Geocache #298 - Pueblo CO - 4/7/11

Again . . . trying to catch up on my geocaching!!!  One of these days!!

This is going back too my last day in Colorado on my visit to the older children last month.

My plane didn't leave Denver till after 10pm so I had a full day in Pueblo, Candace had to work, Bob got off early and decided to go out with me and see just what this geocaching was all about!!

The first one we tried to get to, we had a hard time figuring out how to get to it!!  The closest parking area had a fee attached to it, so we decided not to pay it and headed to a nearby one!!

Realignment 96

Once we figured out where we could park and walk to it, I found it pretty quickly!!  Bob had taken the dog and Alexis and walked ahead of me to where he thought it was --- seems that he was right.  I was a little slower following the GPS compass which eventually led me to where Bob was looking all over for the cache!!  As I walked up I said 'I see it!!'  Actually, the first spot where I thought it was turned out not to be it, it was on the other side . . . Bob was still pretty amazed at how quickly I found it. I told him about looking for piles of rocks that didn't quite look naturally placed. 

We then had a good look at the monument that was mentioned in the description of the cache!!  He was pretty excited about finding the cache.  Too bad it was the only one we had time for as he was called to head back to work!! 

Picked up a Path Tag - hadn'tever seen one of those and I thought it was like a travel bug.  When I did some research later on it I found that it was more like a specially made signature tag that people collect.  You can collect them or place them further along in another cache!!  Check them out here: Pathtags.com

What Are Pathtags?

Pathtags are personal trading items. Used most often in Geocaching, they are also very handy for Scouting, Military and Promotional use. Our online gallery displays many of the thousands of tags which have been designed by individuals and produced by us. This page provides a more detailed introduction to what Pathtags are. There are lots of detailed photos, please be patient while they load. The physical Pathtag integrates with our online community to enable collecting and trading of tags with others from all over the world.
 
Pathtags are not typically traveling items such as Geocoins or Travel Bugs. They are generally used as personal "signature items" for Geocaching or other trade item. If found, simply log it and the tag's profile will display for you to view. Unless the profile says otherwise, you are welcome to add it into your permanent collection.


There are Pathtags accessories, like the Pathtag Sherpa Geocoin, which turn the Pathtag into a traveling item. In these cases, they are intended to stay with the coin or travel bug to which they are affixed and should be moved along like another traveler.

Representation of the PathTag I found in Colorado

Pathtags are produced from your own personal design.

Geocaches #291, #292, #293 & #294

Wow!!  I have been remiss in blogging my geocaches -- last I bloggged was geocache #290 -- Just recently I found Geocache #333.  I must catch up before I head out and find some more.  I think Kim and I are planning to go out on Thursday, but I'll have to double check with her if that is still on!!!

Alot of these are pretty routine caches, so will probably blog some of them together!!

These next 4 caches were found on 4/5/11 while I was visiting my two older children in Colorado.  I was staying with my daughter in Pueblo and had decided to borrow the car and head up to Pueblo to visit with my son on his day off!!

As for Geocache #291 

Who's Guarding the Pinon Bridge Cache?



A quick cache and dash, but not quite where I thought it would be in the guardrail!!  But close enough to grab it quick and STL.  Can't find any pics of my escapade!!  Bummer!!  Hmm I am now wondering if it was suppose to be in the guardrail and it had just fallen out.  Oh well!! I put it back as I found it, trying to camo it with surrounding rocks and such.

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Geocache #292 was just a little bit further down the road.

Stonewatch Keep

As I found a place to pull over I could see what I thought was the cache from my window. Yep sure enough it was!! Another quick cache and dash!! Tried to get a picture of 'Stonewatch Keep' but it didn't turn out.  I guess the owner of this cache is a big 'World of Warcraft' fan and the buildings beyond the fence and down the road reminded him of 'Stonewatch Keep' in WOW

WOW's Stonewatch Keep

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Geocache #293 was found just a little further along the same road!

Walking Stick Flats

Another quick cache and dash -- sorry can't seem to find the picture of this one either.  I seem to recall it was another one found in the ground at the base of a fence post.  STL.

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Geocache #294 another one that was seen from the car. 

South Meridian

This one was found near the corner fence post at the intersection of the road - can't even remember what frontage road I started out on and another road that 'T'd' into it!!  I needed to start heading back toward the Highway as this road wasn't getting any closer to Hwy 25, in fact, it was going further and further away.  The other road headed back towards the highway!!

As seen from the car

SWAG

I was hoping to place a few travel bugs that I had picked up in California and this one was big enough, but I was leary of placing one in a cache that was so easily seen -- not sure how long it would actually be there and I wuld hate to place a bug where it would get muggled!!  I've seen it happen and then the travel bug is lost in the void!!