Trippin!!!

Kelowna Trip

Was able to get some caches I didn't get last time thru here as there was snow on the ground. Got a bunch of Whereigo caches and a couple more Challenge caches, while on route to Kelowna for a show.

Also did a cool Gadget Cache called "Key's to the Castle"

You can watch the video of me doing it, "HERE"

The strip of road where this cache is located is loaded with gadget caches all built and placed by a cacher named BeRiddled. The road is I believe the old highway and now called Hamilton Hill Road. It has been dubbed "Gadget Alley" or "BeRiddled Alley"

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This is the map of all the Gadget caches along this road. 

As you can see there is some space for more, and it seems almost every time I come thru here, there is a new one placed.

Also you can see how popular they are by the number of Favorite points each one has.

I am headed to Kelowna again for a show in early July and hoping a new one will appear!! LOL

A quick trip across the border

Susan and I popped across the border for the day and we were able to grab some caches of course.

Back in February I completed an online Jigidi Puzzle before heading across the border to be able to get a Wherigo Cache called "TS-Spare Parts" 

To get the codes for the Wherigo, I had to do a 396 piece online Jigsaw puzzle, which would give me the codes needed to input into the Wherigo. A few days before the trip, I started the puzzle and It took me 4 hours and 50 minutes total to finish it. Yikes!!!

I wasn't able to grab it back in February as we did not have enough time, so this trip we made the find. Here is the cool Jigsaw puzzle I had to do.

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Grabbed a cool bolt cache on June 20th to receive the souvenir for Summer solstice.

There are two bolts in the pole that come out but only one is the cache. I pulled out the first one and didn't see the other one right away and thought, maybe its not a Bolt cache.

But as you can see by the pics, I got it!!

Did another quick trip to Sechelt and was able to grab one cache since I missed a ferry and had to wait for another one. This one was down a trail to the ocean and there was a large erratic on the trail.

Next month I am off to Kelowna again for another show, I think there is still some caches I need to get. lol.......but that can wait until next months blog.

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Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on caching!!

Magically yours,

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

May Days Festival!!!

 Caching on Granville Island

Had a show on Granville Island for "Make A Wish Foundation" and while I was there I was able to grab a couple of caches. One was a new Virtual that wasn't there the last time I was here. To claim a find, you had you visit several locations, and take a selfie at the different locations.

Of all the places I had to go for the Virtual, and take pictures with signs and other stuff, This was what I thought was the coolest sign on Granville.(it wasn't even one of the locations to visit)

Fraser Valley Cache Bash 8

Went out to Abbotsford on Stars Wars Day (May 4th) to hopefully grab some FTF's as a bunch of caches were going to be published for the "Fraser Valley Cache Bash"

It is an event in its 8th year. New caches are hidden for the event and all published on the same day.

We ended up getting 3 FTF's only and 2 STF's

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Sunshine Coast trip

Went over to the Sunshine Coast for some shows. Perfect opportunity to grab several caches while there. I have been over this way many times and it is always a nice place to visit and tour.

In case you are unfamiliar with the sunshine coast:

Sunshine Coast

Located on the southern coast of British Columbia, Canada, the Sunshine Coast extends 180 kilometres between Howe Sound in the southeast and the entrance to Desolation Sound in the northwest. The rugged mountains bordering these inlets cut the Sunshine Coast off from direct road connection to the rest of the province, so even though it’s part of the British Columbian mainland, you can only get to the Sunshine Coast by ferry, private boat, or plane. 

The Sunshine Coast includes the traditional territories of the Tla’amin, Klahoose, shíshálh,Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Homalco Nations.

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We made our way over to the Sunshine Coast on Thursday evening of the long weekend, on the late ferry because I couldn't get a reservation for Friday. We ended up staying the night in Secret Cove at a place called Rockwater Resort. We were given a "Yurt" to spend the night in. You can watch the video I posted on "Facebook" 

It was a really cool place to stay. Would love to go back there for a longer stay than just overnight.

A "Yurt" is basically a tent but with a framed structure.

The next day I took Susan to a cache that I had found before on a previous trip to the Sunshine Coast. It was called "Topiary Surprise"

As you can see in the picture, the hedge has been sculpted into a face.

Very Cool!!!

    

Grabbed a couple of caches in Sechelt. This one was at a signpost, and it had the direction and mileage to Geocaching Headquarters on it.

Also grabbed a cache in the local library.

Can you see it??

The next day we were off to Maderia Park to perform for their May Days Celebration.

They had a parade to kick it off, and then the festival began. I was told that they had over 4000 people attend the event. I did some strolling magic and a show.

