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Upstate (For us, anything is UPSTATE)
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We are out for the day doing some things including some geocaching. We found a few on our travels and headed back home in DOWNstate New York.
Here are the logs for the caches we found today:
Thought about it for a minute - looked around and hubby was right on it! TFTC - TeamHarpo - Cheers!
Hubby volunteered to go seeking 
and was a winner! TFTC - TeamHarpo - Cheers!
Out and about today - TFTC - TeamHarpo - Cheers!
Do You Have A Light Like This?
Out and about today - one of several discovered - TFTC - TeamHarpo - Cheers!
Yup - I got the clue! TFTC - TeamHarpo - Cheers!
Out and about today - picked this up - TFTC - TeamHarpo - Cheers!
Glad we live too far away to come here more often - TFTC - TeamHarpo - Cheers!
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Celebratory Find
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As a result of finding 1,000, our friends put out a cache for us to find to celebrate. It is local to us and an easy find.
Here is the log:
First to find. One of one today. We got the notice and went to Ground Zero somewhat immediately. We made the quick find and signed the log under FTF. Thank you so much for putting this out for us, our good friends, Team Brinken. It's a nano so nothing to trade, cheers!
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The Run for 1000 Finds
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Hitting the 1,000 finds mark!
We hit multiple places near where we live and tried to get those last 15 or so caches to hit the 1,000 mark. We were motivated by our friends who were approaching it as well and it was time we got to the first 1,000 find pinnacle. We did find 19 on the day to reach and exceed our goal for the day.
Here are the logs of the finds for today:
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 1st cache of 19 today! Traded TB's! Tftc teamharpo
Get Out There # 4 - Survival Kit
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 2nd cache of 19 today! Dropped a TB! The recent rain storms caused the creek to overrun soooooo was very interesting making our way to the cache! One member of Teamharpo took one for the team and waded in - LOL! The cache was half full of water - emptied and tucked it back in hide! Tftc Teamharpo
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 3rd cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
The Douglaston, NY Trail: "The Cemetery"
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 4th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
The Douglaston, NY Trail: "The Gazebo"
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 5th cache of 19 today! Gazebo really nice! Tftc Teamharpo
The Douglaston, NY Trail: "The Great Gatsby"
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! Traded TB's. 6th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
The Douglaston, NY Trail: "The Bridge"
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 7th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
The Douglaston, NY Trail: "The Dog Park"
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 8th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
The Douglaston, NY Trail: "The Boats"
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 9th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
The Douglaston, NY Trail: "The Weeping Beech"
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 10th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
Flushing Promenade 1--Curtiss Field
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 11th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 12th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
Flushing Promenade 4-- Worlds Fair Relic
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 13th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 14th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
Going to try to wrap up the last few caches today and get to that 1,000 mark! 15th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
Jamaica Estates New York World War II Memorial
awesome this is our 1,000 cache woo hoo
Thanks to everyone for all the caches
Hoping to find many more
16th cache of 19 today!
TFTC
Cheers
Teamharpo
We finally made it to 1,000 finds today - 17th cache of 19 today! Tftc Teamharpo
Wrapped up the day and finally broke 1,000 finds! this was 18th of 19 finds! TFTC Teamharpo
MAM's Micro #107 - Roosevelt Field
Finally - this was one of the very first that we had tried with no luck but finally got back over here! Wrapped up the day and finally broke 1,000 finds! this was 19th of 19 finds! TFTC Teamharpo
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A day on the beach
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We picked up a couple caches today after a day walking on the boardwalk. Here are the logs of the caches we found:
1 of 2 finds today - stopped by after boardwalk morning stroll! Clever Traded TBs. TFTC - TeamHarpo
2 of 2 finds today - stopped by after boardwalk morning stroll! Walked over from Eagle Cache and was nearly eaten alive by skeeters - eek! Very clever cache TFTC - TeamHarpo
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June Cache Day
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Team Harpo is out on this great day in June to find some caches. We are getting close to 1000 finds and sort of in a race with our friends. We look for a bunch and below are the successful ones today.
