Alter Ego

Name/URL: Alter Ego

Coordinates: N 36° 00.557 W 115° 10.571

City: Las Vegas, NV

Date: 07/10/14

Result: Puzzle Solved

I helped my friend solve this puzzle, and I think it's impossible to solve anymore so I thought I would post some information here to help future solvers who are searching for the unintelligible image provided in the cache.

Here are the images:

With some difficulty, I was able to figure out the concept that the two pictures are associated with Forum IDs for two geocachers.

 

I know the second one is for Road Runner: 

http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=373120

 

So 30.8495149 * 373120 = 11510571 which I'm sure will give you the correct answer for the longitude.

The first image seems to be impossible to figure out..  For this, you'll need to guess a Forum ID that gives a whole number when multiplied by 17.48140218.

Cache #319 - Turtle Ridge Cache

Name/URL: Turtle Ridge Cache

Coordinates: N 39° 07.628 W 077° 31.836

City: Leesburg, VA

Date: 12/27/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Brian, Christy

Notes: #4 of 5 on nice hike near Balls Bluff while kids were in Virginia Beach.  Up on a steep hill.  Christy found a cool stick shaped like a sword.

Cache #318 - Trilogy – Reflection #1 – “The Beginning”

Name/URL: Trilogy – Reflection #1 – “The Beginning”

Coordinates: N 39° 07.535 W 077° 31.667

City: Leesburg, VA

Date: 12/27/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Brian, Christy

Notes: #3 of 5 on nice hike near Balls Bluff while kids were in Virginia Beach.  2nd of 3 part multi.

Cache #317 - Leesburg Woods Edge

Name/URL: Leesburg Woods Edge

Coordinates: N 39° 07.577 W 077° 31.480

City: Leesburg, VA

Date: 12/27/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Brian, Christy

Notes: #2 of 5 on nice hike near Balls Bluff while kids were in Virginia Beach

Cache #316 - Trilogy – Reflection #2 – “The Stand”

Name/URL: Trilogy – Reflection #2 – “The Stand”

Coordinates: N 39° 07.463 W 077° 31.460

City: Leesburg, VA

Date: 12/27/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Brian, Christy

Notes: #1 of 5 on nice hike near Balls Bluff while kids were in Virginia Beach.  1st of 3 part multi.

Cache #315 - Geologicache

Name/URL: Geologicache

Coordinates: N 38° 53.572 W 077° 16.041

City: Vienna, VA

Date: 12/18/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Jay

Notes: Easy find in a small Vienna park on way back from lunch.

Cache #314 - Beware of the Troll

Name/URL: Beware of the Troll

Coordinates: N 36° 48.228 W 076° 12.804

City: Virginia Beach, VA

Date: 11/28/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Christy, Pete, Sam

Notes: Continuing our annual tradition of a family Thanksgiving hike, we walked from Mom's old house to her old school, played at the playground for a while, then visited this cache. Contents were a little wet, but not too bad. We will come back here on our next visit and add some toys.

Cache #313 - Down Under

Name/URL: Down Under

Coordinates: N 37° 36.982 W 077° 25.782

City: Richmond, VA

Date: 11/26/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Christy, Pete, Sam

Notes: Stopped here en route from Northern Virginia to Virginia Beach. Had a nice family walk and stretch break. We were almost ready to give up, then gave it one more try on the way out, and found it.

Cache #312 - Kraftwerk

Name/URL: Kraftwerk

Coordinates: N 53° 37.395 E 010° 01.693

City: Ohlsdorf, Germany

Date: 11/22/08

Result: Success

Joined By: None

Notes: Stopped by this cache on a nice walk from Ohlsdorf to the airport. Other than a few heavy bags, it was a pleasant morning.

Cache #311 - Real

Name/URL: Real

Coordinates: N 53° 33.357 E 009° 57.911

City: Hamburg, Germany

Date: 11/20/08

Result: Success

Joined By: None

Notes: Stopped here in the evening on long walk home from Repperbahn visit with Nick and Bob.  Real is the name of a grocery store.  This was a nut/bolt construction cache.

Cache #310 - Logenplatz

Name/URL: Logenplatz

Coordinates: N 53° 34.177 E 009° 54.145

City: Hamburg, Germany

Date: 11/20/08

Result: Success

Joined By: None

Notes: Walked here during lunch break of teaching a training class.

Cache #309 - Planten un Blomen: Rosengarten

Name/URL: Planten un Blomen: Rosengarten

Coordinates: N 53° 33.784 E 009° 59.011

City: Hamburg, Germany

Date: 11/16/08

Result: Success

Joined By: None

Notes: Our first cache outside of the United States. We had quite a day, walked about 5 miles and got drenched while visiting much of Hamburg.  Had to wait out some muggles in this botanical garden.

Cache #308 - WWFM?

Name/URL: WWFM?

Coordinates: N 38° 53.620 W 077° 25.750

City: Chantilly, VA

Date: 11/8/08

Result: Success

Joined By: None

Notes: Our second flash mob cache, near the KFC in Chantilly.  Gave Canadian coin to Kanukgirl.

Cache #307 - Skirt

Name/URL: Skirt

Coordinates: N 38° 54.341 W 077° 15.549

City: Vienna, VA

Date: 11/5/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Jay

Notes: Near Popeye's.  Found during lunch break.

Cache #306 - The Food of Love

Name/URL: The Food of Love

Coordinates: N 38° 54.250 W 077° 15.675

City: Vienna, VA

Date: 10/23/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Jay

Notes: Near Chipotle.  Found during lunch break.

Cache #305 - FTF#12 - Shockingly Fibonacci

Name/URL: Shockingly Fibonacci

Coordinates: N 38° 45.500 W 077° 16.400

City: Burke, VA

Date: 9/9/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Jay

Notes: Tough puzzle cache solved with Jay.

