VEGAS BABY!!!

Penticton to Kelowna to Vegas Baby!!!

Headed to Penticton on July 31st, to do a show for a Bachlorette Party, and then the next day in Kelowna for a private show on Aug. 1st, and the following day on the 2nd I would be heading to Bellingham airport to fly to Las Vegas. Lots of Miles put on during this weekend.

I left Vancouver early for Penticton, so I could grab several caches along the way. It turned out, It was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine. A great day for caching!!

Grabbed a couple of early morning caches in Hope area. 

There used to be a cache behind the old Hope sign, but must have disapeared when the sign was removed and this new one put in place. Now there is a cache behind the sign but further into the wooded area.

Passing thru Merrit, I took a quick trip down what has been dubbed as "Gadget Alley"

Several caches have been placed on this stretch of road just outside of town and they are all cool gadget caches. Today I found "admit one"

A very cool Gadget cache with a Theatre theme to it.

There was another one there that I have not completed, but it was very smoky due to nearby forest fires, so I headed down the road.

As I write this I just looked at the map and another one has been placed after I came thru here, so now I have 2 more to get on my next trip this way.

On the way to Penticton I swung thru Peachland and I Found a cache at a Giant peach called "Crunchy Peach" 

Appearantly it used to be a large golf ball on a Golf Tee (as you can see in the pic below) and they painted it and made it look like a peach.

Nice to change something like this to suit the area.

I believe the golf course is still there and now they sell golf balls with little Peach logos on them.

This was a Virtual Cache in Peachland. I love to search for Virtual caches when I travel. I found two on this trip.

After the show that evening, I headed over to Kelowna to spend the night as I have a walkaround gig the next day. 

Got up early and headed over for Breakfast with a fellow Magician that lives in Kelowna. After a nice chat with him, I headed out to do some caches before my gig.

Found one called "KELOWNA"

It was near a new signage placed on the waterfront. 

You can see by the picture where the cache got it's name from. lol

Also grabbed a cache in town called "a bibliophiles bliss" which was a Multi cache ending in the Kelowna Library 

The clever title of the book was "How to use Multi-Million Dollar Sattelites to find Tupperware in the Woods"

This one was covered in Camo tape, but it wasn't in the woods. LOL

During my quick 2 day trip I found 2 Virtual's, 1 Multi-Cache, 6 Traditionals, 1 Letterbox and I also completed a 5 stage Adventure Lab in Penticton and 6 stages of four different AL's in Kelowna 

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VEGAS BABY!!!!

Headed to Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps, A city Built on Sand, Broken Dreams, and $5 Lobster. A city where clocks don't matter but your Credit Card does!! Where money dissapears faster than a Magicians Rabbit!!......Ok actually the lobster is more expensive now!!!

Headed there for "MAGIC LIVE" Magic convention. We drove down early to Bellingham airport where I was able to complete a 5 stage Adventure Lab right in the Airport. (How cool is that)

We arrived in Vegas and headed straight to the "Orleans Hotel" which would be our home for the next 6 days. 

The convention was four days long and we did not even have to leave the hotel during those 4 days. (Ok, we did go across the street once to the convienience store as Liquor is cheaper there. Lol)

On our last full day there we rented a car and headed out to the desert, as I wanted to take the guys to "Seven Magic Mountains" 

I was able to grab a Virtual and a Traditional Cache while there. Some new ones since my last visit.

(I knew I would not get many caches on this trip, as I was busy with my Magician friends I traveled with)

This was my fourth trip out to see these Magnificent rock statues.

We stopped into the Town of Goodsprings, where I took the guys to the "Goodsprings Saloon" 

This Saloon was built in 1913 and is one of the oldest Bars in the State of Nevada.

This is the Ammo Can Cache that lives in the Bar. If you ask your server or the bartender for it, they will gladly let you have it so you can log it. I have already found and logged it as this was my third time coming here, but I wanted to show the guy's, what a cache looks like.

We then headed over to Hoover Dam, where it was 47 degrees Celsius......ouch, that's HOT!!!

The water level is dangerously low right now as you can see by the picture.

We then headed back to the Las Vegas strip to see the show "Absinthe" which was a very cool and risque Cirque du Soleil show. After the show, we headed to Fremont street for a bit and then back to the hotel to pack for the trip home in the morning. A great trip and super fun!!

In total on this trip I found 1 Traditional, 1 Virtual, and 10 stages of 3 different Adventure Labs at Hoover Dam and 3 stages of an Adventure Lab at Goodsprings, plus the AL in Bellingham.

Lots more fun and caches in Las Vegas.....I will return!!! 

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Grabbed a few caches this weekend and recieved a Virtual Souvineer for International Geocaching Day.

Also headed to a Lunch event close by. Nice to chat with other cachers while having a bite to eat.

Next month, I have shows and trips all over, and I will be grabbing some select caches.....But more about that in Next months Blog....

Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on Caching

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

International Geocaching Day!!!

International Geocaching Day!!!

