Karen and I took an almost 5 mile hike today from the Longview trailhead to the top of Pleasanton Ridge and then south for a ways. We found Fire Bellied Bush and then wanted to hunt Blue Oak Knoll Fortune. Unfortunately, the area was occupied by a number of horseback riders, so we moved on south to Antzzz. It’s at a huge fallen limb from an oak tree and I couldn’t find it, despite climbing to some awkward places. On the way back, we stopped to pick up Blue Oak Knoll Fortune. Wouldn’t you know that just as I started to search another couple showed up to eat lunch just 30 feet away. Nevertheless, a discreet search turned up the cache.
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Having prepared by solving a couple of puzzles, I decided today was a good day for a hike at Brushy Peak. I started with a search for Christmas in July, a very simple puzzle cache near the airport. It’s pretty poor–a plastic baggy for a container hidden under some low growing shrubbery.  Gryffindor From this cache I struck out cross country heading more or less directly west to Tip the Cows and Solitaire Hike (both puzzles). This took me through a very enjoyable part of Brushy Peak–rocky outcroppings, scattered oaks, and good views. I only solved Solitaire for the latitude , but was still able to find the cache. I took a short hike in Sycamore Trees and picked up two caches, and then found another one on the way home. While hiking, I got an idea for a nifty cache hide. It remains to be seen if I will actually develop the motivation to work on it. |
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