{"id":1574,"date":"2009-11-11T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:11:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:11:09","slug":"geocaching-the-blair-witch-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1574","title":{"rendered":"Geocaching &#8211; the Blair Witch Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4093887351\/\" title=\"20091109_16 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20091109_16\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/4093887351_af4cb57aac-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SuperPizzaBoy and I went geocaching at Oxley Nature Center at Mohawk Park Sunday. It wasn&#8217;t the pine barrens of New Jersey but it was kind of spooky. The leaves are gone and the woods are pretty tangled up from the ice storm a couple years ago. But hey we had a good time.<\/p>\n<p>Off we went down the seldom traveled trail.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4093888637\/\" title=\"20091109_17 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20091109_17\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/4093888637_1b458a41f4-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I kind of like the woods caches. Urban micros are fine but I like finding caches away from a crowd. Boy were we away from the crowds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4094651948\/\" title=\"20091109_18 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20091109_18\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/4094651948_6eef256d31-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Treasure!! kind of.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4093891335\/\" title=\"20091109_21 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20091109_21\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/4093891335_0204763941-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next one was a little tied up. It was put out by a bunch of cachers last year who showed up and cleared some of the trails from storm debris. There is a tradition in caching of &#8220;CITO&#8221; an acronym for &#8220;Cache In, Trash Out.&#8221; Part of giving back to the parks and landowners who host the caches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4094655834\/\" title=\"20091109_25 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20091109_25\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/4094655834_57f32e0622-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went back Monday at lunch to find another. It is down this long&nbsp; road, converted to a trail. It was pretty lonely when I started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4093895157\/\" title=\"20091109_27 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20091109_27\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/4093895157_12fb35dfea-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I got close to the cache site, suddenly there were a lot of people nearby. I tried to act keenly interested in this, even taking pictures of it.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4094658300\/\" title=\"20091109_28 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20091109_28\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/4094658300_0550b6318e-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I wouldn&#8217;t reveal the location of this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4094659588\/\" title=\"20091109_29 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20091109_29\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/4094659588_0d6198c3c6-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geocachers call non-geocachers &#8220;Muggles.&#8221; Muggles mean well but they often take off with the cache, container and all, or vandalize it, so we make pains to make sure that the caches stay concealed for the benefit of the next person looking and the owner of the cache. If the cache goes missing or is damaged it is the responsibility of the cache owner to replace or repair it.<\/p>\n<p>SuperPizzaBoy and I have found 873 geocaches and have hidden 26.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/\">geocaching.com <\/a>for how to join in the fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SuperPizzaBoy and I went geocaching at Oxley Nature Center at Mohawk Park Sunday. It wasn&#8217;t the pine barrens of New Jersey but it was kind of spooky. The leaves are gone and the woods are pretty tangled up from the ice storm a couple years ago. But hey we had a good time. 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