1/10 全家，板橋、桃園尋寶行

在 Geocaching 非官方中文討論區發現大家在討論一個新藏的寶藏，有一個 Geocoin 還未登記喔。很高興的就開始了今天的尋寶行！

THE LIN FAMILY MANSION AND GARDEN
Yes, we had FTF.

I saw the hkw0704, cache owner shengping and some hunters discussed about the coordination of the cache on Taiwan GC site. As a matter of fact, I don't know how to translate the coordinate at all. But owner mentioned the cache is in a certain spot. This hint gave me a confidence to give it a try. So I discussed with my wife to hunt the cache next day.

I'm not sure if the cached had been found or not, but I saw no body on the spot. I had a feel we got good chance to get FTF. The traffic here is very busy. My two sons frequently crossed street, this made me very nervous. Fortunately, I was wearing a raincoat. This made feel comfortable. Because I looks just like a worker, I could concentrate on hunting cache. And, after 30 minutes of trying, my elder son found it, right at the spot, where his mother warning him not to go there. Because there are dog's droppings. Thanks to his disobey to his mother.

Just when we tried to put the cache back, my wife told me that she found BuBuChen and his wife are around. Sorry to him. I'm a step earlier.

Thanks to shengping, we took the unregistered geocoin with us, and also the Travel Space Shutter geocoin. I couldn't put the motogrrl Geocoin into it. So, let's go again, motogrrl.

Thanks to Cache Owner


Mt. DaDong
OMG, I forgot motogrrl in my motorbike.

This is our 2nd try of the cache. The first time, my younger son and I came in the dark. We need a flashlight to go downhill. This time, whole family were here and we were here in daylight. We are determined on finding the cache.

After taking 30 minutes hiking, we went up to the mountain. Surprisedly, we found there are cars parking on the top. I don't remember there are roads leading here. But now, there are blacktop road directly leaded here. And also there is a wood house, too.

After taking a picture on the mountain top, my two sons took my GPSr, urged to the cache. However, this cache is not an easy one. My elder son got off the road and ran into wood and weed without my pushing. Hr Hr, he really got some spirit in geocaching now. I followed my son, but we could not find anything. Fortune to us, we got eight eyes for search. By expanding the search range, yes, we found the cache.

The cache is surprisedly in good shape, very clean and neat. I finally found a good cache for motogrrl Geocoin. "My God!", I left motogrrl in my motorbike. No, No, No! I could not go downhill to take her. So, I could only take and leave no thing. Motorgrrl, let's go again.

Thanks to hkw0704


A New Wooden House


TYPS11: Ching-Shi Park
Are we spelled?!

Oh, no. This is my 5th continuous DNF on TYPS serial. Right after I told the cache owner edgehung, that his caches are very easy to find, and then I could not find any TSPS cache, anymore. Like a curse, I found no sight of cache at all.
Even though, We are determined. But only we found are some needles and container of normal salines. Guess some body drugged around. OMG, just beside library in the park.

OK, this time, I need a hint from owner. AKA, I took a photo in the entrance. Edge, please give me a detail map of the cache!

Detail Hint, Please!


TYPS25: Min-Tzu Park
Yes, the TYPS curse is broken.

I told to my wife, if we could not find the cache, we should go home. I lost interest to TYPS, since I could not find any. There are food market around the park. We decided to eat some first. In the eating, we began to look for the cache. As usual, no sight at all. I used to ignore muggles curiosity, concentrated on searching the cache. However, no progress at all. My elder son lost interest first. He went to play slide, instead. My wife and I kept searching on it. I felt no hope.

But, suddenly, I noticed a familiar object. OMG, my good luck. The spell is broken!

The Broken of TYPS Spell


TYPS26: Da-Nan Park
Could coordination be correct?
It just looks like Fu-Fong Park, the GPSr leaded me to road in front of electric box. Carefully look at the these boxes. I felt no sight. Oh, no, not again.

In the searching of the cache, a man came and asked us what we are looking for. I told him what geocache is. He felt kind of interested, so he decided to help us to look for it. But 5 minutes after, he asked us, "is this a practical joke?" Oh, yes, this is exactly what I felt, right now.

Edge, one more hint, please!

One More Detail Hint, Please!

1/9 全家，文山區尋寶

台北難得的好天氣，計畫了文山區附近的四個藏寶點，就帶著小孩子們出發了。
可惜，下午還要回去上游泳課，早上的時間只夠找三個點。

Hsinhai station
Found in seconds by my son.

Today, the Sun gave his big smile in the sky. What a good day for hunting. I brought my two sons with me to district Wenshan. There are four caches are located as our targets.

The entrance to the mountain is difficult to find. We took a lots of wrong roads and asked two local people to find the entrance of stairs to mountain top. However, when I approached to the location, still checking my GPSr, my elder son found the cache, instantly. Wow, this is so-called "seconds-kill" of my son. God for him.

