tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61894723104430668812024-02-19T05:54:11.654-05:00The Caching BagGeocaching adventures in the Great Lakes. I can't think of a more glorious way to spend a day then to put on my red Wellies and my yellow rain slicker, toss my pack on my back, slip a camera in my pocket, and head off to parts unknown. Unless, of course, you add some family and friends to the mix! That's even better. Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.comBlogger1060125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-9433109188499279182023-12-31T21:08:00.000-05:002023-12-31T21:11:47.179-05:00Poker Run Fun!<p class="mobile-photo">TaGeez and I attended the Poker Run GCAFX5Q (leading up to the HNY24 Event). Find 6 caches and grab a poker card from each - cards to be opened at the HNY25 event in Warren. Best 10 hands win extra raffle tickets at the breakfast event. </p>
<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiomP12T-bEOt6k-az6xhKvHBimOS1Xr4h-dUegR62wIOjHc52fjnUzClHRqpcPowVRnDbK2rs0pl7Nq_d9vzZJ7qv8gBK82zDHSRM2obLeQQLjJbTi0X86oI513uojCOrvOsNtIsNXglUndhkg_k9vMxUbmqmbIBtTcFTfsq15kd0NSS5bgRbR1lNcAwSs"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7318946200969982450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiomP12T-bEOt6k-az6xhKvHBimOS1Xr4h-dUegR62wIOjHc52fjnUzClHRqpcPowVRnDbK2rs0pl7Nq_d9vzZJ7qv8gBK82zDHSRM2obLeQQLjJbTi0X86oI513uojCOrvOsNtIsNXglUndhkg_k9vMxUbmqmbIBtTcFTfsq15kd0NSS5bgRbR1lNcAwSs=s320" /></a></div><br />Look at the logbook at caches #1! Always read the logbook!<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDb-ruhb2t1RFYgUFSu-0SgO8xJQH9dPDU8SsM--3Di6lTNa00z2ShBWKod_Su9_UxeXJ8_WA7siEN4w003PCqvLD9EG2lyBBDl92bSBVpIDV27rk8BCyGKoSGhu5E5ZHwp2g_MQBUOr93VprONv8sAEUyA8kZi3xnBEAcux83NGWug5ql5ZP193XsFFCf"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7318946191168198386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDb-ruhb2t1RFYgUFSu-0SgO8xJQH9dPDU8SsM--3Di6lTNa00z2ShBWKod_Su9_UxeXJ8_WA7siEN4w003PCqvLD9EG2lyBBDl92bSBVpIDV27rk8BCyGKoSGhu5E5ZHwp2g_MQBUOr93VprONv8sAEUyA8kZi3xnBEAcux83NGWug5ql5ZP193XsFFCf=s320" /></a></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-42107152916133368632023-12-17T21:07:00.009-05:002023-12-17T21:32:36.637-05:00Belmont County Bigfoot GeoTour<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf52jmeDjKFB61luRttA2-5DrzGtewdWx4IOU-a-tAWPb_dOj50OO91tSgl946FPiWw4tcI2aMvrdN1kHD7Jj2HP-Uo3NJ8nNUSktZT87FI5Xr14YOtnMmQVxCI7gpOhCDl5EDoq-9eDpW9SFd3w5Ba2XbZtHPYDrg1AhrPVdxCDlyAK6idGxLjRZiXvOt/s1800/2023-10-13%2020.57.14.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf52jmeDjKFB61luRttA2-5DrzGtewdWx4IOU-a-tAWPb_dOj50OO91tSgl946FPiWw4tcI2aMvrdN1kHD7Jj2HP-Uo3NJ8nNUSktZT87FI5Xr14YOtnMmQVxCI7gpOhCDl5EDoq-9eDpW9SFd3w5Ba2XbZtHPYDrg1AhrPVdxCDlyAK6idGxLjRZiXvOt/s320/2023-10-13%2020.57.14.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">ShelleyJean and I received our coins and t-shirts for completing the <b>23 geocaches</b> and <b>11 adventure lab stops</b> of the <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/play/geotours/belmont-bigfoot" target="_blank">Belmont County Bigfoot GeoTour GT4DD</a>! It was a good adventure in October - our second time doing a Belmont County tour - even if the weather was a little trying.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://youtu.be/WvAYBcO-2CE" target="_blank">Mansfield Mickey Mouse</a></span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our three-day trip was bookended with several Roadside America-like stops, which lent an air of adventure to our journey. After grabbing a few new Ohio counties (lots of Amish riding bikes up and down the hills), we reached Mansfield and the famous Mickey Mouse! We found him!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfHF4RwlVIAKFv8VtvAeU9_dgN51-LPEi3nJcnP22TLS4ytxGO9gRjI-311s0lBe5rteyKJ604lSZAb-3BQHUoDZQHSjNis_h5v2kGJeRy0izSpFOdcPvbZmuXGznLdszyScHfzVVgTYDcL_-OzDQZn-AEWkNCHPgvoyJ0KnT0smgDk2nWuM18bkuK65G/s1680/2023-10-13%2012.08.11-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1680" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfHF4RwlVIAKFv8VtvAeU9_dgN51-LPEi3nJcnP22TLS4ytxGO9gRjI-311s0lBe5rteyKJ604lSZAb-3BQHUoDZQHSjNis_h5v2kGJeRy0izSpFOdcPvbZmuXGznLdszyScHfzVVgTYDcL_-OzDQZn-AEWkNCHPgvoyJ0KnT0smgDk2nWuM18bkuK65G/w400-h391/2023-10-13%2012.08.11-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The cache page had an interesting tidbit about the "Mansfield pictographic icon" and a <a href="https://youtu.be/WvAYBcO-2C" target="_blank">link</a> to short video regarding it's history.<br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nErKs6mALl-kSzU6ChvAe_SkN1dHoOhcesGkLhRk_TJKPHsBNkIaFWQv-bCNH04z1L10NETm1fdGSlWlJqWfSZVw0mwLjSZbNQGvDMIGbqa0Ju9XmgywuClOPKabxlMUnArySznGHmhK37ulQEbcAn7dEqjzrNKRYiTEYUe3ly3klsz315KQJLp1KyVm/s4032/2023-10-13%2012.08.45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nErKs6mALl-kSzU6ChvAe_SkN1dHoOhcesGkLhRk_TJKPHsBNkIaFWQv-bCNH04z1L10NETm1fdGSlWlJqWfSZVw0mwLjSZbNQGvDMIGbqa0Ju9XmgywuClOPKabxlMUnArySznGHmhK37ulQEbcAn7dEqjzrNKRYiTEYUe3ly3klsz315KQJLp1KyVm/w300-h400/2023-10-13%2012.08.45.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mickey in Mansfield Virtual GC9P8CB</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYpu7z8VFmjPk57En-_fS_XKHTHY6q49woiJH2BsuMSDxOlWc7RkCTvY246NBWnHGgGQt78DAUJt0pAVIRhBvejBO5wFw0h-UTtNmOPxnXCmp7RIVxvaXqy0DWlRq828EOSIhM5bt0Gmj4FvM3qQghuP0eHOUuCzislKrDIL3-h6Jc1mAkOE4frrFdaS7/s4032/2023-10-13%2012.18.42.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYpu7z8VFmjPk57En-_fS_XKHTHY6q49woiJH2BsuMSDxOlWc7RkCTvY246NBWnHGgGQt78DAUJt0pAVIRhBvejBO5wFw0h-UTtNmOPxnXCmp7RIVxvaXqy0DWlRq828EOSIhM5bt0Gmj4FvM3qQghuP0eHOUuCzislKrDIL3-h6Jc1mAkOE4frrFdaS7/s320/2023-10-13%2012.18.42.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cache seen nearby</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/6368" target="_blank">Birthplace of General George Custer - New Rumley</a></div><br />As you can see, sunny pictures! The only dry portion of this trip. We were enjoying the winding country roads along Ohio's eastern border when we happened up the birthplace of General Custer. Quite a nice little history here and worth the stop.