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Teamdozer12 and lovecaching is going camping in Lincoln NH, next week. I of course have been searching for area caches down the Kangamangus and in the area we are staying. So my question for you is, have you been here caching and what is a 'MUST DO' cache?! Keep in mind that we will have 4 kids ages 5, 6, 8 and 8 with us! :) Thanks...any input would be greatly appreciated! ;)
TD12, my suggestion would be the Madison Boulder Earthcache located in Madison, NH. It's a little off your path, but worth the visit. Here's a link to the cache page. Have a great trip!
Thanks Cache Maine! That definitely sounds like a good one to check out! Either on this trip, or another time! Thanks for sharing!
We drove that road last summer and it was awesome. stopped and swam in the river and lots of nice pull offs. we stopped and did GCKDJR Rocky Gorge. Nice trail not a park and grab but not too far either. My kids were a bit older 9 & 11.
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We use to go tubing there years ago. We had a ball, but water levels are not what they use to be now days.
The last time I was there we had a rainstorm for 3 days and the Pemigewassett river washed away a dam and overflowed its banks and we were stuck in our campground for 3 days. It was total destruction the whole length of the river. That was way back in the 70's sometime if I remember correctly. Also the campgrounds were like $2 a night on the honor system to put 2 bux in the container. How things change huh?
Back in the days when "locationless (reverse) caches" were allowed, RULOST2? and I managed to fulfill the requirements of a "wildlife in action" cache by photographing a bear cub on the Kankamagus! LOL! Make sure you watch for game - it's a wild-and-wooly stretch! :D :D
Watching Hiram at an event would also qualify for a "Wildlife in action" locationless cache too, right? ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
The place we are staying is only $21 a night! Not to bad! :) Plus $4 extra for the two extra kiddos. 3 nights= $75 divided by two...so we are paying $37.50 each! It's not 2 bucks a night, but certainly cheaper than a tank of gas!!! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Haffy
If you had attended the "Slipping into Summer" event, you'd know how right you are! LOL! ;) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by firefighterjake
What! Only $37.50 a night??? (Sheesh! Seems like I might have slept in that same culvert when I was a lot younger...)Quote:
Originally Posted by teamdozer12
culverts were invented way back then??? I thought you needed dirt to make things... :p :p :pQuote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
NO, NO! :) $37.50 for 3 nights!!! Ahh much better! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Well, actually, back then, most culverts were made of hand-hewn stone. Not like the new-fangled corrugated metal you have around here...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiram357
Here are 3 that I have done as I drove the route.
KANCAMAGUS by Eric and Marlene (GC8149)
Sabbaday Falls Cache by SAR-EMT-40 (GCKCEF)
Beautiful Memories by Hours together (GCKEJ3)
I've seen the pictures and have seen Aaron in action more than once!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
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Oh dear we seem to have got off topic, but in the interest of responding to this . . . here in Bangor we have wooden pipes on display in the fire museum from when public water (including water for the underground cisterns) was pumped through hollowed out wooden logs.
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Originally Posted by firefighterjake
OK, so tell us why fire hydrants are called "fire plugs";) ;) Augusta had in our display case at Central the old Chloroform glass balls that were to be thrown at the base of a fire. OSHA made us get rid of them.
Is this thread NOW officially hiJacked???:D
Drive the road and enjoy the views. There are plenty of caches, but none that stick out like a " must do ". The trip is about enjoying the river and the views. Take time to stop and enjoy them and the caches second. I have just come back from 2 weeks in No.Conway. DO NOT go into town unless it is necessary, and you have lots of time to get there and back. Very busy place. If you head up 93 to the Flume. There are several very nice caches there. But be careful!! Never know who you are going to run into. :eek: Have a great trip. I will be camping in another part of the state this weekend. Looks like good weather for it!
If memory serves me right . . . when water was needed they would drill into the old wooden hydrant and/or remove a wooden plug. After they were done they would put a wooden plug back in the hole.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trezurs*-R-*Fun
Hmmm . . . our fire museum still has some of the old carbon tet. glass balls and "bug sprayers" on display . . . and I suspect they probably still have the chemicals still in them.