52 Cache Pickup - Six of Hearts Ngaruawahia, North Island, New Zealand
By McCutchan Cache Clan on 20-Sep-11. Waypoint GC34EJM

This one is all good. Tftc

Biking trip with the kid in the bike trailer and a friend along for the ride.Cache attempt 9 for the dayTotal finds 8 out of 9 (total of 17 attempts this trip)Another quick stop and sign one.Water and food break, as the kids chips had now been finished, and wanted the apple.Once recovered, back on the bikes to the next one

Tftc

Passing through to Auckland and grabbing a few more of this series - apologies for the repetitive logging, many werent able to be signed with the condition of the cache container and log papers . Appreciate the trail and TFTC!

No difficulty with the find despite the nasty vines. Thanks for the fun!

Went through this power trail today with JTP2001. It was a nice day for it - overcast, but not raining until the last few of the trail, and a pleasant temperature. I drove down from Auckland, he drove up from Hamilton, and we got going from Ngaruawahia northbound. A reasonable success rate without too many challenges, although there are still a few gaps to fill in another day. Thanks heaps to McCutchan Cache Clan for getting these organised and looking after them, this was a fairly enjoyable way to spend an afternoon. Log signed as BAPJTP where possible. TFTC!

Completed the power trail with Bapboy1996 today, meeting 'halfway' between our respective cities. Had to miss a few on the trail due to muggles nearby, and some DNFs, which Bapboy has logged. It was a pretty successful day though, which ended on 50 caches thanks to some extras we found nearby too - this is about 2.5x my previous most in a day, and about the same as I've found in the last 8.5 years thanks to a bit of a hiatus. Was also the first time I had properly attempted a power trail so that was a fun adventure, I'll definitely bring snacks next time though. Logs are signed as Bapjtp, but some were quite damp and were unable to sign, though we attempted to dry these ones out where we could. The roadside could definitely do with a CITO at a few spots. TFTC McCutchan Cache Clan

I set the dogs off and someone was talking beyond the fence. Thought i better get outa there before someone comes to investigate.

Replaced container and log book

Harder than expected

Could do with a new log sheet. Cache in good condition

DNF

Well this was a cracking game of cards...a bit of twisting; a bit of sticking; mostly came up trumps, but I was also dealt a few bad hands.
Many of these logs might be similar, so I will chuck in some interesting(?) facts which I found on the internet...so they must be true
FACT! :

Heart Six Guest Ranch is one of the oldest dude ranches in America and offers Yellowstone Lodging near the South gate of Yellowstone National Park and just outside Grand Teton National Park

...apparently...

Thank McCutchan Cache Clan
#4564

Attempting to do a few of this series on our way back to Auckland today but rain is threatening. Giving it a go to add to our numbers - wish us luck.

Much easier close parking for this one, but again got wet due to all the rain that’s been around.

TFTC and for placing this series .

Headed down this way today with the intention of collecting the Pickup 52 trail of caches, and any others along the way....as am in need of some numbers for my goal for the year.....

Thank you to the CO's for cache placement, and bringing me to these locations.

Let the adventure begin......as I was travelling by car and by myself, I didn't attempt all caches in this series due to unsafe car parking/walking.....

TFTC and the series....

Quick easy find TFTC

Quick easy find here! TFTC

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Found with my family gogoguises ??????

Thanks for the cache ?????? found with my mum and dad gogoguises.

Found it! TFTC

TFTC - log very damp

Found with @Guesswho30101
Log too wet to sign

Another sweet park & grab.

Geocaching is bad for my health - tripped over a piece of grass on my way back to the car. It's dark now

Stopped in Ngaruawahia today on my way to Auckland and picked up a few caches along this stretch. Used the bike but didn’t particularly enjoy the traffic whizzing past with next to no shoulder on the road to provide a little bit of ‘safety’ for a cyclist. Ran out of time after seven finds. Most were reasonably quick finds which was great! Took longer than I should have to locate this one because I really was searching ‘between’. When I did find it, it was right alongside the first hint object. #4570. TFTC.

Need 50 caches today for a challenge so got the bike out to try these.

This is number 7

Tftc. Wet paper. Need new log

Quick find

Quick find

Found yesterday, thanks

Weekend in Hamilton for a dahlia show. Found 40 of this pack cards four years ago, stopped on my way to Huntly for a quick find. Thanks McCutchan Cache Clan for the cache

Finally had the opportunity to collect this series. I missed some as my geo-eye was off and some of the parking was a bit precarious. I went on a road trip following the "Mega that wasn't" in Auckland over Labour weekend. TFTC.

