Logs for MinotRanger 

Christmas Cache is 20 years old today. We held an event cache earlier today. Seven of us from the event drove over for the hike. Perfect weather. About 60 degrees and sunny. Dry trails all the way. Saw two small black snakes sunning along the trail. Thanks to Doctor voiceover, FL Pirate, The wench, Ikolor, and tumbleweed42 for accompanying me. Thanks to lorriebird for scheduling the event cache. Earns a fav. 

Wow - Two December 2000 Caches yesterday, and an October 2000 and this Sep 2000 Cache today. Good hide. Earns a fav. 

Bug Drop! 

Visiting from North Dakota. Lot's of fun. This is my 6th Oct 2000 Cache. Thanks for keeping it alive. Earns a fav. 

Bug Drop! 

Left North Dakota on the 5:00 a.m. flight. Arrived in Memphis around 11:00. Picked up my rental car. 3 1/2 hours here I am. Quick find. Earns a fav. Will post photos when I get home. TFTC 

I have been planning my trip to Utah for over a year. I have been following this cache almost daily since early May. How many inches of snow are still on the ground? I appreciate the link to the weather report for the area. I was so relieved to see the snow was gone, the gates were open and people were logging their finds. Today was the big day. I used some other caches in the area as way points, as I was not sure if my car GPS would find it's way all the way to GZ. The drive along Miller Flat road, all 11 miles of it, took almost 35 minutes as I didn't want it to be too bumpy. We now are at Potters Pond. We get to drive my rental car over the river (took a photo of course, will post when I get home). Now can I park at #19 as people recommend? Found #19 and saw it wasn't reserved til 7-17-19, so it was all mine. My wife stayed in the car as I started my trek. Found Potters Pond 10 + 59 first. Piece of cake. Next how to cross the stream. I went across a large tree and found the trail on the other side. Now on to Potters 2 Present. Piece of cake part II. Back to the trail. Went a little further on and ducked under a fallen tree, then over two fallen trees and then I didn't notice that the trail went to my left as I was facing uphill towards GZ. So I bushwhacked the remaining 150' or so. Found the cache. Signed the log. Left 4 TB. Took a few photos and noticed the trail was right there. So I followed it back to where I started my bushwhacking and over the logs, under the log, back to the tree, across the tree, about 3 more minutes and I'm back at the car. I asked my wife to get out and take a photo of me doing my "I found Potters Pond" Happy Dance. Took about 25 minutes to hike in, not counting stopping for the two caches on the way. I now have all three "Aug 2000" caches (in the US). I have a double Jasmer and with this cache I have 8 caches left for my 3rd and 4th Jasmers. I do concur with the last logged cacher, a 2 difficulty for terrain? But 19 years ago, who really knew how to classify caches. Earns a fav. Thanks for keeping this alive. I did stop at the non urban LPC on my way out. 

Wow! I have been wanting to hunt this one down for a long time. Left Minot today on a 5:00 am flight. Flew to Minneapolis and changed planes. Now on to Denver. Picked up rental car. Drove 3 1/2 hours to Arikaree. Found that. Drove about 1 1/2 hours to Mingo. Quick find. Took some photos. Will upload when I get home in a few weeks. This makes my 4th May 2000 find. Earns a fav. TFTC 

Dodged the raindrops today with Kat-as-trophy. Parked by the tennis courts. Quick walk to the cache. Thanks for keeping this going. Earns a fav. 

Visiting from North Dakota. Spent last night in Duluth GA. Quick drive up this morning before sun up. Took the wrong fork in the trail, but was able to figure out I was going wrong way. Got back on track. Found quickly. Earns a fav. This is my second find for Aug 2000. Hope to find the one in UT this summer, then on to Stockholm sometime in the future. TFTC 

Had a great day today on the lake with WadeH, Hamfam07, and Kat-as-trophy. Rented a pontoon boat from the Port Royal Marina. They were very helpful. I was able to watch their online video a few weeks ago and them complete their online quiz to qualify for a GA boat safety certificate. Wasn't the best of weather, but being from North Dakota, anytime it's warmer than freezing in January, I'm a happy camper. Thanks for keeping this cache going. Earns a fav. 

We have filled the boat. Looking forward to our adventure. 

I will be visiting the area Saturday 19 Jan. I have reserved a pontoon boat. If anyone would like to share the boat rental, please email. Thanks, MinotRanger 

Posting some photos from right before the event with some TBs. 

Took bus L94 from St James Station to Laperouse. Took some pictures of Bare Island from the Mission Impossible series. Found the cache. Earns a fav. No need to disturbe any plant life. 

Good hide. Does not appear to be magnetic so it is just laying there. TFTC 

Got a reply from the CO after logging a DNF. Found quicker this time. Earns a fav. 

Quick find due to the posted hint. TFTC Earns a fav. 

Great view. Earns a fav. TFTC 

Met Team Ward right after my find. Left two TB. Earns a fav. 

Quick find. Thanks to some posted photos. TFTC 

Took me a few minutes to find. TFTC 

Container is much smaller than posted. Found a TB inside. Taking to Los Angeles. TFTC 

Great container. Earns a fav 

Coords didn't have me as close as normal. Not too many places to look so found quickly. TFTC 

Sent email to CO. Took some photos. Will have to wait til Friday when I get home to post. TFTC 

Enjoyed the walk to the cache. Took a photo of Opera House. Will post photo later this week when I get home. Earns a fav. 

Found quickly. Visiting from North Dakota. TFTC 

Found it after speaking to a friend. TFTC 

If its there, I didn't see it. 

Found something with a lid. Opened it. Nothing inside. 

Visiting from North Dakota. Quick find. TFTC 

Quick find. Visiting from North Dakota. TFTC 

Picked up a TB to take back to the states. TFTC 

Very nice container. Visiting from North Dakota. Earns a fav. 

Have to reach low for this one. Visiting from North Dakota. TFTC 

Quick find. Thanks for bringing me here. Visiting from North Dakota. 

I looked in 3 different trees and a small bush. Came up empty. 

Found this am before the rain. TFTC 

Found with funnyduchess. Good hide. Earns a fav. Visiting from North Dakota. 

Looked around and under. Did not find. 

Took the hop on, hop off bus. Walked down the paved sidewalk to street level. Found GZ. Found the cache. Earns a fav. 

Took the hop on hop off bus. Walked down the paved sidewalk to find the mission impossible cache first. Then walked over to find this one. Don't have to leave the walkway to find. TFTC Visiting from North Dakota. 

Email sent to owner. What a view. Will upload photos when I get home to North Dakota. Earns a fav. 

Found with TElg78, Agazo, and funnyduchess. Earns a fav. Visiting from North Dakota. 

Thanks TElg78 for hosting the event. Nice to meet so many people from around the world. Dropped some TB and picked up a few. Found a few caches after the event with TELg78, Agazo, and funnyduchess. 

Looked and came up empty. 

I was able to find and sign this am. Helps if you are on the correct elevation. Didn't take long to find. Visiting from North Dakota. Temp back home is -6 C. Glad I am here on vacation. 

Got out early this am. This was less than .1 mile from my hotel. Quick find. My first Cache in NZ. Visiting from North Dakota. TFTC 

A block W of my hotel. Quick find. Visiting from North Dakota. TFTC