Hiding and finding, and a Magic trip!!

  Cache Hiding

I hid a cache this past week. I have been hauling this cache around for weeks looking for a spot to hide it. Every time I look and see some spot on the map, another small or micro cache appears. This is one of the reasons for my cache called "Too Many Micro's!?

It seems that a lot of micro's are being hidden, and it would be nice to see some regular or large caches being placed. I also got this cool souvenir for placing a hide this year. I haven't been placing as many as I did when I was over on the island, but I would like to change that, and get some more out there. 

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I love FTF's

Got 3 FTF's today, one of which was not even published yet. A cache got published nearby, but I did not have time to head for it as we were getting ready to go to Soccer. As I was taking Oliver to soccer and as  we were driving I noticed a bike laying on the grass at the side of the road. I pointed it out to him, and then he said isn't that "Bobthegoalie?"

Bob is a local cacher that places out quite a few caches in this area. He had just placed one and was coming out of the spot when we saw him. I got Oliver to soccer and as I did another cache got published, another Bobthegoalie cache, so I headed for it. As I was walking up to the spot Bob pulled up. We chatted and he stayed to watch me get it to make sure the co-ords were correct. I mentioned to him that we saw him coming out of the bush along the road earlier, and asked if he had placed a cache. He said yes. After signing the log, I headed to that spot. I quickly found what I was looking for, signed it, and then headed to the one that had come out an hour earlier. To my surprise I found an empty logbook. 3 First to Finds with one being unpublished. When it gets published, I do not have to chase after it, I just need to log it online. lol

Edit Note: Cache was published 3 days after and I signed as FTF!!

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PCAM Magic trip

I went to Carlsbad, California for a Magic Convention this past week. During the trip we went thru LA, Carlsbad, and San Diego, I was able to get several Adventure Lab's at the airports I went thru. I got 2 caches in San Diego. One of the caches took a bit of looking as it was a difficult cache to find with lots of Favorite points, and DNF's. 

This is where the GPS brought me to the cache named "Got Gas?" My god, It could be anywhere!!!

Can you see the cache?

Looked for about 20 minutes, touching and feeling everything. Finally I spotted it!!

When a cache has lots of Favorite points, and lots of DNF's,

you know its not gonna be easy, and you can bet it's not going to be a magnetic nano or key box. It will most likely be hidden in plain site!!

It's gonna blend in!!

There was just so much stuff that it could have been.

Also grabbed a Virtual cache at San Diego airport, before our flight home. Love getting Virtuals when I travel.

Victoria Trip

I went to Victoria on Vancouver Island for a day as I had a show over there. Was able to grab a couple of Virtual caches, 3 Traditional caches and an Adventure Lab before the show.

I am heading off for a corporate event to a small town called Bella Bella which is on Campbell Island at

the end of the month to perform some Magic. As you can see from the screen shot from the caching app there is NO caches where I am going!!! Yikes!! But hopefully I can get some awesome photo's from up there. Anyway, More about that in Next Months blog!!

Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on caching!!

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

"X Men", Bicycles, and an Ammo Can!!

 South of the Border

Susan and I headed across the border to spend the night, and of course we were able to grab several caches. We got one Adventure Lab in Ferndale, as well as the bonus cache.  

We also found 14 more of the 25 X Men puzzle series. I only have 2 more to solve and go find. We ended up DNFing one of them, and we believe its not there. Once replaced we will be back. 

NOTE: The cache was checked by the owner and he found it was missing and it has since been replaced.

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Barnston Island Bicycle Trip

There is a route around Barnston Island that is flat and paved. You start at Surrey Bend Park and then bike onto the ferry and around Barnston Island. The route offers views of the river and farms, and it’s especially fun in the fall during cranberry harvest. 

To get to Barnston island, the Barnston Island ferry runs across Parsons Channel on the south side of the Fraser River between Barnston Island (north bank) and Port Kells (south bank). Port Kells is in the northeast corner of Surrey at the bottom of 104th avenue.

The views from the island are quite spectacular.

Here we are at the end of our ride, and ready to get back on the Ferry.

We biked a total of 11 1/2 km's on the island. 

When we got back across we put the bikes back in the car and did the trails in Surrey Band Regional Park by foot instead. We walked almost 5km thru the different trails. The plan today was to get 1 wherigo, 1 challenge cache, 7 Traditional's, and 2 multi's. We ended up not getting the right coordinates for the multi's, we couldn't find 2 of the traditional's, the Wherigo had new construction fences all around it, so all we did was a total of 5 caches out of 11 we had planned on. LOL

Not a great day of caches, but lots of exercise for sure!!

Fort Langley

The next day we headed down the road to Fort Langley for some caches and Adventure Lab's.

I was hoping it was gonna a better day than the day before. 

It was also International Earthcache day, so I needed to grab an Earthcache.

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We did an Adventure Lab which started at this building, the BC Farm Museum in Fort Langley and was actually the First AL we ever tried to do. When we tried to do it back in July of 2020, we didn't know how they worked and we thought it was like a wherigo and we were trying to get it to give us the answer instead of clicking the Blue button and answering the questions. lol

We figured it out shortly after that on the same day at Lafarge Lake. Since then I have done over 100 different Adventure Labs.

Today we found 1 Earthcache, 2 Virtual's, 2 Traditional's, and 12 stages of 3 different AL's 

Definitely a much better day than yesterday. lol

I finally got to place my newest cache out in the woods today. I had it all set up and ready to go for a little while, but was looking for a spot. With so many small and micro caches in the woods, It was tough to find a spot. I was lucky enough to grab an early morning FTF, and noticed there was a big gap between this cache and the closest one up the trail. I made a quick trip back to my car and grabbed the container that I have been hauling around for some time, and back into the trail I went. I found a good spot, left it there, got home and submitted the cache, and only about 4 hrs later it was newly Published.

Next month I am heading to Los Angeles, Carlsbad, and San Diego for a Magic convention. I have already been planning what caches I will have time to get while there. 

But more about that in next months Blog!!!

Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on caching!!

Chris Yuill

Magicman65