Adventures with Huckleberry, my blue Liquid Logic XP9 kayak.
Boone Pond 2.68 miles 2:55 duration 3 geocaches found 3 geocaches visited (previously found) 1 DNF (did not find) After spending several nights at the hospital sitting with a loved one, I was ready for some fresh air and exercise. RudeKoolaid (Angela) mentioned that she was planning to kayak on Boone Pond (formerly Boone Lake) …
Boone Pond Kayak and Geocache Adventure 1.83 mile 4 hours 5 geocaches found 2 DNFs As another work week drew to a close, I started thinking about plans for the weekend. I already had an event scheduled for Sunday afternoon - New Cache Order's quarterly litter pick up on our section of adopted highway. However, …
Fort Patrick Henry Lake and Lower Watauga River FPH: 1.54 miles; LWR: 6.11 miles FPH: 1:03 duration; LWR: 3:06 duration FPH: 2 caches found; LWR: 3 caches hidden by me, 3 caches hidden by LakeBum September was a very busy month, and it had been nearly four weeks since I was last able to hit …
Watuaga River ≈5 miles ≈ 2 hours no geocaches no cell phone no camera I am way behind in posting this trip, mostly because there isn't much to say and no pics. I am just adding it to the site to keep track of my miles with Huck. Pork n Beans (Jane) and I met …
Watuaga River 4.68 miles 2:01 duration 2 geocaches found (1 FTF) 1 geocache replaced Last night I got a text from LakeBum (Rob) saying that Pork n Beans (Jane) wanted to paddle this morning. Of course, I was interested! Any chance to get on the river. We launched from the Blevins Road boat ramp at …
Watuaga River 5.4 miles 3 - 3.5 hours duration (I failed to properly track this trip with my fitness app) 1 cache hidden by LakeBum Today I spent a fantastic time on the river with three special people: Deban, Rob and Kara. This was a pleasure cruise only, with no plans for geocaching. We started …
Nolichucky River 10 miles 5:55 duration 3 caches found 1 cache hidden by me 5 caches hidden by LakeBum 1 missing cache replaced Recently my friend LakeBum (Rob) sent me a message saying, “We need to put these on our target list soon.” He was referring to two geocaches that had been hidden over a …
Watauga River 8.5 miles 5:00 duration 4 geocaches 1 Earth Cache I have been busy traveling this summer, so it had been over a month since my last trip with my trusty kayak Huck. I finally got the opportunity to hit our favorite local river with friends LakeBum (Rob), BackWoodsAng (Ang) and Got Fossils? (Jerome …
Watauga River 9.13 miles 4:04 duration I am several days late writing this post after a busy week with Annual Conference. Every time I thought about starting to write it, something else more important surfaced. I finally have found time to start while watching over Aunt Sylvia through the night in the hospital. Prayers for …
Clinch River 7.6 miles 5:49 duration 1 geocache found 3 geocaches hidden by LakeBum Today's float was on a new river for us, a stretch of the Clinch River in Scott County, VA. This trip was organized by Richard, the brother of LakeBum (Rob), who had been told about this stretch of river by a …
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