Cache #304 - Rutro - Kid's Cache

Name/URL: Rutro - Kid's Cache

Coordinates: N 39° 01.856 W 077° 30.880

City: Ashburn, VA

Date: 8/30/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Sam

Notes: Near Clyde's.  Went with sam, he stayed on the path.  Got about 30 chiggers.

Cache #303 - FTF#11 - 42

Name/URL: 42

Coordinates: N 38° 52.542 W 077° 15.342

City: Merrifield, VA

Date: 8/26/08

Result: Success

Joined By: None

Notes: Easy puzzle, similar to CHE.  Found letterbox right near cache, in Hideaway Park (near Choza).

Cache #302 - Return Of Crikey's Bait

Name/URL: Return Of Crikey's Bait

Coordinates: N 36° 54.934 W 076° 01.695

City: Virginia Beach, VA

Date: 8/7/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Christy

Notes: #3 of 3 on a nice date in First Landing State Park

Cache #301 - A View From The Top

Name/URL: A View From The Top

Coordinates: N 36° 55.130 W 076° 02.539

City: Virginia Beach, VA

Date: 8/7/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Christy

Notes: #2 of 3 on a nice date in First Landing State Park

Cache #300 - Mother Natures Movie

Name/URL: Mother Natures Movie

Coordinates: N 36° 54.833 W 076° 02.558

City: Virginia Beach, VA

Date: 8/7/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Christy

Notes: Milestone #300 and #1 of 3 on a nice date in First Landing State Park.  This was a nice quiet location with a bench at the top of a hill.

Cache #299 - Scooby Doo, Where Are You?

Name/URL: Scooby Doo, Where Are You?

Coordinates: N 36° 48.699 W 076° 11.650

City: Virginia Beach, VA

Date: 8/4/08

Result: Success

Joined By: None; Pete was at the skate park, Sam at the playground

Notes: Not sure why I didn't look down low the first time

Cache #298 - K'ville Quarter Cache

Name/URL: K'ville Quarter Cache

Coordinates: N 36° 48.950 W 076° 09.717

City: Virginia Beach, VA

Date: 8/4/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam

Notes: Near the library

Cache #297 - Be the Gynecologist-Sugar and Spice

Name/URL: Be the Gynecologist-Sugar and Spice
Coordinates:
City: Clifton, VA
Date: 7/22/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Notes: Found (while drenched) on return hike from FTF on Lend Me Your Ears

Cache #296 - FTF #10 - Lend Me Your Ears

Name/URL: Lend Me Your Ears
Coordinates:
City: Clifton, VA
Date: 7/22/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Notes: Pretty easy puzzle, if ignore hints. Hike resulted in drenching from thunderstorm.

Cache #295 - In The Neighborhood

Name/URL: In The Neighborhood
Coordinates:
City: Chambersburg, PA
Date: 7/19/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Found after dinner at this same place on PA golf trip.

Cache #294 - Sun Burned Shrimp

Name/URL: Sun Burned Shrimp
Coordinates:
City: Chambersburg, VA
Date: 7/19/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Found after dinner at Applebee's on PA golf trip

Cache #293 - Here And Gone Hotel

Name/URL: Here And Gone Hotel
Coordinates:
City: Chanbersburg, PA
Date: 7/19/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Dropped off on way back from Penn National during golf trip

Cache #292 - Ox Road Travel Bug Hotel

Name/URL: Ox Road Travel Bug Hotel
Coordinates:
City: Fairfax, VA
Date: 6/3/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Notes:

Cache #291 - K. Corder Cache

Name/URL: K. Corder Cache
Coordinates:
City: Leesburg, VA
Date: 6/1/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Brian
Notes: Second cache in Red Rock Wilderness Park

Cache #290 - Red Rock Wilderness Overlook

Name/URL: Red Rock Wilderness Overlook
Coordinates:
City: Leesburg, VA
Date: 6/1/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam
Notes: Found once before with Brian, then with all on Father's Day.

Cache #289 - W&OD PARK AND RIDE

Name/URL: W&OD PARK AND RIDE
Coordinates:
City: Dulles, VA
Date: 5/24/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Pete
Notes: Called owner to confirm type of tree

Cache #288 - FTF #9 - Holy Days

Name/URL: Holy Days
Coordinates:
City: Dulles, VA
Date: 5/13/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Notes: FTF. VV did most of the puzzle.

Cache #285 - FTF #8 - The Beavers Want to Play Too !!!

Name/URL: The Beavers Want to Play Too !!!
Coordinates:
City:
Date: 5/10/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Heard that this was still unfound toward the end of the event at Algonkian Park. Found a new trail near Horsepen Run and got FTF (despite coordinates being off) on way home. About 2 mile hike.

Cache #284 - Algonkian Jewel

Name/URL: Algonkian Jewel
Coordinates:
City: Sterling, VA
Date: 5/10/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks
Notes:

Cache #283 - Just One More...

Name/URL: Just One More...
Coordinates:
City: Sterling, VA
Date: 5/10/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks
Notes: Easy find

Cache #282 - Dragonfly Project

Name/URL: Dragonfly Project
Coordinates:
City: Sterling, VA
Date: 5/10/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks
Notes: Banshee helped with the projection

Cache #281 - Spring Bingo

Name/URL: Spring Bingo
Coordinates:
City: Sterling, VA
Date: 5/10/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks
Notes: Learned a lot about fellow cachers to get coordinates for this one

Cache #280 - NoVAGO Spring Fling - Redux

Name/URL: NoVAGO Spring Fling - Redux
Coordinates:
City: Sterling, VA
Date: 5/10/08
Result: Success
Joined By: NoVaGO
Notes: Pete's baseball game was cancelled, so we could attend. Found some soggy caches, and lost the raffle spectacularly.

