21 FEB 09

Had a great weekend of caching!

On Saturday Trizumi! came over in the afternoon for an early dinner / late lunch at Venezia's Pizza in Tempe. Venezia's looks just like the pizza place Mark and Corrine took me to on the Upper West Side. Not only does it look like New York but the pizza tastes like it too. We order the two slices and a drink special because the slices are massive. The single slices are cut from the 24" party pizzas. Yummy!

We had time to grab a few caches before going to eat so we stopped by two nanos, This is One of Them and This is the Other One. Between the two nanos is a cache called Desert Need which I assumed from the name was a fake sprinkler head. When we came up on it though it appeared to be one of those PVC things in the ground. I pointed it out and Trizumi! opened it. It looked so real he started to screw the top back on. I said "Whoa, whoa - what the hey? That's the cache!" He stuck his hand it and sakes alive it was the cache. Nicely done :) From there we went to Stick'em Up by Roark&Dallas and on to the new cache The Story of George hidden by good friend AZgeckogirl. Located at a very cool historical marker, we enjoyed making this find and I was once again reminded how much I heart Tempe. I was ready to skip Wet Kryptonite by Nativedog because sometimes it seems Trizumi! does not really appreciate caching at very public places. But he was all for it and I am so glad. I felt this was an outstanding example of a urban hide. Between the Chase office building and PF Chang's is a unique fountain I have never seen before this visit. Tall shard-like pieces of beautifully colored metal which have been cast to look like stone thrust through broken pieces of flagstone. The water flows down the towers and bubbles up through the broken slabs. The signal bounce is significant here and after looking for some time we sat down and surmised as to the location of cache. After concluding it should be in a specific spot I re-examined said area and "bingo". Enjoyed this find and the area very much!

cute kitty at Wet Kryptonite

After enjoying some slices, the next cache we visited was Vista Del Camino Park. cute kitty made the find after both Trizumi! and I had looked in that spot! She is such an excellent cacher and was rewarded for her skills with a cupcake of her choice at Lulu's Cupcakes. We then went over to There is no R in Muggles and as soon as we pulled up I said, "GreasePot must live right here." Sure enough after finding and relacing the cache we were greeted by the cache owner and her doggie Daisy. After a fine bit of conversation we headed off to The Screen Doors which was an interesting and fun hide. Our only DNF was next at Scottsdale's Arch. Team Mowog has a number of creative hides so I am sure we will revisit this cache in the near future. Another Team Mowog hide, Stagebrush, was our final cache of the afternoon. A familar type of hide but the finest execution of this type I have ever see. Thanks to all those who hid caches we found today!