Log of the day

[zuma]

I enjoy reading cache logs, so started this new thread to share some of the interesting logs I happen across, and hope others share as well.

I will start off with 3 logs

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

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[zuma]

Here is the good: GC12C3Z Scooby=Do

June 14 by Trekkin’ and birdin’ (4566 found)
We’ve had our eye on this one for a loooong time. After doing the GWRKK series in Wausau with Team BlackCat and the male half of Team Honeybunnies, we all agreed…..time for some Scooby snacks!

We headed down ahead of them, even stopping to grab a bite to eat. Chatted with some guys who’d been spearing carp all day. Pondered the big clouds in this late afternoon sky, knowing that even if a storm blew in….we could pull onto an island to wait it out.

Finally, the others arrived, having had some car issues at the boat launch in Wausau and changing out said car. Apparently, there had even been a little thunder and lightning in Wausau.

So what? The evening was lovely, with almost no wind (calm before the storm?) and most of the boat traffic was coming in, not going out.

We dropped our canoes into the water and headed to Pine Island. Birdin’ played Velma here, having done all the tough research ahead of time and ready with those answers. We enjoyed the paddle out to the island, rounding the corner and evaluating with point we needed to approach. We made our decision and then made another decision as to where to land. We pulled the canoes off the water and began walking through tall ferns that seemed to part before us to lead us to the area of the first micro.

Mr. Honeybunnies searched the first obvious beacon, then abandoned that hunt to check out that unusual shelter? Shelter for what, we wondered? The wee folk of Pine Island? Not in there. We checked the hint and found two spots matching it near ground zero; Seth’s first choice and another one. Seth went back and dug into his reserves and sure enough,,,,the first stage is ours!

We got back on the water, wondering what adventures lay before us now. The water was almost mirrorlike now, and the late evening sun cast everything in that golden glow. Birdin’ heard….more than once…the Pileated Woodpecker calling, so we were feeling good about solving this mystery.

We approached our next spot and went up the steep bank, entering into what felt like “Land of the Lost,” with thick ferns to our armpits and a huge squadron of mosquitoes, ready to suck us dry! We found the next stage and gathered the information, which at first didn’t make sense, but then Mr. Honeybunnies, a sensible man, suggested we take this information to the canoes and away from the cache site before so much blood was taken we’d become anemic.

Birdin’ looked at the numbers and…they didn’t all make sense. We did some mind games, played with that and had some better coordinates. Armed with the newfound knowledge of a months’ old solve, we headed off and eventually reached a spot where, yes….not a lot of solid footing. First one paddler, then the next and finally the last of the men were out of the canoes to look. One of them found it and in went the numbers, but again, these made even less sense….that is, until Birdin’ remembered….more questions to have been answered. Forgot about those!

Feeling good about that quick recovery, we headed off toward hopefully solving this mystery. Our biggest mystery, again the result of an old print out, was why were were finding an ammo box at what we thought would be the second to last stage. That beacon is a great one, perfect place to stash the treasure! The biggest treasure, however, was a golden evening enjoying the quiet of the evening on the water with friends. Tired, a little sore and very happy, we paddled the 1.4 miles back to the boat landing, making the entire trek in two hours and five minutes. Not bad for four old farts in two canoes! Thanks for a wonderful adventure and we cannot wait to see if we can tame that beast downstream! SL TNLN TFTC
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[zuma]

Here is the bad: GC1P0NA

This cache gave me the WORST geocaching memory EVER! First off, this cache isn’t really that close so why is it a part of the Great Northwoods Treasure Hunt?!? Second, why waste everyone’s time by placing a cache that’s at least two miles from the closest parking area? Finally, WORST TICK INVASION EVER!!!!!!!! I’d say that I by myself got at least 20 ticks on my shoes and up my legs! Not to mention my little sister is a bit scared of bugs! Even though we did find the cache, it was a ridiculous place to put it! I didn’t even take time to look in the box. I signed, drew the symbol, and RAN out of their. Oh, and I got terrible scratches from the thorn bushes! If I hadn’t found the cache it would have been goodbye geocaching forever! That’s how bad it was!!! (While typing this log I was searching for ticks.)

[zuma]

And here is the ugly????? or maybe not. I guess we wthout photos, it is hard to know.

GC181EW

June 14 by snayte (301 found)
After locating this one we decided to go down and sit next to the falls and cool off. While we were sitting there a group of college girls in bikinis walks to a spot just across the river from us and one squats in the river as though she was going pee. Then her friend drops her swim suit bottom to take care of her business. My wife shouts eeww!! and apparently they had not realized we were there. I had never seen anyone move so fast. This has to be the funniest thing to happen to us while caching yet.

[sandlanders]

Nothing like a good, detailed log for caching entertainment (and getting information about a cache). Good, bad, or ugly–sure beats a TFTC!

[gotta run]

Lots of good logs on our caches, which we appreciate. Not any ugly ones thankfully. Here are a few of the bad or amusing.

