Chuck/Jerry's visit 10/19

Chuck & Jerry arrived sunday 10/18 here at Meteor Crater RV park. Traveling from WASH to Yuma for the winter. Great visit and getting caught up on things. Had to work but we were able to talk about geocaching over dinner. :) Learned a new card game, 5 Crowns- cool.

Grand Canyon trip 10/16

Friday 10/16 at the Grand canyon...........
Stayed at the Red Feather Inn in Tusayan about 5 mi from the GC entrance. Got up early and
had a nice breakfast at the Cafe inn. After eating off I go to find a cache up the hill behind the hotel. Nice little walk. Checked out and on my way to the GC. Weather was great -- cool but sunny and blue sky. Parked at one of the lodges at the rim. From here walked the rim enjoying
the views of the canyon.
Left the GC about 1pm traveling on hyw 64 to the I-40. Of course doing some geocaching
along the way. Stopped at the IMAX to see the movie , "GC Secrets". Returned to meteor crater RV park about 5pm. Fun day.


GC views are awesome

called the Look Out Pt-very old

Don't mind us while we eat :)

Asked a couple to take my pic

IMAX

yes a cache container under rocks

Aspen trees/so yellow 10/15

10/15 thursdays- trip to the Grand Canyon
Wanted to see the aspen trees up at Snowbowl (Flagstaff) and do a geocaching/hiking
adventure. The aspen trees were so yellow. Lots of people doing picture taking-views
were awesome. Parked in an area that has various trails, one called the Aspen loop and the others that lead you up to Humphreys peak. The hike through the aspen grove was cool but
the trail was cover in yellow leaves. Then came to a meadow and then started the climb up
the hill. Found the log were the cache was hidden. Again great views. On the way back
I encounter to young college kids out hiking but were lost. They had no gps. Nice
conversation and they were very thankful once we reach the area to see the parked cars.
This hike was 2 mi around trip. After coming down the mountain, I continue my
travel on I-180. A along the way I stopped to find 3 more geocaches. One was at a Chapel
that was so cool. Finally arrived at the Hotel about 5p in Tusayan (next to the IMAX theater) which is about 5 miles to the Grand Canyon entrance.

Starting the hike

yellow every where

Elev @ 8,000

cache inside the log-hard hike

View from I-180. Mt Humphrey (12,000')

Holy Dove Chapel

Trip to Yuma 10/8

Trip to Yuma 10/08-10 (thr,fri & sat)
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The trip from MC RV park to Yuma takes about 6hr with some stops along
the way. Got to Yuma about 1pm. Great to see Andy and the house
looks nice. The apartment has been painted. That evening we met Andy's
old boss for some mexican food. Friday, did some laundry,trip to Wal-Mart and
geocaching. One was called the spicket. Its located in the desert with no water
around it but yet water does come out. Its attached to a 4 x 4 post which half of it
will turn to reveal the cache (hole in the post). Very clever.
Friday evening, Andy & I met Chuck/Bill for a nice dinner at Pizza Boys.
Left Yuma on saturday about 1pm returning to MC early evening.

Flagstaff Sci Fair 9/26 sat

Sci Fair in Flagstaff, AZ
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Was asked to help out at the Sci Fair by setting up a Meteor Crater Booth. This event is annual and today was the 20th year. NAU (many different departments), Fire Dept, Forrest Serv,etc. were there. About 25 booths. Took place in the old part of Flagstaff next to the City Hall. Huge lawn area. Many events use this area-- great location.

L>R. Rick (Mgr), Lanah (V-president), me

Set up - lets see A goes with A, B to B, etc :)

Booth is ready. Event from 10am -2pm

Kids playing in foam sprayed by Fire dept

Trip to Canyon de Chelly

friday 9/18 trip to Canyon de Chelly ( pronounced d'shay)
Archeological evidence shows that people have lived in these canyons for nearly 5000 years.
about a 2 1/2 hr drive from Meteor Crater. Traveling east on I-40 then exit onto 191. This area is Navajo land. The visitor center is outside of Chinle and operated by the Nat'lPark Service. From the center you travel on Hwy-7 to many overlooks points. The one at the end is Spider Rock - so awesome.
Did some geocaching on I-40. In Ganado stopped at the Fire Station to see a old flire truck which had a cache hidden in it. Fun. Great day.

Ganado Fire station

Visitor center

Tumble rock overlook

spider rock

Geocaching at Night. Wed 9/16

GEOCACHING AT NIGHT IN FLAGSTAFF with a ghost!!
Our first night of geocaching. Using a flashlight, shine it on the tree trunk for a reflector.
This reflector is only as big as a dime and only can be seen at night. But with the light on it, it really shines. Going down the trail, tree to tree we finally reach one that has two reflectors which means it time to leave the trail. In this case about 40ft (using a gps) to a tree stump. Inside was the cache. Cool.
AT the parking lot we took some pictures of us. Look at the first frame. Top left hand corner is
a Orb. We are told by some ghost hunters at work that this a human engery Orb . In the next
picture, no Orb--- interesting.





First frame - top left corner, a Orb