[Az-Geocaching] RE: Cache info?

[Jason Poulter]

i think that link was meant to be   http://geocaching.snaptek.com

:)

jason


Larry Farquhar wrote:

> Hi Capt. Rod & Team Dcachers!
>
> Welcome to the wonderful world of GeoCaching! Be careful, it can get
> addicting. We've taken a love for cache hunting for many reasons, but using
> the Jeep to go find many caches is one them. Jeeps have always been my other
> pastime. You'll have a blast!
>
> As you know, the "El Camino Del Diablo" trail is about 130 miles the entire
> West/East route. However, the Eastern section is currently closed. This
> leaves two options to get to Tule Well. From the West, or from the North.
> >From Wellton (West route), it's about 50 miles one-way. Christmas Pass Trail
> (from North - starts in Tacna), is about 45 miles one-way. You're looking at
> a 8 - 10 hour drive (in and out). Offroad speed is 5 to 15 mph, depending on
> the section of road. Some is real easy, some makes you slow down.
>
> It "would" be possible to get to Tule Well and out in one day, but why rush
> it? We took our time, and got to Tule Well after 7 hours (from Wellton). We
> camped at Tule Well, and took another 6 hours to go out the East side to
> Ajo. We didn't know the East section was closed, and got stopped by the
> Border Patrol and the Fish & Game. They were nice, but were not happy that
> we came across the closed road.
>
> Be sure you check if the roads are open that you want to drive. I don't see
> any problems on any other road, except Tule Well East to Ajo. That's where
> the problems are.
>
> I saw your name show up on the two cache finds. Sorry you had problems
> Emailing me. The geocache site has problems with either the spaces or the
> quotes in our team name. Other's have also had problems with Email from the
> web. Glad you found me.
>
> BTW - there's also an Arizona geocaching email list and "unofficial" web
> site for Arizona cache statistics. We get some good information from each
> other on the EMail list. Check out: http://snaptek.geocaching.com and also
> sign up on the Email list there. (I've cc'd the list on this conversation).
>
> See 'ya on the trails sometime!
> Larry Farquhar
> Team "Wyle E"
> www.azjeeper.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Gipson [mailto:rdgipson@msn.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 5:15 PM
> To: lfar@home.com
> Subject: Cache info?
>
> Hi Team "Wyle E",
>
> I tried sending this through the geocaching website and kept getting an
> "Unknown user" message, so I thought I'd try through your personal
> website...
>
> I have a question about the cache you hid at Tule Well.  In your opinion,
> how long would it take to get into Tule Well and back out again?  Could it
> be done in one day, or would it be better to camp out?  I haven't done the
> trail yet, but I am familiar with it and already have a permit, etc.
>
> By the way, I just found out about this geocaching thing a few days ago when
> I stumbled onto the website.  I have already found two caches, and am
> looking forward to finding more.  It seems to be the perfect combination of
> my two favorite past-times - 4-wheeling (the D in Dcachers stands for
> Durango 4X4) and playing with my GPSR.
>
> Thanks for any info you can give me.
>
> Team Dcachers
> Capt. Rod
>
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