I left the motel in Carson City before 6 AM and headed directly to Top of the world 2. Easily found the correct approach, but the road became rockier, narrower, and steeper. Glad I didn’t need to turn around. When I got to the end of the road (a comm tower on top of a peak) I expected the cache to be nearby. Unfortunately, the GPSr still pointed a few tenths of a mile away. Since the indicated location didn’t match up with the description, the difficulty ratings, or the hint, I figured the coords were in error. I tried a couple of digit transpositions, but they still didn’t make sense. Finally just resorted to using the clue and searching all possible locations that seemed to correspond, and finally located the cache. Woo hoo, an FTF!
I did make it back to meet up with the rest of the group on time. The plan was to drive to South Lake Tahoe for the Strike Gold in the Blue World event. We got the info for that event, but then decided we’d rather just go caching.
Brad led us on a route from Kingsbury grade north to highway 50 on Spooner summit. That turned a little rough in spots. Brad got a flat tire on his Jeep (sidewall puncture), and then led us on a dead end road (mistakenly) that ended with some rock climbing I couldn’t figure out how to get the Ridgeline to do. As the following photo, taken by Sue Brown shows, the road got a little narrow too.
Pinstriping
We finished the day with dinner at another event (a poorly planned one) and then I left for the long drive home.
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