Happiness is...

a cold stream on the way to the cache....  Lizzie

Why Are You Deleting This Image?

I was surprised to see this stupid pop-up window when logging caches and thinking about deleting an image.

It seemed an inappropriate question for Geocaching.com to be asking.  Even more interesting was the image could not be deleted without a response.  It's another annoying little piece of the site.  😠

What Will Cachers Do For Swag?

Burger King removes free toys in the UK.

Paths to Pollinators

The Medina County Park District has been hosting a geotrail for the 2019 season.  It is called Paths to Pollinators and contains eight caches.  Seven caches are lead to a bonus cache as the completion.  The parks are attractive with very  nice parks and wildlife sightings.  Medina County Park District has been a super supporter of geocaching since very early in the game.  They have provided us many hours of fun on the trails in pursuit of their caches.  Hurry soon as the program closes at the end of October.  It is worth the drive.

The park system is providing a really nicely designed path tag to those completing the trail.  This may be the nicest path tag I have seen.  Hurry now, as the end of October will arrive soon.

Two Cache Hunters

Having a geodog with you can be very helpful.

A Man's Gotta Know...

his limitations.

Yeah, this was not gonna happen.  I will take some risks geocaching, but there has to be some sort of reason, like an amazing view.  If you are interested in giving this one a try, it is in Almond, New York with an exit from I-86 nearby.  It seems to have been last actually found in July 2012.

Blown Up Sir!

If there's one piece of advice to give every new geocacher, it is don't use pvc as part of an urban/suburban cache hide. It freaks out non-cachers who are worried about active shooters and bombs in a violent world.

I wonder what the cost is to bring a bomb squad 70 miles from Pittsburgh to Sharpsville to blow up a cache container.

la montaña te llama

I would need to work to bring my caching success in Monterrey to 50%.  I am able to hunt a find on a couple trips a year, but the chances of a cache still being there is slim.  Still the opportunity to hike the trails and visit the mountains is the real reason for getting out.

Usually by Thursday, the sky over Monterrey is heavy with smog.  This week there was no rain to clear out the skies, but they were unusually clear giving a great view of the city on the rise from parking.  Maybe the area is seeing an industrial downturn from the upcoming recession which has lowered production and given clearer skies.  I was out for an evening hike with my local engineer and happy for the perfect weather.

It was an evening for dragonflies.

We were talking about how many stars can be seen from some of the mountainous areas to the southern part of the state.  He had mentioned a couple local parks had observatories including the one we were visiting.  I had noticed there was a cache on the path we were following.  We eventually reached the cache coordinates and the observatory!  It was not open for the evening, but made for a great coincidence.

We searched for the cache and came away without a find, but the journey was worth the evening spent.  Maybe we can look again during a future hike.

Translated: The mountain calls you