Here are the caches and logs of the finds today:
Alley Micro Series 10 - Bellmore Bowl
1st of 12 today! Second attempt - we were being watched the first time TFTC Team Harpo
2nd of 12 today! Clever Cache! TFTC Team Harpo
3rd of 12 today! Enjoyed all the geese babies - and 3 was our 3rd find today LOL- TFTC Team Harpo
SAKI-4K: Merrick Road Golf Course
4th of 12 today! Second attempt - way too many muggles first attempt! TFTC Team Harpo
5th of 12 today! Dropped TB! TFTC Team Harpo
6th of 12 today! Dropped TB! TFTC Team Harpo
7th of 12 for the day - TFTC - Team Harpo
LI History: Freeport Municipal Stadium
8th of 12 for the day - TFTC - Team Harpo
9th of 12 for the day - our 2nd attempt at this one - TFTC- Team Harpo
The CHASE to a Kinda Funny Cache
10th of 12 for the day - very nice - TFTC - Team Harpo
Our 2nd attempt - hooray - success! 11th of 12 for the day - TFTC - Team Harpo
12th of 12 for the day - Great way to end the day! TFTC - Team Harpo
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Local Caches
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Team Harpo is out for some local caches on this Holiday weekend. We were doing a bunch of different things and finally had a chande to look for some geocaches.
Here are the caches we found and the logs:
Team Harpo found this on Memorial Day 2012. We were out for a while and decided to look for a few caches while doing some errands. This was larger than we thought it was going to be . . . Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo found this on Memorial Day 2012. We were out for a while and decided to look for a few caches while doing some errands. We located the cache after traveling both sides of the service road to be on the correct side. We left a TB and signed the log, thanks for the cache, cheers!
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#3-We all Scream for Ice Cream
Team Harpo found this one heading home on Memorial Day 2012 to get to a BBQ. We were running some errands and decided to pick this one up. Very busy location and many cars parking where we parked. We waited for those people to get out and move along before we were able to retrieve the container. We signed the log and placed it back. Thanks for the cache, cheers!
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Team Harpo looked for this one 2 other times. One time it was before the hurricane and this was disabled for a short time. The next there were too many people around and a NCPD car across the street that wouldn't move. So finally today, Memorial Day 2012, we took a shot and located the container very quickly. We signed the log and placed it back. Thanks for the cache, cheers!
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Washington DC
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We went down for the weekend and since we were here, we visited some of the monuments and also we tried for a couple virtual geocaches. Most of the geocaches in the National Mall are virtual and need a response from the cache owner to get credit. We walked from the hotel and all the way to the Lincoln Memorial.
We had a great time here and here are the logs for the geocaches that we found.
Team Harpo was visiting DC for the AIA convention and headed to the Mall to view the memorials. We located this one and have been here before but didn't log the geocache that time. We are sending the information today (a week later) to get confirmation that we found it. Thanks for the cache and happy Memorial Day!
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Trip to Ohio
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We set out on a road trip to see the family and do some sightseeing in Pennsylvania and Ohio. We had planned a trip to California but unforeseen circumstances prevented us from going on that trip so instead we switched plans and drove to Ohio on a visit to family. We make a stop at Hershey to go through the “factory” and learn a lot about the man who started it all. What an interesting story and the history of the chocolate candies we all know and love here in the United States. Hershey even started a school for the “orphans” which has grown from under 30 students to well over 1000. It is a resident school where the students live in a house with adults to maintain a family atmosphere for all the children. It is really quite extraordinary.
After this visit we head off to Ohio the next day to pick up daughter and then head up to Lake Erie for a visit to Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island. We have never been there and it is a new experience for all of us. We learn some history about the island at the monument located here called the International War Memorial commemorating one of the more significant battles during the War of 1812, the Battle of Lake Erie.
While on our travels we find a few caches along the way and here are the logs for the Geocahes we found:
Saturday, May 5, 2012 - Pennsylvania
Found cache lying on ground 
signed and placed it hopefully in more secure place! TFTC Cheers Team Harpo
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Like the container - visiting the area - TFTC Cheers Team Harpo
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Visiting the area - enjoyed mom/dad with baby geese! traded TB - TFTC Cheers Team Harpo
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Checking out all the chocolate in Hershey - Traded TB's - TFTC Cheers Team Harpo
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Comfort by the Duck Pond Travel Bug Hotel
Went the wrong way - had to back track a bit The ducks are all about the corn (except the babies) TFTC Team Harpo (dropped a TB)
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Monday, May 7, 2012 - Ohio
Team Harpo found this in the morning while driving around. We located the hiding spot and found the cache. It was raining a bit but we persevered and signed the log. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - Ohio
"Don't Cry for Me," said Mr. Tree.
Team Harpo was out visiting the island. Went looking for one cache but ended up finding this one instead. Lots of bugs out today, yuck. Nice looking cache in a nice spot. Thanks for bringing us here.