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwV7J7Ok_UDnvb7850Usvqzbkn6TRVSthZ57sAZpy6hMTRKO-pPat4FL0_8WLhmyEAaI-V7FvX78ji_BQYo2QGvSS1gI9lBN_g0D-hb43VlPzNZX5XEtbz9bgH5_qW-TkcsJlrkAiZXFboJkzUVfoRKxpmSEktB87ntoHvRFZVQjLqpsw3l_UAGsqiKB-/s4032/2023-10-13%2015.05.57.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwV7J7Ok_UDnvb7850Usvqzbkn6TRVSthZ57sAZpy6hMTRKO-pPat4FL0_8WLhmyEAaI-V7FvX78ji_BQYo2QGvSS1gI9lBN_g0D-hb43VlPzNZX5XEtbz9bgH5_qW-TkcsJlrkAiZXFboJkzUVfoRKxpmSEktB87ntoHvRFZVQjLqpsw3l_UAGsqiKB-/w300-h400/2023-10-13%2015.05.57.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCI45yHTipqAh5CiLeDZN4fn9Ntd8K34Lw2cjt0dhBk9KiikskUjaibxTRuv4c6t0cJ2_SPWWnoQu0HuaPbdOoieRAXiyjv1g5hQTVlwLgXQJJhs-viv6qDQNic3Odr5ubwlnVt7rbEeMs__pNB-wEiXotLFERRGmH2E5fM9DOSzhQwRETFMPi74ze9KE/s4032/2023-10-13%2015.06.04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCI45yHTipqAh5CiLeDZN4fn9Ntd8K34Lw2cjt0dhBk9KiikskUjaibxTRuv4c6t0cJ2_SPWWnoQu0HuaPbdOoieRAXiyjv1g5hQTVlwLgXQJJhs-viv6qDQNic3Odr5ubwlnVt7rbEeMs__pNB-wEiXotLFERRGmH2E5fM9DOSzhQwRETFMPi74ze9KE/s320/2023-10-13%2015.06.04.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LOVE THIS SIGN!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjK9QZ7neY55uDQ4TT7-srIu3MktlXAhVYKFIgqfxf9ki-G_v6wCe2bpILmV_ZPzEKZMechENKCwO-2lkwNps2jxuFBT_uGgiDY0e0CK93fOTv8FFFsz9RUFZseXh5Uhufdv3CejHakxQQl5LYlyDPCWPpqDe6UrMKN9TZWLtKFdHMT-t966FD7kT9Po7/s4032/2023-10-13%2015.10.11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjK9QZ7neY55uDQ4TT7-srIu3MktlXAhVYKFIgqfxf9ki-G_v6wCe2bpILmV_ZPzEKZMechENKCwO-2lkwNps2jxuFBT_uGgiDY0e0CK93fOTv8FFFsz9RUFZseXh5Uhufdv3CejHakxQQl5LYlyDPCWPpqDe6UrMKN9TZWLtKFdHMT-t966FD7kT9Po7/w400-h300/2023-10-13%2015.10.11.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">General Custer Virtual GC9P700</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGLswFLzaBkg65L3aAOZbA4A-3jhJoQqzADPHOLCULoMCLRQJyccltRXkNvTt4WKxlKoVc3uCjCQLy5vJO0EvaPRs8lmTK7znGxYdj11XGXLf4HseOBlcNcDc0SFSTCeFY9e1dykgaUZ4aHL3_KoIk3MUNp69C1Lp7VSjcZwzKAlvJ5USNAKW3-Jp9hV24/s4032/2023-10-13%2015.17.25.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGLswFLzaBkg65L3aAOZbA4A-3jhJoQqzADPHOLCULoMCLRQJyccltRXkNvTt4WKxlKoVc3uCjCQLy5vJO0EvaPRs8lmTK7znGxYdj11XGXLf4HseOBlcNcDc0SFSTCeFY9e1dykgaUZ4aHL3_KoIk3MUNp69C1Lp7VSjcZwzKAlvJ5USNAKW3-Jp9hV24/w400-h300/2023-10-13%2015.17.25.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Custer's First Stand GC7M0DA</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With 23 geocaches, we were anxious to reach Belmont. The local tourism board did a very nice job last time so what do they have in store for us this time? First stop, a stunning view and....</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Hvth7XaYXC4HolXW9J_cFqkb6dkWgiIlGOG7li9DmKQ91NcLuqwM2JTiBxfybqwoegZWwsk1BCN9QYwoQnoo1PggtZ_YzudFPoGcMhYSWAIIXIQ_QsOM2xL2rR3t9RAqFLwOqinAcGyJE0d1IsnZQ9xtDt23Jdbv1r8bNb9kRDNr2TS5haDPeiDjyk09/s4032/2023-10-13%2016.13.36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Hvth7XaYXC4HolXW9J_cFqkb6dkWgiIlGOG7li9DmKQ91NcLuqwM2JTiBxfybqwoegZWwsk1BCN9QYwoQnoo1PggtZ_YzudFPoGcMhYSWAIIXIQ_QsOM2xL2rR3t9RAqFLwOqinAcGyJE0d1IsnZQ9xtDt23Jdbv1r8bNb9kRDNr2TS5haDPeiDjyk09/w400-h300/2023-10-13%2016.13.36.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BCBFT: Piedmont Lake Marina GCAEGDG</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>we found Bigfoot!</b> Literally. Ok, this is going to be a fun tour!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zcnUKbqmRmIkiXOn24ngrmfO2E5fA26J5URdv_0-gvJhZ06AAxy3m79Lgv2ZHlbsFkiwZ12cJCRPP_65A8oDwOhseAUYrZ41wX1nrSyBGZyHXLC_J4lg_F3nkG2X3tnN-21tF1KRaSPl7u3ZtJct6WZ8H089xVEsDcZoFn4iQSvTZC1s6VVm400S_1pX/s4032/2023-10-13%2016.13.10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zcnUKbqmRmIkiXOn24ngrmfO2E5fA26J5URdv_0-gvJhZ06AAxy3m79Lgv2ZHlbsFkiwZ12cJCRPP_65A8oDwOhseAUYrZ41wX1nrSyBGZyHXLC_J4lg_F3nkG2X3tnN-21tF1KRaSPl7u3ZtJct6WZ8H089xVEsDcZoFn4iQSvTZC1s6VVm400S_1pX/s320/2023-10-13%2016.13.10.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Belmont County is stunning, and we never lack for wildlife. The county is located along the Ohio/West Virginia border, divided by the Ohio River, and peppered with beautiful rolling hills. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFd19_EPucoTkndjbaqblk0gta_S2-ly_TDFPzKQ26aTSFZT2JOUv1TMmQuljy_l4CXx7m2r4K-Kp44T4ybsWVO-Zqk5P63MnCum-57Zy54GLkf_HAQs6lpqcHHbiwYfVCrjDlXBJpcHWdNRYh_R07UsBZIDlG8lYQDdia1es2mAecnwlrawqAzCIhUiSs/s4032/2023-10-13%2016.57.30.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFd19_EPucoTkndjbaqblk0gta_S2-ly_TDFPzKQ26aTSFZT2JOUv1TMmQuljy_l4CXx7m2r4K-Kp44T4ybsWVO-Zqk5P63MnCum-57Zy54GLkf_HAQs6lpqcHHbiwYfVCrjDlXBJpcHWdNRYh_R07UsBZIDlG8lYQDdia1es2mAecnwlrawqAzCIhUiSs/w400-h300/2023-10-13%2016.57.30.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BCBFGT: Zion Retreat & RV Park GCAEGD6</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We ended our first day with the last sunny cache, a fabulous dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse in St Clairsville and then check-in to Wingate by Wyndham (highly recommend - nicest of the 3 hotels we've experienced in St Clairsville). <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgczWeQcUJuNqkBCgDPwYCa4giokNaI_tcJRWCd1GE-7elzIEqNLC_SCMGcxNSx-3x9whEW1WF4TZwNicM8jiimIpXfYsvZVRf8DuFluqkYU1apgtz7jf_lXsqKA1_TmpwKK_T_Wc8-TqjEmWuupiZTqcf1iy5J4f30iJ9lMIBuKrh1G6OiGgV2CKWz8At/s4032/2023-10-13%2017.57.01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgczWeQcUJuNqkBCgDPwYCa4giokNaI_tcJRWCd1GE-7elzIEqNLC_SCMGcxNSx-3x9whEW1WF4TZwNicM8jiimIpXfYsvZVRf8DuFluqkYU1apgtz7jf_lXsqKA1_TmpwKK_T_Wc8-TqjEmWuupiZTqcf1iy5J4f30iJ9lMIBuKrh1G6OiGgV2CKWz8At/w300-h400/2023-10-13%2017.57.01.