Lizard Acres, Hidden Treasures
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As we made plans to head to Home Depot I thought it'd be fun to see if there were any geocaches close by. As it happens there was!
After getting some cinderblocks to upgrade our awesome DVD case, a lattice for flowers, a humming bird feeder, doggy and kitty food, we headed to YC's Mongolian BBQ for dinner and to let it cool down. Dinner was awesome, as always, and there were lots of leftovers. There was a French family in line behind us and one guy was their spokesman. They'd ask him some questions, he'd ask the Sauce Man, and then he'd translate back complete with hand motions.
We parked ol' Mitzy at a nearby park and unloaded out bikes. I had just gotten a handlebar mount for my GPS receiver and I was happy to get to use it.
Our area of searchingness (it's in the dictionary, I swear) is called Lizard Acres and it's a stretch of water collection area where apparently lots of toads and lizards like to hang out. And crickets, cuz they have to eat something, ya know.
Oh yeah, another cool thing is it's a bit of an art project too, as there are tons of big old iron critters and plant life all over the area. You'll be walking along and bam! An iron lizard will get ya!
No, I am not 12
There's metal cacti and turtles and the entrance is pretty cool:
It was dark by the time we got there, which the cache hider actually recommended. It was a lot cooler. I bought a new flashlight at Home Depot (with a fifteen foot drop rating! Just in case...) and the batteries I got weren't charged up so we had to take my hefty Maglight from behind the seat. We searched around for really only a few minutes before finding the cache:
This is what it looks like without the flash, which is how we saw it. Keep in mind the tin is fully hidden inside the mouth, it just looks fun this way:
Isn't he cute?
I would like to thank the lovely Hyd for helping:
Hidden well inside the turtle's mouth was a painted Altoids tin kept in place by a hefty harddrive magnet. If you've never played with one, they are tiny and powerful. The cache also included:
I don't have any coins or trinkets to leave yet, but soon I will! There's a shop online that will make custom geocoins for you, which you can see in the above pictures. I signed the log and documented the find:
Tomorrow we're gonna head out and find some more, and also look for places to stash some. I have a few good ideas already, I think hiding will be just as fun as seeking.
G'night!
- BuddhaDave
As we made plans to head to Home Depot I thought it'd be fun to see if there were any geocaches close by. As it happens there was!
After getting some cinderblocks to upgrade our awesome DVD case, a lattice for flowers, a humming bird feeder, doggy and kitty food, we headed to YC's Mongolian BBQ for dinner and to let it cool down. Dinner was awesome, as always, and there were lots of leftovers. There was a French family in line behind us and one guy was their spokesman. They'd ask him some questions, he'd ask the Sauce Man, and then he'd translate back complete with hand motions.
We parked ol' Mitzy at a nearby park and unloaded out bikes. I had just gotten a handlebar mount for my GPS receiver and I was happy to get to use it.
Our area of searchingness (it's in the dictionary, I swear) is called Lizard Acres and it's a stretch of water collection area where apparently lots of toads and lizards like to hang out. And crickets, cuz they have to eat something, ya know.
Oh yeah, another cool thing is it's a bit of an art project too, as there are tons of big old iron critters and plant life all over the area. You'll be walking along and bam! An iron lizard will get ya!
There's metal cacti and turtles and the entrance is pretty cool:
It was dark by the time we got there, which the cache hider actually recommended. It was a lot cooler. I bought a new flashlight at Home Depot (with a fifteen foot drop rating! Just in case...) and the batteries I got weren't charged up so we had to take my hefty Maglight from behind the seat. We searched around for really only a few minutes before finding the cache:
This is what it looks like without the flash, which is how we saw it. Keep in mind the tin is fully hidden inside the mouth, it just looks fun this way:
Isn't he cute?
I would like to thank the lovely Hyd for helping:
Hidden well inside the turtle's mouth was a painted Altoids tin kept in place by a hefty harddrive magnet. If you've never played with one, they are tiny and powerful. The cache also included:
I don't have any coins or trinkets to leave yet, but soon I will! There's a shop online that will make custom geocoins for you, which you can see in the above pictures. I signed the log and documented the find:
Tomorrow we're gonna head out and find some more, and also look for places to stash some. I have a few good ideas already, I think hiding will be just as fun as seeking.
G'night!
- BuddhaDave
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