Central Jersey and #8000

[mortonfox]

I was planning to find cache #8000 in Pittsburgh but I'm a few days early because I actually hit that milestone today at "Edge of Enchantment" in Watchung Reservation. Should've stopped there but I couldn't resist bagging another one just before dusk, so I'm up to 8001 now.

Anyway, it was a hot sunny day with a high temperature around 90°F. I went to Central Jersey. I was surprised that, despite the heat and thick brush growth, I encountered no ticks and very few mosquitoes. Came across something else though. I was at a cache site in Westfield pacing the ground to figure out whether the GPS zero was closer to the gazebo or the tree, when I saw a few dollar bills on the grass. So, instead of cache, I found cash. :) (Well, okay, I did also find the cache soon after that.)

Dinner was a toasted Italian sub combo at Arby's in Watchung since I wasn't far from that Arby's at the end of the 13-cache tour.

Brookside (New Jersey)
Old Mill (New Jersey)
Tobias' Playland (New Jersey)
Barking UP The Wrong Tree (New Jersey)
Thumbthing Else (New Jersey)
Runyon Family Cemetery (New Jersey)
Small Wall (New Jersey)
Meadows Micro (Revisited) (New Jersey)
Tiny Often Empty Park: Bound Brook, NJ (New Jersey)
Sand Dollar Letterbox Hybrid (New Jersey)
Rainy Day Cache - Passaic River Park (New Jersey)
The Edge of Enchantment (New Jersey)
Bro Man's Cool Keychain Xchange (New Jersey)

Comments

[marko-the-rat.livejournal.com]

You've topped 8000 caches? My goodness! I had a lot of fun when you took me out caching. I keep thinking I should get a GPS unit and join in myself.

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

Meadows Micro (Revisited) (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c25b5e69-17be-430c-bcde-d72c2ac542d4), which I found today, was at one of the places we went on that day.

[sandy-hedges.livejournal.com]

heh ;) My girlfriend would be upset to know you have Arby's so close to you, there are none out here in Eastern Massachusetts.

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

There isn't an Arby's close to my place either. The one in Watchung is about 40 miles from home but I happened to be there so I had Arby's.

[jairus-greywolf.livejournal.com]

Over 8000 cache's! Impressive. Nice to find some cash while looking for a cache :)

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

congrats

[jersey-blogger.livejournal.com]

good god man, just the thought that are 8000 caches in this area alone is huge, let alone that you've found them. (and there's probably a lot you haven't found.)

Re: congrats

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Well, there are 12771 geocaches within 100 miles of my place so I still have a ways to go.