Geocaching For Fun

Caching In Lake County

2007-07-19T08:39:00.000-07:00

On July 18, 2007, while caching along Highway 20, in Lake County, I was about to check around a downed log for a cache. Good thing I looked before I stuck my hand under the log. When it started to move away I realized it was looking at me - the business end is at the upper left - can't really make it out but its there.

Training the new posse member

2007-05-01T14:24:00.000-07:00

Our grandson Wyatt (son of Chris & Cori) gets some training and is a willing and able posse member. This is his first cache: Kids Cache.

Sims Big Brother

2007-04-29T07:59:00.000-07:00

It was a beautiful Spring day in the upper Sacramento River drainage. I stopped on the way home and took a picture of Mt. Shasta and Castle Craigs.

Going to "Dam" geocache

2006-12-17T16:06:00.000-08:00

This morning was one of those clear, cold, and crisp mornings in northern California that I love. I took this picture on the way to a geocache called "Dam", for obvious reasons. This is the second view that I have captured of the "big three Shastas" - Dam, Lake, Mountain.

Caching In Oregon

2006-10-25T07:55:00.000-07:00

A beautiful morning west of Klamath Falls, Oregon - on our way to "A Garmin Mile" geocache. My wife, Nola, (left) and our friends Terry and Connie from Idaho were out walking off a night of food and wine tasting.

At Old Weaver Bally Lookout

2006-10-02T14:30:00.000-07:00

This is my oldest son, Peter, with his dog Loyd, and myself at the geocache "Old Weaver Bally Lookout". The footing to the lookout is to the left. One of my employees was responsible for removing the lookout by helicopter to the Weaverville airport and eventually to the Ranger Station at Weaverville. The new lookout used the steel from the old Billy's Peak Lookout, north of Coffee Creek. On the way home, we came across a small reattle snake on the road about two miles from this site.

Mt. Shasta (again)

2006-07-25T13:20:00.000-07:00

I never get tired of taking pictures of Mt. Shasta - different angles; different elevations. This one is taken from the east side of Black Butte, on the way to geocache "Black Butte-y".

Going to Black Butte-y

2006-07-25T13:15:00.000-07:00

This is about half way to the top of Black Butte and geocache "Black Butte-y". Looking west with Interstate 5 in the foreground.

Mt.Shasta

2006-07-21T15:13:00.000-07:00

This is a view of Mt. Shasta near the western boundary of Lassen National Park. It was a bad air day in the Sacramento Valley, subsequently the picture is somewhat hazy. This was a seven geocache day for me, mostly in the high country.

Our Oldest Son, Peter

2006-07-21T15:09:00.000-07:00

On The Way to" Double A" Geocache

2006-07-11T13:21:00.000-07:00

We're on our way to hide "Double A" geocache on the 4th of July weekend. From the left: my brother Henry (Brim to most of our family), my nephew Alex (1/2 of the Double A), a friend of my niece, my niece Aarin (the other half of the Double A). If you want to find this giant cache, check www.geocache.com for "Double A". The nearby ice cave can't be beat on a hot day - the kids loved it!!

The Entrance To The Ice Cave

2006-07-11T13:17:00.000-07:00

My brother, Henry, and his daughter Aarin at the entrance to an ice cave near my new geocache called"Double A".

The Sleeping Giants

2006-07-10T21:18:00.000-07:00

One view of Lassen Peak from the geocache called the Sleeping Giants.

The Three Shastas

2006-01-22T15:30:00.000-08:00

Shasta Dam, Lake Shasta, Mt. Shasta

Near a geocache named "Keeper of the Stars 7-3"

Shasta Lake and Mt. Shasta

2006-01-22T15:27:00.000-08:00

On the way to a geocache called Fishermudi.

The Old and The New

2006-01-22T15:22:00.000-08:00

Saturday, January 21, 2006. A mid-morning cache hunt took us to this site in the upper Sacramento River Canyon. On the right is an old bridge for Highway 99. On the upper left is the fairly new bridge for Interstate-5.

Mom and #3 Son, on his birthday, 2005

2006-01-07T14:13:00.000-08:00

Nola with Chris on his Birthday in July, 2005. He is three years old (if I tell the truth and say he is 30 years old you might think I'm old or that I married a child bride).

Mom and #2 Son, Mike

2006-01-07T10:34:00.000-08:00

Mike and Nola at Thanksgiving, 2005.

Rock Walls - South Eastern Shasta County

2006-01-06T14:22:00.000-08:00

These rock walls are on the way to Black Butte (center, background-not to be confused with the Black Butte at Mt.Shasta). They appear to be recently constructed (not Chinese walls such as those found in Butte County) and were very uniform in size. Who built them is a mystery to me at this time but I'll be asking around for info.

The first of a four cache day

2006-01-04T15:01:00.000-08:00

This morning, Nola and I made a loop starting in Redding and going up to Shingletown, to Manton, to Red Bluff and then home. This totem pole was at a Geocache called "Lil Marah". The totem was built by a fellow named John Welsh and is retired from the U.S. Forest Service - I knew him when I was working for the USFS - have not seen him for several years. We then wandered down to Manton on the back roads, having an enjoyable drive through the country side. We saw some of the fire damage at Manton due to last fall's "Manton Fire". However, since the rain things are getting green and looking O.K. We concluded our little drive by going to Red Bluff and then up I-5, back to Redding. We found four geocaches today. I'm having too much fun! When we got home and got lunch out of the way, I took down the outside Christmas lights and helped Nola put the Christmas stuff back up in the garage attic. Getting myself prepared to watch USC & Texas do battle in the Rose Bowl.

More Geocaching Fun

2006-01-03T19:15:00.000-08:00

More Flood Pictures

2006-01-02T16:30:00.000-08:00

Our normal route home is flooded along the Russian River - the gate is visible in the background.

Floods Along the Russian River

2006-01-02T16:18:00.000-08:00

This picture was taken along the access road to the Odd Fellows Recreation Club, 5 miles north of Guerneville, CA, on the Russian River, Decemeber 31, 2005. Electricity went out at 7:00 P.M. with predictions of staying off for a week or more. By the morning, January 1, 2006, the river had risen approximately 3 more feet and it was raining very hard. We (my wife, her sister and brother-in-law) decide to vacate the premises and barely made it out of the park over the unsurfaced evacuation route. Many local roads were closed with downed power lines and or tree limbs. As we drove home we were stopped on our way to Middletown and had to return to Highway 101 (15 mile detour) and go north to Highway 20 and across the north side of Clear Lake to Interstate 5 and the north to our home at Redding. We got home at dark-thirty, driving all day in heavy rains.

2006-01-02T10:36:00.000-08:00

A great bridge on old historic Highway 99, along the Sacramento River between Redding and Mt. Shasta, CA.

Big Bear Falls

2005-12-28T19:04:00.000-08:00

A nice view on the way to a geocache called "Big Bear Falls".

Gramp's Posse grabs the loot!

2005-12-28T12:22:00.000-08:00

Gramps and his posse went searching for "Clover Creek In My Backyard", with success. A very enjoyable afternoon drive in the country side of Shasta County, east of Redding, CA.