Cache #287 - CJG - Kids Cache

Name/URL: CJG - Kids Cache
Coordinates: N 39° 03.641 W 077° 30.637
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 5/4/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam
Notes: Lots of ticks, poison ivy, and caterpillars. Hiked down wrong path at first. Very close to home of Pete's first soccer coach.

Cache #286 - Going, Going, Gone!!!

Name/URL: Going, Going, Gone!!!
Coordinates:
City: Burke, VA
Date: 4/23/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Notes: Easy puzzle

Cache #279 - FTF #7 - Ready For Caching?

Name/URL: Ready For Caching?
Coordinates:
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 4/21/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Golf course closed due to the storm. Had to cross the raging stream in work clothes.

Cache #278 - Sabermetrics - The Changeup

Name/URL: Sabermetrics - The Changeup
Coordinates:
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 4/14/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Grabbed stealthily during Pete's baseball game

Cache #277 - Crazy Crime Coach

Name/URL: Crazy Crime Coach
Coordinates:
City: Fair Lakes, VA
Date: 4/9/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Notes: Not an enjoyable puzzle

Cache #276 - Cain's Branch Overlook

Name/URL: Cain's Branch Overlook
Coordinates:
City: Chantilly, VA
Date: 4/4/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Tricky hike, with daring crossing on return trip

Cache #275 - The Space Transportation System

Name/URL: The Space Transportation System
Coordinates:
City: Chantilly, VA
Date: 4/4/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: A little soggy

Cache #274 - The Bunny Man Cometh

Name/URL: The Bunny Man Cometh
Coordinates:
City: Clifton, VA
Date: 4/2/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers, Kristin
Notes: Checked out the scariest place in Virginia (during lunchtime). Kristin's first cache.

Cache #273 - C'side Trog C

Name/URL: C'side Trog C
Coordinates:
City: Sterling, VA
Date: 3/29/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Pete, Christopher, Kyle
Notes: Grabbed this after Cub Scout hike. Have been in this parking lot several times before.

Cache #272 - Alluring Location

Name/URL: Alluring Location
Coordinates:
City: Chantilly, VA
Date: 3/28/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Sam
Notes: Had to wait out several muggles

Cache #271 - future office park

Name/URL: future office park
Coordinates:
City: Chantilly, VA
Date: 3/28/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Sam
Notes: Fun lunch outing after quick stop at new Arby's

Cache #270 - Ovt Oyhr Pbzzhavpngbe

Name/URL: Ovt Oyhr Pbzzhavpngbe
Coordinates:
City: Sterling, VA
Date: 3/23/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Took 2-3 visits

Cache #269 - Drama Queen

Name/URL: Drama Queen

Coordinates:

City: Great Falls, VA

Date: 3/23/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Brian, Patti

Notes: Easy puzzle

Cache #268 - Turkey Trot

Name/URL: Turkey Trot
Coordinates:
City: Great Falls, VA
Date: 3/23/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Brian, Patti
Notes:

Cache #267 - The King of Carrot Flowers

Name/URL: The King of Carrot Flowers

Coordinates:

City: Great Falls, VA

Date: 3/23/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Brian, Patti

Notes:

Cache #266 - Cache A Cold #1

Name/URL: Cache A Cold #1

Coordinates:

City: Chantilly, VA

Date: 3/20/08

Result: Success

Joined By: None

Notes:

Cache #265 - Crypto Parko

Name/URL: Crypto Parko
Coordinates:
City: Fairfax, VA
Date: 3/18/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: : Success
Joined By: None
Notes: 2TF

Cache #264 - Cache Aid

Name/URL: Cache Aid
Coordinates: N 38° 54.892 W 077° 21.385
City: Reston, VA
Date: March 14, 2008
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Third find (of 4 caches) in this little park.

I came up with a cool idea for caches with longer hikes. I can paste to this blog an image of Google pedometer that shows the path and distance covered. Here is what it looks like for this cache:

Cache #263 - Marathon Training Ground #1

Name/URL: Marathon Training Ground #1

Coordinates:

City: Fairfax, VA

Date: 3/11/08

Result: Success

Joined By: Virginia Vipers

Notes: On the way to get Liver Hell

Cache #262 - Bergen's Find

Name/URL: Bergen's Find

Coordinates:

City: Sterling, VA

Date: 3/9/08

Result: Success

Joined By: None

Notes: Scouting this location for upcoming Cub Scouts hike (which is in photo)

Karma - Getting Closer

Geocaching Karma is a calculation of how much you have contributed to the sport of Geocaching vs. how much you have taken.

It is a simple calculation equal to (total number of finds on caches you have placed) / (total number of caches you have found). Of course, you do not want to obsess too much about Geo-Karma, since it rewards placing very easy caches and does not adequately reward good puzzle caches (which we also enjoy placing).

Our Karma is currently up to .73 (191 / 261). I project that it should be over the coveted 1.0 threshold by the end of the summer.

Cache #260 - Strange seeing that there...

Name/URL: Strange seeing that there...
Coordinates:
City: Merrifield, VA
Date: 2/29/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Coordinates not too good. Found on second visit.

Cache #259 - zero in

Name/URL: zero in
Coordinates:
City: Montgomery, AL
Date: 2/24/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes:

Cache #258 - Karate Chop

Name/URL: Karate Chop
Coordinates:
City: Montgomery, AL
Date: 2/24/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Found during golf trip

Cache #257 - Wally & Company

Name/URL: Wally & Company
Coordinates:
City: Montgomery, AL
Date: 2/24/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Found on Alabama golf trip

Cache #256 - Cooters Bluff Overlook #2

Name/URL: Cooters Bluff Overlook #2
Coordinates:
City: Date: 2/24/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Found in nice park during Montgomery, Alabama golf trip. Photo of MLK church from trip, but unrelated to cache.

