Sunday Caching

Yesterday, after watching the Patriots beat the Bills in the first game of the season, Snidy and I decided to go out for a few caches. As the caches I have yet to find in my area are depleting, I decided to head out towards the Upton/Hopkinton area. We picked The King and I (GCQKPW), Sneakersalt (GCMFWY), and I-90/I-495 Bug Hotel (GC57A8) to hunt for on our trip.

The King and I was actually a cache named after Broadway actress Gertrude Lawrence, who starred in the play The King and I, who was actually buried in the cemetery that the cache was placed in. It was a pretty easy find, though the cordinates were off by a little bit. I even got a cool pin created for a geo-meet that took place in New Hampshire to add to my collection of sig items.

After finding The King and I in Upton, Snidy and I headed to Hopkinton to find Sneakersalt. Parking was very limited, as it was really only a small pull off spot along the woods. The trail was really nice and even had a picnic table near an interesting boulder. I had never seen this type of container while geocaching before, although I believe I've heard of them used before. The logs were a little damaged due to the unique container though. By the way, this was my 150th cache found. After signing the log, we hiked back and drove over to the close by, I-90/I-495 Bug Hotel.

We got to the roadside recreation area and immediately felt that we would like this one, due to the great scene of the pond and the well built waterside gazebo. Th hunt required a nice, easy walk along a flat path. We first searched found the cache in its cool little spot and did our usual signing and trading. I left one of my cards and took an unofficial TB (tracked my snail mailing the owner) called Billy Bob. We then walked over to the gazebo and took some great pictures. This was just a really nice park that I would definitely consider coming back to just to enjoy and have a picnic lunch.

A Lot of Work and Bit of Play For the Weekend of Labor Day

Despite the fact that I ended up working a lot this weekend, I was still able to fit in a little geocaching. On Saturday in between the shifts of my two jobs, I was able to squeeze in two caches in the Greendale area. These were Extra Butter Please (GCXFCC) and Indian Lake Accessible (GCRY2A).

I attempted Extra Butter Please first which was actually in the parking lot of the Showcase North Cinemas, which I'm familiar with, as I used to go there all the time before the closer, Blackstone De Lux 14, was built. I searched in this one spot where I thought the cache would be for about 5 minutes and then a pick-up truck oulled in nearby and the muggle decided to just sit in his car, so I thought it best to try another cache for a while and to come back afterward.

I headed over to the Indian Lake area, relying on my GPSr to get me there with just the arrow pointing to the cache. This was a cache in a small area near the back of a parking lot for a YMCA. This cache prove pretty easy, as it wasn't covered the best it could have been. Here I was able to snag a Green Rhinos sig card to add to the card collection. I then took some pictures and headed back over to Extra Butter Please.

Once back at the the movie theater, it took only about a minute for me to find. It was easier this time as I stopped looking in the spot I first thought it would be and thought to look somewhere else close by. I then signed the log and headed home to get ready for work.

On Sunday, I had to head out to Bob's Store in Shrewsbury to go school shopping and geniusly thought to check if there was any caches near the store. The closest cache was Hillside Cemetery (GCNVB6). After buying a few pairs of pants, I was excited to go out and find this cache. When I got there the gate to the cemetery was locked, so I parked at a nearby school parking lot and walked over to the cemetery. This was a really quiet and peaceful find in a light rain. I even found a gpscouts magnet to add to the collection of sig items.

For Monday, I hoped to do some geocaching with my friends but was asked to stay late at work and those plans were ruined. Ended up working 10-10, but at least it was time and a half.

Today was the first day of my senior year, and as usually teachers just outline the year and it was as boring as every previous year until in Wellness (Advanced Gym) when we outlined the yearly activities. It turns out geocaching is on the list and we will be go out sometime this year to find some local caches. I was so surprised. It should be fun.

Introducing Geocaching to Yet Another Friend

Yesterday, while hanging out at Snidy's house with our friend Ben, we decided to go out and do some geocaching, but due to limited time we figured we'd only get to one. We thought one was better than none and plus Ben had been wanting to see our hobby for himself. We ended up going to Horgan's Surprise (GCTB0N) in Auburn. It was a pretty easy find at a recreation area. We saw some older muggles practicing there golf behind one of the baseball fields, thank god the cache was behind the other one. I think Ben got a good impression, though I'm not sure if he'll be dedicating all of his time to the sport.

UPDATE:
After talking to Ben, it seems that he wants to go out geocaching again and I just helped him make a geocaching account. He now goes by BenMac.