Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL) You have already found this cache! Master Index    Nearest Caches Resurrection by The Richers (1.5/2) (Unavailable) N49� 52.171  W97� 08.114 (WGS84) UTM  14U   E 634000  N 5525791 Use waypoint: GC240RP Size: Small    Hidden on 2/15/2010 In Manitoba, Canada Difficulty:     Terrain:               I found this cache container washed up along the shore a short distance from this location. The container was still in good shape but it contents were not doing so well. It contained: 2 – water logged erasers 2 – rusted/corroded batteries 1 – water logged pencil 1 – flower shaped post-it note pad that was 10x it original size Unfortunately the coveted log sheet was not to be found in which case I could not return it to its original owner. So I wanted to give the container back to the game. At the time the cache was resurrected it contained: 1 – log book (Hawaiian style) 2 – erasers 2 – batteries 1 – pencil 1 – Squishy thing And a FTF certificate Due to it's location I will have to disable it during the spring flooding season or else it may end up even further downstream. Congratulations to Shawnssica, Wagonmaker, and tuppergurl on the joint FTF!

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5/26/2010 by Kabuthunk
VICTORY AT LAST! So it turns out my previous assumption of "the cache is disabled, but was still left there" was incorrect. I'm chalking the blame for that up to a completely different cache that I happened to DNF at almost the exact same time, which ALSO got 'disabled' for spring (still technically disabled right now), but the container was left there regardless. Threw off my judgement. Added thanks to cricher for emailing me about the cache status, allowing me to hold off on find 600 until this one popped up again ! In retrospect I could have emailed you to check the status, but generally I tend to try to avoid bugging people as much as possible .

Having to come here third time though? Love it. Hell, I might do it again a few times this summer. The sound of the water rippling, the wind through the trees, and the nice scenery as a whole... can't go wrong with a lineup like that . And today was no different. Much like yesterday, after work I popped into my email to see if I got a watchlist notification that the cache was re-enabled, since cricher mentioned in their email that it would be activated today. Seeing that this was indeed the case, I hopped into the car and headed on over. The location is fairly close as well, so it took all of maybe 10 minutes to drive over. And that was with a ton of traffic (for some reason after 7:00pm... usually quieter by that point I thought). I was debating whether to bike there or not, but given I had to pick up my wife from Red River College today (technically haven't gone yet, but since I have to leave 10 minutes from writing this sentence, I'm fairly certain I'll be completing the log after I return), I had somewhat a time limit to my searching.

Thus, I swung down the street yet again and found parking. A quick hop out the door and down the hill, and I was back in familiar territory. At least this time, there was the same amount of greenery as the last time I visited . There seemed to be more people around than last time, but most of them were either up at the houses (which were completely out of sight due to the leaves on the trees), or off to the North a bit. The part of the trail where the coordinates led me were nice and quiet. Getting right down to business, I followed the GPS over to ground zero and began hunting around. Didn't find a thing. Strange, I thought... there wasn't many places the cache could hide at ground zero. Looking at my GPS again, it placed me at... 23 meters from the cache?!? WTF?

Ok, so that's a little weird. Following the GPS yet again, I get to the GPS saying I'm 2 meters away, and look around. Again, with very few places to hide, I couldn't find a thing. Looking at the GPS again... 36 meters away?!? Hitting the 'page' button a few times, I discover the problem. Since it hadn't been long since I turned on the GPS, it had only found 5 satellites, and had me to a 30 meter accuracy range. Well, super. I took this time to lean against that really big tree right at the shore and just watch the water for a few minutes. Eventually, the other satellites were found and I continued my hunt. This time, it led me to... about the exact same place where much of my search last time was concentrated. Well, it only moved 5 meters and change, so it makes sense, I guess . Hunting around again (although having to stop a few times as a rowboat went past and some people came near, but ended up going another direction and never passed me), I finally resorted to the old standby of 'crouch down and just look a the area as a whole'. As per most times, the system worked, and I spotted the cache . Fanangling myself beside the cache, I finally got my hands on it and signed the logbook. I'll also give that travelbug some activity too.

Thanks for bringing me out here yet again. I'll have to tour all of these trails on my bike when it dries up just a little bit more .

Took: Valentine's Bug travelbug
Left: Logbook entry and chainmail ball

5/25/2010 by Kabuthunk
Awwwww. This DNF was extra disappointing for me, because I was hoping to make this my 600th find . Well, if by some blind chance it gets verified as being here before I decide on what other cache to get for the milestone find, I'll head back thisaway. Unless of course when cricher said 'disable' a few months ago he removed it as well, which is a distinct possibility. If that's the case, the ground might still be a tad sinky, but it's by all means solid enough to walk on. Not saying I didn't get mud stuck to the bottom of my sandals, but I was running around there for quite some time.