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BCBFGT: Belmont Classic Cars GCAEGCC<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Next morning found it pouring outside. It was a persistent, cold drenching for the next 24 hours or so. And throughout the day, it was almost blinding. Hard to appreciate the sites when you are squelching across open fields, tucked down into the hood of your raincoat, but we still enjoyed some fabulous views and new birds.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBcqytp808RIHa3IB82UdGljW0mJoS9FDf9jXJQ8qrS-fSyOfA-TxKZyXC3-5bWGjOSXJbSpoWlCtjbkM5dtBsIyJ-DLN2GPVjtTAUOL0GY-l22IIgjGi3CCkEUEjSVrFd2zMYJ25C7Qxa7eEF-GHvEr8zY7dWHzRrmW-WdzS8-VMxE1EaKOaWuu2dFl1/s4032/2023-10-14%2008.40.24.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBcqytp808RIHa3IB82UdGljW0mJoS9FDf9jXJQ8qrS-fSyOfA-TxKZyXC3-5bWGjOSXJbSpoWlCtjbkM5dtBsIyJ-DLN2GPVjtTAUOL0GY-l22IIgjGi3CCkEUEjSVrFd2zMYJ25C7Qxa7eEF-GHvEr8zY7dWHzRrmW-WdzS8-VMxE1EaKOaWuu2dFl1/w400-h300/2023-10-14%2008.40.24.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BCBFGT: Fox Shannon Park GCAEGBP</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Many of the labs revisited the cache sites from the last tour so we were on familiar ground.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYuXJE9deNSfwNS2kl2A5jHlUaB9UTTlrHD6tbmQYZUxOTSHbwxkmFCZ9o5VszK2U1fxMPOgw30pBBaOMw09-_hiP4WFEfa1z6a0Z8kn_Ct-EchS7eINYLUfu4RLOSh0NDtffv4oA_RatCj2k-7u559VRn7xf2vMxIuM26pa_yKdssyOI4EA7B2C8EXoi/s4032/2023-10-14%2009.56.43.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYuXJE9deNSfwNS2kl2A5jHlUaB9UTTlrHD6tbmQYZUxOTSHbwxkmFCZ9o5VszK2U1fxMPOgw30pBBaOMw09-_hiP4WFEfa1z6a0Z8kn_Ct-EchS7eINYLUfu4RLOSh0NDtffv4oA_RatCj2k-7u559VRn7xf2vMxIuM26pa_yKdssyOI4EA7B2C8EXoi/w400-h225/2023-10-14%2009.56.43.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BCBFGT: A Dam Fine View GCAEGC7</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was a fascinating little community situated on an island in the Ohio River. <div><span face=""Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 14px;"><blockquote>"Wheeling Island has flooded many times over the years. The corner of the building stands as a monument to this." </blockquote></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYiQ5jR-8-op67cKgKpilCMLlq5KjiJiscsOUP9_3i7JOiWMKp-h-K99VtrUHYaVL5rlXJ1umx8NpzXH24lE3ukIOUymFh089Dax0ZmhFNqFSnxXIps1zXbxdm7xAilBhF2kMzuc1OhEQIZ-c812IHjBfYawzojzlFzbSogm1uX6yemVaIut8lYYl1a7z/s4032/2023-10-14%2013.53.45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYiQ5jR-8-op67cKgKpilCMLlq5KjiJiscsOUP9_3i7JOiWMKp-h-K99VtrUHYaVL5rlXJ1umx8NpzXH24lE3ukIOUymFh089Dax0ZmhFNqFSnxXIps1zXbxdm7xAilBhF2kMzuc1OhEQIZ-c812IHjBfYawzojzlFzbSogm1uX6yemVaIut8lYYl1a7z/w300-h400/2023-10-14%2013.53.45.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Flood of Wheeling Island Virtual GC9P4WE</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Returning to Martins Ferry in Belmont County, we headed up! Up! 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The Great Stone Viaduct was on the tour last tour, and the town really spent the money here. Unfortunately, for us, the cache was on top and, with the downpour, the gates were locked, which caused a little back-and-forth with the Tourism Board. I'm curious to see if it'll be locked for safety over the winter.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHfYtox3YaDan7v8bIQYZSpO6mO5tU77jaBcnhmekuYiwP6n3JJ3RJMT-3g0e1eoxVLB0jauw7bnNn2rbB9byTjG2QgUju6ohgJyP38-P4VrGVIDzAM34dIn-uKfUIBkshKzyb3XKIv9KsYt-0_gqsDGCZlM15sA92mmInHulpj3G7UyFfihU8tekmrqG/s4032/2023-10-14%2015.31.57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHfYtox3YaDan7v8bIQYZSpO6mO5tU77jaBcnhmekuYiwP6n3JJ3RJMT-3g0e1eoxVLB0jauw7bnNn2rbB9byTjG2QgUju6ohgJyP38-P4VrGVIDzAM34dIn-uKfUIBkshKzyb3XKIv9KsYt-0_gqsDGCZlM15sA92mmInHulpj3G7UyFfihU8tekmrqG/w300-h400/2023-10-14%2015.31.57.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BCBFGT: The Great Stone Viaduct GCAEG9H</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We came across this little guy running down the center of a country road. He moved aside to let us pass and posed for a few pictures. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvDLKps3_af2fAzha4BhC95B2d4V6EmN996Efu9GSa9t02att2G2uyv0dfOT7LBcLvn8Eu11-2KR9KHHpDeiBgSA2qy38HQjE9hmomBuhxfNh0946xfgSj7Eyg0Xl-EuSfbr6BM2aKdfPf-NrVN8amoDetJwwsHP4kYE1IOQVJxZEmAoiNqDwBZ47e2_0/s4032/2023-10-15%2009.05.39.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvDLKps3_af2fAzha4BhC95B2d4V6EmN996Efu9GSa9t02att2G2uyv0dfOT7LBcLvn8Eu11-2KR9KHHpDeiBgSA2qy38HQjE9hmomBuhxfNh0946xfgSj7Eyg0Xl-EuSfbr6BM2aKdfPf-NrVN8amoDetJwwsHP4kYE1IOQVJxZEmAoiNqDwBZ47e2_0/s320/2023-10-15%2009.05.39.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01giBXZTYSf4XjsBNqZ-pna_3HJHX44353UW1zgq3B8wAkVEeNjMvobkM7KM9zYtNPG14EJemyzo1NOHVU8T2I0peZGwxZgogcWUR4H-A7Jxe5XvguG6FVvopJy01GziTtoVwu_PpL2-5YqC2geOTPXuSEJ-JrDvYHdCvi5YEFUnw4ROGq3vE6ujC71bC/s4032/2023-10-15%2009.12.22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01giBXZTYSf4XjsBNqZ-pna_3HJHX44353UW1zgq3B8wAkVEeNjMvobkM7KM9zYtNPG14EJemyzo1NOHVU8T2I0peZGwxZgogcWUR4H-A7Jxe5XvguG6FVvopJy01GziTtoVwu_PpL2-5YqC2geOTPXuSEJ-JrDvYHdCvi5YEFUnw4ROGq3vE6ujC71bC/w300-h400/2023-10-15%2009.12.22.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Church (SQ) GC59RH7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/crash-site-of-the-uss-shenandoah" target="_blank">Wreckage Site Number 3 of the Navy Airship U.S.S. Shenandoah</a></b></h4>As we were driving down US 77, we saw a sign along the side of the road a sign in the middle of the field that proclaimed it to the the crash site of the USS Shenandoah. What? There's no way to stop and look so we kept toddling along. Later, we came across wreckage site #3 (there were 3 in total). <br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IXnR_AKU23uMlshrzl66WBmA9ULlstLGhrWRy3TBZmx2T2F746qJuT7XW_RZhcsHRkELWbJPp7Z4sy-1zdd0YjD-gxfairGIMPIhp6srMdX5WNGwvAwOVeWDSk65qKKxswLKnANNaxAxNE-zxrlUwhRt4qjrm4nePD9jQyP56-zDA-iX9pit9kM9ZThK/s4032/2023-10-15%2009.32.33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IXnR_AKU23uMlshrzl66WBmA9ULlstLGhrWRy3TBZmx2T2F746qJuT7XW_RZhcsHRkELWbJPp7Z4sy-1zdd0YjD-gxfairGIMPIhp6srMdX5WNGwvAwOVeWDSk65qKKxswLKnANNaxAxNE-zxrlUwhRt4qjrm4nePD9jQyP56-zDA-iX9pit9kM9ZThK/w400-h300/2023-10-15%2009.32.33.