Howells Pond (Traditional Cache)

Took a ride over to the Howells Pond (Traditional Cache) to drop off the Winnie the Pooh woods visitor and retrieved White Jeep Travel Bug “Barron” (2005 White Jeep Travel Bug).

This is my second visit to this cache which is closest to my house, this time with success.
I do want to add though, while the GPS coordinates seem pretty accurate, though hard to get a signal in the woods, I don’t agree with the owner’s “additional hints”. If going counter-clockwise around the pond, you’ll come to a party area just before the second creek and the cache is between the second creek and third creek. The owner’s hints make more sense if you were going clockwise instead of counter-clockwise.

Walt-n-Ingrid’s Virtual Roadtrip #3 – Ford Mustang (Travel Bug Dog Tag)


Travel Bug update.

Looks like the Mustang Travel Bug was dropped just SE of Colorado Springs, which is actually closer to LoneDuck, where we we staying when we were in CO, than the original cache we dropped it in. It made it 101.5 miles on that trip.

Log by DogCatFxr for Walt-n-Ingrid’s Virtual Roadtrip #3 – Ford Mustang (Travel Bug Dog Tag)

But it didn’t stay there long, another Geocacher retrieved it the same afternoon, so it’s still on the move.

Monday July 31st – A Really Long Day

Got on the road bright and early after eating a quick breakfast. Immediately discovered another problem with the truck, the brake pedal had become very soft since parking last night. Upon further inspection at a truck stop on I-80, I discovered a major brake fluid leak in the rear brake line that runs along the frame rail behind the gas tank. After adding some additional fluid, we slowly made our way over to a Dodge dealer in Williamsport PA that I found listed in the GPS map software. They found the line had rusted and ruptured, requiring them to remove the gas tank to replace the line. After 4 hours and $250 ($15 parts and the rest labor) we were back on the road. Made a quick fuel stop in Bloomsburg, PA and hit the local Autozone to grab an AC recharge kit in a failed attempt to get the AC working again. The delays required us to slightly change our itinerary and skip a few planned side trips to Centralia PA and the Orange County Choppers showroom in Montgomery NY. Instead we just headed straight home arriving back at the house about 9:30PM