Lots of fun adventures!!

Burns Bog

Sansue and I went to Burns Bog to grab some caches and an Adventure Lab. I had been thru the bog and did the caches way back in 2015. There are a few new ones in there though, so was able to look for them. We DNF'd 2 caches that were very difficult and had a lot of other DNF's on them. Not because they were missing, but because they were a difficulty 3, and a difficulty 4 1/2. They were meant to be hard to find. We will be back...lol

This trip thru I was able to see the Sunken Tractor that was in there. Well only the part of it that was not under the bog. 

As you can see, the only part above the bog is the front forks and bucket. This was part of the AL. There are no caches on this part of the trail, and probably the reason I did not see it back in 2015 when I was caching here with fellow geocacher, CloseUpMatt.

 This is the tractor stuck in the Bog. It got stuck there a long time ago sometime in the 1970's. The tractor was stolen from the construction site of what is now Scottsdale Mall on Scott Road. The person who stole the tractor decided to have a test drive around the Delta Nature Reserve. Not surprisingly, the tractor was too heavy to be supported by bog soil, and sunk into a sinkhole. The operator probably escaped unharmed.

Years after the incident, another tractor was sent to the site in an attempt to pull out the half-sunken vehicle. Unfortunately, the suction was too great. Not only was the attempt unsuccessful, the rescue tractor got stuck too. It had to be pulled out of the mud by a helicopter.

The tractor sinks a bit more each year. Soon it will be submerged completely. The fuel in the vehicle has been leaking very slowly, and there is evidence of fuel leak even today. On a wet day, you might smell traces of gas. Sometimes, you can see bubbles and liquid fuel emerging onto the surface.

We did a bunch of other caches after we left the Bog, including a TB hotel by the Airport called "WhyVeeAre TB's", which is a play on words as the Airport code is "YVR". This one you also needed to figure out the combination for the lock. I had to message a couple of caching friends as we for some reason couldn't figure it out. But once we got the answer it made sense. 

"WhyVeeAre"

It was a good day to be out and we found a total of 15 caches and 2 DNF's. The next day we only found 4 caches.

Harrison Hot Springs

I went and spent 2 days at Harrison Hot Springs Resort, as I was performing there. Did several caches in Harrison and Agassiz, and 2 of them that were actually inside buildings. The first one was called "Visit Harrison Hot Springs"

It was inside the Sasquatch Museum.

Nice to grab several caches while the weather was nice.

I also headed out to Sasquatch Provincial park to grab a cache as I need to have enough for a challenge cache I am working on and planning to get on our Easter Weekend trip to Golden and the Alberta Border.

Found this cool cache inside the Agassiz Library.This was called "Dewey Remember How to Use this?" Had to do some quiet sleuthing to find this one. Plus a wee bit of help from the staff!!

Always fun to get cool caches like this!!

I grabbed one more on the way home after my 2 day stay at the Resort. It was raining but I have passed this one on the side of the road too many times. Today was the Day!!! People use this for fresh water, 

It is called "Scenic 7-Spring Water".

Weekend puzzles

Went and cleaned up a few Puzzle caches that I have completed, on the weekend with Sansue. This one was interesting as we found this (a car engine and transmission) in the middle of the woods just off the trail. 

Not sure, who would drag something like this as heavy as it is into the woods. But the cache was easy to find as you can see in the next picture.

Been doing a lot of Multi caches lately. Found a cool one called "The Wizarding World of Hume Park"

It had some cool statues made from branches in the park, that you had to find and gather info about to get the final Coordinates.

This is the Map you had to use to find the 3 wizarding creatures.

Alvis the Advising Axolin

Willa the Wishing Walabeast

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Gerald the Gifting Griffon

Very cool to see these in the park!!

Group Caching

Went out with a group of 10 other cachers, to do some caches that you needed a long pole to grab them. I have a 16' extendable pole, so when Bobthegoalie contacted me and asked if I wanted to go with some others to grab several caches that were up in trees, I gladly said Yes.