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stopped to pay our respects and read the history on the markers. This new bit of history was a complete shock.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzWxc6sZwGbVCsQBtBwgGr56ZYFW9JTRuiaY8PdYrhSeKwL9oNFkQou2trgRD_MN40-g62f_vRcpuF7XO0dYrCLKCJcuX__gQn5FN7UoPe6j2996bZqjQVHBdBAw8QmfxA73y7FMFJaV-youoL0m5aynFLVBQ2Gx5mKolsq2JyldPONEPLnVfNy9tuPdV/s4032/2023-10-15%2009.32.48.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzWxc6sZwGbVCsQBtBwgGr56ZYFW9JTRuiaY8PdYrhSeKwL9oNFkQou2trgRD_MN40-g62f_vRcpuF7XO0dYrCLKCJcuX__gQn5FN7UoPe6j2996bZqjQVHBdBAw8QmfxA73y7FMFJaV-youoL0m5aynFLVBQ2Gx5mKolsq2JyldPONEPLnVfNy9tuPdV/w400-h300/2023-10-15%2009.32.48.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sign includes this very sad story about Lt. Commander Zackary Lansdowne. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote>"<i>Fourteen crew members, including Lt. Cmdr. Zachary Lansdown, perished in the crash. Ironically, this Midwest flight of the </i>Shenandoah<i> was to have been Lansdowne's last flight: he was scheduled to report for sea duty in the fall of 1925 to meet the requirement for promotion to the rank of full commander.</i>"</blockquote><p>Luckily, 29 crew members survived. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVt17fU0PHBNUlH4CcCt3bvgG-YrIjOrXjBni3tRvFmtxNc-j_MCEYq8ZeenJGlUo6yCRBQqold4DUCtSMQxq09BhDtSz7XDGWNQ7tpzUyQtY4BsASjyWIl8W5XOqx36VqsjZHXD8gcwRHk2Cnokq91GavzIhwB3bIG8F9hZ9guuQK2tay_v7PmghwMvCE/s4032/2023-10-15%2009.33.44.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVt17fU0PHBNUlH4CcCt3bvgG-YrIjOrXjBni3tRvFmtxNc-j_MCEYq8ZeenJGlUo6yCRBQqold4DUCtSMQxq09BhDtSz7XDGWNQ7tpzUyQtY4BsASjyWIl8W5XOqx36VqsjZHXD8gcwRHk2Cnokq91GavzIhwB3bIG8F9hZ9guuQK2tay_v7PmghwMvCE/w400-h300/2023-10-15%2009.33.44.jpg" width="400" /></a> </p></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/big-muskie-bucket-2" target="_blank">The Big Muskie</a></b></h4><div>Further down the road was a surprise for SJ - she loves Roadside America as much as I do. Little did she suspect when she turned off this winding road and into a tiny park that a behemoth was awaiting us!</div><div><br /></div><div>Big Muskie was the largest coal mining dragline excavator to ever exist! </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSs5lK2IUKk_aq3FYs66X7P4yrhY0_BSqjxxaBN12EmoLe9WlJaV1M7h_ZIzKHZV4Uz6DOmRgXKwnX-N71sy_UUVEq5pcuCqg6hv4vMZ_yY_SnRLBfyJ_i74012I4apoZv0Q1_R_TtMuDeR5JeB29-GaDHoMCLqsh4XnwBpp3Nof2ntOWHzzHSeIvgvWy/s4032/2023-10-15%2010.06.26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSs5lK2IUKk_aq3FYs66X7P4yrhY0_BSqjxxaBN12EmoLe9WlJaV1M7h_ZIzKHZV4Uz6DOmRgXKwnX-N71sy_UUVEq5pcuCqg6hv4vMZ_yY_SnRLBfyJ_i74012I4apoZv0Q1_R_TtMuDeR5JeB29-GaDHoMCLqsh4XnwBpp3Nof2ntOWHzzHSeIvgvWy/w400-h300/2023-10-15%2010.06.26.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Big Muskie GC3YPMJ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQvUxyP5_GeyyZ5sSdxIGljyc2rmdAJrE5T8rnW_LCqAZt0g6Lv0knXFnnYuj_5z1fe4nSBUvyy4cf443Nv1yqueKluOTzRIO_Kz-Tk13mTvy6vJkxW6kPUt6Idz6QCooslIHdWm-kMJoCGHx0juj78gFKB4aZa80F3JGD-0qjaF_YTkY8c7L4WIjzWZZk/s4032/2023-10-15%2010.12.19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQvUxyP5_GeyyZ5sSdxIGljyc2rmdAJrE5T8rnW_LCqAZt0g6Lv0knXFnnYuj_5z1fe4nSBUvyy4cf443Nv1yqueKluOTzRIO_Kz-Tk13mTvy6vJkxW6kPUt6Idz6QCooslIHdWm-kMJoCGHx0juj78gFKB4aZa80F3JGD-0qjaF_YTkY8c7L4WIjzWZZk/w400-h300/2023-10-15%2010.12.19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Last big stop for the day was the George Hutchins covered bridge in Fairfield County, OH. Fairfield County claims to have the most covered bridges of any county in Ohio. This one had an ammo can cleverly hidden in the siding. And, with that, I left the last of the dozen+ trackables we brought to Ohio.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKshKgdHJU6t-6M7acRIR9x8L0eeJ0pTR3oXgQMgkEutdq-XxL9F-NburKQk3FpDNDMkXhNGjH0T4r-b1sk9ubbQxZjRw1ek7yZqIOGv2Le82uCMGj4zUweaMcl5kHSkcqENHkFsZxryFSZA6YbBv2U94DDNLfLk5lA6tMIjZsHkwEu08bznb0PEEKL4R2/s3024/2023-10-15%2012.35.52.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKshKgdHJU6t-6M7acRIR9x8L0eeJ0pTR3oXgQMgkEutdq-XxL9F-NburKQk3FpDNDMkXhNGjH0T4r-b1sk9ubbQxZjRw1ek7yZqIOGv2Le82uCMGj4zUweaMcl5kHSkcqENHkFsZxryFSZA6YbBv2U94DDNLfLk5lA6tMIjZsHkwEu08bznb0PEEKL4R2/w400-h400/2023-10-15%2012.35.52.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Hutchins Bridge GC7JG2W</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Kudos to Belmont County Tourism for the enjoyable adventure! Good stops, fun caches, very responsive staff. With the completion of the adventure lab, we solved for the bonus cache, which included instructions on redeeming for the souvenir t-shirt (oh so soft!). <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTb6mvsCLB_PXPhVrxeNeT1lvy62zP1t5YFjGUuKI-eBqQlxZiG0-XzluPrRWmPQLeZdfAL6VGCGnl4qPsFc-pU1OdCD343ziDm65t1Jrxm6H7ef97ygGXdlurTxWc-eEdxwrgtMgQ5-5zfNN0-576ulNnApMbqLdB5wRvzidBqRPQsD3x9SHaDJceXoy/s4032/2023-11-30%2009.38.52.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTb6mvsCLB_PXPhVrxeNeT1lvy62zP1t5YFjGUuKI-eBqQlxZiG0-XzluPrRWmPQLeZdfAL6VGCGnl4qPsFc-pU1OdCD343ziDm65t1Jrxm6H7ef97ygGXdlurTxWc-eEdxwrgtMgQ5-5zfNN0-576ulNnApMbqLdB5wRvzidBqRPQsD3x9SHaDJceXoy/w400-h300/2023-11-30%2009.38.52.