tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082954436895994992024-02-19T01:47:41.879-08:00Geocaching in the Pacific NorthwestEd and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-88421209574575238682011-06-21T17:01:00.000-07:002011-06-21T17:02:36.155-07:00Welcome AllWelcome to all from hobbyonabudget.com ... if you have any questions ask me anything concerning geocaching.Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-23689183992829223712011-05-07T15:05:00.000-07:002011-05-07T15:12:23.142-07:00Green Valley SeriesCongrats goes to 4PAW for finding 3 out of the four geocaches placed in Green Valley northwest of Sutherlin and congrats to 1Delta10Tango for being the FTF on Green Valley # 1 ... getting ready to put out another series for you guys to scramble over.Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-81597504173191250782011-04-20T09:45:00.000-07:002011-04-20T09:54:15.741-07:00BOY SCOUT GEOCOINGot a message that one of the geocoins that were released exactly one year ago this month has traveled a bit farther for a total of 6,188 miles so far. <div><br /></div><div>It started out in Roseburg and then went to Florence OR for a family vacation. It got picked up by some vacationers and they took it south to Anaheim CA. Then some other people picked it up and moved to Big Bear Lake CA and then it went down the mountain to Redlands CA. After that it got on a jet and flew back to Milwaukee WI and then caught another flight to St. Thomas Virgin Islands. Now it has caught another flight and is on the east coast outside of Clinton MA west of Boston. This one is really moving well.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have permission from the City of Roseburg to take one of the Discover Roseburg geocoins over to Maui with us in exactly 60 days from now. Being that all the Hawaiian Islands chain is so international by nature who knows where the geocoin might end up going from there.</div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-86446991058897205992011-03-20T12:25:00.000-07:002011-03-20T12:41:51.824-07:00The Season BeginsWell today is the first day of spring and the new season for geocaching is underway ... it has been a long off season. I have been finding some over the months but nothing like before October 25 (last entry) ... So Dawn was in the hospital over the weekend with a bleeding ulcer and they kept her till today to see her hemoglobin up to where it is supposed to be and get 3 units of blood in a transfusion. She is home and ready to go out geocaching for sure.<div><br /></div><div>When I left the hospital yesterday I found a great location for a new geocache and placed one and the day before I placed one at the duck pond so the bug is back to hide more. </div><div><br /></div><div>Going to be getting out to maintain the ones I have out there for sure soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>A lot has happened since my last entry. I am no longer with the Boy Scouts of America as the District Executive for the county. Fortunately I filed for a VA claim on some service connected injuries and now have 100% disability so I now have all the time in the world to geocache whenever I want.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dawn and I are planning a vacation to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary next month. We will be postponing the trip and go in June to Maui. The first thing I did was look for geocaches on Maui on geocaching.com and there are plenty over there so we will be adding another state it seems.</div><div><br /></div><div>In a few weeks we will be going down to the San Jose area to see some family and go to an arena football game. But you know we will be geocaching to, there and on the way back for sure.</div><div><br /></div><div>So anyway, now that spring is here ... GENTLEMEN, START GEOCACHING.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-60180298362095882302010-11-20T08:13:00.000-08:002010-11-20T08:16:20.968-08:00Going out to maintain some geocachesI hear that the geocache I have on Harvard has been muggled so I am going out today to check it and replace it if I need to. There are some others around town that apparently have been muggled so I am going to replace those today too.