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 - Ohio
Team Harpo was visiting the family and we stopped here going back to the hotel. As described it is definitely hidden to be found. Thanks for the easy park and grab! It is nice to have one like this every once in a while. Thanks for the cache, cheers!
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Friday, 11 May 2012 - Ohio
FAIRly odd cache #3 (Allen County)
Team Harpo was visiting the family and we stopped here as we headed south to the Dayton area. We picked up a few geocaches today on the way. We traded TBs and signed the log. We will find a new place to place the TB we found. Thanks for the cache, cheers!
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Team Harpo was visiting the family and we stopped here as we headed south to the Dayton area. Before heading out we looked for the few geocaches in the area and then headed down I-75. We had to look like we were trying to find a headstone as the workers in the area were weed wacking. We found it OK and signed the log. Thanks for the cache, cheers!
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Team Harpo was visiting the family and we stopped here as we headed south to the Dayton area. This cache was a relatively quick find and it was nice that one is sheltered while perusing the area. We signed the log and moved on down the road to look for more. Thanks for the cache, cheers!
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Team Harpo is on the way south to the Dayton area. We stopped and looked and located the cache. We signed the log and moved on down the road to look for more. Thanks for the cache, cheers!
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Team Harpo is on the way south to the Dayton area. We stopped and looked and were caught by one of the workers. He told us there is another one close by. We thanked him and we signed the log. We headed across the parking lot to look for the other one. Thanks for the cache, cheers!
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Team Harpo is on the way south to the Dayton area. This is our 950th find. We were told of this one by one of the staff, but we already had it on the radar to find since it was so close. We found ground zero and lifted one rock and located the hiding spot. It is well hidden. Thanks for the cache, cheers!
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Saturday, 12 May 2012 - Ohio
Team Harpo found this in the morning as we headed off to Xenia for a BBQ. This is our last full day in Ohio as we will be heading off to NY in the morning, back home and to work, boo. Anyway, we located the cache and we signed the log. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo found this in the morning as we headed off to Xenia for a BBQ. This is our last full day in Ohio as we will be heading off to NY in the morning, back home and to work, boo. We found ground zero and walked around it before we moved the car closer and noticed the cache from there. We signed the log, (IT IS FULL) and placed it back in its hiding spot. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo found this in the morning as we headed off to Xenia for a BBQ. This is our last full day in Ohio as we will be heading off to NY in the morning, back home and to work, boo. We spotted the probably hiding spot and we each attacked it from one side. We located the cache and we signed the log. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo found this in the morning as we headed off to Xenia for a BBQ. This is our last full day in Ohio as we will be heading off to NY in the morning, back home and to work, boo. We weren't sure where the cache would be placed so we looked in a few likely spots and came up with it. We signed the log and put it back for others to find. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo found this on the way to the BBQ. Just before a nice time with the family we went looking for this cache. We had to hurry since we had a big bag of ice in the trunk. We located the cache and we signed the log. The magnets are not attached to the container. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo is on the way back from the BBQ and we stopped here to take a look for some more caches. We located the spot and we made the grab. We signed the log and noticed we came at a good time as the lot was not so busy. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo is on the way back from the BBQ and we stopped here to take a look for some more caches. We parked the car, and noticed the gym was not so busy so we could take a look for the cache. We found it easily and noticed all the other footprints from previous searchers before us. Seen this type before so it was a quick grab and we signed the log. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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It’s On the Loose – (Magneto Spawn Clone #1)
Team Harpo is on the way back from the BBQ and we stopped here to take a look for some more caches. We parked the car, and located ground zero. We headed over and made the find and brought it back to the car to sign the log. We brought it back and hid just as we found it. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Big Dog Dog Pile #1: Mommy Buy Me Something!
Team Harpo is on the way back from the BBQ and we stopped here to take a look for some more caches. We located the hiding spot and found the cache. We brought it to the car to sign the log and then placed it back in the hiding spot. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo is on the way back from the BBQ and we stopped here to take a look for some more caches. We located ground zero, so we thought and then looked around and re-read the information in the cache. We headed to the real GZ and found it quickly enough in the new spot. Thanks and we agree with the annoying hints and what-not on some of the caches we have found in the past. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Sunday, 13 May 2012 - Pennsylvania
Go East- Not West Young cacher
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Tftc traded tbs
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Weekend in Camden, NJ
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Team Harpo went to Camden, NJ for the weekend with our Boy Scout troop. We visited the aquarium and stayed overnight on the Battleship New Jersey. We toured the aquarium in the morning and headed off to the ship. The troop stayed the night after touring the ship with the volunteers and we learned about the history of this great ship. All the volunteers were very good describing the ship and the functions of the spaces we went through. Soon it was time to go to sleep and we each had a bunk in the spaces below the main deck. The next morning we were up and fed and the three Geocaching teams stayed behind to grab a few more caches before heading back to NY.