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adventure Lab t-shirt packet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition to the GeoTour geocaches, side caches, Virtuals, and several adventure labs on this unplanned adventure, we scored 11 new Ohio counties, 1 official GeoTour geocoin, 1 adventure lab t-shirt, 1 geocaching.com souvenir and many wonderful new memories with my geocaching buddy, ShelleyJean. Priceless! </div></div><div>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpzK0AiiyBqyLGeV6De2nVJQ6fw7DEtnmI2gMcpu-MkWjGaZDhXClCvnfhJzhGYry2dqq_RixhDwh9qolocCJXvDz1NQRIeLthoT51dOY52Tn3wEb5qOBXOrStNOwV9CUFe4PSA5hOZ5-LrODRuO3XMKWHiRuZu3Xz0NLj_UFbxG8KAHQGW5OIigOv3uR/s2397/2023-10-11%2020.10.29-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="2397" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpzK0AiiyBqyLGeV6De2nVJQ6fw7DEtnmI2gMcpu-MkWjGaZDhXClCvnfhJzhGYry2dqq_RixhDwh9qolocCJXvDz1NQRIeLthoT51dOY52Tn3wEb5qOBXOrStNOwV9CUFe4PSA5hOZ5-LrODRuO3XMKWHiRuZu3Xz0NLj_UFbxG8KAHQGW5OIigOv3uR/s320/2023-10-11%2020.10.29-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-27778408589060882092023-12-16T21:34:00.001-05:002023-12-17T17:52:43.449-05:00Adventure Lab Postcards<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Did you see your postcards under the Adventure Labs app? You can share completed adventure labs on social media! </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTvkVfh46qn9i59kclUto7TDvmnqrQ-M1GfsYr91wzhyWHGaLzpvMDDiry79pa6rSQGcIfhABl-5e2Qd2x9gizr-Y7uXZWCCdNczYK9kmWakFxBYoN28ZFjN6EejwGEeN3XW4o92SYwacz0Ml2Tp67IpebPaFBCbSEUmUWmTj8tN2t97v54t9e1DlofOMe"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7313386485495657714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTvkVfh46qn9i59kclUto7TDvmnqrQ-M1GfsYr91wzhyWHGaLzpvMDDiry79pa6rSQGcIfhABl-5e2Qd2x9gizr-Y7uXZWCCdNczYK9kmWakFxBYoN28ZFjN6EejwGEeN3XW4o92SYwacz0Ml2Tp67IpebPaFBCbSEUmUWmTj8tN2t97v54t9e1DlofOMe=s320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Go to <i>Adventure Lab App > Profile</i> to see your postcard collection! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8AQZN5LWEdTenBY9SYR_LiSKUdC2-wBDPXKvOKccI50b-GxnuZl8sTk5ZE4TpgXKUWo3nVTCwmHiCc41x8sl4IF6ldK1HjF7rAcCzn3DdQ74DajPqFHWSXDZ3a7rbxHApbpgdmJtgD67hS8gXDfbXzuUVKkXnvN63H-Dqmd5H-9dPypXykgYlj_W2jHa/s2796/2023-12-16%2021.29.09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="1290" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8AQZN5LWEdTenBY9SYR_LiSKUdC2-wBDPXKvOKccI50b-GxnuZl8sTk5ZE4TpgXKUWo3nVTCwmHiCc41x8sl4IF6ldK1HjF7rAcCzn3DdQ74DajPqFHWSXDZ3a7rbxHApbpgdmJtgD67hS8gXDfbXzuUVKkXnvN63H-Dqmd5H-9dPypXykgYlj_W2jHa/w185-h400/2023-12-16%2021.29.09.png" width="185" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div dir="ltr"></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-80899952304226991842023-12-09T19:24:00.001-05:002023-12-17T17:54:04.708-05:00Honey of a Good Geo-Art<p class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQBjV1PvSfrxiLFsDXl0344LJn_TIJOTjkpJVTQ4rEX5eJpJojSM9-LNpPja5lAp9QffXv5hGW8oAzCaQqYJeVxTsknctC1r07qj7qq5--dW_Gug_z5PKFVtrkQcUle9CYFpU_Qfs6U_qpbxx2A50ZSbMzDqAiEpt-3yXDPhJwOPTtA455AzylavD7ZkhD"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7310755353619049570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQBjV1PvSfrxiLFsDXl0344LJn_TIJOTjkpJVTQ4rEX5eJpJojSM9-LNpPja5lAp9QffXv5hGW8oAzCaQqYJeVxTsknctC1r07qj7qq5--dW_Gug_z5PKFVtrkQcUle9CYFpU_Qfs6U_qpbxx2A50ZSbMzDqAiEpt-3yXDPhJwOPTtA455AzylavD7ZkhD=s320" /></a></p>Working on and off for 7 years, TaGeez and I finished the honeybee and honeycomb today! We enjoyed every adventure we took!Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-74214602468540012742023-10-28T17:58:00.004-04:002023-10-28T17:59:09.292-04:00Colorado Adventure 7 - Heading Home to Detroit<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 7 - Saturday: Heading Home to Detroit</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJxjixBSUgM6m15Y3vMae62J6fe4P_UUXfCKZYCaHhgMAKeAJhZdMAqpzDI7fSYd7z_M-95bQSZU1iBXIYo17jOPohbR4P7TS4VQGhtqhmiW2SHi1lUW2TZMg01WrInD1-boLyL0aQVt_vEM7jWcn_U4jOVFoxU9l_dD8mlbZfMBE05tBgDQ8rkFekiDy/s4032/2023-09-23%2005.55.46.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJxjixBSUgM6m15Y3vMae62J6fe4P_UUXfCKZYCaHhgMAKeAJhZdMAqpzDI7fSYd7z_M-95bQSZU1iBXIYo17jOPohbR4P7TS4VQGhtqhmiW2SHi1lUW2TZMg01WrInD1-boLyL0aQVt_vEM7jWcn_U4jOVFoxU9l_dD8mlbZfMBE05tBgDQ8rkFekiDy/w400-h225/2023-09-23%2005.55.46.png" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></b><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">Thank you, all, who followed our Colorado adventures last week! It was an amazing experience, and we are grateful we had the ability to go </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi257bF505jbU9m5YKswwjpaI0h1-TVpKTls8zDQVdej-DnQfyIKD8fxqVU7lHGdu9LhVWcL9ghaxJe5pK2u4077o4XJE8HBM7_x1pKIZ7tHIn4yXjwHEfVZPAqcXx7lWny87CIKByN0k6lxffs0E8-gHd0ULXx1tz8Mwp1MbCFQbqrxtkXOMYH2aIK-pB5/s4032/2023-09-23%2006.33.56.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi257bF505jbU9m5YKswwjpaI0h1-TVpKTls8zDQVdej-DnQfyIKD8fxqVU7lHGdu9LhVWcL9ghaxJe5pK2u4077o4XJE8HBM7_x1pKIZ7tHIn4yXjwHEfVZPAqcXx7lWny87CIKByN0k6lxffs0E8-gHd0ULXx1tz8Mwp1MbCFQbqrxtkXOMYH2aIK-pB5/w300-h400/2023-09-23%2006.33.56.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4rtwUyoIygQKpoo9JeV3tsHUAq36q9mqGtRtrIhVUUOL58rBF4nCy3Y964vVpjxxFinvlW2EeBxWWaD1VajlpuOe4tQaeFJGDybtejg8nJ4ihjW9g_79VYFFlLVwG2ihhkex3l9F4VuUuvvEl0Cl9jTozTPIF9GASpxthh8JI5JLCqXmY9LtALPbYbX2/s4032/2023-09-23%2008.19.00.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4rtwUyoIygQKpoo9JeV3tsHUAq36q9mqGtRtrIhVUUOL58rBF4nCy3Y964vVpjxxFinvlW2EeBxWWaD1VajlpuOe4tQaeFJGDybtejg8nJ4ihjW9g_79VYFFlLVwG2ihhkex3l9F4VuUuvvEl0Cl9jTozTPIF9GASpxthh8JI5JLCqXmY9LtALPbYbX2/w400-h300/2023-09-23%2008.19.00.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">DIA has a subway!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wyuCCkl5O4hNCd7Bg69P-e05ucNZ_3O6LTmfpvYxWHnZ_3hZ8ilCuFnXcSTy0xGJePY6Ixtf2kvXQJGAUtTnUS2MBTnxRgDSqHWUzIe60HdNuT2vz5lt6VGPlpltuUpbqRzHNwAfnnok5JPwgsvrSDtzaD5rrpv52XMEjKOIwrNKYWJxAnFAjEJOHw1H/s4032/2023-09-23%2008.29.07.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wyuCCkl5O4hNCd7Bg69P-e05ucNZ_3O6LTmfpvYxWHnZ_3hZ8ilCuFnXcSTy0xGJePY6Ixtf2kvXQJGAUtTnUS2MBTnxRgDSqHWUzIe60HdNuT2vz5lt6VGPlpltuUpbqRzHNwAfnnok5JPwgsvrSDtzaD5rrpv52XMEjKOIwrNKYWJxAnFAjEJOHw1H/w400-h300/2023-09-23%2008.29.07.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Signal ready to head home again</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This frog gets around!