<div><br /></div><div>Have not been doing any geocaching for awhile because I have been doing lots of paperwork for some things which have a higher priority right now.</div><div><br /></div><div>Besides that ... have you seen the price of gas?</div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-45797545738650026622010-10-25T17:47:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:53:12.366-07:00Geo-caching in FlorenceWe went to Florence for this past weekend and weathered out the HUGE storm over there and yet found 23 geocaches for the weekend. Nothing like running around getting soaked and getting blown around by the monstrous winds right off the ocean.<br /><br />I thought our motel was going to blow over Saturday night the winds were so bad.<br /><br />But Sunday was cold but sunny up to noon or so and then it started raining again.<br /><br />It was a fruitful.<br /><br />We dropped off one travel bug and picked up two in our travels. I have already dropped off the two bugs in the Ivy Hotel here near the Dixonville turn off from highway 138.Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-84098702058573322842010-10-22T17:38:00.000-07:002010-10-22T17:49:35.185-07:00Downtown Published4PAW published a new one and it is appropriately called DOWNTOWN ... we just happened to be down on Jackson Street when it went published into my email on my iPhone so we walked down the street to see if we can find it between the sprinkles. <div><br /></div><div>The size is not shown and there is no hint just a very short description. It was too wet and we got a bad signal on the iPhone for it kept telling us that we were 16 feet north of it which meant it was inside the shoe store and I am sure it is not.</div><div><br /></div><div>So we put that on our list of ones to find and gave it a DNF ... it must be a good hide for we tore the place apart looking for it (not really). There were plenty of muggles using the walkway and I can over hear the asking each other what the heck we were doing. So I will be anxious to see who the first to find is on this one.</div><div><br /></div><div>So we went down the street and found Axel Rose by walking right up to it. The iPhone showed the coords to be right on the spot. That makes 430 for us now on our quest for the illusive 500 mark.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are going to Florence OR tomorrow to get out of the house. I am feeling cooped up since going to ER a couple of weeks ago and being told by the doctors to not drive and not to do any work. </div><div><br /></div><div>Of course we will both be doing some geocaching while over there and of course we will be getting some clam chowder at Mo's. There is some new geocaches north of the area we had geocached the last time we were there so we are going to explore the northern reaches of Florence.</div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-29689566050056246882010-10-12T16:43:00.000-07:002010-10-12T16:44:31.845-07:00The 10-10 Challenge for UVGAWe had loads of fun even if we did have rain for the day. I would call it a very successful event and we will certainly have more for sure.<br /><br />Just wait!Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-78622765299037889872010-10-02T08:19:00.000-07:002010-10-02T08:27:11.359-07:00Taking out a couple for 10-10-10 event next weekendI am going out to place a couple for the 10-10-10 event that will be surrounding River Forks Park next Sunday around 10 am ... have done this for awhile and where I will be doing the hide I get a lot of bounces on my iPhone so they will be a good sized cache and not micros. Lots of swag for the kiddies will be in each of them. They will be clear tupperware type of snap on lids that will be yellow ... making a real easy find. No camo at all.<br /><br />If I have time I may go up on Burnt Mountain and see if I can find the little treasures up there.<br /><br />It seems everyone is heading west into them thar hills to hide and find caches.<br /><br />It should be a good day even with all this cloud cover.Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-9894040835793447572010-09-16T15:14:00.000-07:002010-09-16T15:24:41.521-07:00His Newest FTFCongratulations to Mickleson5 for being the FTF on Remembering the Axman down in Riddle, OR. He found on the afternoon of 9/16/2010 on his way home from work. It was there for so long that there was cob webs all over it, but just before he gave up on the hunt he found it. Way to go Todd!Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-78333390273777391492010-09-06T07:40:00.000-07:002010-09-06T08:11:35.586-07:00Welcome Gundy5 to geocachingYesterday I was told by my son from a text message I received that he downloaded the geocaching training app onto his new smart phone and was out with his wife and kids looking for their first. <br /><br />They are back in Little Rock, AR for a few months while he is going through some training in the USAF before he transfers down to Tuscon AZ this winter.<br /><br />They had a very successful day by finding 11 on their first day.<br /><br />They even found a geocoin on their first day out - way to go.<br /><br />There are lots of geocaches in the Little Rock area and I am sure they will have plenty before they make the move to the desert.<br /><br />Now that football season is here I will be watching games more on the weekends than going hunting for the elusive geocache. When the weather turns wet I will be working on building some new geocaches for the spring. I have so many being developed in my mind and physically right now. It will be a very challenging winter for sure to come up with new ones.<br /><br />Right now I want to concentrate on the series about my ship I served on back in 1970. One is active and I have two more that are just waiting for a location so I can take the coords but the geocache is ready to go ... so I will concentrate on the locations for those. Coach Beau (CanfieldClan) is going to be taking his "Success Class" out from Roseburg High School to find the first in the series to find and I may go into the classroom before they go out hunting to talk to the kids first.Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-43302987321580185682010-09-01T11:39:00.000-07:002010-09-01T11:52:41.376-07:00TWO DNFsI want to thank Gpsees for giving me a couple of DNFs on two geocaches of mine, Numbers Blitz 4 and 5, for I went out to check on them on my while to and from Glide this morning and 4 was muggled and the prescription bottle, the lid and the log sheet were laying on the ground and scattered about just down the slope from the guardrail. Number 5 was just plain missing so I replaced it. They are all back in working order now so that is good thing.<br /><br />This is exactly, I mean exactly what I what I was talking about at the business meeting before the UVGA meet and eat on August 22nd. If you don't find a geocache, instead of just leaving and NOT leaving a DNF and the owner thinks all is well, leave a DNF for the geocache may be missing. It is not like you are having points taken away from you or you are ruining your perfect run. If it is a DNF play the game and leave a DNF for the sake of the owner.<br /><br />Took me all of about 5 minutes to maintain these two geocaches ... no skin off my nose out of my day. <br /><br />Thank you Gpsees for letting me know ... they are up and back in action again thanks to you.<br /><br />The question remains - how many geocachers looked and walked away from these two and for some reason did not have guts to leave a DNF? ... I wonder.Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-10941813454881518462010-08-29T23:09:00.000-07:002010-08-29T23:22:28.231-07:00Son's Geocaching TeamI took my son and one of his friends out to do some geocaching last night. It is amazing how my son went from, "No, I don't want to do the same thing my parents are doing" to "I hate to say this but I am actually having fun". <div><br /></div><div>He and his friend became a geocaching team and I took them around to find their first five. They are now known in geocaching cirles as RHSKooks. They will be running around on their bikes and skateboards looking for their geocaches all over town without a GPS, just using descriptions, hints and maps from geocaching.com.