Cache #255 - Scurry Along

Name/URL: Scurry Along
Coordinates:
City: Opelika, AL
Date: 2/23/08
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Now archived

Cache #261 - W&OD Smith's Switch TravelBug Train Station

Name/URL: W&OD Smith's Switch TravelBug Train Station
Coordinates:
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 2/18/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam
Notes: Took brief hike down trail after finding

Cache #254 - CJG - A Cool, Refreshing Cache

Name/URL: CJG - A Cool, Refreshing Cache
Coordinates:
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 2/18/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam
Notes: Stage 2 is ridiculous. Went back to previous idea of solving with math, and not going to first 2 stages.

Cache #253 - Les Nains Sont Partout

Name/URL: Les Nains Sont Partout
Coordinates:
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 2/3/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam, Brandon
Notes: Decided to solve this after presentation by owner about puzzle caches at meeting in Ashburn Library. Brandon came with us for his first cache.

Cache #252 - Upside Down in a Briar Patch

Name/URL: Upside Down in a Briar Patch
Coordinates:
City: Sterling, VA
Date: 2/2/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Jeffnerner
Notes: This was the new Baja Clan cache published during the meeting at the library. Headed over after the meeting and was in group that was first to find.

Cache #251 - NoVAGO Meet & Greet and Cryptophobia Support Group

Name/URL: NoVAGO Meet & Greet and Cryptophobia Support Group
Coordinates:
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 2/2/08
Result: Success
Joined By: NoVaGO
Notes: Ashburn Library. Went afterward to new puzzle cache that I solved during the meeting.

Cache #250 - Do you feel stupid yet?

Name/URL: Do you feel stupid yet?
Coordinates:
City: Washington, D.C.
Date: 1/13/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Brian
Notes: Found after Flyers / Caps game

Cache #249 - The Actor Really Did Break A Leg

Name/URL: The Actor Really Did Break A Leg
Coordinates:
City: Washington D.C.
Date: 1/13/08
Result: Success
Joined By: Brian
Notes: Found before Flyers / Caps game

Cache #248 - Bum's Ball

Name/URL: Bum's Ball
Coordinates:
City: Fairfax, VA
Date: 12/31/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Working on New Year's Eve

Frederick Road Trip

City: Frederick, MD
Date: December 29, 2007
Joined By: Banshee Reeks

Superfresh Shopping Center
FoodLion Shopping Center
Giant Shopping Center
Westview Movies 16
Ahhhmaaa
Monocay Marc
Ogre's lil' box
Cheesey Charlie's
Park in a parking lot?
The Doctor's Cache
Hoyts Cinemas 10
The King and His Court
Key Kache 3 -- Willowdale
Westridge Square Shopping Center
Holiday Cinemas
Frederick County Square
Clustered Spires
Weatherburne Park
It's Elementary, Dear Watson
Clover Hill Park
Lion in Wait
My Bud, Spud
Cache Prospect
Honor The Brave
The Greatest Generation
Stars And Stripes Forever
Courthouse Cache
Bridge Mural Cache Part 2
The Pitstop
Jug Bridge
144/70 Park and Ride
I Scream for Gas in Middletown 1
Safeway Shopping Center
Engineering in Action: Anti Vortex
You take the low road, I take the High road
Waterford Park Cache

Cache #247 - Park, Cache, & Dash

Name/URL: Park, Cache, & Dash

Coordinates:

City: Frederick, VA

Date: 12/29/07

Result: Success

Joined By: Banshee Reeks

Notes: Forgot to log this on trip to Frederick

Cache #246 - Villager

Name/URL: Villager
Coordinates:
City:
Date: 12/29/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks
Notes:

Cache #245 - Reservoir Dogs take the World

Name/URL: Reservoir Dogs take the World
Coordinates:
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 12/29/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Found on second attempt

Cache #209 - Which one is Russels Branch??

Name/URL: Which one is Russels Branch??
Coordinates:
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 12/25/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Christmas Day. Over by Harris Teeter.

Cache #208 - Chinese Fortune

Name/URL: Chinese Fortune
Coordinates:
City: Harrisonburg, VA
Date: 12/22/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam
Notes:

Cache #207 - Quicksilver

Name/URL: Quicksilver
Coordinates:
City: Harrisonburg, VA
Date: 12/22/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam
Notes:

Cache #206 - Liver Lips (Liver Fiesta #9)

Name/URL: Liver Lips (Liver Fiesta #9)
Coordinates:
City: Fairfax, VA
Date: 12/17/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Notes: Container was missing on first attempt

Cache #205 - June Carter Cache

Name/URL: June Carter Cache
Coordinates:
City: Chantilly, VA
Date: 12/14/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Found on second attempt

Cache #204 - Stoney Brook

Name/URL: Stoney Brook
Coordinates:
City: Virginia Beach, VA
Date: 12/9/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes:

Cache #203 - Snoopy's Little Friend

Name/URL: Snoopy's Little Friend
Coordinates:
City: Virginia Beach, VA
Date: 12/9/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes:

Cache #202 - Hanging in the Little Crook

Name/URL: Hanging in the Little Crook
Coordinates:
City:
Date: 12/9/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: In nice bike park near Nana's house

Cache #201 - WAA WAA! Are We There Yet?

Name/URL: WAA WAA! Are We There Yet?
Coordinates:
City: Virginia Beach, VA
Date: 12/9/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Near Wawa near Nana's house. Saw many fantastic migrating blue herons in nature area a few feet away.

Cache #200 - Horsepen Run Cache

Name/URL: Horsepen Run Cache
Coordinates:
City: Sterling, VA
Date: 11/22/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam
Notes: Nice Thanksgiving hike. Would come back here later on hike with Cub Scouts.

Cache #199 - No Observable Effect Level

Name/URL: No Observable Effect Level
Coordinates:
City: Chantilly, VA
Date: 11/21/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Hard puzzle. Not clear what to use in getting solution.