Me hooking the cache

Group photo

Oliver making the grab

Oliver having a quick break

The cool thing besides getting some High terrain 5 caches, is that the Geochallenge of the month is to help someone caching, so this will qualify me for that!!

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TCHALS Planning trip

Finally making the trip to gather some more info to get my AL up and running.

The plan is to head to Merritt, Kelowna, Vernon, Armstrong, Sicamous, Revelstoke, Golden and then the Alberta Border to finish up my Trans Canada Highway Adventure Lab, so I can post it and make it Live. On the way home, we will head back a slightly different way thru Salmon Arm and into Kamloops and back south towards Hope and Vancouver. Of course lots of caching will happen as well. But more about in next month's blog!!! Until then stay safe, be kind, and enjoy life!!

Well that's it for this month,

Keep on caching!!

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

Weekend Caching

Kanaka Creek Caching

Went to Kanaka creek for a bike ride and to grab a few caches while there of course.

Kanaka Creek is named for the Hawaiians who were employed by the Hudson Bay Company at Fort Langley across the river.

A very active waterway, with lots of animals utilizing the slower flow of water.

A nice walkaround to learn about the area and the river and how it has been used in years past.

It was a nice partly walking and some biking trails. Nicely well maintained and lots of info.

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 RichmondC150 caches

Working on finishing the last of the Geo Tour of the Richmond caches called Richmond “Canada 150”

These caches were placed to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday. There is 20 caches in this series, and the last geotour they did was 30 caches. I have completed that one a couple years back. I had 8 left to do, and we got 5 easily but 2 of them were disabled the day we went for them so could not get them. Also 1 of them we could not get to as the parking lot was full, so we decided to go do some other caches.

Terra Nova park

We went to Terra Nova Rural Park and found several caches including several of the Richmond geotours, a multi cache, several traditionals and two puzzles that were Bonus caches for the 2 Adventure Labs that were also in the Park.

Owl house for the Barn Owls

Some cool caches we found....(SPOILER ALERT!!!)

Now you See it!!!

Now you Don't!!

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Family Day Weekend Caching

We went out caching every day this weekend, and even on Family Day as the sun was shining, and it was a beautiful day. We got 2 cache's only on Saturday as it was raining, but I needed a Multi for a challenge I am working on. On Sunday we got 11 caches, of which 3 were puzzles, 1 was a Multi, and the rest were traditional's. On Monday(Family Day) we grabbed 6 traditional's and 3 Multi's and one was even an FTF!!!

A few cool sights we saw this weekend while caching.  This was a different Barn Owl than the last one we saw.

Bee's at work!!

We didn't see any slugs!!

This guy was so close, I could have almost touched him.

This "Weeping Willow" reminded me of the Womping Willow on "Harry Potter"

Geochallenge Caching

Right now I am working on a geochallenge (Actually when am I Not working on a geochallenge? lol)

This one (Actually 2) are called "A Month of Multi's Challenge" and "Any Two Months of Multi's Challenge"

Both of them, you need to fill your monthly calendar with Multi Caches. You could use finds from previous years. I started working on this and planned on filling in February and March's Calendar with a Multi everyday.

 In February, I needed to get 10 Multi's on the days I did not previously have a multi, and for March I need to fill 8 spots. 

This is my yearly calendar of Multi Caches found on the specific days. This is my calendar before I started the 2 challenges. Looking to fill February and March to start....we will see from there. lol
EDIT NOTE: So after working on this challenge for February, I noticed the calendar did not change when I looked at the checker thru Project GC. Sent a message to the Challenge cache owner, and was told the RED squares are the dates I need to fill not the completed dates....Argggg....The white dates are the ones I need to do. Oh well start from scratch. Gotta decide which months I want to do now. lol

Easter Weekend Trip

In April on the Easter long weekend, Sansue and I plan on heading to Merritt, Kelowna, Vernon, Armstrong, Sicamous, Revelstoke, Golden and then the Alberta Border to finish up my Trans Canada Highway Adventure Lab, so I can post it and make it Live. Of course I have plenty of caches planned to grab also. But more about that next Month after the trip.