</div><div><br /></div><div>I intended to do some geocaching today but fell asleep on the couch and took a nap for six hours. I guess I was really tired.</div><div><br /></div><div>I did however submitted one to be published and get started on two more that will be my hardest so far. I put them at a 4 rating for difficulty. The reviewer suggest that this first one be a multi-cache. It will be in memory of the ship I was on board back in 1970, the USS America CVA-66 and a memory of sailing around the world. But, it will have a twist. </div><div><br /></div><div>I want to congratulate Buckshot and Foxy, themasonfamily2 and Cacti_Talon for being FTFs on some of my latest hides that were published on August 22nd.</div><div><br /></div><div>A special congrats goes out to Cacti_Talon for their FTF after so many people who looked for it off highway 42 without leaving a DNF. Cacti_Talon was able to understand the hint and wrote their comments as the same. LOL big time.</div><div><br /></div><div>The next one as a tribute to the America will be similar.... but NOT quite the same.</div><div><br /></div><div>Welcome to RHSKooks to the wonderful world of geocaching.</div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-7125118547833827222010-08-28T06:47:00.000-07:002010-08-28T06:55:25.777-07:00Going to the councilWill be at the council for a bit of the day up in Eugene. So on the way home we hope to stop off and find some geocaches from the Eugene and Cottage Grove areas.<br /><br />Tomorrow we are going to try and find some that are on Highway 42 out in Camas Valley area out to Coquille. Need to get to 400 before Tuesday for sure since I made it my goal to reach 400 by September 1st. It is so frustrating sitting at 379 for so long. Have just been too busy with work to get out and do more hunts. <br /><br />Will go for AgentsD new hide which is their first one ever. I have a meeting with Brian on Monday and I am sure we will discuss some geocaching as the meeting winds down. I also want to take NoseyRosey over to Under the Bridge (Revisited) to assist me getting it from its hiding place. I found it the other day but was unable to get it. I will be taking my walking stick today to do my "reach" for me.Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-32104668599067701872010-08-27T08:28:00.000-07:002010-08-27T17:47:14.366-07:00Boy Scout Travel BugI just got the notice that the Boy Scout Travel bug has gone 2,313 miles and it is now back in Buena Vista, Virginia. The Bugbandits took it from the Ivy Hilton TB Hotel near Dixonville and flew back to Virginia while taking their son to settle in at school.<div><br /></div><div>The geocache is a wooden box inside the visitors center for the University. It is in GC2B4JT at the present time.</div><div><br /></div><div>We will keep a watch on this for sure to see where it travels from here. </div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-49079902411460457632010-08-23T10:44:00.000-07:002010-08-23T10:56:28.107-07:001 Day After the UVGA EventWell we took up about a quarter of the Abby's Pizza place for the Umpua Valley Geocachers Association Meet and Eat event ... good to see so many faces and so many new people who are getting into GeoCaching around the Roseburg area ... we even had one woman come down as far away as Junction City ... way to go.<br /><br />We had a good business meeting before the event and some good dialogue was had by most present.<br /><br />I had 12 new geocaches go public during or shortly after the meeting and there were others that had theirs publish after the meeting too. We even had a geocache at the event for everyone to take advantage of loads of TBs on vehicles or on the table for us all to discover.<br /><br />I just wish Nosey Rosey did not have to work yesterday and she missed the event.<br /><br />The next event is going to be a good one. We are all going to have fun - we will discuss that our next business meeting coming up soon.<br /><br />I had to get up to Lookingglass first thing this morning to hang some posters at the Lookingglass school and found three quick park and grabs along the way ... geocaching makes my daily business day go by so much faster with the challenges that keep popping up.