Eat Stay Play Outdoor Adventures Geocoin

[bedstefader skjule]

Received my new geocoin 12/02/09, mailed 12/01/09; good delivery service. Have yet to do the suggested activation steps and assign a mission. Thx for the coin. Hope this trackable has good adventures.

[bedstefader skjule]

Activated and Goal set

TB31RG0

Current GOAL:  Travel only to 3 star or greater terrain caches; preferably with hikes and/or great views. Pictures always a bonus.

I will drop in a cache when I get the chance.

[bedstefader skjule]

Placed the coin today in South Mt Park, a 16,000 acre park with 137 active geocaches and 3 terracaches. This was my personal geocache find # 2800. Took a couple pix, coin page below:

http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=a1940764-99c1-45b4-8fc9-ae2c15b37dcd


Cache On!
Gary
(bedstefader skjule)

[bedstefader skjule]

My geocoin had quite an adventure in the Caribbean. A local cacher, gpatocha, took it to Nevis/St Kitts to a cache called "Snorkeling Cache". Visit the cache page from the link below for the description and Gary's (gpatocha) log. My coin is supposed to only visit 3 star or greater terrain, which should provide some good stories - I hope. It's off to a great start.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=bea4dfb3-f265-46bc-8ba5-eee4475b5d18

gpatocha has placed some very challenging caches in South Mt Park, a sample below:

Geocaching Buddies  http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=53b7cb59-aa95-42ab-9498-565744220831

Moose's Favorite Hike  http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=1b867e72-40fd-41c1-82d5-00626b7bfb3b

South Mountain Adventure  http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5b6c7f65-50de-47ed-960b-a7d0fc5dfaaa

TOO BAD I HID A BOOT  http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=112096da-3267-42da-b461-8d516e1c871d

[bedstefader skjule]

Continuing adventures of EatStayPlay Outdoor Adventures Goecoin - bedstefader skjule:

southpawaz retrieved my ESP coin from "Moose's Other Favorite Hike" and placed it in his newly published, yet unfound cache, "Crested Saguaro 4 Redux".

Check out the pix southpawaz uploaded to the cache description of the crested sahuaro - incredible. Link below:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=9fd29d25-65c5-4fc7-8fb9-bb9a5bf7a9c9

southpawaz is The King of Tonto region in Deep-Southwest Geocaching Project; if you haven't seen the DGP site - it adds another great dimension to cachers in our area(Southwest) & can be useful to those looking for quality backcountry caches in the area served by DGP.  Check link:

http://dgpstats.com/

[bedstefader skjule]

Subman123 & jcanyoneer got the FTF on "Crested Saguaro 4 Redux; my geocoin was retrieved by jcanyoneer, and he graciously added a couple pix of the crested saguaro.
 
Pretty cool! Check it out:

http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=a1940764-99c1-45b4-8fc9-ae2c15b37dcd

[keEVOLVINGep]

Ah, I miss cacti! I wish I was geocaching a few years ago when I lived in AZ. I did not start until July last year after moving back to PA. I absolutely love and miss the desert. It would have been a cool way to experience it, though I think I might have run into more rattlesnakes that way. Thanks for sharing and cool pics.

[bedstefader skjule]

Well my coin's future adventure is now in the hands of the brainiacs. jcanyoneer really outdid himself; not only did he go with the coins mission of 3 star or greater terrain caches, but he upped the ante a bit. He placed my coin in another one of PurplePaws difficult mystery caches; a 4.5/3.5 cache named "Matrix with a View".  ???Now that's gonna take a local brainiac to retrieve my coin and keep it on it's travels.

Matrix with a View

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7833ef25-b8bb-43d2-854c-8894ed78c87a

Gary
bedstefader skjule
Cache On!

[bedstefader skjule]

Ah, I miss cacti! I wish I was geocaching a few years ago when I lived in AZ. I did not start until July last year after moving back to PA. I absolutely love and miss the desert. It would have been a cool way to experience it, though I think I might have run into more rattlesnakes that way. Thanks for sharing and cool pics.

I don't know how many times I've said/thought "I wish I was geocaching when..."; but many of those "if only's" were actually before geocaching even began.

I agree with you on the cacti as well. Because sahuaro are only found in AZ and Mexico, we have a unique opportunity to see the many amazing/strange/peculiar formations they sometimes take in their growth. Many cache locations here use the sahuaro as an essential ingredient for the cache experience.

A Few Examples:

Twisted Illusions  

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e9428ff6-a4b9-41cd-85ac-e3b62af57645&log=y&decrypt=

Senor Saguaro!

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=80c67687-c3df-45ce-9d69-83f32b0b5b88

sahuaro de senor regresa (a remake of Senor Sahuaro!)

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=434fb597-b889-4af1-9c52-168f4680067b


The Big One  

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8dc9ffd4-e097-4a77-8aac-36217a1149e7

Thirty One  

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=26512cab-263e-4886-bc2b-d1444bdd4a8f

Gary
bedstefader skjule
Cache On!