Las Vegas Bound!!

 Las Vegas

So I went to Vegas for the second time this year, at the beginning of August for my Favorite Magic Convention called "Magic LIVE" 

It was an awesome 8 days and I was only able to grab a couple of Earthcaches one day. It was 42 degrees outside most of the time we were there!! We stayed inside as much as possible. Lol

The Orleans is the hotel we stay at during the convention as it has all the things we need in one place.

Besides being a huge hotel and casino with several bars and lounges, and restaurants of every flavor within, it also has a food court, a 52 lane bowling alley, 18 movie theatres, convenience store, coffee shops, a full size theatre that seats 850 for live shows, a smaller showroom that has live shows also on a regular basis. There is also the Orleans Arena which hosts over 200 events a year.  

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This is the fountain in front of the Ceasar Palace shops. It is a smaller replica of the "Trevi Fountain" in Italy. It was the subject of one of the Earthcaches I got.

You don't have to go to Hollywood to see the Stars

This was the other Earthcache I got called "Marcher avec les etoiles"

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International Geocaching Day

Was able to grab a few caches on Aug.17th which is 

International Geocaching Day

Had a show in New Westminster, so went and grabbed a few caches and an Adventure Lab after my show.

Point Roberts

Susan and I popped over the border for a few hours on Sunday Aug.18th to grab a few caches and some Adventure Labs. We only found 3 caches, 2 were Virtuals and one was a traditional. We also found 13 stages of Adventure Labs. Will have to go back there to finish them up and grab some more caches.

This Virtual was right on the Border of Canada and the USA

Speaking of Virtuals I am finally getting around to setting up a Virtual Cache. I was awarded a Virtual Cache as part of a limited release of Virtuals created between January 17, 2024 and January 17, 2025. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. I also have an Adventure Lab credit to set up, and I already scoped out the place for it, But more about that next month.....

Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on caching!!

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

July's Travels

Princeton trip

Booked a show for Canada Day in Princeton, BC

I got into Princeton early in the morning on Canada Day  and proceeded to grab some caches and an Adventure Lab before my show that day.

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Saw this big guy with 2 young ones while on my way to town. The 2 young ones headed into the bush before I could get a pic of them also.

This plane at the Princeton airport was designed to be a weathervane.

The cache was called "Roadside Attraction CT-133 Jet Trainer Weathervane"

I found a cache near another Plane Weathervane back in 2012 when I was up in the Yukon.

Here is the write up for it:

CF-CPY, "The World's Largest Weather Vane"
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory Starting in 1977, the Yukon Flying Club restored this northern veteran to its Canadian Pacific Airlines colours for permanent display at the Whitehorse airport. The restoration took four years, but in 1981, she was raised onto the pedestal built by master welder Al Jacobs. Pivoting on its mount, CF-CPY always points into the wind, just as she would have while lined up on the runway for takeoff. Due to the fine balance point, it only takes a 5 knot wind to turn her.

There was several cool statues in town 

This one was like an illusion as it looked like the cart was being held in the air with a rope.

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This was one stage of the AL I did.

This smart owl was at the front of the library and was perched on some books. He was overlooking Veterans Square where I performed my show that afternoon for the Town of Princeton's Canada Day Celebration.

This was also another stage of the AL in town.

I ended up only getting four caches and 1 Adventure lab on this Trip but it was still a nice little bit of travel.

Geocaching Stats:

I always love seeing different stats of what I have done, and Geocaching.com makes it easy as they send out emails like this one about my stats for the first half of 2024:

We’re at the midway point of 2024, and what a year it’s been so far! Six months of making memories, friends, and finds. Whether you geocached every day or only on the rare occasion, we hope you’ve made some fun memories out there!   The year may be halfway done, but that means there are still six months left to achieve your goals and have even more great experiences. But first, let’s take a look at your geocaching stats for the first half of 2024. Drum roll, please… 359   This is your total number of finds so far in 2024. What number do you hope to reach by the end of the year? GCN2V0   This is the oldest placed cache you found this year. Will you find an older one before the year is up? 8   This is the number of distinct cache types you logged in the past six months. You’ve found quite the variety so far! Can you find them all before the year is up? Adventure Lab® Cache   So far, this is the cache type you logged most this year! Will it stay the same by December, or will you mix it up? 2   This is the number of countries you found caches in so far this year. You did some good exploring! GC9P501 148 Favorite points This cache had the most Favorite points of any that you found in 2024 so far. Way to spread the love! 2   You’ve attended this many Events so far. Geocaching is as much about the community as it is about the geocaches! 5   This is the number of souvenirs you received so far. You have quite the collection going! Check out the complete list of available souvenirs. 5/10/2024 37 finds This is your busiest caching day of 2024. Do you think you can beat it?