TFTC. Dogs were barking and owner came out. Explained what caching was and she was happy. Logs sodden

Another quick find with @kudz21 on a geo mish for a bday weekend.
Very wet log

Ren138 Geo Roady Birthday Part 2...
Been wanting to do this series for a while now and we've finally cleared our busy schedules to complete it.

Nice quick find, and we've downloaded the sheet for convenience
More of a 6️or️
Log book is wet but managed to sign

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#MRS.K

Found on a trip back north, have been looking at these for awhile. Only got a few of them as it was hard as the road was busy. Was trying to think of the best mode of transport to retrieve them.

We soon had this cache in hand. TFTC

Day Two of our 11 day binge trip we are signing as NNES.

Yay school holidays! Time for a road trip with my friend Ethness. I flew from Christchurch to Wellington. The idea is to drive up to the top of the North Island and back. We planned the trip ages ago.

Thanks McCutchan Cache Clan for placing this geocache 7690 find for me.

Sadly there was no large event in New Zealand in 2019 but there are a few Mega events planned in Australia. New Zealand will have another large event in 2020 in Auckland. 
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Planning for the NZ Mega 2020 event is well underway. It will be held in Auckland over Labour Weekend, 23 to 26 October 2020. Thanks for hiding this geocache.

The school holidays are here and NosyNel and I are on a road trip north - to the far north. Today is a numbers run and for me, time to complete this series that I started in January 2015. TFTC and series. Signed NNES.

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Found while visiting from the South Island. A great way to fill in some time before headinh to Akld to fly out late this evening. Thanks to all the cache owners.

Nice easy find. Another DNF turned into a smilie. Thanks.

Nice and easy to get thanks

Wow looks like i missed logging 15 of these caches when we did them on 8/7/18. Logging now.
Tftc

Hmmm. Is your hi-vis vest disguise improved or blown when there is an actual power guy across the road?TFTC.

We did some of this series intermittently where we needed to fnd GCs that were more than 1km from any other we found today.
There were two problems with these caches
1) this is a busy road that is very narrow and totally unsuitable for kids
2) we tackled these from North to South but on reflection, the little parking that was available was better accessed from the other direction.
But all that aside, thanks for placing these....

couple of quick grabs t met a challenge

On a mission for the Cache Carnival challenge. Trying to make as many finds as possible this morning, This series was tailor made for this purpose. Tftc

Nice and easy y, all dry. Cool. Found together with Pyphant and Greenkiwikids and signed as Team Piraten. Tftc

Easy find.

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Down from Northland for the weekend along with Lis's Crew and DaffyNZ, with the challenge to get 200+ caches in one day and set some personal records. All logs signed as Team G0LD ( Geocachers 0B8, Lis & Daffy )

After arriving in Hamilton on Friday evening, we grabbed a few caches and then Saturday was the main event. With some good planning and teamwork, we managed 214 caches for the day.

Today was time to head home, but we had to make the trip really worthwhile and get some more on the way. This trail looked appealing and although it was drizzling at the start of the day, we charged into it anyway, continuing our good teamwork from yesterday. Part way through, the drizzle stopped, the sun came out and it got really hot again.

A few more DNFs on this trail than yesterday, but still a neat series that added good numbers to our weekend tally. Apologies for cut & paste logs, but no time to make notes about the individual caches on the day, especially with the damp conditions. TFTC

Out for the weekend with Team Gold (Go 0B80B8, Liz's Crew, DaffyNZ). Thought we would look at this series on our way home. Thanks for the challenge.

I'm down from Okaihau in the Far North with 0B80B8 and DaffyNZ on a three day caching mission. We aimed to get the Kiwi puzzles, the NZ series and The Eyes Have It series in one day. Not a feat for the faint hearted geocacher. 

We arrived in Hamilton on Friday evening grabbed a few caches and had dinner in the lovely Hamilton gardens. We then set off to grab a few more caches.

On Saturday with careful planning we managed to get a massive 214 caches. We worked really well as Team GOLD and had a great day.

Today we're heading home caching along the way. I started this trail back in 2016 on my way to the Turangi Mega. We had started at the wrong end and today I was keen to finish it off. It was drizzling at the start of the day. The team in the car were on signing duties to protect the logs from damage. Soon the sun was out again making my job much nicer.

