Going for Record!

We leave little green army men as our signature.

We set out early on a Sunday morning to attempt to break the record for most geocaches found in a single day. We  got 13, only 551 short of the record!!!!!!  Since it was hot we focussed on ones near the road and the sanctuary of A/C.  Here are some ohotos of mainly the micro-caches we found.

Out with Phil 5/21/11

Finally - caught up with all our geocaching activity. Phil and I went out on a hot day and caught some that were close to the car. Found a couple really quickly.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b59d6b8a-ed12-4245-9e0d-8a9c37e236de

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5759acf1-a14c-4bb9-b04e-c94bd774f3be

Feelinng confident that our geocaching skills were top notch, we could find anything, we went off to try and find ones that we could not find before.  My, were we humbled!!!! Couldn't find them so we sent off some emails to get some help.

Camping in Sedona, no Flagstaff 5/14/11

Well we set off to go camping up in Sedona, has it all planned, but there were no campsites available so we ended up in Flagstaff!  Had a great time. Nice and cool.




We set off to do dome geocaching after a very lazy morning. It took a lovely hike at Griffith Springs. Would never have gone there otherwise.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=61fc9178-dace-41b8-bdce-fd9ad579bfb1

Carried along along the spring to get another one, but had to climb up the canyon wall to get this one. It was right at the top. Probably the most difficult one to get to so far.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=45ebfea5-5dfd-4af5-9ba2-24ea28c89661

Did a another Earth Geocache focussing on the Red Rocks. Really interesting information about the geological layers

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=45ebfea5-5dfd-4af5-9ba2-24ea28c89661

Afternoon Stroll 5/7/11

One a hot day we went out for a drive and a short stroll near Desert Breeze Park and found a couple there including a fake Sprinker head and a Electrical Plate that just blended in!! How inventive is that!  What was really nice was that as we were walking around we saw a woodpecker climb a tree right in front of us and peck away.Also stopped at the bank and found one hidden in the lamp post.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=afb40854-aa4b-45d8-bdb0-b827aa26c5dc

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b7751836-c735-4597-92ec-5770a64679d9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=53690438-2b0d-480b-aff9-67620bdac104

Full of Electricity 5/6/11

After replacing out "Take your vitamins" cache that Coyotees and run off with, I picked up a couple of urban caches that both and Electric in the name.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c1b9b4c4-22ca-4c7c-a6ea-d2830816a7d7

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2d2620b6-52e6-4cec-a929-862cbccedc8e

Camping with Boy Scouts 4/30/11

Caught this one while camping with Phil and his Boy Scout troop. What was so interesting is that i found a Boy Scout troop patch form a boy scout troop in New Mexico in the Cache. Nice short hike with a lot of the cactus flowers out . Took it as a trinket to show the boys and gave a little show and tell around the campfire about geocaching.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b4bc0bf9-3baf-446c-bf21-bfc6e4d46cc7

Out with Melanie's Friends 4/17/11

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c02efecd-fdde-4125-b1e1-eb724137410e

Found this one magnetically attached to the bottom of the sign. Gotta look hard!

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=508edcb3-6e47-4d5c-a562-95bddb4c0b68

Anyone for a picnic? 4/8/11 Our First Earthcache!

 Picnic at the top of South Mountain - Melanie looking cure sitting at the back of the Jeep. Lovely Day. We started off  with an Earthcache - which is a geocache that focusses on geological formation. It is really interesting reading.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b980de5b-d835-49ac-a85f-1bb3b9377ece&log=y&decrypt=

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=17f04b0d-3c4e-4525-a386-22e1487ec388

Hiking at Warpaint Trail 3/26/11

We went out hiking near Warpaint Trail of South Mountain in Ahwatukee. Melanie was in Top form finding them. Just another lovely day geocaching in Arizona.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=47967970-ca9f-482c-8dd9-37424f927eb0 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=839770a3-efdd-416b-830d-46082ffc0308

Dropped off a couple of Geocaches we created

Take your Vitamins

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c0803779-fc0c-4be2-ac81-057475f30c57

and

Haley's Comet

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=caff9ebd-e312-4f45-a37a-d6ccf0420527

Finally, Melanie solves the riddle and saves us all 3/25/11

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=396c4e28-36ce-444c-8f8a-7393fb48fbc8







Peanuts Anyone! 3/23/11

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=634fa982-c5a4-4915-9389-069a6219f9a8

Tried to be F2F 3/22/11

We got up early to be a F2F , a First To Find, on a  new cache in Chandler, a big challenge amongst geocachers. Needed to get up a lot earlier!! Still fun though.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d8e1bce5-d76d-486c-880e-252888f610b5

Caught another one just up the road near a CVS

Caught another one just up the road near a CVS.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=62cad569-7036-4c4e-bf4f-a3b92d28299b

Also picked up one in Pecos Park we had looked for earlier and could not find but with the hint from Nan and Reid about Light posts coming up we found it quite easily.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d2a6826f-cb2b-4472-94e7-2651d54f5a14

Out with Nan and Reid - Melanie's First Geocache 3/20/11

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=434fb597-b889-4af1-9c52-168f4680067b

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6a4f5608-5e3a-4de6-8f55-f919837274ad

Out for Lunch 3/14/11

Phil was off school for spring break and I was free for a couple of hours so we went on  a short hike and found these. Also saw a small coyote running away from us in the distance. Pretty cool.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c38270bc-c86f-4cf9-8d8d-a70d35aa4613
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=494ba45b-da2a-468b-a34b-eba7c37b66b3

Watch out for Snakes 3/13/11

This is what you need to be careful about whenyou go Geocaching in Arizona. Snakes !! although luckily this one was plastic!!

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=eee3d616-1daa-4f61-97b9-d89928d97a78

Most Difficult 3/13/11

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f0ac9150-5914-49c2-a087-e12749605a2f

Our First Multicache 3/12/11

This was Up one block from our house here in Ahwatukee and another Geocaching in Arizona event.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5dd1da77-31b7-455a-b4da-744c5abd8211

Stage 1 - A Cammoflaged Ziplog bag

Stage 2 - A small old film cannister

Stage 3 - The actual geocache, a small water bottle.