</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span>Signal and his two companions had quite the Colorado adventure! <b>2,240 miles</b> in the air, <b>1,239 miles</b> in the car, averaging over <b>10,000 steps a day, </b>and earning<b> 4 new state souvenirs!</b> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8z-OZYSrBbihN_4js1DEldM-sNXJ9H6GkbSN__zoU2CkBHZ5ZyIYtOGs838QDOcrqzGQxvaVQrVzeG87Cmw8deeAiz7mC8IWqECGUIcw0rD-0qV4c75G45G1TYMSB6JuagytI_wroNP7s8cqODS6rNzA6JJosHWSDsTHk-msri-j9A8QizQC3hx3oBch/s2048/2023-10-27%2001.03.58.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8z-OZYSrBbihN_4js1DEldM-sNXJ9H6GkbSN__zoU2CkBHZ5ZyIYtOGs838QDOcrqzGQxvaVQrVzeG87Cmw8deeAiz7mC8IWqECGUIcw0rD-0qV4c75G45G1TYMSB6JuagytI_wroNP7s8cqODS6rNzA6JJosHWSDsTHk-msri-j9A8QizQC3hx3oBch/w400-h400/2023-10-27%2001.03.58.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Signal's Colorado Adventure</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-57681763373541540422023-10-27T22:16:00.004-04:002023-10-27T22:18:18.048-04:00Colorado Adventure 6 - Cheyenne and Denver<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 6 - Friday: Cheyenne and Denver.</span></span></b></h2><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">After five very full days of sunshine and fresh air, we decided we needed a road trip day. So we packed our bags in Estes Park and left the bugling elk (<b><i>who bugled all night long</i></b>) behind for Cheyenne, Wyoming.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Estes Park</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">Heading out of town we stopped at The Ark, just a few hundred feet from our hotel. What a kooky place!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkuyykLOQT96Sxn7pjftDILMjxeINnoe3HkXMg9NaJV24RnzzyHvX7Gpqv_G90NWo7YFipw4UgIFQIVoMwvKvlXj2c0QnQG3gYhTXXud9_xwFkIybdJlXtWioQiffaBALxcQDI2NU5MWh6AAH3waN0dwOjrAGUIvbZBVmiRutgo5-O7TjE2hBJ7WtBsuEL/s4032/2023-09-22%2008.22.19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkuyykLOQT96Sxn7pjftDILMjxeINnoe3HkXMg9NaJV24RnzzyHvX7Gpqv_G90NWo7YFipw4UgIFQIVoMwvKvlXj2c0QnQG3gYhTXXud9_xwFkIybdJlXtWioQiffaBALxcQDI2NU5MWh6AAH3waN0dwOjrAGUIvbZBVmiRutgo5-O7TjE2hBJ7WtBsuEL/w400-h300/2023-09-22%2008.22.19.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Ark <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6AVHF" target="_blank">GC6AVHF</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeDdy7zrBI8-FRMAlqxP8qrey0Gfvs3CKi_98hM6GZk9ZQA47t4Z8uv4IDfCkbGpCq_hv-JfrWjgJtgyxuVAyvjkIbTMilfuQhCSZAZvkxW6VjPLlSCZ-d7tvhFl_FXVVYDDmj0J0xpK_S8gav6Z4N9Cx6wKdZBgS56_1w2K7ApvoS_Wp-9TX0KL3j09T/s4032/2023-09-22%2008.28.59.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeDdy7zrBI8-FRMAlqxP8qrey0Gfvs3CKi_98hM6GZk9ZQA47t4Z8uv4IDfCkbGpCq_hv-JfrWjgJtgyxuVAyvjkIbTMilfuQhCSZAZvkxW6VjPLlSCZ-d7tvhFl_FXVVYDDmj0J0xpK_S8gav6Z4N9Cx6wKdZBgS56_1w2K7ApvoS_Wp-9TX0KL3j09T/w300-h400/2023-09-22%2008.28.59.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">And, as TaGeez was signing the log, guess who ambled out of the nearby bushes, announcing himself?!? Wow, are they loud! They sound like pressure steam coming out of a hot water heater.</div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKyiCXbVEjLiAr1TeTP9WIj40ly2EhoGWNq-qlyQljVHx8nreUpKmAgKZUGVc7zlovvGoWJPR3n8Y-XEKM463icX_DsTa1XyKLiITEZtTd7yZRfj_XVqm-G2zAp4rQjBp6Gk5OR3HFCjwjcsV8hdtZX-egiqlubiv09pGvBfhuq1hOKvC9THvJ6t-dyTM/s4032/2023-09-22%2008.23.07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKyiCXbVEjLiAr1TeTP9WIj40ly2EhoGWNq-qlyQljVHx8nreUpKmAgKZUGVc7zlovvGoWJPR3n8Y-XEKM463icX_DsTa1XyKLiITEZtTd7yZRfj_XVqm-G2zAp4rQjBp6Gk5OR3HFCjwjcsV8hdtZX-egiqlubiv09pGvBfhuq1hOKvC9THvJ6t-dyTM/w300-h400/2023-09-22%2008.23.07.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">We took the scary, circuitous road out of Estes Park and then headed north to Wyoming. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This is our fourth state on this trip and, again, the landscape was so different! Golden plains stretching out for miles on either side of the highway! We passed bison and prairie dogs! And, yet, you could still see the Rockies purple <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>against the horizon to the west.</div></div></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgByXp1xDwGNa6IWRTMZf4UtOfPuF4beJC4Ho4Hxoul6KnKTpyWlgZgrUwNjuKViU6IblgJYpukohVARS_B4NItj2viXAnp1NGhZFbFvOELj4qSQavkh1YwSlNbywnDlW3U7VCcxezbeWd2ZUZbD_C68d2iqSAfDTa3C0KMDCi8xSWJ1rAkqsKLjA__yuY/s4000/20230922_101748.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgByXp1xDwGNa6IWRTMZf4UtOfPuF4beJC4Ho4Hxoul6KnKTpyWlgZgrUwNjuKViU6IblgJYpukohVARS_B4NItj2viXAnp1NGhZFbFvOELj4qSQavkh1YwSlNbywnDlW3U7VCcxezbeWd2ZUZbD_C68d2iqSAfDTa3C0KMDCi8xSWJ1rAkqsKLjA__yuY/w400-h300/20230922_101748.heic" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Why take pictures of actual bison if you can just<br />snap a picture of the sign, right? </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Wyoming</b>
<span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0tJbVeubi8F72xLWDscPKtMDt8XURSMXvNS4O0SHy5WMt2djQM8xM7gvRdwowDhCMz07ARMyLz_sQXlNjSN3tCbmSckng6aYDNxjXUgpW4nmthVd-g9mv_PdgOYr64hP9aDoU_d0d1l2agmc_oH5n-ivR-KitfSM5gCHVZzqIsH6FmbLvuGFTqLEN6RG/s1321/20230922_101945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="991" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0tJbVeubi8F72xLWDscPKtMDt8XURSMXvNS4O0SHy5WMt2djQM8xM7gvRdwowDhCMz07ARMyLz_sQXlNjSN3tCbmSckng6aYDNxjXUgpW4nmthVd-g9mv_PdgOYr64hP9aDoU_d0d1l2agmc_oH5n-ivR-KitfSM5gCHVZzqIsH6FmbLvuGFTqLEN6RG/w300-h400/20230922_101945.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">I would say, in the over 3 dozen states I've crossed, that few Visitor Centers have impressed me as much as Wyoming's. Modern amenities, great history displays, picnic areas built to mimic local Indian structures. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEvhSeb85cJQiY1b_Hcb9lhd9KADpIBSSNzqG2ouM_9-uQxHk8Vc1wp895-XukAB9oMF3SdOlge1tyjyBu2XQbIAMgNDOun6yYP7GX9lOXSen1pBhkNV8nzEqasVyO970E-L_7dy5th-CLF9W7KzX3V007sr4nF8q-ZykprsYpsN-IHBjMYDHbx5q7uDu/s4032/2023-09-22%2011.07.59.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEvhSeb85cJQiY1b_Hcb9lhd9KADpIBSSNzqG2ouM_9-uQxHk8Vc1wp895-XukAB9oMF3SdOlge1tyjyBu2XQbIAMgNDOun6yYP7GX9lOXSen1pBhkNV8nzEqasVyO970E-L_7dy5th-CLF9W7KzX3V007sr4nF8q-ZykprsYpsN-IHBjMYDHbx5q7uDu/w400-h300/2023-09-22%2011.07.59.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And, yes, they had geocaches and adventure labs. We spent quite a bit of time here.