<br /><br />Will see what challenges will come my way for the rest of the day, week and month as I do my geocaching to and from appointments as time allows.<br /><br />Thanks for attending the event.Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-87341084084981311692010-08-20T13:35:00.000-07:002010-08-20T13:39:07.072-07:00I just launched 10 new geocaches into the world for the event on Sunday while we are at Abby's Pizza for the UVGA meet and eat. <br /><br />Now everyone will have some new geocaches to head out to hoping to be the FTF.<br /><br />Good luck everyone.Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-62225778838015021962010-08-19T09:14:00.000-07:002010-08-19T09:19:15.033-07:00Surprise for fellow geocachersOn Sunday, during the UVGA meeting at 3 PM or so, I should be announcing a surprise to all other geocachers in attendance at the meeting.<br /><br />If you see me, ask what it might be.... I will tell as soon as it is ready.<br /><br />Nosey Rosey won't be in attendance since she has to work in Family Birth at Mercy Hospital. But, I will be there for sure and forward any information to her. <br /><br />It should be a good meeting and eat and there will be lots of new people in attendance from what I have heard.<br /><br />See you at 3 PM on Sunday at Abby's on Diamond Lake Blvd.Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-59658018528240279982010-08-14T08:18:00.000-07:002010-08-14T08:21:22.951-07:00Half the Team is SickToday Dawn woke up to a migraine headache that is a doozy. So she called off going into work at the hospital and I found her sleeping on the couch in the living room sitting up when I woke up. It looks like we might need to go to the emergency room and get her one of the Migraine cocktails in a shot served to her again.<div><br /></div><div>Health issues do interfere with this hobby on any given day.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-23683487976269783082010-08-13T12:13:00.000-07:002010-08-13T12:17:11.002-07:00Dawn is working this weekend at the hospital both days so I will be going out both days to do some geocaching exploring. Probably will be going to Eugene area on Saturday since I need to stop by the Scout office to pick something up on Saturday.<div><br /></div><div>Sunday I will probably shoot over to Coos Bay and try out the geocaches on the coast which I have been hearing about.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will post some pictures of my adventures for sure over the weekend.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ed aka GeoHL</div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-73475459322166925302010-08-08T09:06:00.001-07:002010-08-08T09:13:41.772-07:00Sheer Beauty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGPCdTzW8THkLhE5GWPtqpM1VS4JHHL8J6QXkR3xSz6HZzxNdX2Cc0f6Vb00e-7TpkdcCDZGs6acpouiG7F06auGHzlR1H2GtoolDEknTQYXsH4fx3smxa3KlXsUQGlx8XsVmBAagWkI/s1600/8.7.10+Cavitt+Creek+Falls+swimming+hole.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGPCdTzW8THkLhE5GWPtqpM1VS4JHHL8J6QXkR3xSz6HZzxNdX2Cc0f6Vb00e-7TpkdcCDZGs6acpouiG7F06auGHzlR1H2GtoolDEknTQYXsH4fx3smxa3KlXsUQGlx8XsVmBAagWkI/s320/8.7.10+Cavitt+Creek+Falls+swimming+hole.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503072887721394466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9cCblSlFXSAz4lJfYklEF_SAXO_jQMDZFtAW4U_nRwRL3MD_DEJImEMS9hDcnDzbqfH80fBQmlGs5hrEdQP9s_ZlEiRXvdoSrrrjxUM9Xr-nEsqRWBpA8FE2srq2tGMjiXgMu67J5jA/s1600/Little+River+from+Wolf+Creek+Bridge+8.7.10.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9cCblSlFXSAz4lJfYklEF_SAXO_jQMDZFtAW4U_nRwRL3MD_DEJImEMS9hDcnDzbqfH80fBQmlGs5hrEdQP9s_ZlEiRXvdoSrrrjxUM9Xr-nEsqRWBpA8FE2srq2tGMjiXgMu67J5jA/s320/Little+River+from+Wolf+Creek+Bridge+8.7.10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503072879918489970" /></a><br />Sometimes it is not just about the numbers or being the First to Find but seeing the beauty of nature. This is what happened yesterday on Saturday. Dawn was called in to work and I went to a drive up to Little River south of Glide where I have not been for years. <div><br /></div><div>I captured a three geocaches (Artesian?, Stumper and Sasquatch Scratch) while I drove around and just looked at the beauty of it all. I wish I took more pictures but I did not so the two here are all I have.