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Dan Q found GC13FY2 You don’t have to tremor; it’s not your fault.

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My last cache in the USA before I fly home to the UK this afternoon. Seeing the lake (which, aside from human intervention in creating a reservoir, fundamentally exists because of a millenia-old fissure along the fault line) really helps put the scale of the fault into perspective. A delightful walk to the GZ with only a smattering of drizzle plus a chance sighting of a doe and her fawn made this expedition perfect. If I find myself in this part of the world again, I shall try to hire a bike in order to better explore these trails. TFTC; FP awarded for the assistance in putting this world-famous fault line into perspective.

Dan Q found GC64ZGN Arrow #2

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GPSr started playing up for the last 15m or so but I’d already got a good idea where I was going and soon had the cache in hand. Nice to see a good-sized container! TFTC.

Dan Q found GC4C0K8 Fenced In

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First place I looked! Wish I were cycling. TFTC.

Dan Q found GC43DKN SAWYER TRAIL: Gimme a Call–Let’s Go Fishin’

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Took a few minutes to find, a few minutes longer to wait for the muggles to pass, then a few minutes longer still to work out how to retrieve the cache. Got there in the end! TFTC.

Dan Q found GC7H7C3 WarNinjas Kind of a Trailhead Cache

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Finding the cache – easy! Getting the log out, though? That was harder. Eventually I resorted to picking up the entire hiding place and shaking it, which worked.

Shame about the litter here. Wish I’d brought CITO gear.

Right, time for me to go back down the trail, find the car, and get ready to fly back to the UK! TFTC!

Dan Q found GC8BEZ0 Filling a Gap on Sheep Camp

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This cache container really stands out, once you’re looking in the right place! TFTC!

Dan Q found GC7G5K0 WarNinja’s Couldn’t find it!

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Even with the hint, I stared for a while before I saw this one. I guess it’s like those magic eye pictures or something. A bird in the tree was not happy that I was stood around for so long!

Dan Q found GC8BR5D “Now THAT’S a Mossy Tree!” along Sheep Camp

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Coordinates dropped me exactly at the cache. And my, that IS a mossy tree! TFTC.

Dan Q found GC8BFHQ One for ewe

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Nice camo; needed the hint, but once I’d worked out what I was looking for I spotted it quickly. Drizzle’s coming, guess brining a jacket was the right move after all.

Dan Q found GC8BEYC RWCT: Sheep Camp

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Another quick find. Nice hiding place! When I got out of my car it looked like it might rain so I put a hoodie on but now it’s getting warmer and I’m regretting the decision. C’est la vie.

Dan Q found GC8A7WF Sheep Camp Trailhead (Southern)

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Very quick find on my final morning in the USA. Thanks to previous logs for the poison oak warning; I’d never seen the plant in person before, only in illustrations, and I wouldn’t necessarily have identified it in time without the warning!

Dan Q found GC4EFYR The Faults of Fissure-ing in Sag ponds

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My last morning in the Bay (and, indeed, in the USA) before I fly home to the UK this afternoon, and I was keen to add an Earthcache to the list of my finds while I’d been over here. Parked nearby, found the fissure (coming from a part of the stories with virtually no seismic activity to speak of, this is pretty epic!), sent an email. TFTC!

Dan Q found GCT4MY Ling The Lang/Buzzcocks II

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Excellent hiding place for this kind of cache container. TFTC.

Dan Q found GC1VDPF Duck Duck Google

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Swung by after visiting the Googleplex. Used OpenStreetMap for directions. ;-) Roadworks on this road at the moment and they’re closing it at night times: (near) future cachers may have a walk ahead of them! TFTC.

Dan Q found GC4R0WX 2 Penguins Conniving

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Threw together a quick computer program to help decipher the description, only to realise that I actually needed to have paid attention to the steps I took in deciphering it, too! A quick do-over and I was on the way to the cache. The nearby vegetation put up a bit of a fight, but eventually let me have it. TFTC!