Archive for June 2009
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U.S.S. Pathfinder: East Branch Clarion River (PA) Red Jeep Travel Bug
Capt. Jonathan Hunter with East Branch Clarion River (PA) Red Jeep Travel Bug. (Photo by Mike Tripp/U.S.S. Pathfinder) ————————- Ship-to-TB Owner Communication Stardate: 20090623 Considering that “East Branch Clarion River (PA)” Red Jeep Travel Bug has been on the outskirts of the Staunton System for some time, we decided to take it aboard for transport [...]
U.S.S. Pathfinder: Train Set Geocoin – Pullman Car
Train Set Geocoin – Pullman Car docked with Starbase 359 on Stardate: 20090623. (Photo by Mike Tripp/U.S.S. Pathfinder) ————————– Ship-to-TB Owner Communication Stardate: 20090623 While docked with Starbase 359, we had the chance to discover “Train Set Geocoin – Pullman Car” and have to say that we are quite impressed with its design. We have [...]
Trail to Rockbridge History #4
The Chessie Nature Trail follows the old towpath of the now gone North River Navigation. (Photo by Mike Tripp/U.S.S. Pathfinder) ————————- One of my earliest memories of moving to Virginia was being fascinated by this large structure made of carved stone blocks beside the river. That object turned out to be the old river lock [...]
U.S.S. Pathfinder: Navigating The Chessie
Capt. Jonathan Hunter of the U.S.S. Pathfinder finds it is a long way down while seeking out Outpost “Rockbridge History #4″ on Stardate: 20090617. (Photo by Mike Tripp/U.S.S. Pathfinder) ————————- Captain’s Log — Stardate: 20090617 The search for outpost “Rockbridge History #4″ marked our second mission of the day while operating within the Rockbridge Sector. [...]
U.S.S. Pathfinder: Finding The Bridge
The U.S.S. Pathfinder and her crew perform missions and even take time for a little shore leave within the Lexington System and Rockbridge Sector of the Virginia Quadrant on Stardate: 20090617. (Photo by Mike Tripp/U.S.S. Pathfinder) ——————————- Captain’s Log — Stardate: 20090617 Our first mission of the day was to locate outpost “Here’s a Bridge [...]
Here’s a Bridge #1
The swinging bridge for which “Here’s a Bridge #1.” (Photo by Mike Tripp/U.S.S. Pathfinder) —————————– You have no idea how excited I was to have several hours to go out and search for geocaches after a couple of months with no opportunities! “Here’s a Bridge #1″ provides half the coordinates for a puzzle cache of [...]
Birth of a Starbase Geocache
One of the problems I have been having lately is that I lack the time to go out and search for geocaches. This is further complicated because there haven’t been any new caches here in this area for a bit of time and most of those here I have already located. Although I could always [...]
Ships of the Cache: When Trek Meets Geocaching
What does it say that I have carried my love of Star Trek and science fiction into the adventures I have through the sport of Geocaching? Something that might have helped is that I was first introduced to the sport by two dear friends from Germany … Kevin and Steffi who I met through the [...]
