Wow! It has been awhile since I wrote a true caching three stars post. Truth is, I haven’t done much caching throughout the winter. Between the demands of life and my wife having surgery, caching has not been possible. We did, however, manage to find 7 caches and attend one event during the month of March. Not many to pick from but I will still pick the best three. I am heading to Quebec City this month so the Caching Three Stars for April should be more interesting!
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Boil Up With Da By’s
A warm fire combined with hot chocolate and snacks made for a great day! (Click to enlarge)
As is the case many times, our first star goes to an event. The first event of the new year was held by
Da By’s. It was held near the Holyrood exit and was aptly called
Boil up with Da By’s (GC3NQ18).. It was a fairly warm day and we were treated to a warm fire, hot chocolate, weiners and tim bits. It gave everyone time to mingle and chat again about how they have been and what geocaching they have been doing. During the event, some went to get some nearby caches while others were captivated by a white weasel that was in the area. Afterwards, many cachers left to get some more nearby caches before heading home. It was a great event and a real pick-me-up from the geocaching blues! For more information about the event, please visit
Treasure Island Caching, who did a great write-up on it.
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The Newfoundland Hotel
Out for some night caching with Gem and Dora. Dora had no trouble finding this one. (Click to enlarge)
As dusk was upon us, we decided to head downtown. We love the downtown at night and it seemed like a great time to finally get this cache. The coordinates originally took us away from the actual cache location but Dora had an idea where this one should be. Sure enough, it was right where she looked. The cache is placed near the original Newfoundland Hotel, now called The Sheraton, and is rightfully called
The Newfoundland Hotel (GC3RF9K). The cache is placed by
wiily1231 and was a great hide considering that there aren’t many places left to hide caches in the downtown. If you come down, though, bring your camera! The entire downtown makes for some great pictures!
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Which Way To Go And How To Get There
Gem displays the cache while Dora writes down the second set of coordinates. (Click to enlarge)
Our third star is a multi-cache placed by
hisandhers along with
The Boundary Hunters. It is called
Which way to go and how to get there (GC27YPK). This cache involves two stages, the first taking you to St. John’s City Hall. I always love going downtown at night. The area looks so beautiful at night and it gave me time to try some night picture taking. After writing down the coordinates to the second stage, we moved on and found it easily. It felt great to be back out caching again after an eternity (it felt like it) away!
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Caching Heaven 