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Ha 😀 I received this one from an Ohio cacher passing through on a spring trip…had to share it:
OCCD found O.C.H #3: Oconto-The Werrebroeck House (Traditional Cache) at 4/2/2014
Log Date: 4/2/2014
We decided to take a little family trip over Spring Break. I loaded 220 caches into my GPS knowing full well that I wouldn’t have the time to grab anywhere near that amount, but I’m an optimist. Wait a minute, I’m obsessive. Or, is it compulsive?I figured I could take advantage of my wife’s habit of dozing off during long road trips, along with my son being completely occupied with music or apps on his iPhone to grab a quick few here and there.
I secretly found hotels near caches on my wish-list. After all this wasn’t supposed to be a cache run to rack up huge numbers, but I figured I could take advantage of being an early riser to grab a few each day.
The trip followed the “Lake Michigan Circle” route with stops in the Illinois, Wisconsin, & Michigan. A real hodgepodge of caching, which included a Marker Madness event, EarthCaches, Virtuals, challenge caches, Jasmer dates, and the oldest active caches in two states.
Spring is so unpredictable. The trails ran the gauntlet from dry to muddy, from horse trails to walking on frozen ice, from dormant grass to two foot snow drifts. More than once I came back to the car and my wife was near to tears from laughing so hard. She got a real kick out of when the snow would collapse and I’d be up to my thighs in snow, only to fall forward and have to crawl on my knees to free myself. It seems only fair that if my wife and son are going to wait for me to sign a scrap of paper that I provide some entertainment in the process.
Things I learned on this trip include, but are not limited to the following; Chicagoans have an uncontrollable urge to honk their horns every few minutes for no reason at all. People on the top floor of the Willis Tower do have their head in the clouds. Milwaukee loves its beer and The Fonz. Going for the state’s oldest cache is a walk in the park, a very long walk according to my son. Sheboygan is a hidden gem. I found where a spy can come in from the cold and grab a drink and a good meal. Wisconsin is not for the lactose intolerant. When taking a tour of Lambeau Field you may have a chance to run into the coach, luckily he side-stepped prior to us colliding into each other. In a ladies room in East Central Wisconsin there are some of the coolest toilets and bathroom fixtures. There’s an establishment in St. Ignace that has everything a weary traveler could ask for. Although not required, it is helpful to own a pair of snowshoes when visiting the Upper Peninsula in early spring.
Our travels racked up 1610 miles and 56 finds. If I’ve run the numbers correctly that makes my miles per cache to be 28.75 per mile. Not the best MPC I’ve ever done, but this was a never about the numbers. It was about spending time together as a family. I’m just happy they put up with this strange hobby of mine. And, if I get to grab a few caches along the way it’s a bonus. TFTC.
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Congratulations, Jim…way to break in spring! It’s been a lo-o-o-ng miserable winter. I’m hoping we can all start logging lots of smilies again 8)
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Nice 😀 Congratulations on producing 3000 smilies :bartrod:
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Congrats on another great milestone, Clayton…in South America, no less! There’s got to be some great stories there 8)
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Congratulations on your first K…gotta love these winter events 8)
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Ha! Leave it to you two to make an adventure out of that cache 😆 But it’s an imaginative one and a great cache for a milestone…am glad you came out winners. Congratulations on 7K on a chili weekend 8)
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Whooo, hooo! Some little Frenchman picked mine up out in San Francisco and took it overseas. I’m moving up in the world 😀
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Government surveyors came to Ole’s farm in the fall and asked if they
could do some surveying.
Ole agreed, and Lena even served them a nice meal at noon time.The next spring, the two surveyors stopped by and told Ole, “Because you
were so kind to us, we wanted to give you this bad news in person instead
of by letter.”Ole replied, “What’s the bad news?”
The surveyors stated, “Well, after our work here, we discovered your
farm is not in Minnesota but is actually in Wisconsin!”Ole looked at Lena and said, “That’s the best news I have heard in a
long time. I just told Lena this morning that I don’t think I can take
another winter in Minnesota.” 😀Oconto...the birthplace of western civilization:)
Congratulations on a great puzzle milestone. If you’d like the autograph of the famous centerfielder on the winning team, I can arrange it for a modest price 8)
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@Team Black-Cat wrote:
bartrod, you don’t need to tend fire all day. Just make sure someone keeps it going when you are doing something else.
Someone other than Chris, you mean? 😆
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We can swap off…I don’t want to spend all my time outside…need to spend some time with the non-pyro’s and smell some chile brewin’ 8)
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Hey, Chris. If you want me to start and feed the bonfire, do they have dry firewood, kindling, etc. there?
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I can be there at 8:30 also if necessary and stay late for clean-up…but I ain’t havin’ any of that chili or hot dogs if Chris is packing that meat under his armpits 😯
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What time would you like me to be there and what would you like me to do…besides being my likeable affable self 😀
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“Lexophile” is a term used to describe those that have a love for words, such as “you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish,” or “to write with a broken pencil is pointless.” A competition to see who can come up with the best lexophiles is held every year in an undisclosed location.
.. When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.
.. A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
.. When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
.. The batteries were given out free of charge.
.. A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.
.. A will is a dead giveaway.
.. With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
.. A boiled egg is hard to beat.
.. When you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.
.. Police were called to a day care center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
.. Did you hear about the fellow whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.
.. A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is two tired.
.. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
.. The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.
.. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
.. When she saw her first strands of grey hair she thought she’d dye.
.. Acupuncture is a jab well done.
.. Those who get too big for their pants will be exposed in the end. 😆
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