Now to the caches:

I'd recommend that you come thru Skull Valley (after Yarnell, turn north at Kirkland Junction instead of heading east on 89 and coming UP the switchbacks SW of Prescott). Coming thru Skull Valley will have you entering Prescott on Iron Springs Rd from the NW and Williamson Valley Rd is a left turn off Iron Springs (if that is the right way to approach your field day location).

Up in that part of town, you can pick up Contreras GCKY1Q, Hakuna Matata GCNYPV, Trail Head 37 GCJAAW, Skull Valley and Beyond GC1287 (an oldie and a goodie....7/01) (the first 2 I haven't been to but that look fairly easy....the second 2 I know are easy access). Then off Williamson Valley Rd you can do my caches Granite Rock Cache GCJXVX and Granite View GCJJDH.

Have fun, the weather's great up here in between some huge thunderstorms!

Trisha ~ Lightning

N7TMY

----- Original Message -----
From: "Team Tierra Buena"
To: "Arizona Geocaching"
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Prescott/Chino Valley Cachers (Especially Hamcachers)
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:31:57 -0700

My plans are as finalized as these things get, so I thought I’d throw them out here in case anyone’s interested.

I’m planning on combining caching and operating this Field Day weekend, at the Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club’s field day site in Chino Valley sometime early afternoon. My best guess at the site coordinates is N 34° 46.174’ W 112° 31.727’. If that doesn’t work, it’s the west side of Blue Star Rd just south of Macondo Rd, about 12 miles north of Prescott. If that doesn’t work, talk-in is 147.18 simplex, which I’ll be monitoring, but I’ll just have an HT and a duck, so call the talk-in station and get directions from them, or ask them for permission to call me.

My plan is to leave the Valley right around sunrise, and hit a few caches on my way up to Chino Valley via Wickenburg, Congress, and Yarnell. (Who knows, I-17 may still be closed Saturday.)  I’ll leave the FD site after dark, but I need to be home Saturday night <sigh>. If you just want to come by and check out the site, ask for Lee, KY7M. They’ll likely point you towards the 20-meter CW tent. I’ll be most likely logging. Lee is a BIG Gun.

For those who don’t know what I’m talking about but are still reading, this weekend is the bazillionth annual occurrence of this event. It’s a combination contest, emergency preparedness exercise, and social gathering, where the object is to work as many other Amateur Radio stations as possible in 24 hours using only equipment that is not connected to commercial power mains. If this sounds frivolous, consider that Amateur setups like this were essentially the only communications off many of the islands struck by the December tsunami for the first two weeks of the disaster.

Everyone is welcome to visit the Field Day site, which will be setting up starting Friday evening. The contest itself runs from noon local time Saturday to noon Sunday. So if you’re in the area, check it out. Any of the hams there will be happy to show you around and tell you a bit about what’s going on. I should mention there is a big note on the information I received: “We welcome all the Sheriff’s Deputies of Yavapai County.”

So if you want to come by and talk hamming or caching (or both!), please do so. And if anyone wants to point me towards any special caches on my route up, please feel free to do so.

Steve (N2BNB)

Team Tierra Buena

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