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completely stupendous….
..the stuff of fairy tales…..
and my “normal” went to gotta run??? 😉
When we visited the virtual Tom mentions, there was a HUGE event taking place, with veterans from all wars in attendance. It added to the experience to see these fellows from as far back as WWI, in their uniforms, being wheeled about along with the more recent vets of the Gulf War. The stories they must all keep…it would be a wonderful choice for Memorial Day, event or not.
What a great way to celebrate this milestone! Congratulations to all the hippies!
Kind of got me at first…wondered what NOW? 🙄
The little booger walked over a mile to find a few caches. Refused to fall asleep, though. He could probably do the ET Trail in half the time with less sleep than we’d need, LOL.
He has yet to hit 100, though. It is fun to take him out now, cause he kind of gets what it’s about and likes to look and hold the GPSr. It was nice to visit the PMO cache, as there are darn few around here big enough for making trades.
Well, in the specific case we wondered about, the cache owner was right there with us when our grandson found it. He didn’t say we couldn’t help him log it and seemed to enjoy watching the little guy’s eyes light up at the sight of a footlocker in his back yard filled with stuff.
Thanks Brian. Fortunately, the two year old has grandparents that can do this for him, LOL.
Congratulations on a grand way to reach your grand milestone!
Congratulations, sounds like a great cache for a milestone, too.
A lot changed in a year around here, then. We started in June 2006. I don’t know the number in the LaCrosse area, because our search always spit back caches within 50 miles. But that would result in just under 25 pages. Now there are 112 pages in that same search radius. I remember a day after we’d been caching a year making the comment…”How in the world do these people get 20-30 caches in ONE day?” That was like a super-human feat back then.
We also notice that hardly anyone writes a little note anymore…if the log book is big enough. By the time we came along, you had the BigStick/laxbobber/geocantrell trio that were impossible to beat to a new cache. It took us almost two years before we ever were able to get a FTF. And because caches weren’t placed in heaps as they are now, those chances for FTFs were much rarer.
We’ve also noticed that in the past couple years, one seems to need a wide array of “tools” in order to find/retrieve/open many of the caches placed now. That can be fun, but we still love a nice sized cache that takes us on a nice hike somewhere or brings us to a point of historical interest or regional fun.
I was in Newfoundland two years ago to present a workshop at a storytelling conference. I posted on the regional forum on the groundspeak site for advice on where to cache if I had a little time and no transportation. I got some great information, and one even sent me to an online photo album to show me what I’d see if I did those caches. I don’t know if I’d have realized I’d be able to find the cache that is farthest east in North America if I hadn’t asked!
I use the Oregon because it has that paperless feature. Trekkin’ has the Map60CSx, which is practically being held together with duct tape by now. But his holds the signal with more accuracy and far less bounce than mine ever does. I’m still wandering in circles while he’s signing the log. That’s my excuse, anyway!
Glad you didn’t get lost enough to never return and log and celebrate that milestone! Congrats.
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