Vehicle Travel Bug

This is another item I picked up from the Groundspeak Shop. It's a Vehicle Travel Bug decal that sticks to the inside of your window, making your car trackable. I really like this one because it's not a sticker that's permanent, but a decal that you can remove and transfer somewhere else. If I ever buy a new car, this can come with me...

Backpacker Travel Bug

I recently got this Backpacker Travel Bug from the Groundspeak Shop. It's a pretty neat little trackable that actually attaches to the lid of a standard 35mm film container. The idea expands on ordinary traveling coins and bugs by allowing you to make a small container trackable. Now I just have to figure out where to drop it off and what to put in the film canister!

The top of the Backpacker TB

The bottom of the Backpacker TB

The Backpacker TB fitted onto a 35mm film container

Hoo-Ray at Haa-Rah's

Some friends and I stayed the night in Atlantic City at Harrah's Casino. After losing a few bucks playing poker, I walked outside to sulk and while in the parking lot I noticed a cache nearby called Hoo-Ray at Haa-Rah's. The description was funny and the location was within easy walking distance from Harrah's.

This photo shows the nano container. It was stuck under a bench along a paved path behind Harrah's Casino.

This photo shows the view of Harrah's Casino from where the geocache was located.

This photo shows the view of the Borgata from where the geocache was located.

Think Pink

The second geocache that I found with Ron this afternoon was called Think Pink. It was actually in the woods beside Presidential Lakes on the old Pink Trail that we used to ride our bikes on as kids. The trail goes on for miles and twists all through the woods, and this is another area I haven't been to in many many years. It was fun walking back there with Ron, being all nostalgic and laughing at the stupid things we did as kids. The cache itself wasn't hard to find, especially because it was appropriately colored pink. We forgot our pen in the car, so didn't get to sign the log, which sucks but is an excuse to go hiking another time...

Deep Hollow Pond

While visiting Ron today, we went out to hide his first geocache (Pink & Mossy). There were two other caches that we found nearby. The first was called Deep Hollow Pond, and the cache site was actually the floor of one of the long-since-disappearred cabins that used to circle the pond.It was a little weird being back by this pond because I haven't been anywhere near this area for over 10 years, and it's probably been closer to 15 years since I was actually by this pond.Walking through the woods in the middle of nowhere and seeing an old stone floor appear in front of you is weird enough. But the fact that the floor is in surprisingly good condition is even more unusual. There are actually a few other ruins like this around the pond too.

Coins of the World

I decided to try and be more creative with the Cache Movers travel bug that I got last month. Instead of just attaching it to a toy or one of Gino's army men (like I did with the Recon Soldier), I wanted to do something more interesting. This time, I named it Coins of the World and put it on a big key ring, then I attached three different coins from around the world. One coin was from the Bahamas, one from Hong Kong, and one from Italy. I explained that the goal of this bug is to travel to many countries and pick up a new coin from each one. I'm hoping that this will be more interesting than just moving it from one place to another, and we'll be able to watch it grow in size as more coins are added.

Goofy Cacher

I found this Goofy Cacher coin inside the Shhh... Don't Tell Winlesspete geocache. It's a nice looking coin, but I didn't realize it's not trackable. Still, I will probably stick it in another cache somewhere down the line, or let Gino decide what to do with it.

Shhh ... Don't Tell Winnlesspete

In Deptford, not too far from Off The Beaten Path, was a geocache called Shhh... Don't Tell Winlesspete. This one was in another wooded area just off Route 41. It was easy to find and full of decent swag. I took the Goofy Cacher coin (not realizing it wasn't trackable) and left my Flip For It geocoin.

Off the Beaten Path

I stopped by Timber Creek Park in Deptford and found Off The Beaten Path. It was a beautiful little park in the middle of an otherwise sprawling area. The park was well maintained and the trails were easy. The cache container was simple to find, just off the main trail. I left the Pilsen geocoin from the Czec Republic that I picked up last month.

Homewood

My meeting this afternoon was near a cache called Homewood, so I stopped by. The location was in the wooded area beside a Hilton hotel. At the far end of the parking lot was a gravel road that lead a short distance into the woods.
The container was something I'd never seen before. It was a sort of two-piece plastic tube, with one end inserted into the other. The outer part was tied to a post in the woods, and I had to pull out the bottom part.
Inside was a zip lock bag with a log, but nothing else. The tube was pretty skinny and too narrow to hold any of my geocoins. However, it wasn't too small to hold the Miller's Inn travel bug that I've been holding for way too long. I signed the log, dropped in the travel bug, replaced the container, and tried to walk out of the woods by the hotel without looking shady...

NGS Benchmark AI4358-8E1

Set in the concrete of the sidewalk beside the bridge in Thomas West Park in Westville is NGS Benchmark AI4358-8E1.

The disk is dated 1999, which is aparently when the bridge was built.

Cherry Hill Curiosity (A Spirit Quest Cache)

While in Cherry Hill this afternoon, I noticed a virtual cache nearby called Cherry Hill Curiosity (A Spirit Quest Cache). It wasn't too far out of the way, and I had some time to spare. The location was a tiny spot in the middle of a neighborhood, and was no bigger than a skinny residential lot.

Inside the old iron gate was a single large headstone, barely readable from age. I could make out some of the words, but many were just too worn. A small plaque was set in the ground in front of the gravestone. This one was in much better shape, but I didn't recognize the image on it, nor have I heard of the Colonial Dames. "Within this inclosure lie the remains of William and Mary Matlack..."

Cache Movers Geocoin

I also just received another Cache Movers Geocoin, and just like with the first one, I have yet to decide what to attach to this coin. I'll probably ask the kids what they think would be fun to send out into the world and see how far it goes, which means I'll probably be hooking this tag to another army man, or some other kind of toy.

Sailboat Suncatcher

I've been planning to put a geocache near the boat club, but have yet to find or make a suitable container, and I'm also having a hard time choosing a good location. Whenever I actually create and place a cache at the boat club, I plan to put this coin, called the Sailboat Suncatcher, inside it so its journey can begin from a relevant place.

Flip For It

I just got this neat little geocoin called Flip For It. The coin is almost exactly the same size as a real quarter, with some slightly different words and markings...

Follow The Winding Path

Angie, Celeste, and I took Gino & Giuli to a park in Deptford to hunt for a geocache called Follow The Winding Path. We chose it because the terrain and difficulty ratings were listed as pretty low, and the container size was listed as pretty big, which usually means some decent swag ("treasure") for the kids. The park had some nice benches, a little gazebo, and pretty easy trails leading into the woods.
When we neared GZ, we realized the terrain and difficulty ratings were much lower than they should have been. Just getting to the cache location required a decent amount of bushwacking off the trail through underbrush and thorns, plus climbing over (and under) fallen trees. Gino had no problem with most of this, but Giuli's little legs couldn't always reach and she had some trouble climbing around.You can see from the picture that the container was much smaller than indicated on the cache description page, but it did contain some decent kid-friendly swag, which made Gino and Giuli happy. However, the cache inventory also listed 4 different geocoins and travel bugs, but none were in the container.
At least the kids had a great time wandering through the woods and hunting for treasure!

Woodin'ya Enjoy Getting Me A Nice Steak

I stopped by the Target in Mount Laurel to grab a few things, and noticed on my way out that there was a geocache very close by that I didn't log yet, called Woodin' Ya Enjoy Getting Me A Nice Steak. I drove over to the far end of the shopping center parking lot and grabbed this little thing. It was hidden inside the guardrail that went around the lot. Interesting container choice for a micro too.