Route 66 Classic Truck California, United States
By bigdaddygrc on 03-Apr-12. Waypoint GC3G54R

It is just really too bad when a business trip is planned in a place like Las Vegas and I have an opportunity to come early to do a little caching before the meeting. When I found out I was heading to the south west, I made arrangements to do just that. Come down early and hit the Route 66 power trail. I have wanted to do this trail for quite some time. Last year I was down in the area and managed to get the E. T. Highway cleaned up. Of course, I will need to plan a return trip to that trail at some point since they have added quite a few more caches since I got the 1500 that were there last year. For this trip, a good friend, Vulcan64, was able to get some time off and join me for a caching adventure. So we flew down on Tuesday from Sioux Falls and then we worked our way down to Barstow, grabbing a couple of caches along the way. We tried to focus our attention on virtual caches and earth caches for the first night, but there were some terrific targets of opportunity that we could not pass up. In the morning, we took a little walk to grab a nearby cache since breakfast was not ready to be served. Once we got a quick breakfast, we took off for the trail. Once again, there were a few nice targets for us to grab before we made our way down to cache 001. From there we hit the trail with gusto. We did get a couple of other nice caches along the way as well, but our goal was to get the Route 66 trail done in a day. We managed to get it done. What a great trail! We had a lot of fun and we managed to stay safe. Only a few cuts and bumps along the way. By the time we the moon was starting to rise, a beautiful full moon, by the way, we were still about a hundred short of completing the trail. The light of the fading sun was precious, but fleeting. We went as fast as we could, but we ended up finishing in the dark. Good thing we brought flash lights along with us. We signed the logs as VB for Vulcan64 and Beta59. Thanks for all of the great caches, on the trail as well as before, after and in between.

Beta 59 and I flew into Las Vegas on Tues. afternoon to start our adventure. We headed out to Barstow, Ca. as this would be our starting point to begin the Route 66 caching trail. Our goal we set for ourselves was to try to get all the trail done in one day. This was my first trip to the area. Certainly different than South Dakota. Warmer and drier. During this trip I was able to make some new records and add to some current ones. I appreciate all the work involved in making this trail. I enjoyed the whole day. Doing a trail like this with a good friend really makes it go so much better. We signed the logs as V B. TFTC. bigdaddygrc

Our third day on the "Route 66" powertrail. We found the rest until nr. 800 and some other caches in the surrounding area. It was a great pleasure. Thanks a lot for giving us this good time. TFTC.

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Trouvée en compagnie de Le J, eMCé et ORDIMIC. Nous sommes parti du Québec, Canada le 25 mars pour les États-Unis pour faire du géocaching. Jour 1, nous avons signé au moins une cache dans quatre états. Jour 2, nous avons visité Las Végas. Jour 3, nous signons le géo-art Alien Head et autres caches près de la E.T. Road. Jour 4, nous signons le géo-art UFO près de la E.T. Road. Jours 5 et 6, nous signons la série E.T. Road. Jour 7, nous nous dirigeons vers Barstow en passant par la Death Valley. Jour 8, nous signons une partie du géo-art du logo de la route 66. Jour 9, nous signons quelques séries dont celle sur les automobiles, les avions et les trains. Jour 10, nous terminons le géo-art du logo de la route 66. Jour 11, nous signons les caches du géo-art du petit motorisé RV et quelques séries. Jour 12, nous signons la série de 800 caches de la route 66. Jour 13, nous entamons la nouvelles série HMD ainsi que quelques autres caches du coin.

Jour 14, aujourd'hui, nous commençons la série CCX4. Au niveau de la CCX4-085, nous décidons de rebrousser chemin de peur de rester enlisé dans le sable. Sur le chemin du retour, nous faisons une crevaison. C'est notre deuxième crevaison en moins d'une semaine. Après avoir placé la roue de secours, nous décidons de terminer de signer la série HMD. Ensuite, quelques caches près de la route 66 et retour à Needles pour signer quelques caches avant la nuit.

La chaleur et le paysage nous change de notre Québec. Chez-nous, c'est la neige et le froid. C'est certain que nous garderons de très bon souvenir de notre voyage.

Merci bigdaddygrc pour la cache.

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Found with Le J, eMCé and ORDIMIC. We left Quebec, Canada March 25th for the United States to go geocaching. Day 1 we have signed at least one cache in four states. Day 2, we visited Las Vegas. Day 3, we sign the geo-art Alien Head and other caches near the E.T. Road. Day 4, we sign the geo-art UFO near the E.T. Road. Days 5 and 6, we sign series E.T. Road. Day 7, we headed to Barstow through Death Valley. Day 8, we sign some geo-art logo Route 66. Day 9, we sign a few series, including one on cars, planes and trains. Day 10, we conclude geo-art logo Route 66. Day 11, we enter the geo-caches art of small motorized RV and some series. Day 12, we signed a series of caches 800 Route 66. Day 13, we start the new series HMD and a few other caches in the area.

Day 14 Today we begin the series CCX4. At the CCX4-085, we decided to turn back for fear of remaining stuck in the sand. On the way back, we make a flat. This is our second flat tire in less than a week. After placing the spare wheel, we decided to finish the series sign HMD. Then, a few caches near Highway 66 and back to Needles to sign some caches before nightfall.

Heat and we change our landscape Quebec. Among us, it is the snow and cold. It is certain that we keep very good memories of our trip.

Thank you bigdaddygrc for the cache.

