Geocaching is "the sport where you are the search engine." With a GPS device and location information from the Geocaching Web Site, you too can hunt for hidden caches. The best part of this is that you get to discover little-known trails and hidden spots, in both the wilderness and the city.
This journal contains information and photos from the adventures of CachinCin and BlankJeff. Feel free to take a look around, and e-mail me (cindy@wambeam.net) if you'd like to know more. If you want to try this, get to http://www.geocaching.com -- it's easy, and it's incredibly fun!
WARNING: THERE ARE MANY SPOILERS ON THESE PAGES. DON'T VIEW THEM UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEE PHOTOS OF GEOCACHE LOCATIONS!
Summer, 2003
All-Day Caching: Jeff and Cindy head north on the weekend, and then Cindy spends the day at Green Lake with friends. 8/3&5/03
Franklin Falls: Cindy grabbed her geocaching gear and her geocaching dog, then headed up to the mountains to get a brand new cache. 8/2/03
Peanut Butter Brigade & A Big Rock: Cindy, Donna, Lucy, and Pepper head to Mt. Vernon for a day of caching fun! We were celebrating Pepper's #700 and Lucy's birthday. Make sure you click through to both pages. 7/31/03
Mountain Loop Highway: Cindy & Jeff hit the mountain highway, grab 3 caches, hide a micro, and see some beautiful mountains and waterfalls. 7/27/03
Peanut Butter & Jetty: the Peanut Butter Brigade (Donna, Pepper, Cindy, & Nikki) spend a day at the beach on Jetty Island. (make sure you click through to the second page of photos) 7/23/03
Just a Few: caches by Cindy & Jeff, plus a new geocaching family (DodoBird). 7/13/03
Around U-Dub: Cindy & Pepper search in the university district. 7/2/03
Surprise Cache: Cindy, Pepper, Lila, Nikki, and Aurie hike to the beautiful Cherry Cache. 6/25/03
Puget Sound on a Clear Day: Cindy, Pepper, and Aurie visit the Ballard area. 6/16/03
Cindy Hits 200: with the Peanut Butter Brigade (or is that the Arctic Cachers in Training?). 6/13/03
North of Seattle: Jeff, Cindy, and Aurie head just a bit north to a few parks around Lynnwood. 6/8/03
Geocaching with Donna: I was out with my friend "weinerdog" when she got her 700th(!!) cache. 6/5/03
It Must Be Summer! We started June with (you guessed it) some fun geocaches. 6/1/03
Springtime, 2003
Boats & the City: Cindy & Pepper search for a cache in the Center for Wooden Boats. 5/30/03
Hiking Through a Tunnel and to an Avalanche Shed: a fun, long hike with Pepper and Michele. Make sure you click through to both pages. 5/29/03
Cougar Mountain #1: a Memorial Day Multi-Cache. 5/26/03
Indiana: Cindy took a trip to Indiana, for a conference at Purdue University. And yes, she got in a day of geocaching. There are two pages of photos. 5/22/03
Counting Salmon: Chism Cache on Lake Washington. 5/18/03
Quick Caches Near Home: weekend and weekday forays near home base. 5/11 & 5/16/03
Heading Home from Mt. St. Helens: a few quick caches along I-5. 5/2/03
Cache In Trash Out: a fun day of group caching, along with a park cleanup for Earth Day. 4/26/03
Two Extremes: from a soggy, rainy day, to a beautiful sunny day. Two caches with Pepper. 4/24 & 4/25/03
Sunday Caching: 3 caches on a sunny Sunday. 4/20/03
Beaver Ponds & Evil Caches: Cindy & Pepper get another in the Pieces of the Puzzle series. 4/17/03
Sculptures in Kirkland: Cindy will be caching with Pepper on Thursdays. 4/10/03
Fun Hides in Redmond: a couple of quick caches that we did after attempting some of the evil Dr. Koska's caches. 4/5/03
River & Stream plus the Sandy Banks of the Snoqualmie: geocaching along the Snoqualmie River. 3/29/03
Mountain Vista: in the Redmond-Duvall area. 3/28 & 3/29/03
Through Wetlands and Over a Bridge: 2 caches on a busy Sunday. 3/9/03
Caching in the Shadow of Mt. Si: several caches on a very sunny day in March. Three Forks, Sycamore Stroll, Log & Lake. 3/1/03
A Green Winter, 2002-2003
One Quick Cache: Cindy & Aurie on their own. 2/23/03
Cindy Makes the Triple Digits: a nice beach on a rainy day provided a fun setting for Cindy's 100th find! 2/16/03
A Tough Puzzle & A Good Hide: Our first firsties! 2/16/03
Aurie's Walk: we hid our first geocache in the park where we often walk Aurie. 2/9/03
Nature in Suburbia: 3 geocaches on the eastside. 2/9/03
Rock Creek: a beautiful spot next to a small stream. 2/2/03
Bushwhacking on a Muddy Day: weeks of rain makes for soggy geocaching. 2/2/03
Tame Caches: a couple of quick & easy ones in south King County. 2/2/03
Trees, Stumps, & Ferns: trails through the woods in nearby settings. 1/25/03
Wine in Woodinville: parks near vineyards & breweries to the north of Redmond. 1/25/03
Wind & Wings: a multicache and a wildlife viewing area. 1/18/03
Bugs & Ducks: Placing a Travel Bug & Visiting a Duck Pond. 1/12/03
Stories & History: 2 geocaches on a drizzly Saturday. 1/11/03
Richmond Beach Overlook: a sunny walk on the ridge above the beach. 1/5/03
Sand Pit Near the Beach: a rather difficult one to find, just above Richmond Beach. 1/5/03
Shoreline Community Park: a nice spot approaching the Richmond Park Beach area. 1/5/03
In and Around Redmond: We've been dividing our time between fairly easy finds and devilishly difficult ones (that usually take at least 2 visits before being found). This log contains photos of a few spots on the eastside. 12/29/02
Note: we've been having problems with the battery pack from our camera, so many of the geocaches between 12/15 and 12/29 are photo-less. They're not recorded here, just logged on the geocaching web sites. Too bad -- we visited some beautiful spots!