</div><div><br /></div><div>One is a shot of Little River from the top of the bridge at Wolf Creek Falls trailhead and the second is of Cavitt Creek Falls swimming hole.</div><div><br /></div><div>Only 3 for the day but it was worth the drive.</div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-62639510668156637282010-07-31T21:39:00.000-07:002010-07-31T22:13:26.759-07:00Wolf Creek and Golden OR<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2L2CI-jQWccPXBiqbitenybadt0xzfEsWAz61Fmwe3HjyFj7H0qKFRapBqf-0OObsNUrfgS9yfhGRwxZYcgwfly6wTJmqNMzg4ONwY_hzIUuuHMcMm0LUbimMJ-Ae0cMUiONKNy-Yj4/s1600/7.31.10+Speed+in+Wolf+Creek.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2L2CI-jQWccPXBiqbitenybadt0xzfEsWAz61Fmwe3HjyFj7H0qKFRapBqf-0OObsNUrfgS9yfhGRwxZYcgwfly6wTJmqNMzg4ONwY_hzIUuuHMcMm0LUbimMJ-Ae0cMUiONKNy-Yj4/s320/7.31.10+Speed+in+Wolf+Creek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500304475484735106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlZjkcjcAf1fVXIBi0UiqeE8X450OxzeQ2nwGknqg-ree6WdbYWdZf-o2BsGSvFKmoq21D3ZBTInCUUL8b2UlrZYaLldqVn3ALbynTcorVXlSAtSANLr5WNnxSQINEsIznlR_KYRj2LE/s1600/7.31.10+Golden+Church.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlZjkcjcAf1fVXIBi0UiqeE8X450OxzeQ2nwGknqg-ree6WdbYWdZf-o2BsGSvFKmoq21D3ZBTInCUUL8b2UlrZYaLldqVn3ALbynTcorVXlSAtSANLr5WNnxSQINEsIznlR_KYRj2LE/s320/7.31.10+Golden+Church.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500304468307502770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsvUC_VFmsRhNNrhByI6fENlRSe5v-qrfnSze3ulJBHAbIUESXF-50vKoeAUl2prjCBW541i3_mSAD5k41lDSZc6Wecy5cgJKQFoP8hB-6fP5lMg-aGkgfxeY5V_6uwMSOpiESNOHiIA/s1600/7.31.10+Golden+General+Store.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsvUC_VFmsRhNNrhByI6fENlRSe5v-qrfnSze3ulJBHAbIUESXF-50vKoeAUl2prjCBW541i3_mSAD5k41lDSZc6Wecy5cgJKQFoP8hB-6fP5lMg-aGkgfxeY5V_6uwMSOpiESNOHiIA/s320/7.31.10+Golden+General+Store.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500304461200704802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ONueG7A4QLLllifh5GAOOgANhgsMvt4E7xXT7QtDeIZVyFnhefISg-h83cK19SSQsjbV8S2Llr_DI7fcbiHjBGg89WL_T_rF0vBeyxN-6QeR6AVSCixPDlu_KsBOzbLQWrw6gkpGgSM/s1600/7.31.10+Wolf+Creek+Cemetery+Mother.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ONueG7A4QLLllifh5GAOOgANhgsMvt4E7xXT7QtDeIZVyFnhefISg-h83cK19SSQsjbV8S2Llr_DI7fcbiHjBGg89WL_T_rF0vBeyxN-6QeR6AVSCixPDlu_KsBOzbLQWrw6gkpGgSM/s320/7.31.10+Wolf+Creek+Cemetery+Mother.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500304453791835154" border="0" /></a><br />Today we went south for a successful day of geocaching in Wolf Creek, Golden, and a quick stop in Glendale for one and then at the north bound rest area to grab "back in the woods".<br /><br />Back in the Woods eluded us once before with the iPhone with the over head being so dense. This time Dawn came up with it after about 15 minutes ... all I could hear was I FOUND IT - real loud .. she get's so excited on these finds that are challenges.<br /><br />Golden was really peaceful. We could not find one of them and that is so frustrating. It is supposed to be a small lock and lock and we could just not find it anywhere. We looked everywhere that one could be, under the steps to the old church; under the porch to the church; we picked up every rock in the area; looked under the bench; looked everywhere and gave up on it after an hour or so ... must have been muggled.<br /><br />The other three in Golden were successful and so was all the ones in Wolf Creek. What a neat little cemetery we found in Wolf Creek where "Historical Place" was placed.<br /><br />We had to laugh at speed limit sign in the county park walking out to retrieve "Home Run" ... of course Nosey Rosey sniffed them both out from the their hiding places.<br /><br />A little side benefit to our trip today was filling a quart container with Blackberries in Wolf Creek. The berry bushes are all over the place.