When I listen to the radio, I consider oldies those songs from the 1960s. Others might consider songs from the 1990s oldies. In geocaching, I consider caches hidden before about 2005 as oldies. I restarted geocaching in 2015, so those caches hidden in 2005 and sooner were at least 10 years.
A week or so ago, we went to Connecticut for a niece’s wedding. She got married at a beautiful spot in Fairfield County, just north of Danbury. Before we left Indiana for Connecticut, I used Project-GC to see what potential Jasmer Challenge caches there might be in Fairfield County. GCE4 Another Brick in the Wall is not only in Fairfield County, it is also the oldest cache in Connecticut. And according a recent Whereisitnow Podcast, it’s the most favorited cache in Connecticut.
I suggested to my wife that we go look for this cache on our way to Danbury. So after spending the night in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, we took the Pennsy Turnpike east toward New Jersey. We cut across on I-78 to New Jersey then took I-287 to the Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River to the Merritt Parkway into Connecticut. We found the park where the cache is hidden. We made our way out from the parking lot to look for the cache that was about 500 feet from where we parked. My wife read the hints and past logs while I used my phone. After what seemed liked forever, she made the find.
On the way out to Connecticut, I found my first West Virginia cache. It was in Weirton, West Virginia, a town on the Ohio River across from Steubenville, Ohio. The cache GCMXFM Hollidays Cove is in a small park. It was hidden February 2005 and has 25 favorite points. I had to read the hint about about 100 times before I finally realized what it was saying.
On our way across the Pennsy Turnpike, I picked up a virtual cache GC8FCF The Future of Power — PA. When you got to GZ, you counted the number of wind turbines you saw and sent in the answer. Easy smiley. I took no photos of that cache, otherwise I might give away the answer.
Along the way, I completed the October Reach the Peak requirements. Finding a number of highly favorited caches sure helped.
Monday, the Reach the Peak points turn over. The emphasis will be on Mystery caches, which will be worth 700 points apiece, and Multi caches, which will be worth 600 points apiece. To achieve the Mount Kilimanjaro souvenir, you need to find 5,895 points.
How has your caching been? Reach the Peak? I’d love to hear from my readers.
Geocaching with Capt. TailWagger 