Cache #198 - Small park for a big battle

Name/URL: Small park for a big battle
Coordinates:
City: Fair Oaks, VA
Date: 11/20/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Lunch

Cache #197 - Virginia Trains and Roads

Name/URL: Virginia Trains and Roads
Coordinates:
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 11/12/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Sam
Notes:

Cache #196 - Clumsy Claude in St. Tropez

Name/URL: Clumsy Claude in St. Tropez
Coordinates:
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: 11/11/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Sam, Brian
Notes: Hiked from dinosaur park

Cache #192 - WWFM - What the heck was that...??? !!

Name/URL: WWFM - What the heck was that...??? !!
Coordinates:
City: Reston, VA
Date: 11/10/07
Result: Success
Joined By: NoVaGO
Notes: Flash Mob event

Cache #193 - Teetering on the Edge

Name/URL: Teetering on the Edge
Coordinates:
City: Reston, VA
Date: 11/10/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Found before flash mob event

Cache #195 - The Coin Drop

Name/URL: The Coin Drop
Coordinates:
City: Reston, VA
Date: 11/10/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Found after flash mob event

Cache #194 - Charlotte

Name/URL: Charlotte
Coordinates:
City: Reston, VA
Date: 11/10/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Found after flash mob event

Cache #191 - FTF#6 - It's a Classic!

Name/URL: It's a Classic!
Coordinates:
City: Clifton, VA
Date: 11/9/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Notes: Extremely difficult puzzle. FTF! Only one other finder within the first year.

Cache #190 - Fern Alley

Name/URL: Fern Alley

Coordinates:

City: Reston, VA

Date: 11/8/07

Result: Success

Joined By: None

Notes:

Cache #189 - N&W RR (sort of)

Name/URL: N&W RR (sort of)
Coordinates:
City: Fairfax, VA
Date: 11/6/07
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Notes: Lunch

Cache #188 - Here Kitty, Kitty

Name/URL: Here Kitty, Kitty
Coordinates:
City:
Date: 11/5/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam
Notes: Found on drive home from Philadelphia

Cache #187 - I-R-Land - Irish Jig

Name/URL: I-R-Land - Irish Jig
Coordinates:
City: Philadelphia, PA
Date: 11/4/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam
Notes: Found on drive home after Giggleberry Fair

Cache #186 - Power Recycle

Name/URL: Power Recycle
Coordinates:
City: New Castle, DE
Date: 11/3/07
Result: Success
Joined By: Mom, Pete, Sam
Notes: Behind recycling area near museum

Cache #185 - New Castle-Delaware C.A.C.H.E.-Hundred

Name/URL: New Castle-Delaware C.A.C.H.E.-Hundred
Coordinates: N 39° 39.590 W 075° 33.823
City: New Castle, DE
Date: November 3, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Sam
Took: 2 toys and Red Jeep TB
Left: 3 toys
Log: Signed
Notes: Had a nice, albeit long, tour of the museum. See pictures at http://petesammemories.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-castle.html.

Cache #184 - Head Over Heels for You

Name/URL: Head Over Heels for You
Coordinates: N 39° 02.500 W 077° 30.000 (not here)
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: October 31, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Sam
Took: 2 toys
Left: 2 toys
Log: Signed
Notes: This was a quick, fun cache to let off some steam on Halloween day. Took a spider, then had fun at the nearby playground. Sorry to see that this was muggled and disabled a few months later.

Cache #183 - The Hokey-Pokey Men

Name/URL: The Hokey-Pokey Men
Coordinates: N 39° 01.907 W 077° 23.977
City: Sterling, VA
Date: October 28, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Sam
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Only 8 people have found this cache in 8 months (and 1 in the last 5 months). This is because it is almost impossible to figure out without requesting several hints from the owner. Sam waited in the truck in the church parking lot while I signed the log.

Cache #182 - FTF #5 - CHE

Name/URL: CHE
Coordinates: N 38° 50.320 W 077° 25.900
City: Centreville, VA
Date: October 23, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: This was a tough Rinauldi puzzle that I solved after a few days effort. There was a major red herring with some Braille that I fortunately was able to mostly avoid.

Cache #181 - Are You Nuts?

Name/URL: Are You Nuts?
Coordinates: N 39° 02.341 W 077° 28.731
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: October 21, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Sam
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Closest cache to Dominion Trail Elementary. Pete found it. Then we went to the playground.

Cache #180 - Tic

Name/URL: Tic
Coordinates: N 39° 04.346 W 077° 28.393
City: Lansdowne, VA
Date: October 6, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Sam
Took: 2 toys
Left: 2 toys
Log: Signed
Notes: Nice short hike in wooded area

Cache #179 - No Smoking

Name/URL: No Smoking
Coordinates: N 38° 54.978 W 077° 21.719
City: Reston, VA
Date: October 5, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: First of three caches found in this park. Difficult to find.

Cache #178 - 41905

Name/URL: 41905
Coordinates: N 39° 00.855 W 077° 33.168
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: September 30, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Sam
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Walked back to the old barn with Sam

Cache #177 - koz's kaboose kache

Name/URL: koz's kaboose kache
Coordinates: N 38° 48.057 W 077° 19.846
City: Fairfax Station, VA
Date: September 16, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Sam
Took: 2 toys
Left: 2 toys
Log: Signed
Notes: We were visiting the train museum with our cub scout den, so of course had to visit this cache. This is the largest container of the 177 we've found to date. Took the Scooter TB to keep it moving as requested. After taking 2 toys and leaving two toys, Pete and Sam helped us cover the container with every stick within about a 20 foot radius.

Cache #176 - Overland Park

Name/URL: Overland Park
Coordinates: N 39° 01.359 W 077° 30.237
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: September 15, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Sam
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: A unique cache hide. Sam played in the playground while I looked the first time. Came back later in the day after looking at the hint. A nice little playground near the Wendy's where we like to go sometimes.

