{"id":1649,"date":"2011-04-23T16:57:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T23:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2012-10-11T21:20:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T04:20:03","slug":"hiking-and-geocaching-sugarloaf-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/hiking-and-geocaching-sugarloaf-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking and Geocaching &#8211; Sugarloaf Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we went on a hike in preparation for our Philmont Trek this summer.  As with any hike one need to plan and prepare.  Part of the planning is to see if there are any geocaches available on the hike.  We met at 7:00 in the neighborhood near the base of Sugarloaf Mountain in Riverside.  We started our hike at about 1,200 ft.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1647\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Start-of-hike-IMG_20110423_072622.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1647\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Start-of-hike-IMG_20110423_072622-430x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Start of hike - IMG_20110423_072622\" width=\"430\" height=\"321\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Start-of-hike-IMG_20110423_072622-430x321.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Start-of-hike-IMG_20110423_072622-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Start-of-hike-IMG_20110423_072622-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Start-of-hike-IMG_20110423_072622-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leaving the Blaine Street Park<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We made our way up towards the peak.  When close to the peak we found a geocache, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/seek\/cache_details.aspx?guid=732ee197-c11e-49c2-a7e8-1f05cac2d65a\" target=\"_blank\">Sweet Tooth &#8211; GC3930<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After finding the geocache we made out way to the peak, 1,944 ft.  In that area we found another geocache <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/seek\/cache_details.aspx?guid=c67e560d-3886-425c-b3c2-cd28f8765a30\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Birthday Honey &#8211; GCDEAD<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1648\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-IMG_20110423_082800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1648\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-IMG_20110423_082800-430x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sugarloaf - IMG_20110423_082800\" width=\"430\" height=\"321\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-IMG_20110423_082800-430x321.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-IMG_20110423_082800-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-IMG_20110423_082800-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-IMG_20110423_082800-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On top of Sugarloaf<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of course we did not go down the way we came up.  We hiked down the north side down to an elevation of about 1,000 ft. and then to the west and around the mountain back to where we started.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1651\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/On-the-way-down-IMG_20110423_085723.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1651\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/On-the-way-down-IMG_20110423_085723-430x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"On the way down - IMG_20110423_085723\" width=\"430\" height=\"321\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/On-the-way-down-IMG_20110423_085723-430x321.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/On-the-way-down-IMG_20110423_085723-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/On-the-way-down-IMG_20110423_085723-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/On-the-way-down-IMG_20110423_085723-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob and the other crew members on the way down from Sugarloaf<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With today&#8217;s technology, you can see the route and the elevation.  It was a fun hike.  There are more geocaches in the are that need to be found.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-430x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sugarloaf\" width=\"430\" height=\"284\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-430x284.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-400x264.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-elevation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-elevation-430x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sugarloaf elevation\" width=\"430\" height=\"174\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-elevation-430x174.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-elevation-150x61.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-elevation-400x162.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sugarloaf-elevation.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we went on a hike in preparation for our Philmont Trek this summer. As with any hike one need to plan and prepare. Part of the planning is to see if there are any geocaches available on the hike. We met at 7:00 in the neighborhood near the base of Sugarloaf Mountain in Riverside. 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