18 Nov 2004 4:15 PM Arroyo Mocho (Pleasanton, CA)
18 Nov 2004 1:00 PM Some caches we haven’t seen (Pleasanton, CA)
Some Caches We Haven’t Seen is a puzzle cache that requires information from the web. This wasn’t too difficult to figure out. The cache is hidden in east Pleasanton in a green belt I didn’t know existed. The GPSr did an accurate job and after poking around a bit I just barely caught sight of something. Turned out to be the cache.
18 Nov 2004 12:30 PM Plumbers Other Friend (Livermore, CA)
Plumbers Other Friend is a multi-cache that’s just about like a puzzle cache. After searching around the primary coordinates for the directions that were said to be there, I gave up and went to the owner’s designated backup website. There I learned that the directions at the primary coordinates are no longer available, and the web page must be used for directions to the final cache.
The final coordinates must be derived with some calculations, and while they are simple, I must confess that I made a number of errors. The errors were small so I was in the correct general area, but I was pretty sure where the GPSr was zeroing out was not a good hiding spot. Finally realized my error, and zeroed out right at the cache location and found (fairly quickly) one of the best in plain sight hides I’ve seen.
The cache was last logged as found on April 29 (more than 6 months ago). There was water in the cache and it was so hard to open that I almost gave up. It finally broke loose. Luckily the log was only damp.
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