From our favorite team, on any one of our caches they have found: “Easy cache for our team to find. Took [fill in the blank], left soap/candles/junk.” Yes, it’s lots of fun for me to clean crap out of our caches…

Cue the violins: “The ‘designated walking trail’ is very over grown, not user friendly. We turned around after the horse flys started following us by the dozen.” Sorry no one paved the forest for ya. Ever hear of bug spray? It’s NATURE, people!

The clue was actually more helpful than the coordinates. I found the cache about 4 or 5 feet to the south. “4 or 5 feet”???!!!! Well, at least they didn’t post a “needs maintenance.”

My personal favorite:
One finder’s log: “We are city slickers! We are not accustomed to walking this far!” The next finder’s log: “Took a little work but managed fine. Pleasent day for a walk. Left the TB there, might soak up the tears of those who can’t walk 200 yrds.”

On the Left Side of the Road...

[Sagasu]

[Team Black-Cat]

[Mathman]

[One Paddle Short]

Perhaps this could help spark your failing memory?

Mathman’s Evil Plan

[Astro_D]

@Sagasu wrote:

One recent log, however, on a cache that has a 2.5 terrain and advises searchers to approach from a specific direction to avoid the usual wet conditions there made me wonder a bit why they tried that cache:

“We were going to do this one, but the entire area off the trail was a swamp due to all the rain. I di not want that mud in my car. Will have to come back.”

Hey that looks like my log! Funny, we did approach from the specific direction. The area in the woods, around the woods, (yup, that marsh to the south too) and even the paved trail was wet and muddy! I am anal about having a clean car and three adults and two kids (who love mud) doing a cache where it couldn’t be avoided? I think not!

[gotta run]

From the “things that make you go HMMMMMMMM” category, here’s a “Found It” log on one of our caches today:

Log Date: 6/18/2009
AMAZING HIDE!!!! Lots of fun trying to find it althought i didnt find the two names Haanes and Finnigan but i didnt find the cache

So the question is, did they find the cache or not?? 😯 😕

On the Left Side of the Road...

[Crockett3663]

My log of choice is the latest entry from the only cache I happen to have hidden (so far), GC1P1GV, “Union Cemetary”. Since I hid it back in March, I’ve gotten the standard “TFTC”, “Quick find”. etc., and while I appreciate those as well, I kept hoping that someone would expound on how much they liked my first attempt at hiding. It was given to me last week, in the person of Mr. Putz of Elk Mound, WI and it reads like this:

1 of 5 finds while in town for the day for my nieces graduation party. This cache is two backyards away from her house. I found this cache with my nieces and nephews, and without the GPS’r. I need to check my log book, but I think that this is about my 4th find without the GPS’r! We then spent about a half hour walkint around the cemetary looking at headstones. The earliest burial we found was from 1847. And we found t people who were born in the 1700’s. One was in 1772. Born before the Revolutionary War started. What a history lesson this place is!!! Thanks for getting us off of the swing set and in to an even bigger backyard!

Thanks Mr. Putz!! Your appreciative and entertaining log was just the type I was hoping to get from the day I placed the cache. It made me feel as if my efforts were appreciated. Hopefully I’ll get more logs like this in the future.

[zuma]

On GC1FDK2, Rick Blick and Chick Find 1000

June 28 by fantasma del legno (53 found)
Well, the story goes like this…

We knew the cache was across the river so we didn’t figure today was the day. However the water dropped since our last visit, and son we knew crossing was possible.

We were aware of a place to cross. On arrival we found a half-dozen kids in the water. All were soaked, spashing, and having a ball.

Greetings were exchanged, but mostly they just fell silent. I don’t think any of them expected to see folks the age of their parents materialize from the trail, walk directly into their fun, and immedialty cross the water. Little did they know, the entertainment would soon begin…

All rocks in a row, MsVixen quickly made the stream with only a slight slip and a wet foot. Immediately the larger model crossed in her tracks, but his final step pushed the last rock deep in the mud. This flung him directly… front-side down… into the water. As the audience stood in shock, all water was splashed from the river.

When he made himself upright again, cold water had taken the same shape as “an accident” might trace it’s way down his legs. Still not a sound was heard (except MsVixen’s histerical laughing). There were some smirks, but no child felt brave enough to make a single peep.

As I climbed the bank MsVixen’s final comment was something about bears, water, and fish. I think at that point I finally heard a quiet adolescent giggle. It could just be me, but I don’t think it was the sight of me with water running from my pants. I suspect it was more because of the water rushing down the banks and returning to the river.

So herein lays a perfect example. Just goes to show how educational the great oudoors can be for children. On this day six kids witnessed a natural wonder… a beautiful butterfly flew and dipped her wing, and a bear bounced and took his bath : )

Thanks for the cache. Sincere concrats on 1000 finds.

Salute!

[Team Black-Cat]

I love the logs by fantasma del legno. All very funny.

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