Cache #175 - CJG - Hidden Treasure Cache

Name/URL: CJG - Hidden Treasure Cache
Coordinates: N 39° 01.827 W 077° 27.817
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: September 15, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Sam
Took: 2 toys
Left: 2 toys
Log: Signed
Notes: A fun hike with Sam in the "flying backpack" on dad/Sam date. No trail from these condos to the WOD, so we took the drainage ditch to the wooded area and then bushwacked most of the way. Saw an interesting ladder and hunters chair by the creek. Fortunately, we found it pretty quickly once we got close. Went afterwards to the new "double playground" across the street for a few hours.

Cache #174 - Micro in the Woods

Name/URL: Micro in the Woods
Coordinates: N 38° 55.411 W 077° 20.888
City: Reston, VA
Date: September 14, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Very fun cache. Fortunately, easier to locate than I had feared. A lot of 35 mm film canisters.

Cache #173 - Cache By Transgression

Name/URL: Cache By Transgression
Coordinates: N 38° 50.882 W 077° 18.755
City: Fairfax, VA
Date: September 13, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Jay
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Simple cache, although we found it lying on the ground. Found on the way back from lunch, on the way to placing The Honor System.

Cache #172 - Alpha & Omega

Name/URL: Alpha & Omega
Coordinates: N 38° 57.269 W 077° 30.391 (not here)
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: September 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Sam (Final Stage)
Took: Burke Lake Geocoin
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: A painful puzzle multi-cache. "Solved" it the night it came out, but met Gaiter Man and Nondescript later that evening at another cache location where we agreed that it could not be at any of the obvious locations. Finally figured it out after a minor hint from GLM. Went to stage 1, wrote down coordinates, had to go all the way back later to stage 2 (which was right in the same parking lot). Sam stayed in the car as I grabbed the final and signed the log, while Pete was at karate class.

Cache #171 - Hot Summer Nights-AKA the Squirrels Private Stash

Name/URL: Hot Summer Nights-AKA the Squirrels Private Stash
Coordinates: N 38° 51.304 W 077° 21.243
City: Fairfax, VA
Date: September 8, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Sam
Took: 2 beads
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: A fun cache with the family. Took a while to figure out where it was. GPS kept pointing into the thorns. Went afterward to the office for lunch, except we were locked out.

Cache #170 - Chantilly Tresure Cove

Name/URL: Chantilly Tresure Cove
Coordinates: N 38° 54.917 W 077° 24.654
City: Chantilly, VA
Date: September 7, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Found after lunch. In Franklin Farm. This may get ravaged when the stream comes back.

Cache #169 - Gabrielle's Gold

Name/URL: Gabrielle's Gold
Coordinates: N 38° 46.135 W 077° 18.474
City: Burke, VA
Date: September 2, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Sam
Took: 2 toys
Left: Bernie Williams TB
Log: Signed
Notes: Second of two caches found by dad and Sam on our "date" - trip through Reston to lunch at dad's office, then caching at Burke Lake Park and a ride on the train. This was on the near side of the lake, grabbed on the way back of our walk to "Mind Your Own Business". Sam rode most of the way in the jogging stroller. Saw the train go by not too far away while signing the log book.

Cache #168 - Mind Your Own Business

Name/URL: Mind Your Own Business
Coordinates: N 38° 46.189 W 077° 18.354
City: Burke, VA
Date: September 2, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Sam
Took:
Left: Toy, Sand in My Toes TB, Phil's UVA Earrings TB
Log: Signed
Notes: First of two caches found by dad and Sam on our "date" - trip through Reston to lunch at dad's office, then caching at Burke Lake Park and a ride on the train. This was on the far side of the lake, a decent walk. Sam rode most of the way in the jogging stroller.

Cache #167 - Mr Mo's Hide

Name/URL: Mr Mo's Hide
Coordinates: N 39° 07.365 W 077° 31.511
City: Leesburg, VA
Date: September 1, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Pete, Sam
Took: Glow stick, golf ball
Left: 3 toys
Log: Signed
Notes: This turned into an interesting adventure. Dropped Christy off at Wal-Mart, then went with Sam and Pete as it was getting dark. Sam walked almost the whole way. First Pete wandered a bit off course and spotted something in a tree stump right along one of the trails, although the GPS said 200+ feet away. This turned out to be a letterbox called "He Made Me Do It". This is the second time this year we have stumbled onto a letterbox while caching. Getting darker, we continued and located a cache labeled "Red Rock Corner", which apparently is this cache. Took a golf ball and glow stick, left three toys. We had a wonderful time.

Cache #166 - XYZ

Name/URL: XYZ
Coordinates: N 38° 52.348 W 077° 14.924
City: Vienna, VA
Date: August 31, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Found on lunch break. Wanted to grab Jeep TB, but it was missing.

Cache #164 - Snowbull

Name/URL: Snowbull
Coordinates: N 38° 44.555 W 077° 23.191
City: Clifton, VA
Date: August 24, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Found this without the use of a GPS, per challenge by Virginia Vipers. (Christy had GPS on New York vacation). Solved the puzzle in about 2 minutes.

Cache #165 - Scout Camp

Name/URL: Scout Camp
Coordinates: N 43° 09.365 W 073° 41.995
City: Gum Spring, NY
Date: August 24, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Joey, Sarah
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Third cache found by Christy and the kids/cousins on Saratoga Springs vacation.

Cache #163 - Toe

Name/URL: Toe
Coordinates: N 39° 05.953 W 077° 29.698
City: Lansdowne, VA
Date: August 23, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Sam
Took: B. WILLIAMS (1) TB
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Went here twice with Christy, Pete, Sam. Finally found by myself when they were on vacation in New York.

