Nice day for a hike. Found 10 out of 11 geocaches. Started off hiking to the top of Wilderness Peak. Once on top of the mountain it was a nice down hill hike in the surrounding area locating geocaches and enjoying the views.

⛅ 53°F – 37°F 🙂 |🟢| Seattle

Spent today cleaning and researching on bluetooth mics. Non of the mics jumped out at me. Washed the children’s clothes and made Tacos for dinner. They came out great. Kids loved them. Planning to watch Operation Pacific tonight.

🌦️ 54°F – 37°F 🙂 |🟡| Seattle

Worked on the plumbing upstairs. New sink is all hooked up and working great. Played a new game called UNO Spin. It’s a take on UNO. I like it. Played the game with the kids before bed time.

🌦️ 52°F – 41°F 🙂 |🟡| Seattle

Stayed home all day. Planned out my next two hiking / geocaching trips. I slightly adjusted my pack for geocaching. Trying to figure how to do a podcast while I on a hike in the rain. Wonder if they sell Bluetooth water proof mics.

🌧️ 51°F – 41°F 🙂 |🟡| Seattle

Woke up and my legs were sore. Once up and walking arround I was fine. Cleaned my equipment from yesterday’s hike. Went to the grocery store to purchase food and to the library to pick up a movie for tonight.

☁️ 51°F – 37°F 🙂 |🟡| Seattle

Spent the whole day on Cougar Mountain. Found 24 geocaches and traveled 7.5 miles on my trip.  Checked out two water falls and some abandon mining equipment. My return trip to the car was a mile long and in the dark with heavy rain.

🌧️ 52°F – 40°F 🙂 |🟢| Seattle

Adjusted my kit for my hike.  Should rain throughout the day tomorrow. Repacked water sensitive items in bags. Added a pouch on the waist belt for all my navigational items. GPS & satcom affixed to the side of my backpack via Velcro molle patches with cordage connecting the device to the pack incase it detaches from the Velcro. Used some shock cord and attached it to my backpack so I can quickly store my hiking poles without taking my pack off. I can store them on the go without stopping. I’m constantly honing in the pack. Removing things, adding and moving things arround. A new item I am bringing is an old smart phone that has been configured specifically for hiking / camping. It contains maps, geocaches, satcom software and everything I need without internet connection. It’s in a waterproof case to boot. Tomorrow’s hike will be a great place to test it out.  I planning to do a write up on the configuration of my pack and what I carry for a day hike compared to a multi day hike.

🌧️ 45°F – 36°F 🙂 |🟡| Seattle

Spent the day working on the house. We did manage to get out of the house and play in the backyard. Most of my parts and supplies arrived today for my upcoming hiking trip.  Still missing a part. Hope it comes in time.

🌤️ 49°F – 34°F 🙂 |🔴| Seattle

Snow has mostly melted away. The sunset was amazing with deep blue and purplish hues. I’m planning for an all day geocaching trip for this week. Finished kitting my backpack for the trip. Will be out, rain or shine.

⛅ 53°F – 37°F 🙂 |🔴| Seattle

Stayed up way too late last night figuring out how to Geocache while being offline with all the info I need to help me find caches in the mountains without printing out each site’s page. Just want to use my GPS and old mobile phone (to cache all the info on each site automatically for a certain area). At noon I went to Cougar Mt to test the new system in the snow. Worked great. I only found 1 out of 4. The system worked, I just had a hard time finding them in the deep snow. I was lucky to find one. My plan is to go back on Friday and see how many I can find in a day.

🌧️🌫️ 46°F – 36°F 🙂 |🟢|  ʕ·͡ᴥ·ʔ | Seattle | Geocaching