Thanks for the series

Whilst staying in Hamilton, I decided after not doing well with the caches locally to make the trip up here to complete the caches that I didn't have time for yesterday. Todays caches were not so good, as the majority were quite badly soaked, and I ended up with quite a few DNFs. Still, it was nice to have a drive in the countryside and add a few more finds. TFTC.

NZPatoto and I were heading home from Auckland after attending our uncle's funeral. I was driving. After a couple of holdups and figuring we would being going thru Hamilton and getting caught up in the 5 o'clock traffic we decided to change directions and head home the back way. Since we were coming past a couple of caches we had DNF thought we might try our luck. We knew where to look thanks to my so call photographic memory from the first time we looked for it. # 3 of 3 Found by Nahkins Easy find and everything OK. TFTC

Nahkins and I were on our way back fro Albany where we had attended our uncle's funeral. As traffic was slow we decided to come back way back to Te Awamutu. Nahkins was driving. As we were coming passed this way we decided to find the caches we had DNF last time. We knew where to look thanks to Nahkins so call photographic memory from the first time we looked for it. It was quickly found, signed and placed back where it was found. TFTC. Now I have a line of smiley faces.

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Great trip so far

Found with NZFlossy

Out on a road trip with NZBiscuit collecting this series and catching up as it has been awhile since we have been out caching together. The weather was not the best and I was the runner while NZBiscuit handled the driving like a pro as a lot of the parking was in hard places. We had a lot of fun and thank the CO for the series. Some of the containers are broken and have wet logs while some others are all good. It wasn't the day to do maintenance as everything I touched go very wet. TFTC

Also couldn't find this one on my last visit, but no problems today. I have now found all the series and the bonus, so thanks for setting these up, its been fun, cheers

The neighbours dogs made sure I knew they were watching me.

Nice park n grab - tftc

We had arranged a special trip towards Hamilton with some friends a few weeks ago it was supose to be 14th July but were unwell so this weekend is the weekend as we are also doing the Hidden creatures adventure 100 caches to be found and logged. So why not start with the 52 pick up we have some a few a while ago so today is to complete it. cache number 43 was a nice quick find signed the log and placed it back exactly where we found it. thank you for placing a trail along here, parking is a challenge but we managed. now onto spades, but no we missed 6 of hearts last visit so we went off to get that cache first, glad we got it this time. TFTC. Its amazing how quickly this trail can be completed in we thought it would take hours but as they are so close together we are ticking each cache of rather fast.

yay we are getting through the trail only two DNF once no sign of the hint to even find the cache and the other must be missing.

I was quite keen to complete the current Hidden Creatures souvenir challenge and so I thought that I would focus my attention on this series. So I came down from Auckland to begin just as the sun was coming up. I was in absolutely no hurry at all and just enjoyed the experience. Over all I found most of the caches with only three DNF’s. I also met Team BOPnJAM in the process which was cool. It was quite adventurous at times with the traffic and trying to find places to park… but I got there safely in the end. Some of the log books were also too mushy to sign. So thank you McCutchan Cache Clan for taking the time to set up this series. I really appreciate your efforts in doing so ?

The nearby horses seem very interested ..cache all good thanks

Another one all OK. I am pleased to see a variety of containers and a few different places to hide the cache. Thanks for the placement McCutchan Cache Clan.

We had some extra time today and thought this power series would be a nice trip down memory lane for us. Thanks for some easy to find caches, but you do need to watch the traffic on a Sunday afternoon. Our job through this power series is easier by being able to follow the footprints of the other cachers out here today.

Out for a day's caching with Team BOPnJam. Most were quick easy finds and a little bit of maintenance. This was a card game I never found enjoyable, but this was a better way to play the game. Thanks for bringing us over this way.

A plan was made with Team BOP to come to Huntly and do some serious caching for the Hidden Creatures souvenirs. 52 Pickup was a good place to start and we signed BOPnJAM to save space on the log. Most were nice easy finds so thanks for the series.

We made up a team BOPnJAM with a group of cachers from the BOP (McJandals, TNxPro, Philip Perry, FrogyBeCaching and Davidson Clan) and Merlot58 to complete this 52 cache pickup series and to earn some some of the Hidden Creatures souvenirs. Great weather and great company and a lot of fun - TFTS

Another big trip planned this time in an effort to obtain all the Hidden Creature Souvenirs. Team BOP (Davidson clan, McJandals, Frogybecaching, TNXPro & myself) joined with a couple of Westies (Merlot58 & Jag50) to fill up the van and finish this series... and most of Huntly as well!

