Four more caches

This morning I went out with The Lost Clan finding caches that popped up just after we found the others above Sycamore canyon. Our first cache, CT 12 ~ Following those KM2's was not far from where we parked. We thought we could make it a circular walk instead of two out and back hikes. It was nice to have good start here with a find. Our second cache was along a ridge trail heading towards land belonging to Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar. CT12: Fixing a hole was placed at a gap or hole just before a cache that marks the perimeter of the base marking where no more caches would be allowed.

So after fixing this hole we followed the trail up to the forbidden entrance. A trail went off west towards a power tower but dead ended so we bushwacked down into the canyon towards CT 12: Almost at the borderline II. Not really the most sensible thing to do. It was really steep and a bit boggy at the bottom. I also almost lost my GPS as it got plucked out of my pocket by a bush and I did not notice until we had just started our way up from the bottom of the canyon. A worrying few moments as the chances of finding it were pretty slim but thanks to TLC's GPS breadcrumbs we were able to retrace our steps and much to my amazement I found it.

We were successful in making a circular trip but I don't think it really saved us any distance in the long run. We also, well me more so, got a little freaked out by the howling calls of some coyotes, TLC thought they were well away from us across the canyon back where we started but I think they can move pretty fast through the bush if they want too. I'm sure the coyote are well fed up here, we saw lots of deer prints and some quite big rabbits on the trail ahead of us but they might have taken a fancy to us!

So we hurried, as best we could along the steep track, to the last of the four caches, Ritz Crackers. Habu had placed it to honour the cacher that had put out the super trail (to honor all of those cache owners who provide us so much fun. These represent San Diego’s top cache owners – those who hide the caches we love to find.) that we walked on Thursday. RC was
a bit tricky but we did not want to have to come back, we read the hint but in the end it was a bit higher than indicated. The temperature had climbed to the mid seventies so we were glad to get back to the car for some welcome cold air conditioning.