Here are the logs of the Geocaches we found:
Crossing the Banks of the Nile
Team Harpo is visiting the Aquarium with the Troop and sleeping on the USS New Jersey next door. We had everyone looking for this. We found it and signed the log. We put it back for the other teams with us that didn't find it.
Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Team Harpo found this with Scoobyv and Team Brinken. Nice hide. We spent the night on the USS New Jersey and had some time to Geocache before getting to the cars and heading home. Tom actually found the hiding spot and we all logged it in.
Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Camden Promenade - Wiggins Park
Team Harpo found this with Scoobyv and Team Brinken. I found it in its hiding place once we realized where it was. We all signed in and some people logged it on their phones. We had so much fun we went and found the other 2 along the water.
Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo found this with Scoobyv and Team Brinken. We all really like this one. Nice hide and a great view of the bridge. We all signed the log and raced to be the first to log it on the phone. We are doing it the old fashioned way, on the computer when we got home!
Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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IAATN Micro series (Ben's View)
Team Harpo found this with Scoobyv and Team Brinken. It is a nice view of the bridge from here and a nice place for a geocache. We all signed the log and logged it on the phone and this was the last one we did before heading back to NY.
Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Tax Day Caching
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We paid our taxes before the dreaded date so we are out looking for other treasures. We head out with our wonderful dog for a walk in the Smith Haven County Park, hoping Trinity doesn’t come across too many other dogs that she will bark at. We take a route that will garner the most geocaches while we are here and make the most of our time. It is a good day with good weather and Trinity is having a great time with us.
Here are the logs of the caches we found:
Team Harpo headed to the park with our dog to look for some caches. This is the second time we have been in the park. We found this one not far from the parking area, no TBs though, ;-( This is our 920th find and 1 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo headed to the park with our dog to look for some caches. This is the second time we have been in the park. We found this one along the trail with help from the dog . . . not. This is our 921st find and 2 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo headed to the park with our dog to look for some caches. We found this along the trail as we walked with our dog and we signed the log. This is our 922nd find and 3 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo headed to the park with our dog to look for some caches. We found this along the trail as we walked with our dog and we signed the log. This is our 923rd find and 4 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo headed to the park with our dog to look for some caches. The last time we were here the stables were not being used. We think they should change the signs along the road as well stating there are stables here. They won't last long if the renovation doesn't start. As we were signing the log a car drove right by us, it sort of crept up on us since it was going so slow. This is our 924th find and 5 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo headed to the park with our dog to look for some caches. We located this one and we signed the log. we headed back to look for another that we passed along the way. This is our 925th find and 6 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo headed to the park with our dog to look for some caches. We passed this one earlier today because the GPSr failed to upload the caches for this area. We had some caches located 26 miles away on the GPSr but that wasn't going to help. So thanks to technology we used a phone app to find the geocaches and entered the coordinates into the GPSr. Sol we did find this one after we made a lap around the model train in the woods. This is our 926th find and 7 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Chronicles of Narnia - Reepicheep
Team Harpo found this one after we were in the Smith Haven County Park for a few hours. For such a short road it did have a lot of traffic. One car was turning around and then another came by and they asked where the Yaphank train station was. (We had no clue.) We found the geocache and signed the log. This is our 927th find and 8 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo found this one after we were in the Smith Haven County Park for a few hours. We located this one along the service road. We guess there is another way in, but this way worked. What a cool place and very well kept. We found the cache, signed the log and placed it back in its hiding spot. This is our 928th find and 9 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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LLKD-116 Pine Trail Nature Preserve
Team Harpo found this one after we were in the Smith Haven County Park for a few hours. We headed up this way and saw where the brush fires were along the Wading River Manor Road. We started toward home and decided to look for this one. The batteries were low after we looked for it the first time and headed back to the car to change them. The new batteries brought us right back to the same place. We looked some more and finally located the cache. This is our 929th find and 10 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo found this one after dinner. We were on the way home and decided to grab this. We found the park, we found the cache and signed the log. This is our 930th find and 11 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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Team Harpo found this one after dinner. We were on the way home and decided to grab this. We found the park, we found the cache and signed the log. This is our 931st find and 12 of 12 on the day. Thanks for the cache, cheers.
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