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

February is the shortest Month!!!

Seattle Trip

Headed to Seattle with Sansue for a show and I set up a list with some high favorited caches, but it was raining pretty good and we ended up only getting one virtual cache.

I guess we will get the high favorited caches another time.

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I came across a Challenge cache called "Oldies But Goodies 100 Century Challenge" where you needed to have found 100 caches from 2000 and 2001 back when geocaching was just getting started. I love doing Challenge caches and seek them out whenever I travel, so I thought I would see if I qualify.

This is a list of the 2000-2001 Caches I have found so far. Not even close to 100. lol

GC2388	Where the beer got it's name!                Okotoks, Alta.
GC92	Un-Original Stash                                   Beaver Creek, Oregon
GC1169	Mission 9: Tunnel of Light                      Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
GC79	Iron Horse                                              Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
GC2179	Bernie's Traveling GeoCache                Courtney, BC
GCA6	Strathcona Wilderness 1                        Strathcona, Alberta
GC21AF	Dickson -Stevenson Stopping House    Crossfield, Alta.
GC1DD	Treehugger (BC's First Cache)                Vancouver, BC
GC1D28	Good Hope Lake Cache                        Good Hope Lake, BC
GC1D26	Spencer Creek Cache                            Alaska Highway, Yukon
GC1E63	Local Meridian                                        Bellingham, Washington
GC1E09	"United We Stand"                                 Simi Valley, California
GC27DB	Shore Circuit                                         North Vancouver, BC
GC6DF	Lost Loggs                                            Iona Island, BC
GCA2B	Rotten Ole Stumpy                                Vancouver, BC
GC4DB	Burrows Channel Cache                        Anacortes, Washington
GC13DC	Ebey Bluffs                                            Coupeville, Washington

Bellevue Trip

I had a show down in Bellevue last week. It was actually a 3 hours close up/walkaround gig.

I got into town early and was able to grab several caches. One I got was called "Aloonimum Sculpture"

It was a long curved walkway out on the water, that was all aluminum.

The weather was awesome and the water was super calm.

Was able to grab 5 traditional caches before my show. I looked for a puzzle cache that I solved while here. But it sounds like the co-ords are way off according to previous logs, so I eventually gave up the search as I had to get to my event.

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Vernon/Kamloops Trip

Booked a show in Vernon and one in Kamloops also at the end of February on Leap day Feb. 29th

On Leap year day you needed to find 4 caches to get a virtual Souvenir and of course since I was traveling anyway, I had a list of caches I planned on getting. I left home the day before in the evening and drove thru the night to get over the Coquihalla Hwy as I had heard it was a mess with snow. I got to Kelowna at about Midnight and decided to keep heading towards Vernon and grab some caches before stopping for the night.

One of the caches I had on my list was Winfields First Chirp Cache....Well Kinda

It wasn't an actual Chirp Cache but a corner lot with lots of cool birdhouses. When I reached for the cache container which was just sitting on the top of one of the bird houses, two birds flew out and scared the crap out of me. lol

I also got a TB hotel that I missed last time we were thru here.

Grabbed a couple more caches and then stopped at a roadside pullout to sleep for a couple of hours

This one was more like a Bird Hotel and resort.

I grabbed several more after a few hours sleep before mu first show at noon, even almost got an FTF but I was second to find.

Next Month Susan and I are headed to Vegas for a few days, and I have a few caches we will get while there, But more about that in Next months Blog........

Well that's it for this month!!

Keep on caching!!

Chris Yuill

Magicman65

July Adventures while Caching!!

 Cruising along the Border for a cache

The day after getting back from our Vegas Trip, I ended up going to an Event on the Canada/USA Border. We also went as a group to do a Virtual cache on the Border.

"Borderline Caching Disorder" is a Marker on the Canada/United States Border. 

The water is usually higher, and you need a boat or kayak to get to it, but on July 4th the tide was super low, so a lot of people decided to go for it and wade out to it.

Here I am on the East side of it, which is where you need to take the picture from for the Virtual.

Here are all the event goers at the Virtual cache.

It is on the Border of Canada and the United States.

