My visit to Missoula was focused on waymarking more then geocaching. Mainly because i was exhausted from the long day before. Waymarking is less labor-intensive. It can be educational and fun!
I marked about 25 places! (I'm still sorting them out)
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
What a day
Sunday I did some geocaching, benchmarking & waymarking while out looking at the forest fires.
My Aunt, fishladyMT, and I started fairly early (9AM) and headed for Choteau to see if there were any smoke plumes or flames visible.
Our first stop was to waymark the Fairfield Post office, Then on to the Teton County Courthouse where we found a benchmark. I only had to look across the street for the second benchmark of the day. I waymarked the ranger station & Smokey the bear, a couple Montana Historical markers and a catholic church on the way to the Fool Creek fire area.
Somewhere along the line we spotted a small group of Yak! very unusual for Montana. Although the camels in Fairfield are more rare- we have gotten used to them as they have been there for years.
I forgot to put the Eureka lake cache in my GPS so we bypassed it for The Ear Sees a few miles closer to the fire. It was sad to see a cool whip container in the middle of this beautiful area. I hope the cache owner will replace it with a studier one soon.
We headed to Augusta to see if the Ahorn fire was doing more than smoking. As we traveled along the highway I waymarked a few more of Montana's historical markers. As we stopped at one I noticed that my GPS said a cache was only 62 feet away! I always wondered where Gilman was! The Gilman cache was an interesting find- I actually tripped over it!
In Augusta I marked the Post office & ranger station then we headed toward the fire area. Nothing but smoke. It was not a total loss- I met the dumbest Pronghorn ever and spent a bit of time photographing him. He just kept coming closer to the van!
We found Tatonka and Calvin's keychains without a problem. Marked a truss bridge and were rained out of an estate sale.
As we headed home we only had the opportunity to mark a couple post offices as the rainstorm became very intense.
Miles driven: 215
Geocaches: 4
Benchmarks: 2
Waymarks: 12
Not a bad day at all
My Aunt, fishladyMT, and I started fairly early (9AM) and headed for Choteau to see if there were any smoke plumes or flames visible.
Our first stop was to waymark the Fairfield Post office, Then on to the Teton County Courthouse where we found a benchmark. I only had to look across the street for the second benchmark of the day. I waymarked the ranger station & Smokey the bear, a couple Montana Historical markers and a catholic church on the way to the Fool Creek fire area.
Somewhere along the line we spotted a small group of Yak! very unusual for Montana. Although the camels in Fairfield are more rare- we have gotten used to them as they have been there for years.
I forgot to put the Eureka lake cache in my GPS so we bypassed it for The Ear Sees a few miles closer to the fire. It was sad to see a cool whip container in the middle of this beautiful area. I hope the cache owner will replace it with a studier one soon.
We headed to Augusta to see if the Ahorn fire was doing more than smoking. As we traveled along the highway I waymarked a few more of Montana's historical markers. As we stopped at one I noticed that my GPS said a cache was only 62 feet away! I always wondered where Gilman was! The Gilman cache was an interesting find- I actually tripped over it!
In Augusta I marked the Post office & ranger station then we headed toward the fire area. Nothing but smoke. It was not a total loss- I met the dumbest Pronghorn ever and spent a bit of time photographing him. He just kept coming closer to the van!
We found Tatonka and Calvin's keychains without a problem. Marked a truss bridge and were rained out of an estate sale.
As we headed home we only had the opportunity to mark a couple post offices as the rainstorm became very intense.
Miles driven: 215
Geocaches: 4
Benchmarks: 2
Waymarks: 12
Not a bad day at all
Sunday, August 12, 2007
100 finds!
TeamTGF noticed before I could post about it!
My 100 find!! WOO HOO!!
The Wood Carvers Cache was the most appropriate for the milestone! IT was just perfect- Books & bears!
I almost wish I had gone geocaching on my birthday instead! LOL
My 100 find!! WOO HOO!!
The Wood Carvers Cache was the most appropriate for the milestone! IT was just perfect- Books & bears!
I almost wish I had gone geocaching on my birthday instead! LOL
Saturday, August 11, 2007
I spoke too soon
On the 9th all the sudden 15 new caches were published dating from the 1st to the 8th! One was here in town! WOO HOO!
I rounded up two of my cache-kids and we did another long day trip starting with the new one & working toward Shelby! It was fun. Our list of 24 was quickly whittled to 12 we wanted to try. Our score ended up being 8 of 9 tries.
Our one "DNF" was actually an aborted attempted when we ran into a smelly carcass within 10 feet of the cache. So the kids don't think it counts as a DNF.
Shelby has some very nice caches. The hides are mostly unique and fun. The places they are hidden are interesting. I really want to go back and finish the area. We enjoyed a quick bite there then headed home.
It was a good day of hunting!
I rounded up two of my cache-kids and we did another long day trip starting with the new one & working toward Shelby! It was fun. Our list of 24 was quickly whittled to 12 we wanted to try. Our score ended up being 8 of 9 tries.
Our one "DNF" was actually an aborted attempted when we ran into a smelly carcass within 10 feet of the cache. So the kids don't think it counts as a DNF.
Shelby has some very nice caches. The hides are mostly unique and fun. The places they are hidden are interesting. I really want to go back and finish the area. We enjoyed a quick bite there then headed home.It was a good day of hunting!
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Bad things about geocaching in Montana
FIRES!
No new caches have been placed & I can't go to the ones I want to hunt for because of the DAMN FIRES!
Enough already!
RAIN DAMN IT!!!
No new caches have been placed & I can't go to the ones I want to hunt for because of the DAMN FIRES!
Enough already!
RAIN DAMN IT!!!
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