HMD-0615 Twentynine Palms, California, United States
By
f0t0m0m on 17-Feb-13. Waypoint GC465A7
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We planned another vacation to include gambling and geocaching. We made an early start driving form Colorado to Las Vegas. We stoped for only one small string of caches on the way, that being the nut run. We plan to do some caching in the Las Vegas area tomorrow.
Day two of our caching didn't start off as well as we had hoped. On the way to Vegas yesterday we noticed a strange sound coming from our rental car, but after several inspections we could not pinpoint the problem. After another stop Mrs. SDC finally spotted what could be the problem. There was a huge hunk of rubber missing from the sidewall of the tire as well as a piece missing from the rim
. We called the rental car company in Colorado and they said take it to the nearest Budget rental car place and get it exchanged. Well that wound up taking about three hours so needless to say we got a late start. We did however complete our caching task for the day 
.
Day three: We got a fairly early start and worked the North Las Vegas area. The only problems we had was with one of the city's finest. As we crossed an intersection and pulled off the road, he must have kept an eye on us. He made a u-turn and continued to watch us as we signed the log and moved on to the nest cache. He followed us and parked across from the lot that we were in. We began looking for the cache, then he decided to pull up and ask what we were doing. After Mr. SDC spoke to him a while he moved on and so did we. We want to thank all the cache owners for placing and maintaining these caches for our enjoyment. SL, TFTC
Day four of caching, five of our vacation started very early. We got on the road before daybreak as we had a good drive just from Las Vegas to the start of the HMD trail. We decided to go ahead and top off the tank in Parker, as we did not know if there would be any services along Highway 62. It was a good thing we did because there wasn't anything until we got to Twentynine Palms where we planned to stay for the night. Since we weren't planning on going to Parker we didn't load any caches, but we did manage to bring some up with c:geo. For the most part the weather was overcast and mild, but we did hit a bit of high winds and light rain showers as the day progressed. We cached until it got dark. We were amazed with the miles of "rock art" along the railroad bed.
Got another early start to finish up the HMD series and we're glad we did, as it was hotter today then yesterday. We didn't have a lot of issues, just found serval containers at quite a few caches again. For the whole series the only critters we came across was one coyote and a bunch of lizards. Thankfully no snakes or scorpions. It was an enjoyable series being on paved roads, just a little touch and go entering and exiting the road for the caches.
We want to thank all the cache owners and especially f0t0m0m for placing and maintaining these caches for our enjoyment. SL, TFTC
Day two of our caching didn't start off as well as we had hoped. On the way to Vegas yesterday we noticed a strange sound coming from our rental car, but after several inspections we could not pinpoint the problem. After another stop Mrs. SDC finally spotted what could be the problem. There was a huge hunk of rubber missing from the sidewall of the tire as well as a piece missing from the rim
. We called the rental car company in Colorado and they said take it to the nearest Budget rental car place and get it exchanged. Well that wound up taking about three hours so needless to say we got a late start. We did however complete our caching task for the day . Day three: We got a fairly early start and worked the North Las Vegas area. The only problems we had was with one of the city's finest. As we crossed an intersection and pulled off the road, he must have kept an eye on us. He made a u-turn and continued to watch us as we signed the log and moved on to the nest cache. He followed us and parked across from the lot that we were in. We began looking for the cache, then he decided to pull up and ask what we were doing. After Mr. SDC spoke to him a while he moved on and so did we. We want to thank all the cache owners for placing and maintaining these caches for our enjoyment. SL, TFTC
Day four of caching, five of our vacation started very early. We got on the road before daybreak as we had a good drive just from Las Vegas to the start of the HMD trail. We decided to go ahead and top off the tank in Parker, as we did not know if there would be any services along Highway 62. It was a good thing we did because there wasn't anything until we got to Twentynine Palms where we planned to stay for the night. Since we weren't planning on going to Parker we didn't load any caches, but we did manage to bring some up with c:geo. For the most part the weather was overcast and mild, but we did hit a bit of high winds and light rain showers as the day progressed. We cached until it got dark. We were amazed with the miles of "rock art" along the railroad bed.
Got another early start to finish up the HMD series and we're glad we did, as it was hotter today then yesterday. We didn't have a lot of issues, just found serval containers at quite a few caches again. For the whole series the only critters we came across was one coyote and a bunch of lizards. Thankfully no snakes or scorpions. It was an enjoyable series being on paved roads, just a little touch and go entering and exiting the road for the caches.
We want to thank all the cache owners and especially f0t0m0m for placing and maintaining these caches for our enjoyment. SL, TFTC
Day 2, 18MAY14, on the
HMD trail and
Still we're heading
In the wrong direction,
East but, we must.