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Can you believe it? It stopped working the day we landed! And it still wasn't working almost a week later. We went into the weather bureau, but they said they can only report the issue. (Update: It took almost 3 weeks but it's back online). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">We don't like claiming webcams that aren't working, but when are we going to be back this way?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOrNYTD__Zhiq6k7_IyawXM2wecf_aYvlZZTeFwjoouwPENQDuCxXeU86vStLcYb3ZJmkIOwffbhJxh4xtFrLjuluRGkV58VaaDHHQooyY-BK9m4fK_rZR6mgS3EmUYKhIIoBgNq2t7mo2fB-JgBX24g2dJZS7D_KTQlNZw0q9NNhFjLOmbwUqbGheNb8/s4032/2023-09-22%2011.37.34.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOrNYTD__Zhiq6k7_IyawXM2wecf_aYvlZZTeFwjoouwPENQDuCxXeU86vStLcYb3ZJmkIOwffbhJxh4xtFrLjuluRGkV58VaaDHHQooyY-BK9m4fK_rZR6mgS3EmUYKhIIoBgNq2t7mo2fB-JgBX24g2dJZS7D_KTQlNZw0q9NNhFjLOmbwUqbGheNb8/w400-h300/2023-09-22%2011.37.34.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cheyenne Webcam Virtual <a href="https://coord.info/GC51D4" target="_blank">GC51D4</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Next up was a tour of the capital and surrounding historical sites. The whole area had such a community feel to it. I won't post picture here - the Virtuals weren't very exciting, but I don't want to give spoilers away. </div></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFhtUdOVuYCDXAl7d14YGzw51-V-ZNQmtPBYTW0bSI3lqy3T_TFm6oA1ooMQ3O9MljTmC_OJWBpKfVXUhTI6s-yG7ExV8jemhW0gYrzFjM2EztTheNJPIXNr2tF__txC_my9KGIQT7q82WO18z32TFDdHHizZ2JxGTQZT_hY0BCyB_v8Weqz8ZVjaG3DS/s4032/2023-09-22%2012.04.41.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFhtUdOVuYCDXAl7d14YGzw51-V-ZNQmtPBYTW0bSI3lqy3T_TFm6oA1ooMQ3O9MljTmC_OJWBpKfVXUhTI6s-yG7ExV8jemhW0gYrzFjM2EztTheNJPIXNr2tF__txC_my9KGIQT7q82WO18z32TFDdHHizZ2JxGTQZT_hY0BCyB_v8Weqz8ZVjaG3DS/w400-h300/2023-09-22%2012.04.41.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Deadwood Stage Start <a href="https://coord.info/GCEAF6" target="_blank">GCEAF6</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8tYIyhC-lgMiIM4ADKOfK8KayAw-9bMWtOG5s_RgnxINCiQdwTlU4yRhxQlafj0ThcIU4MHu2MO0_r5jXCbxxjWQJOysjiFb6iJd1JF5l1HMBcHGar0529c6mVV_uZX_jHBQ07TNxgZ3CmuKMzhQxbunaO6NM4mPB0cLPLaBETGQsjc82GnFhuTGlaWb/s4032/2023-09-22%2012.06.45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8tYIyhC-lgMiIM4ADKOfK8KayAw-9bMWtOG5s_RgnxINCiQdwTlU4yRhxQlafj0ThcIU4MHu2MO0_r5jXCbxxjWQJOysjiFb6iJd1JF5l1HMBcHGar0529c6mVV_uZX_jHBQ07TNxgZ3CmuKMzhQxbunaO6NM4mPB0cLPLaBETGQsjc82GnFhuTGlaWb/w300-h400/2023-09-22%2012.06.45.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Is that the capital? YES!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">As we turned towards Denver, we spied a First-To-Find opportunity in a nearby Wyoming Park. Looked simple enough, right? Very tall grass concealing cacti and barbed wire. What could go wrong? But we got it!</div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1J91rXM6TKdqyr9-9U9aRrrewPDR-bak3U0TM1pFCir7eqa2Tyn7jeXLK68gAch2XNSknfgzJgVpByqjqr2td8pZSBZ8BOpn-gOzz2XVMbWOydkxVZpUYflRSp5DYbJmtTYjr9NRCNYe1IKizQd53VT3FoaKPtpknZezCSevqPyVwwxUQ7cQdL1_Fyiis/s4032/2023-09-22%2013.27.21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1J91rXM6TKdqyr9-9U9aRrrewPDR-bak3U0TM1pFCir7eqa2Tyn7jeXLK68gAch2XNSknfgzJgVpByqjqr2td8pZSBZ8BOpn-gOzz2XVMbWOydkxVZpUYflRSp5DYbJmtTYjr9NRCNYe1IKizQd53VT3FoaKPtpknZezCSevqPyVwwxUQ7cQdL1_Fyiis/w300-h400/2023-09-22%2013.27.21.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Clear Creek <a href="https://coord.info/GCAE6W8" target="_blank">GCAE6W8</a> - <b>FTF!</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Now is time to head towards our final hotel for the trip in Northglenn plus a little sightseeing in Denver.
<span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9BtOgu01adbvmuBN9w1iq5dfvWZ52JEvQR7q9L5ZMNBRBgyJtND8NJ9w0tK6SR2MvOLZ52WIkTpRFLasg3N-597cgfkSsvs3Oi_IUWpbRcoyVJakp15Iu9UREpPrq1QPHo94YYMicvsSyCg3NSPWRgjYshglQG_MYe5oHEy4roIarJdjjRRcFPUwaoWA/s4000/20230922_143922(0).heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9BtOgu01adbvmuBN9w1iq5dfvWZ52JEvQR7q9L5ZMNBRBgyJtND8NJ9w0tK6SR2MvOLZ52WIkTpRFLasg3N-597cgfkSsvs3Oi_IUWpbRcoyVJakp15Iu9UREpPrq1QPHo94YYMicvsSyCg3NSPWRgjYshglQG_MYe5oHEy4roIarJdjjRRcFPUwaoWA/w400-h300/20230922_143922(0).heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQXTvh5SgYKeCC_e5hXtxiCfrFPq9eV210Gz0zh2vPxu8haxAGzNBQ2ozITZibDnCz_6ToCWZKGjutn1TRMVp7COU76SWsjvN6ZgejPGI00pwjJ6HCu4HsiCtBbnEuikGT87CZm2PRer6cn7Kt0h9jgtVMSrtH7LV1wTx9fkUAoOUc85WrsvMJ4V_VPVJ/s1290/2023-09-22%2011.50.36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1290" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQXTvh5SgYKeCC_e5hXtxiCfrFPq9eV210Gz0zh2vPxu8haxAGzNBQ2ozITZibDnCz_6ToCWZKGjutn1TRMVp7COU76SWsjvN6ZgejPGI00pwjJ6HCu4HsiCtBbnEuikGT87CZm2PRer6cn7Kt0h9jgtVMSrtH7LV1wTx9fkUAoOUc85WrsvMJ4V_VPVJ/w320-h212/2023-09-22%2011.50.36.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Welcome (again) to Colorado!</span></b></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-AA8nJiGS0A1lRO31mjp_41Fti3XupftxQCuAGg8cW8cG64M0FB5RLHEtka0n4D7yGxi6hYnhjbG8JS-jyWvmaphPnkE06jOnpjczKSeHaYh03PEWNzRF0g8Sfmb89wE9__e281M-QsG_qeLcYg-VAMsg4Qyt9HZdmDFzWku4onzYK57gPNWRWJWQMdUg/s4032/2023-09-22%2016.15.06.