Cache #160 - Over The Hump

Name/URL: Over The Hump
Coordinates: N 38° 49.838 W 077° 11.702
City: Annandale, VA
Date: August 22, 2007
Joined By: Brian
Taken: Scottish Thistle Geocoin
Left: Nothing
Log: Met a lot of nice Fairfax cachers at Fuddruckers

Cache #162 - Saratoga Automobile Museum

Name/URL: Saratoga Automobile Museum
Coordinates: N 43° 03.581 W 073° 48.283
City: Saratoga Springs, NY
Date: August 22, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Joey, Sarah
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Found by Christy and the kids/cousins on Saratoga Springs vacation

Cache #161 - xphyzxtchr

Name/URL: xphyzxtchr
Coordinates: N 42° 57.868 W 073° 49.752
City: Ballston Spa, NY
Date: August 21, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Joey, Sarah
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Found by Christy and the kids/cousins on Saratoga Springs vacation

Cache #159 - Numbers

Name/URL: Numbers
Coordinates: (Stage 1) N 38° 59.171 W 077° 32.200
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: June-August, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Taken: Silver Jeep TB
Left: 4 Toys
Log: Signed
Notes: This took about 2 months. Had to go back to almost every stage twice. Took a while to find final, near Dinosaur Park. Then walked to Trailside Park to meet Christy and Sam.

Cache #158 - FTF #4 - Autons #1 - Perilous Purloined Polyhedron

FTF #4!! Third of this week!

Name/URL: Autons #1 - Perilous Purloined Polyhedron
Coordinates: Puzzle
City: Centreville, VA
Date: August 16, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Took: Clue to next mission
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: We worked on this puzzle for two weeks. Went searching in the wrong place in Herndon the day before, before Jay suggested the final thing I had overlooked. Found on the second search on 8/16, then went to Chuck E. Cheese's for Pete's birthday. As of this posting, we are still the only ones to find this cache.

Cache #157 - End of Liver (Liver Fiesta #12)

Name/URL: End of Liver (Liver Fiesta #12)
Coordinates: Puzzle
City: Clifton, VA
Date: August 15, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Took: Virtual Jeep TB
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: There is much that can be said. The culmination of a lot of hard work. Jay grabbed most of the early stages. I solved the puzzles for #11 and #12. I grabbed stage 1 on Saturday evening 8/11. We both grabbed stage 2 on 8/15 around 9:45 AM. Then a stop at Swine Liver and Jay grabbed stage 3 later that afternoon. Then it was off to the final stage, and a return the next morning to bring back the TBs that we were supposed to leave in there.

Cache #156 - Swine Liver

Name/URL: Swine Liver
Coordinates: N 38° 47.535 W 077° 21.362
City: Fairfax Station, VA
Date: August 15, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: After hitting Stage 2 of End of Liver, had to come here to get the key for locating the final stage. Parked at 38.79529,-77.356507, and did a rather challenging railroad track crossing.

Cache #155 - FTF #3 - Virginia is for Livers (Liver Fiesta#11)

FTF #3!! Second consecutive FTF!!

Name/URL: Virginia is for Livers (Liver Fiesta#11)
Coordinates: N 38° 45.983 W 077° 24.420
City: Clifton, VA
Date: August 15, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Virginia Vipers
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: This puzzle had stumped us for a week or so, not knowing what the letters represented. Once Jay sent the numbers we figured out from the other Liver caches, I managed to solve it in about 5 minutes. Met Jay at parking lot at 9:00. Hiked in and got the FTF. I think this is the cache where I got about 50 or so chiggers on the first 0.2 miles of the hike. We were the first to find this stage, but one other group finished End Of Liver first, by solving the puzzle without using the information from this cache.

Cache #154 - FTF #2 - Crop Circles

FTF #2!!

Name/URL: Crop Circles
Coordinates: N 38° 58.512 W 077° 26.183
City: Dulles, VA
Date: August 12, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Took: Nothing
Left: "Pagan River (VA)" Red Jeep Travel Bug
Log: Signed
Notes: Cache published about 11:30 PM. I was grabbing it about 20 minutes after that. Had to drive around a few extra miles, because can't get from 28 South to Cedar Green anymore. Also, had to find this in the dark due to a flashlight malfunction.

Cache #153 - Castleman's Ferry

Name/URL: Castleman's Ferry
Coordinates: N 39° 07.411 W 077° 53.451
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Arbert the Traveling Geocoin, Giddyup - 3
Log: Signed
Notes: #27 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #152 - Resting Rose

Name/URL: Resting Rose
Coordinates: N 39° 09.002 W 077° 58.843
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #26 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #151 - King of the Jungle

Name/URL: King of the Jungle
Coordinates: N 39° 09.530 W 077° 58.784
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #25 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #150 - Webs of South Jefferson

Name/URL: Webs of South Jefferson
Coordinates: N 39° 15.749 W 077° 58.637
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #24 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #149 - Iron Fence and Brick Wall

Name/URL: Iron Fence and Brick Wall
Coordinates: N 39° 09.129 W 077° 58.826
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #23 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #148 - Family Plots #2

Name/URL: Family Plots #2
Coordinates: N 39° 18.197 W 077° 58.842
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #22 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #147 - A Bridge Too Far

Name/URL: A Bridge Too Far
Coordinates: N 39° 21.249 W 077° 58.020
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #21 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #146 - Idaho Transplant

Name/URL: Idaho Transplant
Coordinates: N 39° 22.956 W 077° 58.750
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #20 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #145 - Above the High-Water Line

Name/URL: Above the High-Water Line
Coordinates: N 39° 22.781 W 077° 56.381
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #19 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #144 - The Captain was Here!