Pemberton Trip

Booked a walkaround gig for a wedding in Pemberton this weekend, so I was able to do a bit of caching along the way.

Only managed to do 3 caches and 4 stages of an Adventure Lab.

The Adventure Lab I did brought me to this Inukshuk.

5th annual Sunday, Sundaes, Sun Daze

Magicboy2012 (Oliver) and I went to the annual event that Buggirl1975 puts on every year. It was a well attended event on a nice sunny day.

 I was able to chat with several cachers and also got 4 different icons while in the area. This event, a CITO, a Traditional and a Wherigo. All were within 250 metres of the event

Bowen Island Day Trip

This is the first time I have ever been to Bowen Island to cache. (Actually this is my first time ever to this island) 

I am actually here to do a show but thought I would come over early and grab several caches.

Coming into Snug Cove on Bowen Island on the ferry.

This was a cool sign I spotted for Frog Crossing. Truly surprised there was no cache there. If only I had a frog container....

I ended up getting 7 Traditionals, 2 puzzle caches, and one Adventure Lab.

Next month I am off to Las Vegas for 8 days, for my favorite Magic convention called MAGIC LIVE. I might not have a chance to grab many caches as I will be busy with the convention and going to shows and events, which is fine because we were just there in March and we found 2 Virtual caches, 5 Traditional caches, and 7 puzzles with one being a challenge cache for a total of 15 caches and 2 full Adventure Lab's, but I will try to grab at least one or maybe some Adventure Lab stages, that I have not completed....But more about that in next months Blog.....

Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on caching!!

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

Seattle Trip

Caching for FTF's on Barnston Island

Went and grabbed a couple of FTF's with my little boy, on Barnston Island called "Barnston Island-From the Ferry" and "Barnston Island - Centre of Centre"

 We needed to take a ferry to grab these two FTF's

Have never been out here before, so it was nice to check it out. We will come back next summer.

Caching Trip to Seattle for 3 of Clubs Magic Convention

I went to Seattle for the weekend of October 19-21st for a magic convention, that I was helping organize with the FVMC and NWRF, the convention was a blast with about 100 other magicians
On my trip down I got one Virtual Cache called Suzzallo Library "Harry Potter Room". It was a very cool library on the Seattle Campus of the "University of Washington"
As you can see, I dressed up for the photos that needed to be taken to claim the Virtual. (PS dressing as a wizard was not in the requirements, I just thought it would be cool)

I also was able to grab a couple of Challenge caches on my trip, one that I had to post a note as I need one more specific cache to complete the challenge. I also grabbed a cache a the "Erratic Graffiti"

I did another cache a week before at an Erratic, but as you can see it was slightly larger!!

 Can you see me?? Zoom in and Look in the shadow, down below in the center.

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On the way home from the Convention, I gave a ride to a couple of magic friends who were also cachers. We stopped on the way home for a couple of quick grabs at a rest stop. One was pretty cool, as it was a tree growing thru a fence called "Straddling the Fence"

 

Check out the pics above and see if you can figure out how this happened?

Back home

Can you see it???

I went to look for a cache called "Stairway to Heaven" in East Vancouver, but my phone app had me going back and forth and up and down the stairs. (*Spoiler Alert: The cache is in the picture above) This cache is at a very cool set of ancient steps that also has an earthcache at it called "Hyaloclastite". I had done the earthcache over 3 years ago, and had looked for this cache also at that time but did not find it. Looked again and DNFed it once more.
I came back a few days later after my recent search, and after reading some logs and getting a bit more info, today I made the find. The good thing about DNFing this cache and then finding it, is that I am now also entered into the Geocaching Vloggers, Geochallenge of the month.

I had to pop over to Vancouver Island just for a day, and was able to grab a total of 6 caches while there. I visited Cathedral Grove, and grabbed a couple of caches while there. I was there in the early morning and it was nice and quiet. I thought about my Dad, and how much I miss him, as I visited here for the first time when I came out to my Dad's place in Port Alberni for the first time and he brought me here.

Among the Giants

Well, that's it for this month,

Keep on caching!!

Chris Yuill

Magicman65