+OnefortheRoad Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 It's starting to warm up and I'm itching to get the boat out. Any caches on the California Delta? I found a bunch on Angel Island, but I was hoping to find some Closer to Antioch. One that I enjoyed was Valve Open on Bradford Island. You can pay a few bucks and take the ferry, like I did, or use your own boat. I'm sure the owner of the Travel Bug I left there last October would appreciate it being set free. A few miles up the Sacramento River is The Tomb Of A Million Souls and The Black Scarab, although the latter may have been lost to the shifting sands of time. These are actually accessible by overland route, but a boat can get you much closer. Much further upstream is Coyote Island Cache but I think the nearby slough is more appropriate for a dingy than a boat capable of getting there from Antioch. Lil Devil, thanks for the tips. I'll try these next weekend...oops mother's day. Unless I can convince the wife the day on the water is for her I'll have to try in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 One last thing before I head off to bed for the night... There's this cool little new site ya'll might be interested in visiting http://www.theGBA.net The web site for the Geocachers of the Bay Area. just thought you might like to know Quote Link to comment
+stbk Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 http://www.theGBA.net The web site for the Geocachers of the Bay Area. Don't you think at least one of the images in the banner should be a lightpost? Thanks for putting the site together, Steve et. al.! Quote Link to comment
+bullit Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 (edited) Big congrats to CTomGeo on 1000 finds, nice job! Edited May 3, 2005 by bullit Quote Link to comment
+The Petoskey Stones Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 NOTICE: This Party has moved to the following location: Geocachers of the Bay Area Last one out... please turn off the lights. Quote Link to comment
+Muggle Finder Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 No, no, come back! I don't want to go to two different sites to read messages. Stay here, don't go, don't go.... Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 There are already 118 registered users and 500 posts in the new forum! Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 No, no, come back! I don't want to go to two different sites to read messages. Stay here, don't go, don't go.... Although it does require reading two sites, it is much nicer to have the multiple topic areas in our local forums on thegba.net. Try it, you'll like it. Plus, the site itself is a wealth of great information about caching in the Bay Area. --Marky Quote Link to comment
+Limax Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Ahhh... good ol' PHPBB.... Quote Link to comment
+bullit Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 man it is quiet in here now Quote Link to comment
+Muggle Finder Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 don't go, don't go Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 That looks like a CARDA patch, so I'm sure you'll find us. Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Frankly, the chatter in this thread was so disorganized that it was annoying. The new site and it's forums allow people to carry on multiple small conversations rather than one huge one. Go look. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Frankly, the chatter in this thread was so disorganized that it was annoying. The new site and it's forums allow people to carry on multiple small conversations rather than one huge one. Go look. I agree. I think the CVC needs their own site as well, that thread is way too active to follow, but there are valuable tidbits of info that I miss because I don't follow it. Maybe they should hire Lynn to set them up. --Marky Quote Link to comment
+Green Achers Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Fizzy's off racking up caching mileage. Go Fizzy!! Netherlands Antilles Wednesday, May 18, 2005 fizzymagic found Pittig Ding (Traditional Cache) E 3662.5mi from your home coordinates. I found the cache while on the island for one day; I was aboard the Disney Magic, which stopped here for the first time ever. After scuba diving, I talked a cab driver into dropping me off at Caribbean Cargo and returning in one hour. An hour later, I was there to be picked up, scratched and muddy but victorious! I'll write more details when I am back at home. Quote Link to comment
+Muggle Finder Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 (edited) Maybe he can decrypt this for us when he gets home... "Later in mijn eentje vanaf p2 de cache benaderd. Tot op 250 m gekomen. Toen moest ik kiezen tussen door het meer of door de bush. Ik koos de bush. Wederom kansloos. Ernstig getwijfeld. Toch tot het dijkje kunnen komen (i.v.m. spoilers zal ik mijn oplossing niet verklappen hier, maar het was spectaculair te noemen). Op de dijk eindeloos gezocht. Opgegeven. Geprobeerd om via de andere kant van de dijk P1 te bereiken. Kansloos voor de derde maal. Dan maar de hele weg terug. Aangezien ik langs de cache zou komen besloot ik niet nog een keer te gaan zoeken, maar wel goed te kijken. Van de andere kant blijkt dat je ineens ook andere routes over de dijk gaat lopen om de veelvoorkomende struiken, prikkel en cactussen te ontwijken. Zodoende struikelde ik bijna letterlijk over een plastic kistje. Alsnog kassa! De terugweg was even spectaaculair als de heenweg, met het verschil dat ik nu niet meer hoefde na te denken, maar simpelweg mijn voetsporen te volgen... Ik beschouw deze cache als, misschien wel, de zwaarste die ik ooit gedaan heb. Ik had een zeer voldaan gevoel na het vinden." Edited May 30, 2005 by Muggle Finder Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Congratulations (yawn) to TeamAlamo (yawn) for hitting 8K. Now, if you could just figure out how to get paid for it... Quote Link to comment
+Fattuhr Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Congratulations WalruZ for hitting 2K. Quote Link to comment
