blazerfan's geocaching adventures

Yesterday was the A Better Dog -- 03/07/10 -- 2:00 event in Cave Junction. It was held at Taylor's Sausage Country Store one of the best places to eat in the whole world.It was a good turnout, but it didn't seem like anyone stuck around for very long. After the...

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Just got back from Las Vegas. This trip was with friends and was more about shows then gambling (although I did my fair share)We drove out to the Hoover Dam and saw Jubilee!, Penn & Teller, and 'O'. Also rode the roller coaster at New York, New York. I didn't...

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In my next backlog it is the day after the event. Daveydude and I decided to spend most of the day geocaching in Coos Bay. We found a lot of geocaches in town and revisited a few old ones. A few old Berliner caches were archived, but then revived in...

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As usually I am a bit behind on my blog. This last weekend Daveydude and I headed to Coos Bay for the "10 Years of Geocaching", Wintertime Fun-1 #4 event. This is the second year I have attended and for many it is a must do event. There were nearly...

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Well the Blazer game might not have been all that great, but I did get a few cachesTreasure by the Loo!One Degree: N I-5 RestRip City RhapsodyGD Series #6 : Fire On The MountainBlue Star Memorial HighwayThe puzzle on Rip City Rhapsody was a fun one, but you'll need the...

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Going up tonight to see the Blazers play the Lakers. Should be a good game. I've loaded up a handful of caches to find on the drive... to break it up a little.Its been nice weather lately. Too bad I have been stuck at work with no time for geocaching....

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Time to raise money for 2010. A lot of you donated last year and my team raised over $6000.You might be asking what the money goes towards. A good portion goes into research. Some of it goes into programs to educate new mothers in ways to improve their odds of...

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I haven't had much time for geocaching or blogging. Last Wednesday I had a major router issue so I spent a whole night at that. Then the weekend was full of moving into our remodeled space. The new brach is all open... very few problems so that is good. If...

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I had a find everyday of 2010 going, but in the end I knew it would be hard to manage. I didn't get out of work until it was dark and had no desire to find a cache at that point. Oh well.I probably won't have any finds this weekend...

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After last nights game we stayed the night in Portland. This morning we took a walk around the Rose garden to find the cache Blazers Rock. It was an easy find without many people around. I made a short video to test an editing program I might purchase... its a...

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Took a trip to Portland tonight to watch the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Golden State Warriors. After a poor first quarter the blazers won ever other and won the game 105-89.Even saw fellow Southern Oregon geocacher Beaver Lover at the game. In fact we sat in the same...

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I found my first cache of the new year today as the sun came through the cloudsPower Up BabyToo close to home and too nice of a opportunity to pass up. If I were to decide to try the Days of the Year Challenge I would need to keep finding...

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Another year has come and gone. Time flies when you are having fun... and even when you aren't. Its been an up and down year for geocaching, but a fun one none the less.Highlights for the year include:Hid just one cacheReached the 1700 and 1800 find milestonesTied my all time...

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It is just about time to do my end of the year write up. My geocaching this year has been spotty at best. Despite setting a lot of all time lows including Zero finds in July my total for the year was better then 2006 or 2007. That was mainly...

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As is tradition I went out for a few Christmas Caches today. These were today's findsReserved for Doogie Howser, M.D.ATM TreeAlternate EntranceI also tested out my new video cam. Here is a short and badly executed video of one of our finds....

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It has been a slow time geocaching for me. I've been at it for almost 7 years now and I have always gone at my own speed. I think it would be easy to get burned out. Once upon a time very few caches bothered me... today I have more...

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Happy turkey day everyone...

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Found my first cache of NovemberABC ChallengeThis challenge required you to find a cache starting with each letter of the alphabet. It took me a while to collect all 26. Q, X, and Z are not super popular. Eventually all of them popped up in the local area for me...

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Saturday was the Come On Up To Butte Falls!! event.Butte Falls is a small community in Jackson County known for having a lot of geocaches because it is the home of Lazyboy & Mitey Mite. Of course he was too lazy to show up.Great turnout for an event so far...

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On this day 3 years ago SallyC and I completed the Oregon DeLorme Challenge.My how time flies. That was a lot of fun. Perhaps I need to find a new challenge cache to make things interesting again....

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I was reading popop's blog today and say his post for a new challenge cache.Days of the Year ChallengeMike had nearly 90% I only have 64%... at least I do have a February 29 so I won't have to wait till 2012, but with the way I do things it...

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So I went and found a few caches todayOLD STUMPZigzagone moreZ TrailTeelVery Near ByThe first 4 were all in Cathedral Hills. There are a ton more there for me to find, but I went with my sister and her little dog and didn't want to drag them over every trail....

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Well it didn't take me long to get my first October cache. I made the short walk from my house to pick upI Care & Eye Care 2I might go and find a few caches this weekend. Cathedral Hills has a bunch that I haven't found. Maybe I'll get back...

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I only found 2 caches this month... one was an event... and the other I didn't have my GPS.6th Annual Pizza by the CreeksideUnder CoverI briefly looked for another well hidden cache, but I didn't spend much time at it.Work has kept me very busy, but I have had the...

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On Saturday I took off to the coast with my family. We stopped in Brookings for lunch after a short stop at the Lucky 7 Casino. I lost $20 but I got a cool water bottle. Anyway I also found a handful of caches. These were my finds for the...

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