July30/2010 |
Geocache Activity 784 |
FIND 722 |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 2; Terrain 1.5; size small; Creator: Elementry Date First Hidden: 3/12/2010 Date Last Found: 7/28/2010 Description Nestled in the southwest corner of Alberta, the Crowsnest Pass offers all the amenities you need to live, work and play here! The area is a year round meca for diverse outdoor activities including biking, boating, canoeing, kayaking, rafting, climbing, fishing,Geo-caching, golfing, hiking, hunting, riding, rodeo, swimming, tennis, windsurfing, curling, downhill and cross-country skiing, luging, ice fishing, ice climbing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling. This is very busy area and mega stealth is needed.I hope you like this one.FTF Prize log book and pencil/pen and small swag. Hint this is a FPC.have fun. Comments
PLANNING
I created a set of 14 searches for the Crowsnest Pass. However by 1 PM I had visited them all. Two were occupied by muggles and I planned to try them again on the return trip. I used my iPhone to obtain the coordinates for one additional cache, which involved a good hike up a hill. It was 2 PM by the time I was back at the truck, so I headed home with two searches still in front of me. At this point I was 13/13. The final result for the day was 14/15.
OUTCOME
11:30 am This was my 9th search of the morning. I had difficulty with this cache. My GPS indicated the cache was likely in a small group of shrubs, but I was not able to find it. I finally gave up and then decided to use my iPhone to see if there was any useful information in the recent logs. There was. A comment said that the coordinates were out by about 10 meters. That immediately suggested to me that it was in the base of one of the flag poles. Yes, the middle one.
Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
Previous log entries helped me with this one. TNLNSL. TFTC Here are a few photos.
shrubs & flag poles
base of flag pole (lift to see container)
bakery
I am now 9/9 for today. After the find I went across the street to a local bakery for a quick bite to eat. A cup of coffee and a scrumptuous raspberry scone was the perfect break.
