The geocaching year started on January 2nd for me, finding
CAM 2021-Wincopin Trail. "CAM" is Caches Across Maryland, a challenge to find ten special caches before a picnic in May. Obviously this one is two years old so I am not getting any credit toward a future social event. Which is fine with me.
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View from the cache--though most of the woods looks like this |
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A nearby drop-off |
I probably should have saved this next cache for next month, but I needed an easy cache on a rainy day. I found
My St. Patrick Day Cache - DEAD END... which is indeed on a dead end road. The cacher placed it on March 15, 2020, so it's not exactly St. Patrick's Day. Close enough!
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View from the dead end looking out |
Let the Lights Shine on You... is hidden in a hotel parking lot. The title suggests that the cache is under a lamp post cover but the nearby lamp post did not have a cover! I still made the find.
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Light shining on the hotel |
Last month I tried to find
If I Weren't a GRC on a rainy day. I was not able to make the find quickly and went on to another cache. I came back and looked around the guard rail (GRC=Guard Rail Cache) but not IN the guard rail. I had enough time and light to find the container. Yay!
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Somewhere over there |
Gateway to Odenton is a very small cache hidden right by a CVS Pharmacy and the circle that claims to be the town center. The find was quick and across the circle is a new donut shop called
Shipley Do-Nuts. I went over to get a treat but they were sold out for the day...at 11 a.m.!
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Almost like a gate! |
On my second attempt to get donuts, I went to the donut shop first (at 9 a.m.) and had to wait half an hour in line to get treats. They were worth it. Then I found
Can You See It?, a quick find in a nearby roller rink parking lot. The lot was not busy at 9:45 on a Thursday morning.
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The shop |
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The donuts |
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Don't stare directly at the sun...have your camera do it! |
The
Cow Attribute Cache is one of those unusual containers that are delightful. It's hidden in an industrial park, so finding it on a Sunday was easy.
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A good spot to hide a cow? |
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Over there, but further than you'd think |
On a shopping trip, I snuck over and found
RAKMD08:give someone a hug coupon, another in the Random Acts of Kindness Maryland series. I saw in write-ups from previous cachers that the cache had no log to sign. Rather than do that random act of kindness, I did a deliberate act of kindness. I bought a bit of paper and a plastic baggie to fix the situation.
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Starting a new log |
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Hidden around here somewhere |
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View of the river from the cache |
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Free chair with geocache find! |
The kids had a day off from school so we went to Annapolis to see the state capitol. Nearby is a tiny park with a geocache called
Fleet Street Park by cds. The park has plenty of benches and one interesting sculpture.
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Garden sculpture! |
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Busy Grass Pond |
Under the threat of rain, I found an easy cache while I was shopping for a birthday present.
CCE - Singing Bison is hidden in a typical spot, practically a drive-thru cache.
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An easy find |
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Pretty much like any other woods anywhere else |
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He's blue because he's not in the desert |
The multicache
Two Smileys for One is located in Zion Cemetery, located off Route 1 in between Jessup and Elkridge. I found some information from one of the headstones and used it to make the find nearby (just outside of the cemetery).
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Zion Cemetery |
After failing to find another RAKMD cache, I found the nearby
Coffee Can Dash #4. I spotted deer in the woods along the way!
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Sighted from a distance |
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This looks closer than I really was |
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View from the cache |
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A view to a cache |
On the last day of the month, it rained so I went for an easy cache at a train station parking lot:
MARC the Spot - Odenton. "MARC" is Maryland Area Regional Commuter, so usually you see "MARC Train." I still like the pun.
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The trains are at the other end of the parking lot |
With the conclusion of the month, this is the first month where I've cached every day (counting previous years' cache finds). I would try to do the same for next month, but February 29 will have to wait a year.
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