Until then, Stay Safe, Get Vaccinated, Wear your Mask, and Wash your Hands!!!

Well that's it for this month,

Keep on caching!!

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

Geo Tour

Richmond Geo Tour

Had a day off, and a new cache got published so I went and grabbed it to give me another FTF to add to my list. I had not much to do, so I decided to go finish up the "Richmond Geo-Quest" caches. Grabbed several by way of car, and then had a few to do by walking the trails. 3 of them are in the park where the Richmond Nature park office is located, so I did those last, as that is where you go to claim your prize for getting all the codes from each cache.

 Had to go to several different parks and Nature areas, as you can see by the Pictures.

 This was a cool path!!

This was chained up!!

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MAGIC Live 2017

So I have registered for a Magic Convention in Vegas that I have been to the last two years. It's not until August but I've already started making my bookmark list. lol
If you recall my blog from last August, I went after several Virtual caches, there is a few there that I did not get at that time, so I will hunt them down this time. I am also gonna try to get 7 icons in one day. I tried last year when I was there, but ended up only getting 6. Wish me luck!!
I have done it in the past as you can see by the pic below:

Caching etiquette

Found this recently on the internet. Found it very useful and Interesting:
If you enjoy finding caches more than hiding them and you want to give something back to the hobby, here are seven things you can do.  

1)  Leave great logs.  I know I Personally really appreciate it when someone takes a minute to tell me they enjoyed the cache and give a sentence or two about their experience. 

2)  Upload pictures.  They don't have to be pictures of you.  I like to see pictures of interesting things you saw nearby or what the area looks like as the seasons change.  Please don't include the cache itself.  I like to leave some things as surprises for future finders.  Mention the pictures in the logs!  The owners are not notified in any way when you attach pictures.  Sometimes I don't notice the pictures until months later.

3)  If you are a premium member, leave favorite points.  I realize you can't always do this, but it's nice when you can.

4)  Give reliable status reports about the condition of the containers.  It really helps me to know whether I need to plan a trip for maintenance.  If you say at the end of your log "everything is in good shape here" then I know I don't have to check on that one right away.  If there is a problem and you can't explain it without leaving spoilers then you can also contact the owner through the messaging feature.

5)  Make simple repairs.  If you can solve a problem while you're standing there and save me a trip then that is a huge help.  When I go out I carry spare log paper, extra gaskets for bison tubes, and ziplock bags in a variety of sizes.  I know some geocachers also carry camouflage duct tape.  Mention any repairs in your logs.  Do NOT throw down a new container because you can't find one that's supposed to be there.  If there are two containers then that's a new problem I have to go and solve.

6)  Restock the containers with swag.  This doesn't benefit me as much as everyone else who finds the cache after you.  Go to eBay and order ten dollars worth of plastic rings or guitar picks or something.  Sprinkle them in caches across the landscape like you're Johnny Appleseed.

7)  Just go out and find them.  If you find the caches and you're not being a jackass then you're participating the game and helping to keep it fun for everyone.  That's why we hide them.

Obviously by the numbers and statistics, the vast majority of geocachers are finders and not hiders. 

Personally I have to date found 4195 caches but have only hidden 45 and 4 of those were Events. The last time I saw statistics there were something like 2.4 million active caches in the world and close to 7 million geocachers.  Most people who hide caches have hidden a bunch, so the numbers are actually much more lopsided than that.  I would much rather that people don't hide caches until they've seen a bunch and they're prepared to keep up with years of maintenance.

Well that's it for this month

Keep on caching

Chris Yuill

Magicman65