August 16th is International Geocaching Day. If you find a cache, Adventure Lab, or attend an Event you get this souvenir  

All you had to do is log a cache between Aug.15th to the 17th

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I got a second Souvenir on the 16th called the Memory Maker

Seems like we sometimes get these for no real reason. lol

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I got a couple more First to Find's this past month, bringing my FTF total up to 493 FTF's. Who knew when I got my first FTF in 2009, that I would be continuing today in looking for them.

Looking forward to FTF number 500!!!

Myra Canyon Trip

I am making a list of caches for an upcoming trip to Kelowna and Penticton. Hoping to bike ride the Myra Canyon Trestle trail just outside of Kelowna, and grab the caches there in September. Plus we will grab several caches on the way to the trail and then more on the way to Penticton, where I have a show the next day.

Myra Canyon is a section of the historic Kettle Valley Railway near Kelowna, British Columbia, now a 24 km round-trip recreational trail featuring 18 wooden trestles and two tunnels, known for its engineering heritage and scenic views. The trail is a popular destination for hiking and cycling, accessible to most fitness levels, though safety precautions are needed due to steep drops and rough surfaces. The area was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995 for its outstanding engineering achievement in railway construction through mountainous terrain.

Heading to McLeod Lake thru Prince George in a couple of days, and then back home and then off to Edmonton, Alberta the next day. Gonna be there for about a week to visit, and hope to grab a cache or two, but more about these adventures and more in next months blog......

Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on caching!!

Magically yours,

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

Trips are fun!!

Stats for 2025

Here is a picture of some of my stats for halfway thru the year;

As you can see by the stats I found 40 caches on my Birthday!!!

It was during a trip to Leavenworth and Wenatchee, Washington

Some cool caches were found that day!!

Caching before my show!!

I had a show in Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver, and since I got there early I was able to grab a few caches. One was a Multi, and I noticed some others were having issues with how to find the Coordinates. The fist part of the cache was a sign on a pole about Vancouver and area. The cache page said you need to find the numbers for the letters A-F as this:

A:  1 - 2 - 7

B : 3 - 1 - 6

C:  2 - 5 -1

D: 4 - 6 - 2

E: 1 - 2 - 1

F: 5 - 6 -1

N49 12.ABC W122 25.DEF

As I said some cachers are not familiar with this method of finding info. I have came across this method before and the first time I saw it, I was also confused. Basically the way this numbering system works is broken down like this: A; 1-2-7 Means to find "A" look on the (1)first line of the story, find the (2)second word in that line and then use the (7)seventh letter of that word, to be "A"

Then take that letter and change it to a number such as A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.

Once you have all the numbers, plug them into the formula for the Co-ords and you are good to go!!

PS: Don't ever hesitate to message the Cache Owner for some help or hints to finding the solution to puzzles or multis. Or you can always message a previous finder for info. I would help out in a heartbeat if you ever messaged me!! I have even gone to my cache sites to help cachers find my cache.

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Kelowna Bound

So I headed to Kelowna again for another show. In the last couple of Months, I have been there 3 times for shows. Each time, I try to grab several caches and this trip was no exception!!

A couple of weeks ago I was at an event and was telling one of the Cachers there, that I have been making trips to Kelowna and have been getting a bunch of his Caches on the way. He mentioned about a specific cache on the highway between Hope and Merritt that was very difficult to find, a lot of people weren’t finding it. Lots of DNF’s. He said it is a difficult find . I decided to give it a try so I added it to my list.

Here’s a picture of where it’s hidden as you can see. It’s just an empty field with lots of rocks and little bushes.

I could only assume it was a fake rock, and after about 10 minutes of looking in the scorching heat, I spotted what I thought to be it, reached down, picked it up and behold it was the cache. YAY!!

I can see how this would be a tough one, and the reason for lots of DNF's

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Cruising!!

I am making a list of caches that I wanna get when I go on the cruise ship in October. I am going on Holland America’s Eurodam.

This is the large cruise ship that we are having a Magic Convention aboard. We board in Vancouver, and will stop in Santa Barbara as one of the stops, and there’s 3 caches right on the Cruise pier and a few nearby that I am hoping to get, depending on time in port. Plus there is a few Adventure labs that I might be able to do. 

 We will then be heading to our final destination of the Cruise which is San Diego where we will be flying home from. I have set up a list of caches and there are several caches on the cruise pier(13 to be exact) and then the airport is right there which we will be flying home from and I noticed there’s 28 adventure labs at the airport. WOW!!

Actually 2 of them I have already completed when I was flying home from PCAM a couple years ago when it was held in Carlsbad, California. 

What I find strange is it takes 26 Adventure Lab's to form the number 25!! LOL

These ones were not there on my last time at this airport, so it should be fun to do them in October. Will let you know if I get them all.

sth

Next month I am heading to Edmonton, Alberta to Visit with my Sister and Mom. I have started making a cache list, as I hope to get a few at least while there.....But, more about that in Next Month's Blog!!

Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on caching!!

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

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