It was a lot of fun. After I was done we headed back towards Gibsons to get a ferry. We grabbed a few more caches on the way back.

One was a cool one called "Favorite Finds"

It was a pipe in the forest next to a stream, and it took us a few tries to get the container with the log out of the pipe.

We also got some other caches in Gibsons, while passing through.

It was a fun little 2 day getaway, and now I am finishing up my packing and moving, and my next trip, I am off to Kelowna on the 2nd of June for a show, so I can grab some caches I may have missed but wanted to get from my last trip from Kelowna last month.....BUT, more about that in Next Months Blog!!!

Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on caching!!

Magically yours,

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

April Road Trip!!!

Comedy Magic Road Trip

I booked a bunch of shows in the interior of BC, so it made for a nice road trip. The trip was from home to Kamloops, to Salmon Arm, to Vernon, to Kelowna, to Hope, and then back home. A nice 5 day trip and I was able to grab several caches each day. The weather was perfect the whole trip, which made for some nice traveling and caching.

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Day 1 (April 15)

Today I left home in the morning and headed to Kamloops where I would be performing this evening.

Headed down the highway towards my first show of 5. 

I stopped into Britton Creek Rest area and was able to grab three full adventure labs and a couple of nearby whereigo caches

One of them I had to stomp through some snow to get to it. Lol

Along the way further up the Coquihalla there were several Challenge caches I would be able to get as I had qualified for all of them. 

Got a puzzle cache in Kamloops upon arrival. I solved it a long time ago when I was there but couldn't find it as there was snow on the ground, but was able to grab it today. 

Grabbed a quick Virtual about "Billy Miner" and the Great Train Robbery where he stopped the wrong train and only found $15 and after a 50 mile horse chase he was caught and sent to jail for life!!!

Day 2 (April 16)

Today I would grab a couple of caches while heading from Kamloops to Salmon Arm, as well as several in Salmon Arm. 

One of the caches I went to get was a letterbox cache that Susan and I started to do on our trip thru here towards Edmonton back in 2020.  

We started getting all the information and then realized the final was in a nearby Library but because we were coming thru here on a Sunday, it was closed, so we headed onto the next cache and stopped trying to solve it.

Was able to grab it this trip except I had to go back to the mural for the info about 3 or 4 times as I kept missing something when I looked for it in the library. 

I went to downtown Salmon Arm for a nice little walk.

I did a couple of Adventure Labs in Downtown Salmon Arm, and there are a lot of cool buildings in the downtown area.

Check out the roof on this building.

Day 3 (April 17)

Today I headed from Salmon Arm to Vernon for this evenings show. 

Did an interesting AL about houses that were over 100 years old in Enderby

Went thru Enderby and Armstrong on the way to Vernon. Grabbed several caches as the trip was only 45 minutes, so I had lots of time for caching today.

Did several Adventure Labs and caches when I got to Vernon as well including several "Free Library's"

This one even had a smile!!!

Day 4 (April 18) 

Today I went from Vernon to Kelowna which was also only 45 minutes away

Was able to do an Earthcache about Hoodoo's while in Kelowna. 

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Day 5 (April 19)

Last day of the tour. Headed out from Kelowna towards Hope, and after the show in Hope I will head back home as I will only be a couple hours away.

In Hope, and I was able to do several caches as well as 2 Adventure Labs about the movie “Rambo”

The movie was mostly filmed here in Hope in 1982, and the AL’s take you to different spots that were used in the movie.

In the Fall of 1981, for 6 weeks, the town of Hope, BC was the site of the filming of the action movie Rambo: First Blood. The movie tells the story of Vietnam War veteran John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), who travels to the fictional town of Hope, Washington. While there, Rambo is arrested by the town’s sheriff, played by Brian Dennehy. Rambo escapes, and a bloody manhunt begins, and culminates into almost leveling the small town.

Very interesting to see all the spots and feel like you were there in the movie. Here I am at the "H Tree"

I also saw the building they used as the Sheriff's office and the Outpost Gun shop, as well as the bridge where he was arrested at, after dropping him off to leave town.

If you are ever in Hope, BC and have seen the movie 

"Rambo-First Blood" I highly suggest you do these 2 Adventure Labs

Here is the scene in the movie at the "H Tree"

Two trees planted long ago, whose young trunks became entwined to form the distinctive letter "H", still stands at the junction of Hudson Bay street and 5th Avenue.

Usually there are two wood carving statues in this spot. One is "Sheriff Will Teasle" and the other is "Rambo"

Unfortunately the "Rambo" carving was not here as some of the carvings are removed over the winter to preserve the nice finish on them. 

I even saw a forklift driving down the street carrying another carving as the city was putting them out since the nicer weather is upon us.

