Cache #26 - Valley Cache #1

Name/URL: Valley Cache #1
Coordinates: N 38° 51.990 W 077° 20.789
City: near Oakton, VA
Date: 3/22/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Taken: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log Book: Signed
Notes: Hard to get to. Not near valley caches 2 and 3. The hint was critical for finding this one.

Cache #25 - Valley Cache #3 "Trail's End"

Name/URL: Valley Cache #3 "Trail's End"
Coordinates: N 38° 52.187 W 077° 20.629
City: near Oakton, VA
Date: 3/22/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Taken: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log Book: Signed
Notes: Walk from valley cache #2. Had to reach pretty far under tree.

Cache #24 - Valley Cache #2

Name/URL: Valley Cache #2
Coordinates: N 38° 52.343 W 077° 20.310
City: near Oakton, VA
Date: 3/22/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Taken: Mara's Worst Nightmare Travel Bug
Left: Nothing
Log Book: Signed
Notes: Near Edge. Lot of brambles. Saw a lot of whitetail deer. Need to go back to see beaver dam.

Cache #23 - In the Warren

Name/URL: In the Warren
Coordinates: N 39° 02.463 W 077° 28.933
City: Ashburn, VA (Along the Old Dominion horse trail)
Date: 3/18/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Pete
Taken: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log Book: Signed
Notes: A nice 1/3 mile walk down the trail from the firehouse by Partlow. Pete found this one after I told him to think like a dog. Who knows how long it would have taken me to find it.

Cache #22 - Behind the Learning Curve

Name/URL: Behind the Learning Curve
Coordinates: N 39° 02.773 W 077° 30.110
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 3/18/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Sam
Taken: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Easy find behind the library. Then went in to play some games with Sam.

Cache #21 - Sporty Spice

Name/URL: Sporty Spice
Coordinates: N 39° 01.179 W 077° 28.017, N 39° 03.604 W 077° 28.304, N 39° 02.034 W 077° 23.378
City: Ashburn, VA, Ashburn, VA, Sterling, VA
Date: 3/17/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Sam
Taken: Dinosaur finger puppet
Left: Nothing
Log Book: Signed
Notes: Our first completed multi-cache! Ice House, Harris Teeter, Field Hockey woods. Coordinates were right on for all stages. Oddly, there were fresh footprints in the snow all around this secluded cache area.

Cache #20 - Encroachment

Name/URL: Encroachment
Coordinates: N39 01.955 W077 28.089
City: Ashburn, VA (Along the Old Dominion horse trail)
Date: 3/11/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Sam
Taken: McDonalds toy (robot)
Left: Tic Tac Toe puzzle
Log Book: Signed
Notes: A nice 1/3 mile walk from Farmwell Station Middle School along the trail. Sam met Bailey and Jordan (black dog and brown dog). Good spot for a cache, well secluded from the bikers blazing up and down the trail. While we were scoping out some likely places, Pete yelled out "I found it!". and indeed he had.
Has this cache been subsequently found by others? No

Cache #19 - Electric Sheep

Name/URL: Electric Sheep
Coordinates: N 38° 57.722 W 077° 19.032
City: Reston, VA (Lake Fairfax Park)
Date: 3/10/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Pete
Taken: Octopus
Left: Disc Shooter, Not Another Micro! Geocoin
Log Book: Signed
Notes: Took about 10 minutes to find, once we got close. About 20-30 feet from ground zero. About 15 minutes hike from cub scouts group camping area. Pete and dad hiked over here during dinner break. Went back on Sunday morning with Christopher and David.
Has this cache been subsequently found by others? No

Cache #18 - Algonkian Death Worm

Name/URL: Algonkian Death Worm
Coordinates: N 39° 03.611 W 077° 22.258
City: Sterling, VA (Algonkian Park)
Date: 3/3/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Brian, Neil
Taken: Tic Tac Toe game, Not Another Micro! Geocoin
Left: Disc Shooter
Log Book: Signed
Notes: Boggy. Found in about 1 minute. Fun walk across golf driving range to get back in this area. Other caches back here, which we could have grabbed with some more research.
Has this cache been subsequently found by others? Yes

Cache #17 - The Piltdown Man

Name/URL: The Piltdown Man
Coordinates: N 39° 03.562 W 077° 23.529
City: Sterling, VA (Algonkian Park)
Date: 3/3/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Brian, Neil
Taken: Blue transformer
Left: Disc Shooter
Log Book: Signed
Notes: Boggy. Found in about 2 minutes. Just a few feet from a trail, if you can find the trail.
Has this cache been subsequently found by others? Yes

Cache #16 - It's Slow Go'in

Name/URL: It's Slow Go'in
Coordinates: N 39° 03.782 W 077° 23.657
City: Sterling, VA (Algonkian Park)
Date: 3/3/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Brian, Neil
Taken: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Not Signed
Notes: Must approach from the South, which we did. Found in about 2 minutes.
Has this cache been subsequently found by others? Yes