SE KS Geocaching Ride
Posted: 31 Mar 2008 10:38
The weather looked good enough this weekend to go on a geocaching ride in SE KS so I packed my bike and left around 1:00 Friday. I headed south picking of a few caches on my way to Blue Mound for the night. I had to make it to the cabin in time to watch KU BB!!
Saturday the weather was gray and about 45 when I got started. I had no route but I had all of available caches in my GPSr. I picked one about 30 miles away and headed towards it, exploring new roads all the way. Once that cache is found I did it again and again. Choosing caches about 30 to 60 miles apart and exploring all the way. I tried to stay off the tarmac as much as possible. I picked my way almost to the OK border. I then headed back towards Blue Mound doing the same thing. Someone placed a cache along an abandoned RR tracks. Maybe I should not have ridden to the cache but I did and continued for miles. I also came across a few "road closed" signs. They did not stop me. Even when they parked the backhoe across the road to stop traffic.
On Sunday the I woke to a gentle rain and about 40 degrees. I decided to take a direct gravel route home. About halfway home it stopped raining. I checked my GPSr for a cache and headed that way. I found a few caches and ended up in Lawrence.
I have found riding between caches is a great way to see the country side without planning a route in advance. If I hit hard top I exit as quickly as possible. Most no maintenance roads are explored and I try to find as many low water crossing as possible. The crossing were running high so did not attempt many being alone but I marked them for future trips. I road a little over 500 miles and found about 20 cache. I was in 15 KS counties. It was a blast!
Here are picture from the trip. Troy, there is a picture of an old bridge. Is that the one you found? http://picasaweb.google.com/ajayhawkfan ... 8To3302008
I do have a couple of products I would highly recommend:
The first is the AERO VeeWipe Squeegee. They are a small squeegee that wraps around your thumb. They are great for wiping your visor in the rain or when muddy truck spray hits you in the face. http://www.aerostich.com/catalog/US/Aer ... 16506.html
The other are Duluth Trading Company's Force Nine Gloves. They are warm and waterproof and comfortable. They seem to run big so order a size smaller then normal. I was able to use them and still punch the small buttons on my GPSr. http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/depa ... =Product_6
Saturday the weather was gray and about 45 when I got started. I had no route but I had all of available caches in my GPSr. I picked one about 30 miles away and headed towards it, exploring new roads all the way. Once that cache is found I did it again and again. Choosing caches about 30 to 60 miles apart and exploring all the way. I tried to stay off the tarmac as much as possible. I picked my way almost to the OK border. I then headed back towards Blue Mound doing the same thing. Someone placed a cache along an abandoned RR tracks. Maybe I should not have ridden to the cache but I did and continued for miles. I also came across a few "road closed" signs. They did not stop me. Even when they parked the backhoe across the road to stop traffic.
On Sunday the I woke to a gentle rain and about 40 degrees. I decided to take a direct gravel route home. About halfway home it stopped raining. I checked my GPSr for a cache and headed that way. I found a few caches and ended up in Lawrence.
I have found riding between caches is a great way to see the country side without planning a route in advance. If I hit hard top I exit as quickly as possible. Most no maintenance roads are explored and I try to find as many low water crossing as possible. The crossing were running high so did not attempt many being alone but I marked them for future trips. I road a little over 500 miles and found about 20 cache. I was in 15 KS counties. It was a blast!
Here are picture from the trip. Troy, there is a picture of an old bridge. Is that the one you found? http://picasaweb.google.com/ajayhawkfan ... 8To3302008
I do have a couple of products I would highly recommend:
The first is the AERO VeeWipe Squeegee. They are a small squeegee that wraps around your thumb. They are great for wiping your visor in the rain or when muddy truck spray hits you in the face. http://www.aerostich.com/catalog/US/Aer ... 16506.html
The other are Duluth Trading Company's Force Nine Gloves. They are warm and waterproof and comfortable. They seem to run big so order a size smaller then normal. I was able to use them and still punch the small buttons on my GPSr. http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/depa ... =Product_6
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