Logs for BeccaDay 

I have had my eye on this cache for a very long time, the little blue ? in the sea of mostly-green traditionals on the y2k list always catches the eye. Anyway, I felt a little nervous going and didn't try for years because I was nervous about the projection. I've done projection waypoints before, but never one this far or have I had to worry about the magnetic/true north thing. And to be honest, this part of the cache hunt wasn't fun for me. I tried my best and followed all the directions, did reading up and experimenting before, and tried to be prepared. I ended up being about 200 feet off, which isn't bad all things considered. However, when you are also talking about elevation and the possibility of it being higher or lower on the hill than you thought, 200 feet is a really big deal. We were there for well over an hour because of the many, many available hiding places and had to resort to a PAF of a previous finder. But now that I've gotten my complaining out of the way, I can tell you that there were many aspects of this cache find that were awesome. The area is really cool and in a part of the state that I've never been to before. I grew up in CO and I loved visiting old ghost towns from the mining boom. Also, we recently adopted a rescue dog and we are learning that he is happiest in the desert. Since we were remote enough, we just let him run around and he had the biggest, dopiest grin on his face. As is the case many times in caching, we discovered a nice, lightly-used trail on the way OUT after finding the cache. So if any future finders want advice on finding this cache...don't go too high and look for the nice little trail. We took lots of pictures and reveled in the beauty around us. Plus, the weather was really pleasant, warm in the sun and just a little chilly in the shade. Perfect! This was a really nice change from our day before, where we traveled across CO and UT in the snowstorm. There were no travel bugs inside so I dropped 2, all y2k caches should have TB's in them! Thank you for keeping this cache going all these years! 

When trying to explain why I like to hunt down y2k caches most muggles, and even some geocachers, just look at me like I'm crazy. However, I would bet that most of you cachers who take the time to get all the way to this cache will completely understand why we do this. These y2k caches are often hidden in the coolest places, ones that I would have probably not found for any other reason than the cache. Well that is exactly what we experienced. First of all, I'd like to offer a huge thank you to all who have kept this cache going over the years, and also to GidgetSearches for providing the coordinates and information on finding the cache. This was really helpful!

So my husband and I are traveling from CA to CO for Thanksgiving but we are meandering a bit so that we can explore a bit. I did what I always do, and check my y2k PQ to see what we can fit in on this trip. We were so glad that we did! We made a brief stop at Great Basin National Park and then headed to the GZ. The route would have been really difficult had it not been for the coordinates provided for the route, lots of little dirt roads where some are marked, some aren't, some look like roads on the map but aren't really in person. Yikes! But with a little planning ahead of time and those coordinates, it was no problem heading to the cache. The sun was setting a bit when we got there, which gave it a really cool aura. The area is fairly dry except for the little stream that ran alongside the road we were on. Then we got to the GZ and I was thrilled with the picturesque setting! The old cabin/mine ruins were so interesting, the cabin across the way, the stream. It was beautiful! My husband and I lingered for a bit enjoying the area and signing the log. It really was a great location!

Well, the sun was setting and we thought we should probably try and head out before it got totally dark. Now here was my husband's favorite part of the trip. We continued down the road heading east. We have a 4WD vehicle and are pretty confident drivers so we thought we would give it a try. Suddenly right in front of us was a huge elk! It was so cool. We've seen plenty of elk hanging out in towns or outside of National Parks, but to see one in the wild like that all by itself was really thrilling. It bounded away from us and all of my pictures turned out fuzzy because of the low light. He was beautiful! Anyway, we kept going and the road was getting rougher. We got to an intersection and none of the roads seemed to be going in the direction that our map said that they were supposed to go and all of the roads seemed to nearly disappear after about a hundred feet. Considering the fact that it was nearly dark, we decided to chicken out and just turn around and head out back the way we came in.

Happy 21st birthday just a few weeks late, Wah Wah Stash. TFTC 

Wow, this is really a shame that it had to be archived. These y2k caches are rare gems. I wonder if it could be moved a bit to appease the neighbors and still keep it going? 

Hello from Wisconsin and happy Thanksgiving! When my cousin announced that she was getting married in Phoenix over Thanksgiving weekend I really wanted to go. I love my cousin and wanted to celebrate her happy day with her. I'll admit to all of you geocachers that I also had another plan as well. I have been slowly chipping away at the Jasmer challenge for several years now. When I saw that I could fill 2 of the last 3 spots that I have left it took away the last bit of hesitation on spending so much on a plane ticket. Most of my trip was spending time with family but I did take this one morning to find some caches for myself. I found the other nearby 2000 cache first but this one was the real adventure!

Wow, this was a great experience! I hadn't gotten a permit to drive on the road, I guess I didn't realize that was an option until later when I noticed other logs mentioning it. Instead I parked where I thought there was a trail from the satellite image from the north. Nope, it turned out to be a dry riverbed. Although there was evidence of plenty of people visiting with footprints and horse apples on the ground, I saw no one during my nearly 2 mile hike to the cache. At some point I texted my husband details about where I was since I was by myself in the desert and not even on a trail. Turns out all was well and the only difficulties I encountered was brushing up against a few cactus as I bushwhacked to the GZ.

This area was absolutely beautiful! I really wasn't expecting so much green in the desert, especially this time of year. But what do I know, I'm from Wisconsin and certainly know more about forests than deserts. I stopped many times to take pictures along the way, I had to play my part as a tourist! I just loved seeing the many saguaro in the area, they all seem to have their own personalities!

I eventually left the dry riverbed because it was hard to slog through all that loose sand. I kept running across trails and thinking I had finally found one, only to lose them again or have them head off in some other direction. I saw lots of birds and a few rabbits but no other critters greeted me on my trip to the cache.

I was grateful for the time that I spent here and really felt like I had accomplished something when I finally got to the GZ! I plopped down next to the cache and happily took some trackables that I will bring back with me to Wisconsin. I signed the log and just soaked in the beauty of the area. But family was waiting for me and I couldn't linger for too long. I am definitely giving this one a favorite point for the grand adventure. Thank you for keeping it going all these years and I'm honored to have found Arizona's oldest geocache.