I've always thought this was a really good idea for a power trail but getting motivated to do it was an issue. Today we've got a good team on and were able to knock this off in a couple of hours. 95% of these were found quickly with accurate coords and a good hint. Some logs were mush, some containers were broken and at least 1 was missing entirely. All of our cache repair kits will need restocking when we get home but we're all stoked to have *'picked up 52'* caches.

A big thank you to the McCutchan Cache Clan, we had a good day

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Out with team BOPnJAM today to knock off the long anticipated 52.
This series didnt quite win our hearts, but we aced it and managed to score the full deck with a little maintenance on the way. It sure was a good way to clock up a large number of caches in quick succession and were were glad to have completed it.
Thanks for the series MCCC.

With Hidden Creature souvenirs up for grabs. A plan was hatched with our Westie buddies. We were all ready for a stormy rainy day but the weather gods were good to us today with no rain until getting home at 10pm. A great numbers trail with many of these caches needing maintenance, we will definitely have to restock caching kits as many log sheets were mush and unsignable!!. Still a fun day was had by all and many thanks McC for giving us a reason to come here. Please excuse my cut and paste logs in advance due to numbers. Cheers

Sunday trip on the bikes to complete 52 Cache Pickup - Waikato's power trail. Great company of Janno216. We just had one DNF today. Plesant day - great wetaher for cycling and joy! Thanks for placements. We had great time along Waikato river.

Some time ago tramyard and me already thought about doing this 52 Cache Pickup Trail. Today we both were free and it didn't rain so we made our way to Ngaruawahia (what a name !), prepered our bikes and started our journey.

All the Caches were fairly hidden and very easy to find. A couple of them were really wet so we were not able to sign the logbook. We only had one DNF, so we were done after three hours and made our way to the Bonus Cache after a nice lunch breake.

After this tour we had still time to find some local Caches.


We had great fun finding all These Caches!

Thank you McCutchan for hiding all of These!

Replacement container now in place

Fun day out, thankfully with little rain, with cragger, laval and Dragon.Griffin collecting this series. We found all except 2, a few were quite wet so we dried as best as we could. I think we did them back to front but found ok parking in most spots so was no issue. Loved the document that you uploaded which we ticked off as we went.

Unfortunately no luck for us with this one

we did not find it

I was out on a fabulous day caching with Keylev, Laval & Dragon.Griffin.

Thanks for the cache McCutchan Cache Clan.

Checked the obvious, but didn't find it either.

NZPatoto and I set off to find the Pack of Cards caches. 53 in total. We were going to bike but as I wasn't feeling 100% I offered to drive and NZPatoto did the finding. There were times we both did the hunting. Our road was very busy, with a cop car travelling south with lights flashing. SH1 heading south was at a crawl until lunchtime. Parking was interesting, would have been better in a 4x4. A few times I would drop NZPatoto and then find a park. I did manage to find 8 and there was 2 DNF. While we had lunch and a coffee we solved the Joker cache. #9 of 53 DNF We even looked on the way home and still no luck. TFTC

Nahkins and I set off to find the Pack of Cards caches. 53 in total. As Nahkins wasn't feeling a 100% she did the driving and I did the hunting. There were times we both did the hunting. Very busy road and not many places to park it was drop me then find a park. I found 42, Nahkins 9 and 2 DNF. While we had a cuppa we solved the Joker cache. #9. We gave this two goes to find. There and Back. Both times nothing. So sad. TFTC

Found. Tftc

Nice quick park and grab. number 5 for the evening. Dropped off my last TB.

Big write up in under the Ace of hearts. Thanks for keeping us caching all day

Nice trail and we had lots of fun... more details from me at the Ace of Hearts.

Tftc

Stopped at every cache along the trail, replaced log sheets and containers as needed, relocated 2 of them to better places. Trail is now 100% ready, happy cache hunting.

Check the drop box link in Ace of Hearts GC34EG3 for an updated spreadsheet that contains updated information for each cache.

Could not find

Had a good look but just could not find it. Thanks.

No luck here.

Again no luck on our 52 cache journey.

no good 2 day tftc

Sorry can't find it

No luck here today

Foiled here by a lawn mowing muggle... onward ho!

Easy to find

On a mission today to find 120 + as a team of 4. All logs signed Naki 4
Team is Blenheim Bear Thatsneat Tmninjaturtle and 2 Bulbars.
It was a fun filled day finding many sorts of different caches and visiting many interesting places.
Many thanks to all who placed these caches to help make it such an enjoyable day