TFTC. Since I thought the cache is too much easy to be found, I didn't leave the "motogrrl" Geocoin in it.

The Cache is Full


Xing-Long Park
A tough one.

There are plenty of muggles around. But, we didn't care. I asked my son to climb up trees, and myself, too. I spent lots of time to locate which tree it is. Because each of them has lots of holes. However, we could not find it, we only could search all nearby trees.

A elder man kept came around us. I suspected he know where the cache is. I look at him, his mouth is full of words. But I felt kind of embarrassed, so my mouth is full of words, too.

At the time, we almost gave up. My sons kept compliant their hunger to me. I told them, once it is found, I will bring them to 7-11 and have bread and drink. Bingo, we got the cache.

A Tough One Nearby President Ma's Old House


Xianyan Park
The cache with strange smell.

This is the 3rd cache we found today. I came here with my two young sons. The first two caches are all found by my elder child. I told to my 2nd boy and gave him a chance to find the cache for us. He could find the cache along in first 5 minutes. However, after 5 minutes, he still gave me a not-interested look.

5 minutes later, I said: "Let's go searching all together". And then, in seconds, I found the cache. Unbelievable, this is my so-called "seconds-kill". The cache is uncovered by anything. It's so obviously exposed. Is this really the place where the owner hide? I originally intended to hide it better. However, the cache owner leave a message not to change place. OK. Just let it be there!

The cache is kind of strange smell (smell like dropping). I hardly left motogrrl there. So, let's seeking another cache for you. :)

A Cache with Strange Smell

Have Fun with Chains Game

1/8 敦安公園

呵呵，在台北寒流又下雨的日子，總算有點進展了。

Sightseer's Catch
Wearing a raincoat, searching in cold cold rain.

The Northern Hemisphere is currently under cold climate. Taipei city here is also very cold and rainy. On my way to work, I took a short turn to stop by the park where the cache located. I'm a little surprised, even the weather is so cold and rainy, there are few people talking in the park. Wearing a light, shiny blue raincoat and searching in the cold cold rain, I'm not sure if I am too much eye-catching or not. However, I still needed going to work. This feeling is ignored.

Thanks to correctness of the GPS coordination, the cache was found within 10 minutes. I almost worked on time.
The cache is a little too small for me to put any Geocoin, so I took and leave nothing.

Search in the Cold Cold Rain

1/5 淡水漁人碼頭，情人橋

天啊，連續五次槓龜，看來可能遇到瓶頸了！ XD

Arch to the Ocean
Our 2nd search, still cannot find it.

In the cold wind, we have searched it more than a hour and seeking help from friend edgehung. Unfortunately, we still could not find it. We took camera taking video for every place could possibly hidden, and found nothing. My wife and I really admires those guys said "Found, an easy one". Unbelievable!

Help, Please!

In Front of the Bridge

12/27 全家，桃園挑戰 FTF

挑戰桃園 edgehung 的 TYPS 的 FTF，結果槓龜！ XD

TYPS08: Fu-Feng Park
Lots of people didn't find it and so are we.

When we took the road to the cache from home, we are full of confidence. Lots of hunters could not find the cache before us. But we will, at least it is what I thought before heading. Unfortunately, we also could not fine the cache. After half hour of searching, I called edgehung for help. Nice for him, he insisted not to provide any hint. What a honor person he is. XD

Continuous seeking for another half hour, we still could not find it. I began to suspect accuracy of edgehung's GPS device.

My GPS Point Me to a "Bastard"


TYPS10: Tao-Ying Park
What's wrong? We could not find the cache, neither.

This should be an easy one. It looks like every body found the cache without any difficulty. But we couldn't. Is it during the day is dark, so the sight is no good? Or the sky is too cloudy influence correctness of my GPS?

I began to suspect the accuracy of my GPS device.

the Park


TYPS12: Jian-Shing Park
This is the 3rd DNF today.

My god, I really lost confidence to my GPS. Since, it led me to a ground, which I really could not see how to hide a cache in such a place. Carefully looking at the fence, I think I need to find a found cache to make sure my GPS is OK.

In the Jian-Shing Park


TYPS04: Yang-Ming Park
Calibrate my GPS with a previous found GC. The result looks good, my Edge705 is functional OK.

Cache in 2M.


TYPS20: Jie-Shou Park
Oh my god, today is really not my day. We found no cache at all.

By the time, we arrived the park. The sky is dark, and rain began to drop. We took on rain coat to search the cache. After 10 minutes of search, we felt no mood. Well, time to go home, now. This is the result of challenging FTF of edgehung's caches. I wish some hunters could find the cache.

In the way home, the rain was big and wind was strong. My son kept falling into sleep. I need to stop by road, make him taking some walks and few jumps to wake him up, so I could keep going. I kept thinking that maybe it's time to buy a car. :)

DNF, Seek a place from rain