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Met Vince Condella at ‘Hemerocallis’ today – every bit as nice in person as he appears to be on TV
Thanks again Dave for setting this up!
Woohoo 😆
I heard that anything blocking your view is illegal. This includes anything hanging from the rear view mirror.
Just my opinion, ask your lawyer or a cop.
I couldn’t agree more
Well, let’s see…I’ve run into Brkster, NorweignBird, Seniorsearchers, Hatlat, Cinemaboxersand UncleFun on the trails. I’ve cached with Brkster and DanBike. I’ve met a whole gaggle of cachers at the Clue event.
Oh yeah, I regularly cache with Kev507, Raging Thunder, Henwood, Ryando, The Icks and Master Nai.
There’s a bunch of you I’d to meet up with – oh, you know who you are.
Maybe there was a mixup when they surveyed and chartered the State of Illinois, and you are actually in Wisconsin. Yeah, let’s go with that. We should therefore allow you on our side of the Cheddar Curtain.
Thanks Dave,
Nice to talk to folks close to home.I personally like the nanos. I found a couple of TyeDySky’s today. But I have to agree with Bunnyfufu. If it’s in the woods, why bother with a nano. Although having said that, one of my very favorite caches is a micro hidden in the woods by the Cheeseheads.
Poison Ivy and Poison Oak are basically the same plant. They’re differant varieties of the same species. Posion Oak doesn’t live in Wisconsin naturally. They both prefer to grow in partially shaded areas on well drained soil, although will grow in full sun.
Poison Ivy can be a groundcover, vine or small shrub. I saw all forms at Starved Rock State Park in Illinois a couple of weeks ago. The leaves can be the size of a dime or as large as 12″ long. The leaves and stems can be green, red, burgundy or yellow (or any combination).
Most people confuse Poison Ivy with Virginia Creeper (as stated), Raspberries or Box Elder. Poison Sumac is a completely differant species. It has a differant shape and color. It grows in the southern part of the state in swampy areas!
All parts of the Poison Ivy, Oak and Sumac plants have the irritating oil. The flower (white) the berry (white) the leaves, the stems, the roots. When the plant is dead – the oil is not.
Best advice is if you don’t know, what the plant is, leave it alone. Garlic Mustard is almost as irritating to the skin as Poison Ivy only the irritation is painful and immediate.
June 23rd he leaves. You can mail them to me, email me for my address.
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It may have something to do with the iron deposits in an area or something to that effect. B]
Interesting you should mention Iron Ore Deposits. I have a cache in northern Minnesota that is consistantly within 8 feet of my GPSr readings every time I check on it. That makes it my most accurate.
Oh, I almost forgot, it’s placed atop a 500′ high x 1 mile long iron ore waste pile. That means low grade iron ore. Of course at 500′ additional elevation, I am closer to the satelites.
we like using 1 gallon or 1.5 gallon water jugs by rubbermaid or thermos. Heavy plastic and waterproof. Oh, and weasy to open. I have yet to see water problems in them. We buy them for $1.50 at the thrift shops.
Our troop does not use the plastic boxes for one primary reason. In the winter the plastic becomes brittle and cracks.
For futrure reference, there are aluminum boxes out there that weigh less than wood. However, the “stuff” we cram into the boxes weighs a whole lot more than the box itself.
I wish you good fortune with your boxes.
Being a Scouter, We camp ALOT. We’ve recently upgraded all of our Patrol Boxes there’s plans all over the internet if you type in Patrol Box BSA, you’ll get lots of ideas.
Having said that, they are a bit heavy. I made a new one for my families camping kitchen equipment last year. I bought a cute little 18″x24″x4′ bench kit (like you’d store your hats and gloves by your front door) from Menards and use it for my patrol box. empty it’s about 15 pounds.
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