Hide In Plain Sight

Hawthorne, NJ

admin — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:54:06 +0000

Came up to visit my oldest friend and his wife. Rick and I go back to when we were kids. He’s a musician and played a gig at a great Chinese restaurant in NYC – Nancy Lee’s Pig Heaven – where we also hooked with with another friend who along with Rick was in a band with me as kids. My sister, brother-in-law and an old friend showed up last night and a splendid time was had by all. Grabbed a handful of caches to ad NJ to my state tally

McDowell Mountain Regional Park

admin — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:03:21 +0000

Sharon and I took a 3.5 mile hike this morning and combined it with some geocaching in a very nice park not far from the house. MMRP is part of the Maricopa County Park System and permission was given to hide quite a few containers along some of the more popular trails. Our total today was 31 found – my second highest daily total. Camping, mountain biking, horseback riding and hiking are all activities which can be enjoyed in the park.

1200

admin — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:08:04 +0000

It took a while but I finally got to this milestone. We’ve been out hunting over the last 2 months but I had nothing to post since January. I’ve got the rest of the year to get to 1500 – a worthy goal

“These go to eleven.”

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:34:19 +0000

Grabbed 25 this past week as I celebrated my 60th birthday. Two days of seven and now today 11. So in honor of Nigel Tufnel, I give you a great bit from This is Spinal Tap, one of my favorite movies.

Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and…
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it’s louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it? It’s not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You’re on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you’re on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don’t know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don’t you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.

Happy New Year 2012

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:16:38 +0000

Finally got out on a absolutely gorgeous day. Sharon and Fergie joined me to find a bakers dozen. With my 60th birthday in 10 days, my goal is to get more this year than any other

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.”

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:03:12 +0000

Thanksgiving 2011 and 3 more to the total. Once again we had dinner at Gillian’s in-laws and her friend Beverly was my co-pilot/navigator for the 3rd year running. We also brought another of her friends, Jared, who’d never been geocaching before.

One If By Land, Two If By Sea

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:55:37 +0000

OK – finally grabbed a couple. One on land, one by the water. Weather is getting nice, so I’m gong to see what I can grab between now and New Years and get to 1200.

Olive Oyl, Three Little Pigs, In Vino Veritas

admin — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:53:55 +0000

Sharon, Fergie, and I took a trek out to Queen Creek to checkout the Queen Creek Olive Mill. They were packed with people given that they had a a wine tasting along with an art show, and we splurged on several oils, dressings and spreads. While exiting the premises we saw a sign for The Pork Shop, drove down, and got some victuals – hot Italian sausage, KC bacon, and they threw in some brats. This came one day after a drive with Gillian, Nikki, and Kellen to Cottonwood and Arizona Stronghold Winery to pick up the wine they held for us as members of their Club. All in all a gorgeous weekend with a few caches thrown in for fun.

radDad1 Rocks

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:12:23 +0000

There is a local radiologist who is very active in geocaching and who has hidden quite a few. Some are downright impossible – others are easy but take one on a hike with caches every .10 mile. Today was such a day. 95 degrees and muggy, Sharon, Fergie and I went out along a paved trail and picked up a series that radDad1 placed. Fergie wasn’t happy, but it was a good walk and ran into another team at the last one we grabbed. We chatted with the two ladies who makeup “Wogunhiker”, and then made our way back to the car. Fergie was dragging but relieved not to have to walk any more. Thanks Chad for the enjoyable morning.

Happy New Year

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:48:50 +0000

Welcome to the year 1011001011010, however, I don’t think my ancestors thought in binary.