Logs for errhode 

We came up here for lunch as we heard it had the best view of any cafe anywhere. I think that might be true. The soup wasn't bad either.

The cache is in good condition and there was even a pen next to it, so I didn't have to dig mine out of my sack to sign it. Thanks for the cache! 

We saw this building the other day and wondered what it was. We thought it might be an outhouse, but it appears to just be a storage shed of some kind? Honestly, we're still a little confused. However, there was this geocache across the road, so it was a productive stop, nonetheless. Thanks for the cache! 

For the first time in the three nights that we staying on Lake Pukaki, we were finally able to see Mount Cook, as it wasn't shrouded by clouds! And so, we spent the morning walking around, gawking at its beauty... and I found myself a few geocaches. Thanks for the cache! I picked up the trackable inside and will take it on its merry way! 

The art seems to be long gone on this one, alas. However, Mount Cook is still there in all its splendid glory -- out in view this morning after being enshrouded by clouds the two previous mornings. We had parked up at the look out and I walked along the shore of the lake, nearly a mile, to get to this geocache. My muggle friend did not join me and I think she missed out! Thanks for the cache! 

The GPS was spotty on this one for me, and at first I searched around the wrong rock until suddenly it jumped and told me I was in fact 43 feet away, and not 6. And so, I relocated myself down the hill and very quickly made the find. Thanks for the cache! The mountain was out in clear view this morning, so it was fun to hike around here! 

Me, upon seeing the sign for Freda's Rock: Hey, you want to check out this Freda's Rock thing?
Muggle friend: Sure, why not?
Friend: *Reads the plaque about Freda*
Me: *Starts poking around the rock with my phone/GPS out*
Friend: There's a geocache here, isn't there? That's the only reason you wanted to come over here isn't it?
Me: Maybe... oooh, found it!
Friend: *Serious eye rolling*

Also, I left a trackable that I'd been toting around New Zealand. Come get it!

Thanks for the hide! 

The track ends here because of the closing, due to the bridge being out. It was very rainy today, but even with the rain, it was a beautiful view of the water and the bridge and the surrounding mountains. Another pair of hikers was nearby enjoying it as much as we were. Thanks for the hide! 

Clouds kept Mount Cook from being visible today, but still a pretty spot anyway. GPS was spotty and jumping all over the place, but I managed to find the cache anyway with the help of the hint. I dropped a trackable I've been toting around New Zealand which wants to stay in rural areas. Come find it and take it further along its journey!

Thanks for the hide! 

Hello from California, USA! Unfortunately, clouds and rain were blocking the view of Mount Cook today. Still a lovely spot to sit a spell after a day of hiking. The replacement cache is holding strong and all is in good shape here. Thanks for the hide! 

Hiking along on this rainy day, I did a brief detour to find this cache, while my friend soldiered on ahead. This let her rest a little longer at the top, as I had to race to catch up. Everything's in good shape with the cache. Even with the rain, it's a beautiful place to be! Thanks for the hide, and hello from California, USA! 

Ugh, I hate that I couldn't find this one. Especially since I'm unlikely to return to this corner of the globe, and certainly not any time soon. The puzzle was fine and I got the coordinates, however, our dinner stopover in Twizel (Poppies is a fine restaurant, FYI) was after dark... and there I was, poking around a tractor under the southern stars with only my phone as a flashlight. It's no wonder I didn't find it. I'm sure the coordinates were fine. I'm sure if I had come in the daylight, I would have had better luck. Alas, this was not the case. Thanks for the puzzle nonetheless! 

There's a little geotrail, probably from previous geocachers, which leads you right to the cache, if you only pay attention. Everything is in good shape here. This was the part of our hike where the rain finally started to let up a bit. It's much more enjoyable when you're not getting soaked! Thanks for the cache! 

It was very windy and this one proved tricky at first. But I persevered and then realized I was staring right at it. Camo duct tape works really well. The view is amazing here -- and love the story of the dog! Thanks for the cache! 

I was walking the peninsula trail and detoured over this way to pick up this cache. A car full of muggles pulled up next to me as I was signing the cache and asked if I knew how to get to the shore. I showed them the gate I had just come through and then quietly returned the cache to its hiding place without them noticing. Simultaneously, my friend, who was a bit behind me on the walk, came up out of nowhere to distract the muggles while I replaced the cache. (She knew what was up -- she had wanted to rest and I told her that was fine, I was going to be geocaching while she did.) Thanks for the hide -- beautiful views! 

I suppose one could call it "just another view" but all of the views out here are incredible, so I savor each one. Quite the windy day today. I hiked over here from the dog statue while my friend waited in the car and she said the wind nearly knocked the car over! I was glad for my stocking cap on the walk to keep my ears warm and out of the wind. Thanks for the cache! 

We are staying at the lodge just below this track, so it was an easy walk just outside our room, through the sheep, to get to the kettle hole. Prior to visiting this, the most famous kettle pond I think I've been to before is Walden Pond in Massachusetts, made famous by Thoreau. This spot is far more epic in its grandeur. Thanks for the earth cache -- the answers have been sent on! 