<br /><br />Then on the way home I checked our geocaching email and saw that a new one from "themasonfamily2" was published at the exit coming up on our drive northward on Interstate 5. A short exit to retrieve that one was all Nosey Rosey needed to finish our day of geocaching off.<br /><br />Pictured ... the speed limit sign in Wolf Creek County Park, Dawn in the old ghost town church in Golden Dawn at the Golden General Store (this ain't Walmart). Another picture is of the motor in the Wolf Creek cemetery ... very unusual in deed.<br /><br />All and all it was a great day and we had loads of fun and had a great history lesson in Golden.Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-85191557228386666802010-07-27T12:29:00.000-07:002010-07-27T15:23:14.517-07:00Riddle to Glide Loop<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymsA8QMbWrw1XieDNyN4nnwSGblqytRKphRtP2c_iT8YmSMZKUcqs7BsuZ8_8hQtM1zfm9jz9ImgDgJhxEefKax14ZXj2aA-_OIsm6G6mxS_g2mGxVfrtzrUsOtyu0vKT8S0XqZ2a99Y/s1600/Train+Bridge+and+tunnel+at+west+fork+on+Cow+Creek+7.27.10.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymsA8QMbWrw1XieDNyN4nnwSGblqytRKphRtP2c_iT8YmSMZKUcqs7BsuZ8_8hQtM1zfm9jz9ImgDgJhxEefKax14ZXj2aA-_OIsm6G6mxS_g2mGxVfrtzrUsOtyu0vKT8S0XqZ2a99Y/s320/Train+Bridge+and+tunnel+at+west+fork+on+Cow+Creek+7.27.10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498673168036590322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbUMVUJVkqmXMqfhv-nibL-1bI76ENTuZ_Hgl279ixXMKakAoo3WT0W4hwus1Kl8vKj_B4NsUq6V14_S03NItzpKP96376DtjPHUVKElVwn5Vy4clUiCQhBHCeQs5X-Fc-L4GlzV89nA/s1600/rockpit+7.27.10.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbUMVUJVkqmXMqfhv-nibL-1bI76ENTuZ_Hgl279ixXMKakAoo3WT0W4hwus1Kl8vKj_B4NsUq6V14_S03NItzpKP96376DtjPHUVKElVwn5Vy4clUiCQhBHCeQs5X-Fc-L4GlzV89nA/s320/rockpit+7.27.10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498673162010338210" /></a><br />This morning I got up EARLY and headed south before sunrise and headed out to the Riddle - Glide Loop where I was the FTF on a new one that has sat there for 2 days without being found. I just could not let it go for someone else to be the FTF so I looked for it and after the iPhone settled down with it's GPS it pointed right at it. Ah ha .. find # 1 for the day.<div><br /></div><div>My next find was at the Spawning Beds upstream ... this was a quick one and off to the next one. It was called ROCK PIT and I wish all my geocaches were this obvious, pictured. The second picture is at West Fork with a tunnel going through the mountain leading to the bridge over Cow Creek. It really stood out even though the area was one big rock pit. I passed right by the POND and went to Pioneers Graves ... read the history marker. There was history markers all over the place. I had no idea there was a ghost town up there called West Fork that served as a railroad spur back in the 1880's ... and the Chinese helped build the railroad up there. Interesting Drive!!!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Finally made it to Glendale and found THE GAZEBO and GLENDALE # 2. Coming back with Dawn to find GLENDALE # 1 and THE CART PROJECT. Even though Glendale is small there are lots of muggles around early in the morning.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A real nice loop from Riddle to Glendale.</div><div><br /></div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-54460336041791336262010-07-24T15:47:00.000-07:002010-07-24T15:59:16.982-07:00Out to Gravel Bin Raft Launch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtmrhrbqGXvoaZ39G2CsDpA214GISe-PuewyxSALTZKBfxEg99bT5yyQY42wejyRZgrgmhyphenhyphenDHwhtSZvOlKrx-q_g_HFvZoFSGePILEhBNN2OrhbA1wxL_EFIVp4bWwwqFqjQ9CqIs8AU/s1600/Clear+water+-+7.24.10.