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Hidden : Saturday, October 22, 2005
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We will meet at Panera for lunch and socializing from noon to one, and discuss bus caching.

Mc Love made an awesome bus caching in Ann Arbor map as a prototype:

http://www.photosbymelanie.com/geocaching/aata02.htm

also see the AATA website at www.theride.org

We will meet, and enjoy a lunch, and I'll pass out some bus schedules and cache sheets. After the lunch we can split up and give it a try! Ann Arbor is an awesome city, and their public transportation is great! I've never done a cache using a bus, but my good friend, globetrotter.uk in Norwich does it all the time, and I think its great that we can find a more environmentally friendly way of caching.

I'm posting some suggested trips, so you can print maps, and prepare in any way that you like to prepare

Trip 1

  • From the parking lot at Huron and Washtenaw, take the 4 West (Downtown) [12:48 or 1:18] or Walk .5 mile to
  • GCM4DM Poor Farm Cache
  • Walk .4 miles to GCQ8E9 Dave and David's First Cache
  • Walk East to Platt
  • Get the 7 South just South of traffic light where Platt and Huron meet[1:20 or 2:20]
  • Get off after turning the corner of Packard and Platt
  • GC7DB7 Welcome Home Again
  • Walk back to the South West corner of Packard and Platt take the 5 South [1:46 2:46]
  • Get off just after turning the corner of Ellsworth and Platt
  • GCAF81 Three Mikes
  • walk .5 miles across to GCM8PQ A challenge
  • At the corner of Ellsworth and Platt Take the 6 East [1:48 2:18 2:48 3:18]
  • Get off at Meijers
  • Behind Meijers is a gate in the Fence to Montbellier Park
  • GCAFC Peter's cache
  • Walk back to Meijers
  • Take the 22 back to your car [2:00 3:00 4:00]

Trip 2 - North Campus

  • From the parking lot at Huron and Washtenaw, walk across Huron and take the 22 North
  • Exit Just after you cross Geddes, across from Huron High school, and next to Ruth-ven park.
  • GCNB6K Ruth-less Huron View
  • Get back on the 22 where you got off
  • Exit at Bosteel an Beale
  • GC814E Wolverine
  • Walk to GCH4BK Recliner Rest area
  • Walk up to Hubbard, and take the 1 North (To Downtown) [1:47 2:47]
  • Get off at Plymouth Mall(shopping center)
  • GCKTW2 Ents Foot
  • walk .4 miles to GCH2FZ It's not Microsoft
  • Walk .6 miles to GCKWT6 The Best Medicine
  • Alternative 1 Walk .5 miles Back to Plymouth Mall and take the 2 to the Blake transit Center [1:53 2:23 2:53]
  • Alternative 2 Walk South to Plymouth Take the 2 toward Downtown to Blake Transit Center [1:19 2:19]
  • Transfer to the 4 back to your car

Trip 3

  • From the parking lot at Huron and Washtenaw, take the 22 north
  • Exit when the bus turns at Murfin
  • Walk to GCHCF8 Pondemonium
  • Walk .5 miles west toward Mitchell Park
  • GCP2T3 Can't buy me love (unless you pay with cache)
  • Walk .6 miles to GCQ3WJ Around the Bend
  • walk about .6 miles or take 2 toward U of M hospital [1:58 2:28 2:58]
  • Exit just before hospital exit and walk down toward parking
  • GCN0Z5 ARB you ready for a challenge
  • Walk .5 miles to GC479 My old School
  • Walk back to "beach" then take path S. to Geddes
  • walk East on Geddes to Observatory
  • Take to the 4 [Toward Ypsi] back to your car [1:58 2:28 2:58 3:28]

Trip 4 - Downtown

  • From the parking lot at Huron and Washtenaw, take the 7 south
  • Exit at Brown Park
  • Walk to about 1/2 mile back to GCNRJN England, my England
  • Walk back up to Packard and into Molin Nature area for GC3439 Mike Scroll of Lost Quotations
  • Continue on the 7 to exit at Pioneer High School
  • GCNEPP Pioneer HS Maize and Blue Welcome to the Big House
  • Take the 7 to the Blake Transit Center
  • Transfer to the 6
  • Exit Michigan Union GCK3MT All we are saying
  • GC1D7F The Cube
  • Walk across University to the 4 or walk all the way to
  • GCQ015 Welcome to the Rock
  • Take the 4 back to your car

Trip 1 - A good WEEKDAY ONLY Beginners Trip (The 3 only runs weekdays)

  • From the parking lot at Huron and Washtenaw, cross Huron and take the 22 North
  • Exit Just after you cross Geddes, across from Huron High school, and next to Ruth-ven park.
  • GCNB6K Ruth-less Huron View
  • Cross Geddes to take the 3 East
  • Exit after US23 just before the corner of Dixboro and Geddes
  • GC134A You're a Troll?
  • Walk to GC8220 B.J.'s Walkabout
  • Walk to GCMJ1G Stush's Smallmouth Spot
  • Walk back up Dixboro to where you got off the bus
  • Take the 3 to Washtenaw County Community College
  • Transfer to the 7
  • The Bus stop is just before Loesell Woods
  • GCJJ1G Loesell Woods
  • Take the 7 back to the parking lot at Huron and Washtenaw

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