OK, I’m ready to attempt this again. I went to a geocaching event and did some other caching today, but that will have to wait until tomorrow after work.
For now, I’m going to attempt to re-hash Thursday so I can somewhat stay in order.
Darren and I met up in Oneonta on Thursday morning and set out to hit a bunch of caches, as well as take the Tony Gwynn Travel Bug to the Hall of Fame before setting it free again.
The first cache was a pretty easy puzzle cache that we did quickly. We followed that up by hitting a multi in a small park here. This one was quite clever, as is becoming the norm I see from the one cacher in our area. She has some really good caches.
Anyway, the first part was easy enough (outside of dealing with all the bugs), then we were off to the second part. This one was quite interesting, but we didn’t realize that it wasn’t just the second spot, but rather a tool for the third part.

We made the trek to the third part and realized how handy that second part actually would be for us. So, we just made due with what we could use.
IE: Darren.

After scoring that one and feeling pretty good, off we went to a local hiking trail — of which I didn’t have a clue that it even existed. There were two on the path, however, so that was a nice thing. We decided to try it out.
The first one seemed a little too uncovered, so we made sure to get it a little better. The second was at the end of the trail, so you’d have to be diehard to be back there and steal the cache. Found both and headed back to the car.
After a quick gas stop and to grab some cache-stuffing items, we made the move to Cooperstown.
The Gwynn TB got to meet Gwynn’s Hall of Fame plaque, which was very cool.

After the Hall, it was time to hit up the caches in Cooperstown. We visited one near Doubleday Field (Darren actually “dropped” the Gwynn TB there, I picked it up and did the photos). After that, an interesting one in a park which seemed like it should be easy.
Yeah, right.
We were right where we though we should be. Nothing. Looked all around. Nothing. We were preparing to throw in the towel when it stuck out to me. A cool find because it was tougher than needed.
Following that, we walked to a small cache where in a nice area of the village where I don’t think many people go. Got a good view of the lake and all. If not for the bugs (which were bothersome all day), it would have been nice to sit there and hang for a little while. Alas, we bolted.
(Also, before all these caches, I did stop at my favorite hobby store and pick up a couple of packs of baseball cards and got a dual auto of Robinson Cano/Cabrera (Indians), which was nice).
We got the car and headed to the next cache, which was in a neat little place on the edge of the village. A short walk took us to what seemed like a good fishing spot. Signed the log and moved on to what turned out to be our final cache of the day.
And what a cache it was.
The terrain is a 4.5 (which is much deserved). The difficulty is a 3 (probably should be a 4). The bugs made everything like an 8 (out of 5) for me.
Basically it’s at a pull-off rest area. Then it’s about 450 feet (give or take) from the spot. Oh yeah, straight (and I mean STRAIGHT) uphill.
We found it though. Second and third to find — since the cache was place in early November — so that made our day. Took it slow going down, of course, as I didn’t want to wipe out.
All in all, a great day. I won’t be making 100 by the end of the weekend, which is fine because we found some great caches. Saturday was a blast, too, and I’ll be posting more about that later (and shockingly enough, I didn’t take one photo! Argh!)
More later!