Have to be in Tucson
Tonight - we can't
Visit all these fine
Caches - must stop at
Highway 177
-We'll be back-
HMD trail and
Still we're heading
In the wrong direction,
East but, we must.
Have to be in Tucson
Tonight - we can't
Visit all these fine
Caches - must stop at
Highway 177
-We'll be back-
After a 7 day 6,000 km road trip through a bunch of the lower Sates I picked up Adroit Seeker and Rain Willowsnap at the Vegas airport and we headed over to Parker, AZ to hit up the heart of the Mojave power trail.
Yesterday we decided to get a head start and managed to knock off 250 caches before heading back to sleep.
Got up early and headed out and cached our way to Twenty Nine Palms where we checked in to our hotel and grabbed a short nap during the hottest part of the day. After a quick dinner we hit the PT again finishing just after 9:30 pm and logging 765 caches for the day.
TFTC.
Yesterday we decided to get a head start and managed to knock off 250 caches before heading back to sleep.
Got up early and headed out and cached our way to Twenty Nine Palms where we checked in to our hotel and grabbed a short nap during the hottest part of the day. After a quick dinner we hit the PT again finishing just after 9:30 pm and logging 765 caches for the day.
TFTC.
Day 2 of our Mojave Desert Geocaching trip with Roman and Rain Willowsnap, where continued on the series from where we left off yesterday. Got into 29 Palms about 3pm and had a rest before we continued and finished the series off.
Thanks f0t0m0m for the cache.
Thanks f0t0m0m for the cache.
Second day of our Mojave Desert geocaching trip with Adroit Seeker and Roman. Got a head start with the first 250 caches yesterday, and continued on the series today. Had a rest in the mid-afternoon before heading back out for some more caches after it cooled down a bit.
Thank you for the cache, f0t0m0m!
Thank you for the cache, f0t0m0m!
This road trip was hatched about a year ago by Tycoon Otto and myself. The original plan was to go back down to the US and hit some power trails, but it morphed into a 13 day, 17,500km geo-odyssey. During this road trip I had several highlights:
1) Got my 7,000th cache and well onto my way to 8,000.
2) Signed 1,026 caches in a single day (HMD power trail California).
3) Visited 18 states in one single 24 hour period.
4) Got 12 different cache types in a single day.
5) Visited "Mingo" the oldest active cache in the world.
6) Signed 1,548 caches during this 13 day period.
7) Cached in 48 states.
More importantly, there were several memories and sites I will never forget. I thoroughly enjoyed the town of St. Charles, Missouri and Cadillac ranch on Route 66.
I will post a picture of our track log in GCZ02V (Seeing Seagulls) and GCMQ1X (Weigh up), the first and last caches in this road trip.
As always caching with Tycoon Otto was a blast. Thanks again for a great caching experience.
To all the cache owners that made this possible, thanks for the cache and happy caching!!!
Here is a brief summary of each day:
Day 1 - May 15th - Washington, Oregon and California (10 caches)
Day 2 - May 16th - California - car repair took away the morning did half a power trail before moving on (253 caches)
Day 3 - May 17th - California - (HMD power trail - 1,026 caches in 16 hours, it worked out to a cache every 56 seconds on average) - not my finest hour, as got a speeding ticket trying to get to a hotel to sleep
Day 4 - May 18th - Nevada, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico (10 caches)
Day 5 - May 19th - Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi (13 caches)
Day 6 - May 20th - Alabama and Florida (2 caches)
Day 7 - May 21st - 24 hour run (12:01am to 11:59pm) - 18 states - Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine (20 caches)
Day 8 - May 22nd - Vermont, New York (again), Pennsylvania (again), Ohio (again), Michigan, and Indiana (12 caches)
Day 9 - May 23rd - Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri (26 caches)
Day 10 - May 24th - St Charles for Geowoodstock XII - 12 cache types in one day - Letterbox, CITO, Event, Wherigo, Multi, Earthcache, Traditional, Mystery, Virtual, Mega, Lab, Benchmark, we actually did a webcam too, but listing was locked by Groundspeak (27 caches plus 10 lab caches)
Day 11 - May 25th - signed "Mingo" cache - Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska (108 caches)
Day 12 - May 26th - completed a 5 cache - 5 state challenge - Nebraska, South Dakoda, Wyoming, North Dakoda and Montana (35 caches)
Day 13 - May 27th - Montana and Idaho, return to Kelowna (5 caches)
1) Got my 7,000th cache and well onto my way to 8,000.