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtmrhrbqGXvoaZ39G2CsDpA214GISe-PuewyxSALTZKBfxEg99bT5yyQY42wejyRZgrgmhyphenhyphenDHwhtSZvOlKrx-q_g_HFvZoFSGePILEhBNN2OrhbA1wxL_EFIVp4bWwwqFqjQ9CqIs8AU/s320/Clear+water+-+7.24.10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497611123451086514" /></a><br />This morning I got up and headed east on highway 138 out past Steamboat Inn. I found 7 geocaches for the trip and really had to use my geosenses since my iPhone has limited GPS use outside the AT&T service area. But, I have so many county geocaches saved to my iPhone I can find them outside the service area. <div><br /></div><div>I ventured all the way out to Gravel Bin Raft put in location (pictured) and found one right off the bat even if my GPS was bouncing all over the place. It helps to read the hints... LOL. </div><div><br /></div><div>I started my morning out by climbing the steep hill up the 14th tee for disc golf to find WHISTLERS and what a hike it was. I do not recommend it to anyone who might have bad knees .. mine was killing me. If you have a bad heart I would avoid this one too. The rating for terrain is not so accurate and should be increased. Certainly a 3 at least. But I logged it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday I am going to drive down Little River Road and go out to Hemlock Lake and hope to find all the geocaches along the way. This area looks pretty interesting for geocaches and I have not been out to Hemlock lake for about 13 years or so.</div><div><br /></div><div>We will surely get to 340 tomorrow ... but feeling so lonely since Nosey Rosey is doing her shifts over at Mercy Hospital. We won't be able to team up until next weekend when we plan on going down to Golden, Oregon - a ghost town with lots of historical sites from what we have heard.</div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108295443689599499.post-53294976239199472512010-07-23T17:42:00.000-07:002010-07-23T18:22:33.647-07:00Umpqua Gold and others<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPniTChDQz-wH_r-Idm_DViuIr5oGZhT2_cWtnMvpofYbUz-tYeXx3HpLrJnhbi5mYf8n3s2OzRXp8FqIvmdJ523Qz6wmt3fEyr8bAMTzYxS4t_KA2C-ApiiIOar8yZ-mD5t5QYO88tg/s1600/callahans+looking+for+umpqua+gold+and+where+the+ferns+are+7.23.10.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPniTChDQz-wH_r-Idm_DViuIr5oGZhT2_cWtnMvpofYbUz-tYeXx3HpLrJnhbi5mYf8n3s2OzRXp8FqIvmdJ523Qz6wmt3fEyr8bAMTzYxS4t_KA2C-ApiiIOar8yZ-mD5t5QYO88tg/s320/callahans+looking+for+umpqua+gold+and+where+the+ferns+are+7.23.10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497275947154202290" /></a><br />Today we want to venture out for a couple of hours west of Melrose and OMG .. what a day we had. Probably the toughest day yet since started geocaching in March.<div><br /></div><div>We found Umpqua Gold clear at the top of the Callahan's Range and what a view we had. Pictured is the scene from up there on the crest of the Callahan's where we found Umpqua Gold and Where the Ferns Are .. we tried to find Reforest Lookout on the back side of the mountain but alas a DNF for us after searching for this ammo can for about an hour. All we found was lots of slippery soil, poison oak, berry bushes, Madrone, horse flies... but no ammo can. That is three DNFs in a row for this one and something tells me it is MIA. We wandered around all over the place and finally gave up when my iPhone got down to 20% power for the day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nosey Rosey needs to work at the hospital tomorrow but I will be getting up with her to bail out and head up the north Umpqua River to see how many I can find out where I have no signal with AT&T but I can still find geocaches using the saved button for all the caches out there.</div><div><br /></div><div>I hope to find plenty. My goal is to make t iout Diamond Lake and beyond. I hurt my knee today climbing around the side of the mountain looking for Reforested Lookout but I don't care. I am not going to let that stop me from looking for more east of here. </div><div><br /></div><div>We also found Eternally Eden just outside of Melrose and and another in the Umpqua Valley Winery Tours too. It was at Hillcrest Winery ... one of these days we are going to need to stop in and sample some wine while on this tour looking for geocaches.</div><div><br /></div><div>It is all in the numbers ... FTF is just a bonus ... if it happens it happens. Maximize the numbers.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Ed and Dawn Gundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426891262220173675noreply@blogger.com0