So after work today, I quickly whipped through some housework with my wife, and then booked it for the coordinates. Although it doesn't show in my pocket queries, I've that that waypoint sitting in my GPS since the first DNF two months ago. Also, I fairly well remembered where it was, although I almost accidentally went up St. Mary's road instead of Osborne . A quick minor correction in the car, and I was on the way! Parking in pretty much the exact same place as last time, I jogged over towards the coordinates, feeling all confident about getting the find. However, it would appear as though biology beat me back to the location, since the area was... significantly greener than the last time I was here . Many, many small trees had sprouted (or sprouted leaves if they were there before), all of the various branches and trees that were so bare and easy to see around were now covered with greenery, making the entire area completely alien in comparison to early spring. Undeterred, I continued down the trail towards the coordinates. There were a few girls sitting over by the water chatting, but thankfully they were about 50 meters North of the coordinates, and blocked from view by several large trees.

Alone and at the coordinates, I began... to feel a bit overwhelmed by how much had changed . Most things were green and leafy, and what wasn't green was covered completely in deadfall that had washed up from the spring waters. The fallen tree that I had so laboriously climbed onto was still there, but was surrounded by growing trees Except for immediately beside it towards the river. Over here there was basically a roof of deadfall, weighing down and breaking one of the trees there. I began searching by doing a quick skim of the underside of where I had been standing in March, and then worked my way to where I figured the cache would have been back then. Alas, nothing. I eventually ended up widening my search area to about 10 meters from the coordinates in all directions. Well, mainly on the river-side of the coordinates, since I had searched the other side in March before the water reached that level. Nada.

Standing there a bit dejected, I decided to do some cleanup of sorts, which would have the side-effect of possibly revealing a cache. Thus, I set about pulling off all of (or as much as I was able to) the deadfall from the poor, weighted-down trees. And man, was there a lot. Some bark, a couple of fairly large branches, and a whole ton of smaller branches. And also some large board (2x4 or 2x6 maybe) that was broken in half, with a nail sticking out of one end. Not having anywhere else to put that, I at least flipped it over so the nail was sticking down into the mud. After I had cleaned up the trees in the immediate area, I gave one more quick search for the cache, but couldn't turn anything up.

Thus, I left emptyhanded after about 30-40 minutes of searching. I hope the cache was tethered down really solidly, because given that I noticed a number of fairly new 2-inch-diameter trees had been snapped off by the flowing spring water. Hope the deadfall washing over the trees didn't take the cache with it.

So I'll keep my eye on this one, in hopes it can be confirmed as here or not. Should it return, so too shall I!

3/23/2010 by Kabuthunk
My apologies for being several days late for logging this DNF. It appears the cache was disabled prior to my attempt at it, but alas... due to an outdated pocket query, I thought it might still be active. But regardless, on with the tale of tragedy and loss. Of a find.

So after work today, while my wife was in class at Red River College, I decided to try to get some geocaching in before having to pick her up. After work I had first relaxed by watching a speed-run of the game Doom 3 - Resurrection Of Evil (I enjoy watching speed runs), and then headed out looking for a nearby cache that might be considered large enough to be able to find in the waning light (ie: anything not Micro, and preferably not in a densely forested area). And then in the perusing of geocaches vaguely near my home, I stumbled across this one. It being named "Resurrection", I figured that this must be a lucky omen given the speed run I had just watched, and decided to go after it pretty much on that alone.

Mental note: Associating things with a "Resurrection Of Evil" is evidently not a good omen .

So, with my 'good omen' pretty much apparently dooming me to an imminent DNF, I unwittingly continued on towards the cache. MAN, already-disabled-but-me-not-knowing, associated with a resurrection of evil, lack of light... this cache was doomed to DNF right from the get-go . One way or the other, I found parking on the nearby street, and hiked my way over towards the coordinates. At which point, it appears that the water levels have indeed risen in the past little while. Strange that... winter melting away ridiculously fast makes for more water. Damn you laws of nature! However, feeling the good omen continue to urge me on, I continued down a bike path (or at least I've biked down this path on numerous occasions in the summer) towards the coordinates. About 10 meters from ground zero, I started to reach the edge of the water. There were several fallen trees in the immediate vicinity, so I blindly hoped that the cache would somehow be hidden on them. After working my way past the burrs which had survived falling from their plant over winter (of which several of said burrs are still attached to my jacket), I very, very precariously worked my way over the two trees... which wasn't particularly easy wearing a full-length trench-coat... mental note on wearing more appropriate, less branch-snaggy clothes next time I'm out... and looked around. I had a very limited view of the area, since I couldn't move around that much. The dust that had collected on the trees had made it quite slippery, and I wasn't exactly in the most stable of positions. Couple this with still wearing my work clothes (see my earlier comment about wearing more appropriate geocaching clothes next time), and I couldn't really move around all that much. However, I reached my hand into a few crevasses and corners here and there, but found nothing. Highly unlikely the cache was there, given I still showed about 5 meters from the cache... but I was blindly hoping the coordinates were a bit off. I imagine not .

So with me not wanting to soak my feet (that will be reserved for going after another DNF which is currently protected by water), I very carefully worked my way back onto land. Darting my hand into a few vaguely possible hiding locations about 10 meters from ground zero, I found nothing and headed out. Looks like this one was not meant to be today.

I shall return once the water is lower. I like the area, and don't plan on leaving it unfound for long! And who knows... if I feel pretty good after soaking my feet at the previously mentioned cache, I may well take my soaked shoes over thisaway and see what I can do over here as well .