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MaitreJack de Rimouski, Québec, Canada

Quatorzième journée de géocaching à la mode américaine accompagnée de Le J, Ordimic et Maitre Jack. Pas trop difficile, il suffit de trouver le bon tas de roches et la cache est dessous!!! On peut même faire du géocaching sans GPS maintenant, on repère les tas de roches à distance!
Aujourd'hui, on avait planifié une série de 400 caches en avant-midi par un chemin de sable non entretenu. On a essayé, mais rendus à la cache 87, on a du rebrousser chemin avant de rester pris avec la petite voiture. On a quand même pris la bonne décision parce que la Jeep a fait une crevaison peu de temps après (la deuxième depuis le début du voyage...). Les chemins dans la région sont rocailleux et difficiles pour les pneus...
Malgré ces petits imprévus, on a quand même terminé la journée avec 300 caches trouvées. Le voyage tire à sa fin, la fatigue se fait sentir pour moi, mais il ne faut pas lâcher!!
MPLC

I had wanted to finish this Series for sometime. After a discussion with some fellow cachers we formed a group of three ; Cache O' Plenty, Larry The Pool Guy, and Pars18. Cache O' Plenty put together a plan that would complete the Route 66 Series for both Larry the pool guy and Pars18, but he would still have to return another day in the future to finish it. We ended up getting all the numbered caches plus some extra ones that were added or had originally been there . We parked and had to walk to this one . Pretty old truck here with some small animals using it as there own domain. This was one of the extra caches we logged during our 66 run. Thanks to bigdaddygrc for adding to our fun today. We really had a great time thanks to Larry (Larry The Pool Guy) and Steve (Cache O' Plenty) for joining our team.

Pars18, Larry the pool guy and I headed out to the Route 66 series today for a full day of power trail caching. Since pars18 and Larry the pool guy had already completed the first half, we started at #381 and headed east. That allowed both of them to complete the series. I, on the other hand, will have to return to complete the first half. We also augmented our run to include all of the Non-Route 66 caches along the way. Made for quite a long day and a new one-day record for me. As we proceeded, we repaired any that needed some TLC and replaced some broken ones. Now I need to resupply my stash of containers!

Had a great day and perfect weather. Thanks to Team Stevecat and the other COs for all their work in setting up this run. Got a great history lesson along the way.

Also was amused to note that the number of trains we saw greatly outnumberd the vehicles on the road. Trans = 7, vehicles = 3 for the first three hours.

This was just one of the many caches found by us today. TFTC-SL

My day started out at 4:00 am when I first got in the pool truck to drive up to the meeting spot at McDonalds near the Lake Silverwood Exit. Sitting in their cars ready to go was Pars 18 and CacheOPlenty. At 6:30 am our group starting finding hides and stamping logs this pattern continued till 5:30 pm. The desert was kind to our group today with little wind and cool temperatures. Thanks to all that placed caches for me to find. I now have a new one day record !

My sons and I left from the Yuma Mega Event and headed up to Barstow to do the Route 66 and other caches together. We got it done in a day and a half or so. Nice time to spend with them and we thank you for the placement of your caches. Along with our skipandjesie, my sons Cable Cache 1, and CableCache made a stamp for all caches we did.

How cool is this?? This is GREAT! Thanks for bringing us out to see this! TFTC!

On holidays from Australia we had planned on doing a spot of caching whilst in and around Barstow and Las Vegas. One of our goals was to complete the Route 66 series. Early start, late finish was in order and after a long 15+ hours, we completed the series and some extra's along the way. Wow what an experience that was! FurfacesLL No 2 sprained her ankle on the Yermo series, and FurfacesLL No 1 was down with a cold, So we were very pleased with ourselves. A days' rest then off to tackle the ET Highway! Thanks to the cache owners for all the work in maintaining these caches.

Getting our caching kicks on Route 66 with micaparamedic, Ozibgs and EB Contax


Thanks for the caching fun

Found in the company of Earthbound Chief, aka Dad on our 'Boys Own Adventure' after I spent the summer working in Michigan and before going home to Australia. A drive along the Route 66 was a must! TFTC

9:04:00 AM: (Count: 15 of 266 )
yes a great find , it took a bit of searching before I pointed out err the hint says here.. I guess thats the good thing about having a few people to help the search..
thanks
This is our second day after managing about 600+ caches yesterday.
After many months waiting we are finally here, we where fortunately enough to meet the cache owners at an event, but even more fortunate to have mild weather.
We completed the series plus a few side caches in about two days and loved it
More detailed log posted on 001-Route 66 ( http://coord.info/GC2Q8GK )
Signed our logs using team name: SAM : (Sol de Lune ,Albida and mtrax)
Hello from Canberra, Australia

US12. US12. The remnants of this old car are amazing. It does not look as if it has been vandalised much beyond the overall state of decay. Nice to see old stuff. Thanks.

7314.707 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 5000 Finds Achievement A#201

Albida

Edit log......

An interesting stop as we continued our way along Route 66. Drove almost all the way to GZ and after a short search, had the cche in hand.

Thanks for showing us the history of years gone by......

Yes, we were pleased to be FTF!!! on this one. A co- find with rcbpasco. Thanks for bringing us here. A very cool old truck.

This entry was edited by tumbleweed2 on Sunday, 15 April 2012 at 03:30:15 UTC.

Co FTF with Tumbleweed2 We are back to pick up caches that have been placed since completing RT66 a year ago. Nice placement for a cache TFTH SL