Little Stony Falls 3 miles 2:57 duration 230 feet elevation gain 6 caches found 2 DNF (did not find) Mrs. Jack (Dori) sent out an invitation to join her on a Black Friday hike and I was happy to #optoutside. It was decided that we would visit the waterfalls along Little Stony Creek near Dungannon, …
November 18, 2017
Pinnacle Nature Preserve 5.05 miles 4:56 duration 597 elevation gain 5 traditional geocaches found 2 earthcaches found 1 virtual cache found 1 DNF (did not find) Mrs. Jack (Dori), LakeBum (Rob) and I set out early Saturday morning for a geo-adventure at the Pinnacle Nature Preserve near Honaker, Virginia. This was the first time Rob …
November 5, 2017
Sugar Hollow Park 4.66 miles 3.25 duration 283 elevation gain 13 caches found Several months ago, LakeBum (Rob) and I hiked in Sugar Hollow Park, logging the geocaches on one side of the park. During Saturday's Trail Mix at Bay's Mountain, we talked about what we might be able to do today that would allow …
November 4, 2017
Bay's Mountain Trail Mix 6 3.89 miles 3:39 duration 302 feet elevation gain 2 new caches found (several visited that I'd previously found) Saturday, November 4 was the day for the annual Bay's Mountain Trail Mix geocaching event hosted by Team Cache Cracker Jacks (Tom and Dori). This event is usually held in October, but …
October 3 – 20, 2017
European Tour with Signal the Frog® 10,467 miles Four countries 20 traditional caches Five earth caches One event cache Two virtual caches Signal joined Deban and I on a trip to Europe that was a mixture of business and pleasure. We left October 3 for Prague, arriving on October 4. We spent a week there, …
September 30, 2017
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 …
September 23, 2017
Erwin Linear Trail 13.14 miles 5:05 duration 326 feet elevation gain 21 geocaches found Since I couldn't find anyone to paddle or hike with me on this beautiful Saturday, I decided to take my trusty bike to Erwin and explore the Linear Trail. There are several caches along and near the trail that I wanted …
September 4, 2017
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 …
September 3, 2017
Cherokee Lake 15 geocaches found 1 geocache hidden by LakeBum Signal the Frog® and I joined LakeBum (Rob) for an adventure on Cherokee Lake in Hamblen County, TN. Our goal was to log the eight new geocaches that our friend BackWoodsAng had hidden a few weeks ago. The series is entitled Cherokee Archipelago and is …
August 27, 2017
Steels Creek Trail/Upper Creek Falls/Fireman Falls, NC Steels Creek: 6.6 miles 5:11 duration 687 feet elevation gain 2 sets of waterfalls Upper Creek Falls: 1 mile 30 minute duration 90 feet elevation gain 2 waterfalls Fireman's Falls 100 foot hike 5 minutes duration 10 foot elevation gain 1 waterfall 1 Earth Cache I received an …
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