With their littlest warrior now getting a little bit older, Mike Tripp (aka. Gen. Huntar) and his family are dusting off the GPS unit and again returning to the hunt for adventure and have created the new website to chronicle these adventures … which will include not just geocaching but life’s adventures as well.

And do not worry … their stories will continue to make their way over here … After all, they are “Ships of the Cache!”

So the following question must be asked … Can the Federation hold its own against the might of the Klingon Empire?

It will begin with planned missions to checkout caches we have placed to make sure they see still there and well maintained.

Then there are also plans to add in a few new hides as well.

So … keep your eyes pealed as the U.S.S. Pathfinder is about to set sail once again!

I blink. Where is this red blinking light coming from? There was a soccer game on TV, wasn’t there? And what noise is that? The door of the living room is ripped open. stefmaus barks: “FTF-ALERT! Two! In Ketsch! Just five minutes ago! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!” I feel adrenaline flooding my veins and get awake instantly.

Preparation

I run to the office. “The devices!” stefmaus throws them over. Five seconds later they are attached to the USB cables and turned on. I open the mails, click the links and upload the GPX-files to the devices. Stefmaus got dressed up meanwhile and grabs the car GPS. “I wait in the car and prepare the car GPS.” All I see is the dust she throws up. She took the devices.

Now I run to the bed room. Pants. I need pants. All pants in the washing machine. Damn. Thanks rain on our Ansbach tour. In the drawer I finally find some pants. Back to the office. Pick up shoes on the way and put them on. Ankle nearly sprained. Lucky me. Phew.

Picked up wallet and mobile phone. Took keys out of inside lock and put them into lock on the other side. Locked door. Jogged to the car easily. Calm down. Reduce pulse. Don’t speed. Don’t speet. Don’t speed. Speed limt 30 km/h. Whatever. Don’t speed. Don’t speed.

Arrival at Bruchblick

When we turned around the corner stefmaus has already taken off the safety belt. I didn’t stop fully, then she jumps out of the car and runs to the direction. I turn around the car and parked. There she holds up the box already. Excellent. I stop the car by her.

The Confusion

„Now?“ I ask. „I don’t know. There is already something written.“ „Come in.“ We are checking the log. Test find. Test run. What’s that? Who cares? No FTF. Cool. Than we are the FTF. She logs fast at 7:17pm. I enter the coordinates of number two in the car GPS. While stefmaus hides the box another car arrives with a couple. The woman driving grins and looks knowingly. I show thumbs up. She hesitates, grins more, waves. Hesitates again and turns into our street finally. „Ha!“ I think. „Way free to the next one.“ Stefmaus jumps into the car and off we drive.

Arrival at Anglersee – der einzig Wahre

Virtually on location there is a free parking space. I drive in and get out of the car. No good parking. Who cares? I select the cache in the device. Eh, we have to go back? Short confusion. Okay, we passed it. Ahhh, there are branches piled up. They have thorns. That hurts. So it’s no T1?

Well, the box has not been there, but we found it a few seconds later and logged at 7:25pm. Again a test find and test run. And another FTF.

Back at Bruchblick

We look for a nice spot here. Maybe we can scare the Count again. Or meet Feldsalat. Hmmm. Noone’s coming. Where are they?

Two FTFs at one day. Very nice. Thank you!

Found with stefmaus.

From Geocoinshop.de :

Mallorca 2009 Geocoin Collector SET (3 Coins)

- 1.75 x 1.5 inches

- hard enamel colors

- 3 D illustration of the Mallorca Cathedral

- colorful illustration of the Mallorca regions

- trackable at Geocaching.com with its own icon:Â

This coin has been designed for the MallorGeo2009 in Paguera.
(The Two-Tone Edition Foggy Gold / Antique Silver was only available on the event)

The Collector SET contains:

1x Antique Gold

From Geocoin.dk :

A rather “Coo-coo” coin! The Coo Coo bird has found a nice ammobox, filled with coins and TB’es! Available in gold, silver and black nickel. American designed coin. Trackable with own icon. Measurements: 50 * 40 * 3 mm. (2 inches on the longest side).

From Geocoin.dk:

Great coin from Norway. Grenland is a region of Norway, and has nothing to do with Greenland . The front shows a ship, passing one of the locks in the extensive canal system. The back is a map of the canals. Available in silver and copper. Very limited edition.

2009 is the fifth year of the official Compass Rose Geocoinâ„¢. This coin celebrates the anniversary by incorporating design aspects of all five years into one coin. It also adds one more special feature of an actual working magnetic compass. This is the first geocoin to have a working compass. Each coin has been given a special theme for navigation achievements world wide. We also added a black nickel Compass Rose Geocoinâ„¢ representing Black Sea navigation.

This is the first year we have designed a Compass Rose Geocoin that was not based on an actual compass rose used in navigation. Instead, the front side has a blend of designs for all five years of the previous Compass Rose Geocoins. Since this coin is introduced before the official 2009 Compass Rose Geocoinâ„¢, the fifth year design aspect is only slightly revealed. The backside shows the perils encountered when navigating the seas without good navigation tools such as the compass. From the belief of sea monsters and sirens, to storms and running aground or sinking, open water sailing was the most dangerous occupation of the time.

Read more about it at CompassRoseGeocoin.com.

• 2″ diameter and 7mm thick. Its thickest point is 10mm.
• Imitation hard enamel translucent colors and solid colors.
• Working compass
• Trackable on Geocaching.com
• An icon unique to this coin will show on your profile when you log a discovery

Scavok’s “Night & Day” geocoin is currently available for presale at Scavok.com.

From CoinsandPins.com :

Click here to get the coin with your sign!

The Traveling Zodiac geocoin series is a low cost travel tag series. Each coin is Geocaching.com trackable, and each coin in the series has its own icon. Collect all twelve to get all the icons.

These coins are made large enough to be seen in caches, but yet small enough to fit into 35mm geocache containers. Each coin comes with a chain to attach to your favorite traveling item.

• Measures 33mm wide
• Soft enamel colors
• Aluminum metal
• Includes a 3.5″ long chain
• Trackable on Geocaching.com
• An icon unique to this coin will show on your profile when you log a discovery.

From CoinsandPins.com :

Would you like to get an LE version of the CrotalusRex & Mimichan geocoin? Some have been made available through CrotalusRex himself. Contact him for the LE version at his turtle tracks website. Every dollar you spend on his coins goes towards the Eastern Box Turtle conservatoin project. The picture above is of the antique bronze regular version.