Name/URL: The Captain was Here!
Coordinates: N 39° 25.207 W 077° 49.300
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #18 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #143 - Small Town Christmas - Shepherdstown

Name/URL: Small Town Christmas - Shepherdstown
Coordinates: N 39° 25.890 W 077° 48.464
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #17 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #142 - Sir John's Run

Name/URL: Sir John's Run
Coordinates: N 39° 25.968 W 077° 47.947
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #16 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #141 - The Mountain State - Happy Again!

Name/URL: The Mountain State - Happy Again!
Coordinates: N 39° 26.041 W 077° 48.077
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #15 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.12:38

Cache #140 - Mike's Hike

Name/URL: Mike's Hike
Coordinates: N 39° 20.541 W 077° 48.753
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #14 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #139 - Home Sweet Home

Name/URL: Home Sweet Home
Coordinates: N 39° 20.410 W 077° 48.875
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #13 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #138 - Sam's Surprised Again

Name/URL: Sam's Surprised Again
Coordinates: N 39° 20.363 W 077° 48.653
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #12 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #137 - That Was Easy

Name/URL: That Was Easy
Coordinates: N 39° 17.992 W 077° 49.804
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #11 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #136 - Rabbit Hunt

Name/URL: Rabbit Hunt
Coordinates: N 39° 19.190 W 077° 50.570
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #10 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #135 - Lost in the Retail #2 - This Old Owl

Name/URL: Lost in the Retail #2 - This Old Owl
Coordinates: N 39° 19.297 W 077° 50.996
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #9 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #134 - Lost in the Retail #1 - Ode to Freddy Pharkas

Name/URL: Lost in the Retail #1 - Ode to Freddy Pharkas
Coordinates: N 39° 17.840 W 077° 50.589
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #8 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #133 - Circle Goes Round & Round

Name/URL: Circle Goes Round & Round
Coordinates: N 39° 17.711 W 077° 51.626
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #7 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #132 - Read and Learn

Name/URL: Read and Learn
Coordinates: N 39° 17.395 W 077° 51.527
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #6 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #131 - Narnia's Light

Name/URL: Narnia's Light
Coordinates: N 39° 17.360 W 077° 51.357
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #5 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #130 - Loop Around

Name/URL: Loop Around
Coordinates: N 39° 16.354 W 077° 50.896
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: "Play Cu, Vietnam" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug
Log: Signed
Notes: #4 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #129 - Paul's Place

Name/URL: Paul's Place
Coordinates: N 39° 16.196 W 077° 50.407
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #3 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #128 - Narnia's Light - Chapter 2

Name/URL: Narnia's Light - Chapter 2
Coordinates: N 39° 15.982 W 077° 50.401
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #2 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #127 - Tricky Dick's Country Cache

Name/URL: Tricky Dick's Country Cache
Coordinates: N 39° 13.015 W 077° 41.140
City: Morrisonville, VA
Date: August 11, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Banshee Reeks (Ron)
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: #1 of 27 found with Banshee Reeks on day trip to West Virginia.

Cache #126 - Off your Pew?

Name/URL: Off your Pew?
Coordinates: N 38° 53.182 W 077° 26.472
City: Chantilly, VA
Date: August 10, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Not far from the Expo Center. Stopped here on the way home from golf at Twin Lakes, in the dark. The owner posted the following note the day after I found this:

"My wife was here last night and parked directly in front of the cache (10 feet from it) She was on the phone with me as she described cmsb705 v-e-r-r-r-y discretely retrieve the cache, bring to his car and return it. You get the Top Secret Agent Award of 2007! Bravo."

Cache #125 - Duck, Duck, Goose, and maybe Frog

Name/URL: Duck, Duck, Goose, and maybe Frog
Coordinates: N 38° 52.997 W 077° 26.784
City: Chantilly, VA
Date: August 10, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Not far from the Expo Center. Stopped here on the way home from golf at Twin Lakes, in the dark. Didn't think I would find it, finally checked at the base of the sign.

Cache #124 - C'side Trog B

Name/URL: C'side Trog B
Coordinates: N 39° 02.100 W 077° 24.555
City: Sterling, VA
Date: August 9, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: Grabbed before dinner with Brian at Applebee's. We tried this at the former location and coultn't find it near the entrance to Applebee's. It has lost all of its charm at the new location.

Cache #123 - Fairview Micro Cache

Name/URL: Fairview Micro Cache
Coordinates: N 38° 47.178 W 077° 20.526
City: Fairfax Station, VA
Date: August 9, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: None
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Log: Signed
Notes: This was my first Vigenere cipher puzzle. Difficult at the time, but looking back it really was not too bad compared to some others. Searched here once in the pouring rain for 15 minutes. It was missing. Jay signed the log in the replacement.

Notebook

A look at our notebook page after a weekend of caching:

Cache #122 - CJG - Another Kids Cache

Name/URL: CJG - Another Kids Cache
Coordinates: N 39° 03.316 W 077° 30.096
City: Ashburn, VA
Date: August 6, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy, Pete, Sam
Took: glow in the dark butterfly kit and squeeze ball
Left: Golf ball and two toys (by Christy the next day)
Log: Signed
Notes: Parked at elementary school and did a nice short hike. This is the one where Christy found dozens of chiggers on her socks when we got to the playground. We were the second to find this cache.

Cache #121 - Project FTF Tres #15 - No Dumping

Name/URL: Project FTF Tres #15 - No Dumping
Coordinates: N 40° 39.597 W 075° 16.654
City: Old Orchard, PA
Date: August 5, 2007
Result: Success
Joined By: Christy
Took: Nothing
Left: Toy
Log: Signed
Notes: #27 of 27 finds on 3-day anniversary trip with Christy to MD/PA/NJ/NY/CT. Nice walk down trail, past several "No Dumping" signs. Saw a yard with a nice sandbox where a pool used to be. Should have kept walking on trail to Rappie's Hide. We were only 1 for 3 in this little town.