Here is a picture of me with "Rambo" from a previous trip to Hope with Sansue

These 2 "Rambo" Adventure Labs where not there during that trip.

Saw a bear in Hope while waiting for the train to pass by, but he seemed friendly so I wasn't worried!!

The second library cache I did this trip was in Hope. Much quicker to find than the Salmon Arm one. lol

Can you see the Hidden Treasures??

This was the cover of the book, that the cache was in. Very creative to build your own book to reflect the cache itself.

This was the last cache I would do during this trip, as after my show this evening I would be heading home.

In total on my five day road trip I found 60 stages of 18 different Adventure Labs, and 52 caches, which included 23 Traditional's, 1 Multi, 1 Earthcache, 3 Wherigo's, 3 Letterbox caches, 4 Virtual's, and 9 puzzles of which 8 of them were Challenge caches.

Not a bad total for 5 days of caching.

Next month will be a busy month as I will be moving, but I will also be heading over to the Sunshine Coast for some shows, and will be taking Sansue with me, and we will grab several caches while there.....But, more about that in Next Months Blog!!!

Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on caching!!

Magically yours,

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

VEGAS AGAIN BABY!!!

 VEEEEEEGGGGGAAAASSSSS!!!

WOW, It feels like I was just here.....oh, wait, I was just here. lol

Yup, just a month ago I was here with Susan, Glen, and Julie for a little 5 day getaway. Now I am here for a Magic Convention with 1600 Magicians!!! Well actually 1599 and Me!!

Our first night in town we went to a taping of Penn and Teller's "Fool Us" show. Very cool to see some of the behind the scenes of the show, and how it is structured and filmed.

Magic Live is a convention that I go to every year, as it has everything a magician needs, lots of Magic, at least 50 different dealer booths, stage shows, lectures, talks and workshops, friends from other parts of the world, and it's VEGAS!!!

One of my coolest purchases this year was not a trick but this limited edition deck of Houdini cards that was cut by hand to make it 3D. It's hard to see how it really looks in the picture. There are only 10 of these in the world and I own #3/10

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I also got to see lots of famous magicians such as Shin Lim, and Criss Angel

David Copperfield was also there, but I didn't get a picture with him this time, but have several times in the past.

We walked up the strip one day, and I took Scott and Glen to see the "Siegfried and Roy" statues in front of the Mirage. I have been here before a few times, but they had not seen it yet. Years ago when I first came to this spot there was a Virtual here called "LV Money Makers" sadly years later it was archived. Both men have since past away, but it was their legacy that made Magic big in Vegas. I got some info at the area as I would love to one day have another Virtual at this location. If I receive a Virtual reward, or another Adventure Lab Credit, I may make that happen.

Even after spending 8 days in Las Vegas, I ended up not even finding one cache. That's right, none!!!

 I went to one near the Giant Ferris Wheel called the "High Roller" but there was 2 security Guards right there, so I was not able to have a good look. The good thing is, I have found all the caches down the strip on previous trips, and last month Susan and I found 49 finds in total during our 5 day stay. And I will be back in Vegas soon enough!!!

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August Wheel of Challenges

Once back in BC, I started working on Grounspeaks Geochallenge of the Month which was called "Iconic Cacher" and it was to find several different Icons. You had to find a Traditional, attend an  Event, an Earthcache, A multi, an Adventure Lab location, A Virtual cache, a Letterbox cache, and a Mystery cache, within the month of August. The cool part is I also qualified for the Geocaching Vloggers Geochallenge of the month also by going to an event.

August 19th was International Geocaching day, and I was able to get my souvenir by finding a cache on the way to my show that day.

Sunshine Coast

I booked a show over in Halfmoon Bay on the Sunshine coast, so I headed over early to grab some caches before my show that evening.

These Signs were everywhere.

This was the only Bear I saw while over on the Sunshine Coast

 

I walked down this breakwater to the end to grab a cache, and was surprised when I saw what was in it. 

I found one of my own FTF Trackable card, and a deck of cards in this cache. How funny is that. I never placed one here, so it shows that my Trackable cards are traveling. 

This was the sign at the end of the breakwater.

But its not where the cache is at.

There was a cache hidden under this cool carved bush. It looked amazing.

One of the things I love about caching is most people would never see this as it was on a side road that isn't the main road of travel. But Caching brought me here!!

Next weekend, Susan and I are heading across the border to do some caching. I have been working on a series of Puzzle caches and have just completed solving 10 more of the 25 caches. We have found 8 of them so far. But more about that and more in next months Blog. Thanx for following!!

Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on caching!!

Chris Yuill

Magicman65