{"id":1036,"date":"2011-04-11T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:18:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:18:20","slug":"san-antonio-river-geocaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1036","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio River Geocaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was in San Antonio last week to attend a convention. I have been before several times and have found almost all the caches in the central part of downtown so I have to go farther and farther to find more. I have to do my geocaching early in the morning mostly.<\/p>\n

So off I went at first light.<\/p>\n

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By day and night the walk is bustling. Early in the morning its just walkers, runners, and geocachers, and lots of security folks. I’ve always felt pretty safe on the canal at odd hours. I keep my wits about me, just like I do anywhere.<\/p>\n

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The canal is a masterpiece. A walker’s paradise.<\/p>\n

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Away from the core tourist area the canal winds its way among condos, apartment buildings, and office buildings.<\/p>\n

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The caches are mainly “microcaches” they are small because they are not that many good places to hide big containers.<\/p>\n

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The above might be the worst hidden cache in Texas. See that black thing underneath the trash can? Yep that’s it. I don’t suspect that this cache will last for long. I spotted it from over a 100 feet away.<\/p>\n

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There is no cache here, I just liked how the trees wrapped around each other.<\/p>\n

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No cache here either, I just liked how the rising sun was peeking through the trees.<\/p>\n

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I just love locks and dams. I don’t see too many so I like to stop and ponder the technology and how they work and all that.<\/p>\n

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As I got farther and farther away from downtown the caches started getting a little bigger. <\/p>\n

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The oldest VFW post in Texas. Note the Tower of the Americas. That is close to where I started walking, and it wasn’t a straight line. I just love walking long distances.<\/p>\n

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I love whimsy. I posted other photos of this scene earlier this week. I love’em.<\/p>\n

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Mom and her kids on an outing.<\/p>\n

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There are all sorts of plaques and explanatory diagrams along the canal. This was my wow moment. I always wondered what they did during floods. The divert the river to a 24 feet diameter tunnel, three miles long, 150 feet under the river. It cost $150 million and they have used it a few times.<\/p>\n

Aren’t engineers wonderful. Find one and give them a big kiss would you? Be gender appropriate, if you know what you mean. I don’t need any smooches from guys. Just saying.<\/p>\n

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This is called “The Grotto.” I found it kind of creepy. Sorry.<\/p>\n

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Found a big geocache! I love the big ones. They are easier to find than the small ones. It was time to get moving. I went back to the hotel overland.<\/p>\n

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I passed this hotel, The Havana on the way back. Maybe I’ll stay there. I love the look of it. It really isn’t close to anything I need to do but it is cool. Maybe I’ll just see if they have a bar and have a drink. That’s almost as good as staying there in my book.<\/p>\n

That’s about it folks. I walked close to to 10 miles, didn’t find that many caches but I had a a great time.<\/p>\n

To find out more about geocaching check out my Geocaching 101 Post<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

That’s My World<\/i><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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