Alamo

I started with a walk in Oak Hills Park (next to Monte Vista High School on Round Valley Road) where I picked up 7 caches. The hardest one was It’s Alive–the camo just blended in so well. I looked for a long time, then left to go find some others in the park, then returned. […]

San Jose event, Venona, and caches

Dan, Janet, and I spent the day in San Jose. We started with an event at the Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell and it was fun to see a few of the cacher acquaintances again. We concluded the event with a Venona activity (to rescue a hostage geocaching banner), but interestingly, the folks who know […]

Crockett Hills

After Karen’s appointment in Walnut Creek we continued on to Crockett and hiked a bit in Crockett Hills Regional Park. We’ve never been in this area before. The trail climbs up to a ridge with some good views of Carquinez Strait and the bay over towards Mt. Tam (although it was a bit too hazy […]