and I can't see a time anywhere..although my mind could be mud and I could simply be looking over it! We will probably pop by there sometime during the event. I have to watch the Angels game first though!! icon_biggrin.gif

 

Jaimee

 

Before criticizing others, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do the criticizing, you will have their shoes AND be a mile away!

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I think it is supposed to start at 6pm. AT least that is what I have my plans set for.

 

As for Naitram riding with me... no. He has some stuff to do before he leaves and will be hurried. Im spending the day in Turlock today anyway.

 

See you all there (if I have my time right)!

 

~`Fallen`~

 

I am always confused, lost, or heading the wrong direction... Who cares?!?

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quote:
Originally posted by LuvOzzy:

Hello all

 

Anyone read the paper yet? I think the article turned out pretty good! It will be interesting to see if there are any new recruits from the Modesto area because of this.


 

Mary and I just read the article. I think it should promote the hobby in the area in a good way. Let's see if anyone shows up at the picnic having just read the article?

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

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quote:
Originally posted by georgeandmary:

quote:
Originally posted by LuvOzzy:

Hello all

 

Anyone read the paper yet? I think the article turned out pretty good! It will be interesting to see if there are any new recruits from the Modesto area because of this.


 

Mary and I just read the article. I think it should promote the hobby in the area in a good way. Let's see if anyone shows up at the picnic having just read the article?

 

That key story sure is a good one. icon_biggrin.gif

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.


 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

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Yes, I did talk smack about football..guilty, I am! I love baseball though, especially if the Dodger's or Angels are playing. Actually, I also enjoy watching the Giant's play, especially when they get whooped up on!!! icon_biggrin.gif

 

I guess I have just never taken the time to understand football. Besides, the baseball players look MUCH better in their cute little tight pants!!! icon_eek.gificon_eek.gificon_eek.gificon_eek.gif

 

Jaimee icon_cool.gif

 

Before criticizing others, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do the criticizing, you will have their shoes AND be a mile away!

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