{"id":107,"date":"2014-03-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=107"},"modified":"2014-06-15T04:38:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:38:03","slug":"our-world-geocaching-at-tulsas-mohawk-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=107","title":{"rendered":"Our World – Geocaching at Tulsa’s Mohawk Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Only geocachers were out in the park on Saturday. And other people who have no sense.)<\/p>\n

With all that we have had going on this winter plus the cold miserable weather I haven’t been geocaching in months. Today after dropping Logan off at his improv comedy class I had a couple hours to myself so I went to Mohawk Park to find a few caches.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Old lighted parking lot fallen into disuse. I don’t know why people would park there, especially at night.)<\/p>\n

You see I like to find the bigger caches out in the woods. I like the sense of aloneness and it gives me a chance to get my head back on straight. My hair may be all messed up but I like my head on straight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Believe it or not I followed a faint trail through the woods.)<\/p>\n

Mohawk Park is immense. At 2800 acres it is one of the biggest city parks in the country. Some of it is pretty developed. The Tulsa Zoo<\/a> is there along with picnic grounds and playgrounds along with a police shooting range. There is plenty of woods left to hide geocaches.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(For some reason coming upon these little buildings creeps me out.)<\/p>\n

In my travels I found a long forgotten barn out in the middle of nowhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It wasn’t too forgotten. Somebody was storing hay there. For what, I don’t know. There were no livestock nearby.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Are you kidding me? It is not even that good. Maybe they were practicing, or they were ashamed of themselves.)
And some taggers had found it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Something else that creeps me out, getting followed at long distance.)<\/p>\n

A guy was walking his dog along an abandoned road.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Thank you to my fellow taxpayers for spending billions of dollars putting the GPS satellites in space so I can find trinkets in the woods! I salute you.)<\/p>\n

I found four caches while I was out there. My fancy schmancy fitbit tells me that I walked about 6000 steps doing that or about three miles. That includes the walking around in circles muttering to myself while looking for these things.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(I bet you were completely fooled)<\/p>\n

This is what geocachers call “parallel stick camo.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Somebody else found this structure. What it is doing out here besides being a cache hiding spot? I have no idea.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I saw this cache from across a creek. It has been out here eleven years. It takes a lot of work to keep a cache going that long. People accidentally find them and take them or vandalize them. Water gets inside them and spoils the paper log.<\/span>

<\/span>Time was up and I headed back into town to pick up the kid.<\/span>

<\/span>Have you ever been geocaching? Or do you have a life?<\/span><\/p>\n

Geocaching 101<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What is Geocaching<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Our World Tuesday<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n

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