Last Caching of 2008

Some of these I got on a caching trip to Lebanon to do some evening gaming, some of these I got with Orange Crash and some of these I got driving north. Kinda a potpourri weekend.

12/28/2008 End of the gravel
12/28/2008 Peer Pressure
12/28/2008 I Hate The Railroad: Six Remembered
12/28/2008 Boston Mills
12/28/2008 Posse Up!
12/28/2008 Ridge Road
12/28/2008 Fly/Drive # 7- Juniper Jungle
12/28/2008 Platform 9 & 3/4
12/28/2008 Chamber of not so Secret
12/27/2008 A stinky development!
12/27/2008 Smile!!
12/27/2008 Adair City Park
12/27/2008 the sublime travel bug inn
12/27/2008 Albany cut-off

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The Christmas Hunt

After gorging on way too much dinner I headed out with Bear, our newest geo-dog, and went in search of the elusive Christmas Cache. We went 4 for 5 today before the light left us and it was too dark to search anymore. Home for seconds!

12/25/2008 The shredder
12/25/2008 No Place Left Unscratched!
12/25/2008 Jump to it!
12/25/2008 Tree Farm

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Quick Find After Work

Once we became premium members we were allowed access to lots of different functions. One of those functions is to have an automatic e-mail sent whenever new caches are posted in your area. Well, this one popped up in my e-mail while I was at work and I thought I would get it on my way home as it was only a half mile from the house. I thought there was an outside chance of getting a FTF. I ended up being 4th to find.


12/17/2008 League of Professional Cachers, Corvallis outpost

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Caching Before The Snow

On a one horse open sleigh... I just couldn't resist. I finally found my first, first to find, "Looking Out For Number 2". It popped in my e-mail around 2:30 in the afternoon but I didn't see it until almost 7pm. I went out in the rain and dark, armed with a flashlight and a pretty good idea of what I was looking for and there it was.

I went out Saturday AM and drove south and picked up several that have been on my list. It was cold, around 38-39 degrees with snow to the valley floor tonight and tomorrow predicted. I'm so excited.

12/12/2008 Looking out for Number 2
12/13/2008 Treason II
12/13/2008 A Nice Place To Rest - Pine Grove
12/13/2008 X Marks The Spot!
12/13/2008 QK-N-EZ'S WAY TO HEAVEN
12/13/2008 ODDER'S GHOST
12/13/2008 Cacheholics Anonymous Step 6 - Be Ready
12/13/2008 Hear Ye!! Hear Ye!! GlenMart Finds 8000 Caches!!
12/13/2008 Park It
12/13/2008 Santiam Wagon Road-esque - Transportation
12/13/2008 An Ogle is watching you!!!!
12/13/2008 A Fresh Beginning
12/13/2008 Cacheholics Anonymous Step 8 - Become Willing
12/13/2008 Sodom Creek Cache




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Almost First To Find (F2F)

Okay, so I get these e-mails telling me when new caches pop up in my area. One popped late Wednesday night and I thought I might have an outside chance to get it Thursday morning before work. I loaded up the coordinates and I left around 7:30. I found the cache pretty easily though I was a bit disappointed to find out that I was the 4th person to sign the log! The person to get the F2F wrote down that they were there at 5:45AM. Man is it hard to get a F2F in this town!


12/11/2008 Just a bit Beyond


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Freakin' Cold Caching!

I got out this weekend for some caching down Tangent Drive on Saturday and tried to pick up a few new ones on Sunday. I found most I searched for on Saturday though I went 2 for 4 on Sunday. When I left on Saturday AM it was 29 degrees but the sun was shining. Sand Ridge Hangout had a fantastic view of Peterson Butte in Lebanon. You could almost reach out and touch it. I have been experimenting with paperless caches using my Palm Pilot. It worked out fairly well though I have to develop a system to keep track of finds vs. DNF's.

12/6/2008 Owl Creek
12/6/2008 So Many Choices
12/6/2008 Western Star
12/6/2008 Mclagan
12/6/2008 Tangent Hangout
12/6/2008 39 and Holding
12/6/2008 The Lonesome Pine
12/6/2008 Tangent Drive-by
12/6/2008 Rye Grass Country
12/6/2008 Sand Ridge Hangout
12/6/2008 Nobody's Around
12/6/2008 Sweet Rewards
12/6/2008 The Fruits of Country Caching
12/6/2008 What a view!!
12/7/2008 Car-mike
12/7/2008 Bouncy Balls


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December 2008

These next three I found during work hours. We had just been told that due to budget issues my work was closing down for two weeks during Christmas, and I just needed to get away for awhile. I suppose that it's still good that I have a job in this economy!

12/4/2008 The Ammo Box
12/4/2008 Ode to Billy Preston
12/4/2008 The OSU mascot tree




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