Another Trip to Whidbey Island: this time with Randy, Jeff, Cindy, & Aurie. Make sure you see all four pages! 12/15/02
Cindy & Randy Visit a Beach and a Park: Randy sees his first ocean beach, and we do two multi-caches. 12/6/02
And the Rains Begin? November 2002
Two Caches at Twin Lakes Park: a beautiful spot next to Interstate-5, north of Everett. Make sure you look at the second page too! 11/30/02
Granite Falls Salmon Ladder: rushing river, lots of rapids, lots of rocks -- quite a nice geocaching spot! 11/30/02
Eagles Nest: another sunny day in what is usually a wet November. 11/30/02
Quick & Easy!: caches to the south of Seattle, and an end to 4 weekends of a 5-star multicache. 11/23 - 11/24/02
Minis & Micros: just a few photos from a series of microcaches we've been attempting. 11/17/02
Old Lake Shore: extensive trails through the marsh and over the slough of what was once the shoreline (and underwater) area of Lake Washington. Make sure you flip through both pages. 11/10/02
Ducks & Ponds: a nice off-leash park, with lots of ponds, walkways, and ducks. 11/10/02
Waving at a Traffic-Cam: a quick geocache near Highway 520. 11/10/02
Geocaching Between the Rain Storms: we logged a few quick caches on the Eastside. 11/9/02
Tips for Winter Geocaching in the Seattle Area: Advice from members of the geocaching washington e-list. (11/7/02)
The Clouds Move In: on what may be the last sunny weekend for a while, we visited aliens and worked hard on a lengthy multi-cache. Click on the link to get to the first of 3 pages. 11/3/02
Still Sunny in Seattle: Hiking on Horse Trails, plus the Start of a tough Multi-Cache. 11/2/02
Fun in the Autumn Season, October 2002
Cindy Visits Minnesota: and goes geocaching with her sister. We logged 5 geocaches, although we've only got photos of four of them. 10/26/02
Whidbey Island: Jeff took a Monday off, and we explored a beautiful Puget Sound island. 10/21/02
Geocaching Party & Nearby Cache: logged the world's biggest and another geocache. 10/20/02
Cowboy Cache: a themed cache in a wetlands area. 10/20/02
Protected Wetlands: We grabbed a quick cache on our way out of Redmond, this time along a small trail next to Microsoft. 10/13/02
A Bog: A multi-cache next to a neat lake and bog in Lynnwood. 10/13/02
Another Beach: A multi-cache on Richmond Park Beach. 10/13/02
Hiking to a Puget Sound Beach: This was a really beautiful hike, so we took lots of pictures. I've placed them on four different pages so it wouldn't take too long to load. Click through to the first and follow the links at the bottom of each page. 10/6/02
Games & Skateboarding: Two parks in lynnwood, Washington. 10/6/02
Jeff and Cindy Take the Plunge, September 2002
East Side of Lake Sammamish: Some geocaching across the lake from us (just a few miles away, but we had to drive all the way around the lake to get there). 9/28/02
Beacon Hill: Cindy does some quick geocaching during her one day for sightseeing in Boston. 9/22/02
3 City Caches: Visiting celebrity gravesites and a two-part mystery cache. 9/14/02
Lake Sammamish: We spent nearly 4 hours out on a rainy Sunday, but we finished our first multi-cache! Because there were so many parts to this, there are several pages (links to each are at the bottom of the pages). 9/8/02
A Hike with a View, in which Cindy goes hiking with her friend Beth. 9/6/02
Two Geocaches Near Snoqualmie: We didn't get enough the first day, so we kept at it. This time we wandered further afield, heading toward the foothills of the Cascades in the "Twin Peaks" area. 9/2/02
Our First Geocaching Experience!: For our first excursion, we chose easy areas close to home. 9/1/02
Last Updated May, 2003
