FTF! FTF!

A few new caches popped up this weekend (and even today), so this morning I drove out to find Woodpecker’s Lair. After a short diversion on the wrong side of the creek (lot’s of water in it right now), I found it fairly quickly at 9:40 AM. I was First To Find (FTF), so I headed off hunting the special FTF prize (in nearby Veteran’s Park). As I was walking out I met another obvious cache hunter on the way in who turned out to be Fisherwoman, who along with her husband, DavidT21, really rack up the finds.The FTF prize was also a quick find.

Then, this afternoon after a dentist appointment, I took a short detour and stopped by Robert Livermore Community Center to look for Black N Blue. I had to twiddle my thumbs for a bit to wait for a photographer who was wandering around in the swim area, but then found the cache at 2:10 PM. Whadda’ya know? Another FTF. The cache is small and magnetic and hides in the top fence railing.

Pacific Grove

Yesterday we came to Asilomar in Pacific Grove to attend a meeting. It was sprinkling in the late afternoon, but I looked for Peek of the Course anyway. Got soaked from tall grass and wet bushes, and gave up quickly.

Today was very nice, with blue skies. Had time for a walk before breakfast so we went for Walk the Plank! Found this one at 7:06 AM and this was my 300th find. It’s a very rusty, yucky Altoids tin hidden behind a post.

On the way back we grabbed Peek of the Course at 7:24 AM, which seemed simple when not raining.

Had some free time in the afternoon, so we walked along the beach trail. Karen wasn’t very interested in caching, so if I couldn’t spot the cache right off, we just moved on. There were a couple that fell into this category.

Sunset Rocks is a virtual, so was a simple find at 2:56 PM. Waves and Change Too! was harder and I used the hint, but couldn’t figure it out. Karen spotted the hint right away.

Finally, at 3:56 PM I found Here It Is, Deer! in a nicely manicured cemetery. Well hidden under a tree root.

A Sunday Stroll

Dan caught me just after the first church service ended and asked if I wanted to walk over and grab a new cache—Sticks-n-Stones (And Broken Bones). Of course! So we walked down the Arroyo Mocho creek path and out into the weeds. I went just a slightly different path than Dan and found it immediately. This was my first FTF (First To Find). Now the next find gets me to 0.3K.