Lime Ridge 6

After Karen’s visit to the Cancer Center, we grabbed an early lunch at Bul Go Gi and then went to look for Don Salvio Pacheco Adobe. Since it’s right in front of drive up teller windows we passed on searching.

So, then it was back to Lime Ridge with another attempt on Welcome to Paradise (Valley). The cache had been replaced in a new location with revised coordinates. I found the coordinates to be in the middle of a grassy area. I searched a neaby tree, with plenty of hiding holes, but found nothing. Sent a PM to the owner expressing concern over the coordinates, and have heard nothing back.

Drove to a different area–Arbolado Park and found nearby ZC at 1:24 PM. We headed directly to a trailhead into Lime Ridge as shown on the map, only to be frustrated by the park fence. We finally got to where we needed to be, and hiked up the hill to Playground Madness #3. This is an ammo can that has gone through a fire. Brushy hiding spots are gone. A lot of stuff in the cache melted, but the log survived. Found it at 1:53 PM.

The Wedding was next. The hill the cache was on was more than Karen could handle, so I hurried up a game trail, found the cache, and hurried back down. Whew–was out of breath.

Dublin and Hayward with Dan

Spent some time this afternoon hunting some caches with Dan and Janet. First, we headed into the hills of west Dublin. First up for me was Sibley GTB, a puzzle cache that Dan and Janet had already found. I had solved the puzzle with a hint from Dan. The cache was easy to find (found it at 1:44 PM), but more difficult to retrieve, so I’m glad Dan was along to help out.

We found The Ranch not too far away, and I happened to spot it quickly. Got this one at 1:55 PM.

We drove in towards Castro Valley, got off at Eden Canyon, and drove up Sunnyslope (which I’d never been on) to Sunnyslope Friends. Again, I walked up and grabbed it, although I do believe it was a clever hide. Got this one at 2:17 PM.

Our next destination was Water Fall – NO PARKING. Now this is a cache that I had not been able to find last year–looked for it at least twice. Maybe I have the newer GPSr now. Anyway, I did seem to zero in on the general location correctly this time, and after a bit of looking I spotted just a bit of it. Found it at 2:36 PM.

On the way to LogSplitter, Dan and Janet hunted RIDCA, but no luck, I couldn’t find it either, and I’m sure I looked in the same place I found it last year. LogSplitter was another cache I had looked for several times last year. Same as before, we hunted in vain for a long time. Dan finally found it (thank goodness). Got this one off our list at 3:14 PM.

Another one that had given me problems (and others too) is The 2 Lit’l Ps: Homer’s Major League Adventure. Janet found this one, and it drives home the point that one must not only use 2 dimensional thinking. It was 3:44 PM when she found it.

We looked for Labyrinth G.P. which I didn’t like because it was a small hillside that was someone’s front yard. Yes, I know they invite visitors into the labyrinth, but still… Janet found this one too at 3:57 PM.

Just before heading home, we drove on Crow Canyon into Castro Valley and searched for The Trail to Nowhere. First we had to find a parking space, then we had to find the trail head, then we had to head up a hill. Once at the cache location, Janet made the find again at 4:33 PM.

On the way back into Livermore we stopped so I could find Maitland Henry. Dan had found this one (was FTF) but when Hemlock found it, it broke the rules. It had just been redone, so Dan hadn’t seen the new hide either. He found it first at 5:03 PM.

Concord on the 17th

While Karen was at her appointment, I walked over to get For the Health of It. Spotted it quickly today, although I looked for quite a while yesterday. I thought I spotted from one direction yesterday, but then couldn’t find it when I moved to where I thought I could access it. Today it was pretty easy.

After her appointment, we drove to a little nature park and looked for a well hidden (apparently) ammo can under a bridge. I didn’t find it–trying not to fall in the creek didn’t help. Walked a short ways to hunt Lucky You!. Had to use the hint. Turns out our GPSr put us in the wrong area.