+Scifi Man Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 anyone been active near contra costa county? its been a while since ive geocached, i wanted to know if there were groups of people in my area that get together and have fun geocaching? Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 There's an east bay pizza event coming up that might be a good place to meet fellow cachers in the area... Check the East Bay section of the forum on the GBA website. Quote Link to comment
+Anim8Grl Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 hi all... new geocacher here. from the 'deep' east bay area. any east bay groups i should know about? take care, all! kellie Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 See the post right above your post. For Bay Area cachers looking for more local information and local cachers, come to the new Geocachers of the Bay Area (GBA) website. We've outgrown this once-popular thread and there is a discussion forum there (and much more) where you can connect with other locals. Quote Link to comment
+KennyHannahJacobKatie Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Anyone else having problems getting to GBA.Net today (Thurs, Jan 5) ??? Just wondering if it's my PC! /Lefty Quote Link to comment
+CC Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Yea. A lot of problems the last few days. Dunno whats up. Did not ask anyone last night Quote Link to comment
+TheAprilFools Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I was not having any trouble yesterday, but today the whole system seams down. Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Same story as cachescrashers, no luck at all today until now and it has been down or very slow several times over the last week or so. But it seems ok now. Quote Link to comment
+KennyHannahJacobKatie Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Looks like it was a power outage followed by some bring-up/restore issues relating to a Microsoft update. Here's a link to a GBA thread describing the issue .... http://www.thegba.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=989 Thanks for the responses .... I thought it might be me/my computer! /Lefty Quote Link to comment
+CC Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 Still monitoring this thread? TheGBA site is not accessible. I have information regarding Venona case! We need a temporary alternate communications location. Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 I have information regarding Venona case! Boy, having the GBA Forum down could put a damper on things.....then again, maybe Venona planned it this way And here I thought the outage was just a subtle way for the GBA Moderators to let me know I've been banned I hope it's back up soon Quote Link to comment
+Green Achers Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Maybe he can decrypt this for us when he gets home... "Later in mijn eentje vanaf p2 de cache benaderd. Tot op 250 m gekomen. Toen moest ik kiezen tussen door het meer of door de bush. Ik koos de bush. Wederom kansloos. Ernstig getwijfeld. Toch tot het dijkje kunnen komen (i.v.m. spoilers zal ik mijn oplossing niet verklappen hier, maar het was spectaculair te noemen). Op de dijk eindeloos gezocht. Opgegeven. Geprobeerd om via de andere kant van de dijk P1 te bereiken. Kansloos voor de derde maal. Dan maar de hele weg terug. Aangezien ik langs de cache zou komen besloot ik niet nog een keer te gaan zoeken, maar wel goed te kijken. Van de andere kant blijkt dat je ineens ook andere routes over de dijk gaat lopen om de veelvoorkomende struiken, prikkel en cactussen te ontwijken. Zodoende struikelde ik bijna letterlijk over een plastic kistje. Alsnog kassa! De terugweg was even spectaaculair als de heenweg, met het verschil dat ik nu niet meer hoefde na te denken, maar simpelweg mijn voetsporen te volgen... Ik beschouw deze cache als, misschien wel, de zwaarste die ik ooit gedaan heb. Ik had een zeer voldaan gevoel na het vinden." Here you go... Later approached in my one as from p2 the cache. Reached on 250 m.. Then I had choose between by the lake or by the bush. I chose the bush. Again prospectless. Doubted seriously. Nevertheless the dijkje can reach (concerning spoilers I will not give away my solution here, but was call spectacular). Gezocht on the dike infinitely. Given up. Tried by means of the other side of the dike P1 reach. Prospectlessly for the third time. Then but complete gone. Since I will not decide will zoeken along the cache come I again, but well to look at. Of the other side appears that you all of a sudden routes also other concern the dike run the veelvoorkomende shrubs, pivot and avoid cactuses. Thereby I almost litteral concerning a plastic crate stumbled. Still pay-desk! The way back was even spectaaculair as the heenweg, with the difference think which I now no longer had, but simply my of following foot tracks... I consider these cache as, perhaps heaviest which I have ever done. I had very satisfied a feeling after finding. Quote Link to comment
+mfc, the storyteller Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 3 posts in the last year. Quote Link to comment
+Pioneer 'n' Tiff Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Greetings SF'ers from a SD-er, Hey, I didn't go to the new forum - which looks nice, mainly cause it wanted registration....and for my purpose registering at yet another site is not my thing (no offense intended) But this thread can suffice. I have to be in SF mid Feb for a conference and will be staying near cache GC15XK4. Back in my home town in Australia, a few of my geobuds are having an event shortly thereafter and have made a request of me. There is a lack of coins in AU and on my last trip home, I took several out with me. Side issue: I had one couple drive for 5 days to come to our event just to see a Green Jeep. I'm not heading home soon but have a "home cache" which I use as a SoCal portal. If you have a coin or TB needing a lift down under, I'm gonna try and hit the cache around Feb 19. One other side issue: my AU cache is not huge so palm size TB's or coins only. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment
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