Monthly Archives: June 2009

Chestermere

Posted on June 28, 2009 by

This morning we were at Grandma & Grandpa GeoKs’ by eight o’clock, ready to mount our bikes for our longest ride yet: somewhere between 40 and 45 km, mostly on paved bike paths, from SE Calgary to Chestermere Lake. The … Continue reading →

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Banff

Posted on June 27, 2009 by

We headed to Banff this morning with the goal of finding 3 brass caps for GC43F3 along with 6 other geocaches. Our last stop in the Banff townsite was back in early January, when the weather wasn’t very cooperative and we … Continue reading →

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Yam Boulders

Posted on June 25, 2009 by

  The first time Mr. and Mrs. GeoK headed west to Yamnuska was July 2007; after making it through the chimney and across the crux we made it to the summit around noon, just as the sun broke through. Yesterday we had … Continue reading →

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Milestone: 200 Unknown (Mystery) Caches Found

Posted on June 15, 2009 by

Today we covered 164 km in pursuit of geocaches in Cochrane and on some of the country roads NW of Calgary, finding all 24 caches we attempted, including 12 puzzle caches to reach our 200 Unknown (Mystery) Caches milestone. We … Continue reading →

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Prairie Mountain

Posted on June 12, 2009 by

We’ve made reservations to do the guided hike to the Burgess Shales in July. It’s a 20 km (return) hike, with more than 800 meters elevation gain, so we definitely need to get in some conditioning hikes before we go. … Continue reading →

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