The coordinates are spot on, which helped me to find this one quickly. We also had to stop and take a photo of the big fruit, which we saw on our drive from Queenstown to Dunedin last week, but didn't stop to inspect until now. Everything's in good shape here -- no worms in these apples or this cache. Thanks for the hide! 

What a beautiful spot! I'm not really sure how we found it. We meant to go on a hike somewhere else, but we wound up here and I noticed there was a cache, so we kept going. A camper asked me if I was okay, poking around as I was, and I told him I was geocaching. Oh, he geocaches with his son -- there's one out here? Really?

Yes, sir. There is. And I have found it.

Thanks for the cache! 

At this point on my journey around Glenorchy, I was getting quite good at recognizing the local hide styles. I picked up this cache while barely slowing down as we walked along the quiet track. One large group of tourists around for wedding photos, but pretty quiet other wise. Thanks for the cache! 

A bride was nearby taking photos in her wedding dress. Quite the stunning backdrop for it! Neither she nor her family seemed to notice me sneaking around retrieving the cache. My friend said I looked a bit ridiculous, but I think I've done far more ridiculous things to find a cache! Thanks for the hide! 

This was our Journeys End as well, as the rental car wasn't going to make it through the creek. (Actually, we kept hiking further down the road, as my travel companion had an app which told her that Isengard was not too far... so we walked to it, since we weren't able to drive.) However, much closer to our car was this cache... so I stopped to find it. Noting all the cows, I figured it had to be somewhere the cows wouldn't get to it. There was only one such spot, and sure enough, it held the one cache to rule them all. (Well, okay, there was more than one cache today.) Thanks for the hide! 

This wasn't a difficult find until I uncovered the very large spider sitting atop the cache. He didn't see to want to move. I nearly considered moving along without signing, but eventually, I used two pens to retrieve the cache without having to touch the spider and managed to make the sign on the replacement log that was inside. The original is there too, but far too soaked to be signable. Thanks for the hide! 

What a quaint little church for a quaint little town! There were multiple rocks to check under, but not so many that it was impossible. I'm starting to recognize a familiar theme in cache hides by this CO which is making it easier. Thanks for the hide! 

Lovely view here, which seems to be true everywhere in New Zealand so far. As someone else said before, the coords seem to be about 20m off or so -- you don't have to cross any streams! But there was an obvious hidey hole and sure enough, it was hiding a cache. I took the two trackables inside and will carry them onward. Thanks for the cache! 

I though it might be in the welcome sign somewhere, but then I saw the telltale SPOR (suspicious pile of rocks) and very quickly located the cache. No spiders on this one, so it was an easy retrieval. Thanks for the hide! 

Quite the amazing views up here! My travel companion and I learned that we are no longer in the shape we were in in our 20s when we traveled across Alaska together. But still definitely worth it!

Only one of the two trackables was inside -- I took it and swapped it out for one I've been carrying around since San Francisco.

Thanks for the cache! 

Before reaching GZ, I assumed the hint meant one of two things. There was no wardrobe when I got there, so of course it was the other thing. No sign of Mr. Tumnus, however. Inside of the cache seems a bit damp with all the rain, all is good. I then sat and watched another group of cachers find it. I let them find it before identifying myself and saying hello. Thanks for the cache! 

A monkey puzzle tree! If you're ever in Vancouver, British Columbia, one of the only publicly accessible hedge mazes is there and at the center of the maze is a monkey puzzle tree. I love these trees!

What a lovely spot to find a cache! Thanks for the hide! 

Pretty remarkable view! My muggle friend actually made the find here. Thanks for the cache! 

Very reminiscent of my favorite novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird"! My muggle friend is starting to get the hang of this... "That looks suspicious," she said. And there we found the cache. Thanks for the hide! 

This was the first geocache we found in New Zealand, expanding my southern-most and eastern-most cache range significantly! Jetlagged from a 36 hour adventure to get here from the US, we opted to walk into town and this geocache was only a short detour away. The views are amazing, and the hills are steep (and I thought San Francisco was hilly!) -- we took a cab back. Everything is in good shape with the cache. Thanks for the hide! 

After identifying three of the locations quickly on my own, I crowdsourced the solving of this puzzle to my entire MIT Mystery Hunt team last week, which allowed us to knock it out in less than a day. I groaned in the most appreciative way at many of the answers. Special thanks to my friend David for finding the vacation spot of the fictional character -- I don't know if I ever would have come up with that one! -- and to my friend Jason who taught me that *that* is actually how you pronounce that one place. I learned things!

Once I got the green success message, it was a short (36 hour) trek to the other side of the world to actually find the cache. It turns out, the final coordinates are walking distance from where we are staying on our first night (for a generous definition of "walking distance" -- we ultimately took a cab back home) and heading out for a couple of nearby geocaches was an excellent way to stave off the jetlag.

Shout out to Troodles and StreetWalkerNZ's logs for mentioning that they tried the wrong side first. I did the same thing. I'm not sure I would have thought to try the second side if I hadn't seen their logs. Once I did, the cache was quickly in hand and everything's in good shape here!

Thanks for the punny puzzle and fun adventure!