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, …
Hungry Mother State Park 6.14 miles 4:55 duration 683 ft elevation gain 17 geocaches found Since I was off for Good Friday, I had planned to make my annual wildflower pilgrimage in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The plan was to meet my sister there and hike the Rhododendron Creek and Injun Creek trails. …
Doe River Gorge 7.58 miles 4:30 duration 388 ft elevation gain 3 geocaches found Recently, some of the members of New Cache Order visited Doe River Gorge on a quest to save an archived geocache just beyond the property line. After several attempts they completed that mission, and then hid some new caches there with …
Bay's Mountain Park 10.5 miles 6:45 duration 1387 ft. elevation gain 9 geocaches found 9 geocaches visited (previously found) LakeBum (Rob) and I made plans for today's hike several weeks ago. This was to be the day we would finally log a very special cache, GC3NCQQ - Adventure Awaits: Frequent Flyer Miles. It would also …
Warrior's Path - Wahoo Loop Trail 5.05 miles 3:38 duration 251 feet elevation gain 7 geocaches found Although I had found a lot of caches in the last few days, I had been doing a lot of sitting and riding in the car. I needed to get out and stretch my legs, so started looking …
Road Trip With Signal 750+ miles driven 2 DNFs (did not find) 51 caches found 46 Traditional Caches 1 Letterbox Hybrid 1 Earth Cache 1 Puzzle Cache 1 Webcam 1 Virtual Cache Deban, Signal the Frog® and I headed out early on the morning of Thursday, March 1 for a road trip. Our first stop …
Boyd Pond ~ 3 miles 3:30 duration Very moderate elevation gain 6 geocaches found (5 different types) plus 2 geocaches found prior to visiting park We spent this weekend in Aiken, SC visiting family and attending the Heart Show. This was the 40th anniversary of this play, which is written and directed by Deban's uncle …
Buffalo Mountain Park 4.56 miles 3:30 duration 882 elevation gain 3 geocaches found It had been over a month since I've been on a hike of any distance, and I was itching to hit the trails again. Most of my geocaching adventures lately have involved park and grabs or short jaunts into the woods - …
DuPont State Recreational Forest 4.63 miles 3:14 duration 199 elevation gain 8 active geocaches found 1 archived geocache found The DuPont State Recreational Forest is located in Western North Carolina. It is part of Transylvania County, land of waterfalls. I was invited to join a group of geocachers for a hike here to see some …
Wilbur Lake Area 3.5 miles 3:59 duration 1068 feet elevation gain 5 caches found 12° F LakeBum (Rob) and I decided to squeeze one more hike in before our holiday breaks ended. We had originally talked of going to Phipps Bend, a nice flat area with a paved walking trail where we could log several …
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