It is actually listed as a Washington State Cache. Good thing I still had my passport with me. lol

I also grabbed one part of an Adventure Lab as I was headed back to my car.

It was at this cute Free Library.

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My Mid-Year Geocaching Stats: 2023 may be halfway gone, but we prefer to think of the glass as half full! You spent half a year geocaching and making memories out in the world alongside the geocaching community. Take a walk down memory lane with us as we review your geocaching stats for the first half of 2023. Geocaching Charted shows you where you’ve been, and helps you plan where you’re going next. What memories will you create before the year is up?

372 Total numbers of finds so far in 2023. 7 Icons Distinct cache types logged. How many different cache types can you log by the end of the year? Traditional Cache These are your favorite caches! This is the geocache type that you logged most this year. 1 DNF (Did Not Find) logs posted. Don’t forget to log your DNFs! They alert others that the cache may be more difficult to find than anticipated or may even be missing. DNF logs also inform the cache owner they may need to check on their container. 2 Countries you cached in this year. Way to go, world traveler! Cache: GC5FZDA Favorite Points: 518 This is the highest Favorited cache that you found in 2023. We love it! 7 Number of Events you attended this year. Social butterfly, much? Cache: GC7932 Date: 2002-07-02 The oldest placed cache you found this year. 16 The number of souvenirs you received so far. You have quite the collection going! Check out the complete list of available souvenirs. Date: 2023-04-22 Number of Finds: 45 Your busiest caching day of the year—look at how many caches you found! 59 Days you went geocaching. How many more can you get this year? 10 Favorite points you awarded to geocaches. You were a Favorite fan! You haven’t earned the 2023 hider souvenir yet. Don’t worry, there’s still time to find a spot to hide your cache! 5 Number of caches you hid this year. Thank you for contributing to your geocaching community with an amazing hide!

NOTE: The highlighted or underlined words in my blog can be clicked on as they are links to other cool stuff!! Also if you click on any of the pictures they become bigger!!! Vernon Ribfest Trip Susan and I went to Vernon as I was performing some shows at the "Vernon Ribfest" It was a 3 day event, and I was doing shows on the Saturday and Sunday, as well as some strolling Magic both days. We headed out late Friday night, and ended up napping in the car for a few hours at a rest area just past Merritt on highway 97C. We woke up early the next morning and were able to grab 2 caches before leaving the rest area. Grabbed a few more on the way thru Kelowna and coming into Vernon. The first evening after the Ribfest, we went back to the hotel room and after supper we decided to grab some local caches and we also completed 5 Adventure Labs around town that involved Murals and some of the buildings.     WARNING! Cache Alert!!! What's on the other side of this WARNING Label?? Oh, its a Log book for the cache!!! I love these sneaky hides that are in plain site. Thanx to Susan for her sleuthing skills as she found this one. The next morning we checked out of the hotel and headed over to the event grounds, and grabbed 3 caches before getting there. I did my show and a couple hours of Close up and we also had some of the best beef and pork ribs around during the 2 days. After the event, we headed down the highway towards home, grabbing as many caches as we could before it got dark. This was a cool one we got on the way into Kamloops called "Dallas TB Hotel" And NO its not under the skirt of the light post. Check the next picture and you will see it. It is also locked making it a very secure place for Trackables. In total on the quick trip to Vernon, we found 32 caches, and 5 full Adventure Labs and 2 stages of another Adventure Lab. Day trip to Bellingham Susan and I popped down across the border for a quick day trip, and we were able to find 7 traditional caches and 5 puzzle caches. Merritt Magic I got a gig in Merritt for the Chamber of Commerce, I stopped for a Cache on the way there and was able to grab a couple more once in town, before heading to "Spirit Square" to perform for the crowd of Night market goers. My stage all set up!! And FINALLY: So even though I was just in Vegas at the beginning of July, I am heading back there on August 4th for 8 days. This time it's for a Magic Convention I go to every year called "Magic Live." I am hoping to get a bit of caching in but will be quite busy with the convention and going to see a few shows. But more about that in next month's Blog!!! Well that's it for this month!! Keep on caching!! Chris Yuill Magicman65