2) Signed 1,026 caches in a single day (HMD power trail California).
3) Visited 18 states in one single 24 hour period.
4) Got 12 different cache types in a single day.
5) Visited "Mingo" the oldest active cache in the world.
6) Signed 1,548 caches during this 13 day period.
7) Cached in 48 states.
More importantly, there were several memories and sites I will never forget. I thoroughly enjoyed the town of St. Charles, Missouri and Cadillac ranch on Route 66.
I will post a picture of our track log in GCZ02V (Seeing Seagulls) and GCMQ1X (Weigh up), the first and last caches in this road trip.
As always caching with Tycoon Otto was a blast. Thanks again for a great caching experience.
To all the cache owners that made this possible, thanks for the cache and happy caching!!!
Here is a brief summary of each day:
Day 1 - May 15th - Washington, Oregon and California (10 caches)
Day 2 - May 16th - California - car repair took away the morning did half a power trail before moving on (253 caches)
Day 3 - May 17th - California - (HMD power trail - 1,026 caches in 16 hours, it worked out to a cache every 56 seconds on average) - not my finest hour, as got a speeding ticket trying to get to a hotel to sleep
Day 4 - May 18th - Nevada, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico (10 caches)
Day 5 - May 19th - Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi (13 caches)
Day 6 - May 20th - Alabama and Florida (2 caches)
Day 7 - May 21st - 24 hour run (12:01am to 11:59pm) - 18 states - Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine (20 caches)
Day 8 - May 22nd - Vermont, New York (again), Pennsylvania (again), Ohio (again), Michigan, and Indiana (12 caches)
Day 9 - May 23rd - Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri (26 caches)
Day 10 - May 24th - St Charles for Geowoodstock XII - 12 cache types in one day - Letterbox, CITO, Event, Wherigo, Multi, Earthcache, Traditional, Mystery, Virtual, Mega, Lab, Benchmark, we actually did a webcam too, but listing was locked by Groundspeak (27 caches plus 10 lab caches)
Day 11 - May 25th - signed "Mingo" cache - Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska (108 caches)
Day 12 - May 26th - completed a 5 cache - 5 state challenge - Nebraska, South Dakoda, Wyoming, North Dakoda and Montana (35 caches)
Day 13 - May 27th - Montana and Idaho, return to Kelowna (5 caches)
US14 ET Highway Trip with Sol de Lune and Mtrax. Day 6. Based out of Twentynine Palms for the day we set out to attack the HMD series as best we could. A dust storm restricted out eastwards starting point, but we still had a solid day along this road, even though the edge was pretty soft most of the time. Thanks.
14383.6 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6
Albida
14383.6 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6
Albida
7:16:00 AM: (6 of 321) Find#5948
another day in 29 Palms completing the HMD series, encounter a bit of sand storm which made it a bit unpleasant to do the power trail towards the end but got a pretty good haul that day.
Logged as "SAM" which is a team of three Sol De Lune, Albida33 and Mtrax. Visiting the US as a team for the 2nd time, our mission to complete the ET series but before and after do some more exploring and geocaching along the way. Our tour starts around Barstow and a few days in Las Vegas before caching over to 29 Palms before hitting the ET Highway straying at Rachel and Tonapah.
Our second stage of our trip saw us doing a loop around Wyoming, Nebraska, Sth & Nth Dakota and Montana before finishing back in Los Angles, our finds for the trip totalled well over 4,000 geocaches.
another day in 29 Palms completing the HMD series, encounter a bit of sand storm which made it a bit unpleasant to do the power trail towards the end but got a pretty good haul that day.
Logged as "SAM" which is a team of three Sol De Lune, Albida33 and Mtrax. Visiting the US as a team for the 2nd time, our mission to complete the ET series but before and after do some more exploring and geocaching along the way. Our tour starts around Barstow and a few days in Las Vegas before caching over to 29 Palms before hitting the ET Highway straying at Rachel and Tonapah.
Our second stage of our trip saw us doing a loop around Wyoming, Nebraska, Sth & Nth Dakota and Montana before finishing back in Los Angles, our finds for the trip totalled well over 4,000 geocaches.
Found with Albida and mtrax during our 4 week 2014 US adventure. Logs were signed as S.A.M...
Did parts of the this series in small sections to ensure we were on the correct side of the road. All went well and we managed to grab quite a few in the series, which turned out to be a bonus.
Thanks for the fun and the finds.....
Did parts of the this series in small sections to ensure we were on the correct side of the road. All went well and we managed to grab quite a few in the series, which turned out to be a bonus.
Thanks for the fun and the finds.....