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-AA8nJiGS0A1lRO31mjp_41Fti3XupftxQCuAGg8cW8cG64M0FB5RLHEtka0n4D7yGxi6hYnhjbG8JS-jyWvmaphPnkE06jOnpjczKSeHaYh03PEWNzRF0g8Sfmb89wE9__e281M-QsG_qeLcYg-VAMsg4Qyt9HZdmDFzWku4onzYK57gPNWRWJWQMdUg/w300-h400/2023-09-22%2016.15.06.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Prairie dogs just off the freeway!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We wrapped our day visiting touristy spots in the capital of Colorado. I have a personal challenge where I like to grab at least one geocache in every state capital we visit. I should make a challenge of it.</div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Admittedly we didn't linger downtown because there were so many homeless encampments, but sunset on the steps of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science perfectly wrapped our trip!</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7yPgIxT1R-LXjJstOH5TZPPJdPqjdV2yK7yGV1ezSe9hAhKHwih7_Tm5G7R4kVgdAh6k0OL_Qx9qRQTdJZrxz1BdEUE-3vfcqv06tYhcU37fZHsefbPY6txhPrbIGQIOnoyDA6NWRgYztQaB3v73sI8B5csQxHXAXQOgYcw7gEFO_8IX6B8_tm4_Fu3r/s4032/2023-09-22%2017.59.51.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7yPgIxT1R-LXjJstOH5TZPPJdPqjdV2yK7yGV1ezSe9hAhKHwih7_Tm5G7R4kVgdAh6k0OL_Qx9qRQTdJZrxz1BdEUE-3vfcqv06tYhcU37fZHsefbPY6txhPrbIGQIOnoyDA6NWRgYztQaB3v73sI8B5csQxHXAXQOgYcw7gEFO_8IX6B8_tm4_Fu3r/w300-h400/2023-09-22%2017.59.51.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQD93uPKyH2yTU6td-1qmJ0W7CDjOmF_-r8jMQ6nryQf9ShZO5sfn_CUOXQ28GcAaL_0EjrrN4P3jddnw2rcf1SPiSEQZ1LbHYkQ9qwhc4GOko-38EJkSp4l1XqilVia2htIA8eqq7r9si600x69tkZIBlBR1UDTLK-Pwh67dWPuE_6Dqoe_yaXSlX26UW/s3392/20230922_175942.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="3392" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQD93uPKyH2yTU6td-1qmJ0W7CDjOmF_-r8jMQ6nryQf9ShZO5sfn_CUOXQ28GcAaL_0EjrrN4P3jddnw2rcf1SPiSEQZ1LbHYkQ9qwhc4GOko-38EJkSp4l1XqilVia2htIA8eqq7r9si600x69tkZIBlBR1UDTLK-Pwh67dWPuE_6Dqoe_yaXSlX26UW/w400-h300/20230922_175942.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Denver Mint Virtual <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7B7VK" target="_blank">GC7B7VK</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58LP-3j1ViNMxaTim46bcQ7_GwtcFN7IjI91NmwjibNLDOUR438Tq7gAoZyjINmyHKHeItRnZkFttPxjUQJ3MzYSILRLZSNYFy2Q6K9JU2nhAPtgQqRRlkUKzPUJex1UxiM1kic5hMLR9vbjsEIxxmfiMpvbd4LKTKA0oJmaHkCSreQXP14EBaYtUjAug/s4032/2023-09-22%2018.07.38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58LP-3j1ViNMxaTim46bcQ7_GwtcFN7IjI91NmwjibNLDOUR438Tq7gAoZyjINmyHKHeItRnZkFttPxjUQJ3MzYSILRLZSNYFy2Q6K9JU2nhAPtgQqRRlkUKzPUJex1UxiM1kic5hMLR9vbjsEIxxmfiMpvbd4LKTKA0oJmaHkCSreQXP14EBaYtUjAug/w300-h400/2023-09-22%2018.07.38.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RplfM1jwSX1v2swAWPxFPDkLzZiFO2jd7yfq_ACNdCSv2bVSmWtKJi0iFfSYNV7HIFhI1CQUYmTHinrCoo1H0ZuLYp3i2TQDKjMmm5czoxkCsC8dUNEgblROZGzUogNuUujxbddrW2DvNO5c9xXfepNpH2x9BP-65KsrWKCbXrhzCOCKKmqlHOYun4nq/s4032/2023-09-22%2018.04.59.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RplfM1jwSX1v2swAWPxFPDkLzZiFO2jd7yfq_ACNdCSv2bVSmWtKJi0iFfSYNV7HIFhI1CQUYmTHinrCoo1H0ZuLYp3i2TQDKjMmm5czoxkCsC8dUNEgblROZGzUogNuUujxbddrW2DvNO5c9xXfepNpH2x9BP-65KsrWKCbXrhzCOCKKmqlHOYun4nq/w300-h400/2023-09-22%2018.04.59.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Another capital building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Now, funny thing is we decided to drive over to one more Virtual before turning in for the night. Little did we know that it was at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. I've been carrying around this screenshot from the Denver Travel Guide for months and we wre heading there at sunset!
<span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpG1Prh925QIDHLptPjkK3Uyr0vWQYZF04cYo6PJ7VamrEL_lu3U2GNNTC_yWe7pmhrm50woMmuAAwCrecoJBTOGsYhuGVDh6SDykXAjRi2WDB7Dg_4MZLNTl2tmZbYLEa_U-xEU6s3mQSy-TqQxjHxJ5_YW1snA792qgBzwVPqiU3K-3PXfHxB9o_JeS/s1290/2023-09-22%2020.24.34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="1290" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpG1Prh925QIDHLptPjkK3Uyr0vWQYZF04cYo6PJ7VamrEL_lu3U2GNNTC_yWe7pmhrm50woMmuAAwCrecoJBTOGsYhuGVDh6SDykXAjRi2WDB7Dg_4MZLNTl2tmZbYLEa_U-xEU6s3mQSy-TqQxjHxJ5_YW1snA792qgBzwVPqiU3K-3PXfHxB9o_JeS/w400-h124/2023-09-22%2020.24.34.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Isn't it a picture? Ferril Lake in front of downtown Denver in front of the Rocky Mountains at sunset!</div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhrbv4f1S2GAAmkGc-8L1wUBeDg5gcDi7UdfhSgsONGHa_KfzxufYvDe2kUcHU3L7xhJMAKuBFFOLVrpk5YUscHuW0jojXcnYwjoK4N8CYXRwOPfPnbpa-RaduqHp3hLwX8Gtttg_2p2Cg8HhZNNE27IXzO6Mgeb3k68q61WjkPsqh-lEYPdtbuKMP-d5/s4032/2023-09-22%2018.35.05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhrbv4f1S2GAAmkGc-8L1wUBeDg5gcDi7UdfhSgsONGHa_KfzxufYvDe2kUcHU3L7xhJMAKuBFFOLVrpk5YUscHuW0jojXcnYwjoK4N8CYXRwOPfPnbpa-RaduqHp3hLwX8Gtttg_2p2Cg8HhZNNE27IXzO6Mgeb3k68q61WjkPsqh-lEYPdtbuKMP-d5/w400-h300/2023-09-22%2018.35.05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">The sun was very bright, and we didn't want to photograph right into the sun with our new phones so we moseyed out front to get the Benchmark virtual. </div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqwMR2qYJ49sBrWgNa9xO7hi3M4waZmX9RyRPCsTxfjtfbup-ERb0s8CWGsLNjxF-jgM0DIV5ixFoZCA89Wc_kGnAK-VNHkCuaxdse42W8MjoFNLjWVjubow8FgjmWeFN793X0eJ_iCjSL0vo0WReLptCoCn_7d34Swh6lyRAjXuvLmrv_IuuHkNBI21R/s4032/2023-09-22%2018.47.19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqwMR2qYJ49sBrWgNa9xO7hi3M4waZmX9RyRPCsTxfjtfbup-ERb0s8CWGsLNjxF-jgM0DIV5ixFoZCA89Wc_kGnAK-VNHkCuaxdse42W8MjoFNLjWVjubow8FgjmWeFN793X0eJ_iCjSL0vo0WReLptCoCn_7d34Swh6lyRAjXuvLmrv_IuuHkNBI21R/w300-h400/2023-09-22%2018.47.19.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Denver Benchmark Virtual <a href="https://coord.info/GC52E2" target="_blank">GC52E2</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And this is what we saw when we came back. Gorgeous!
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We randomly picked this Mexican restaurant and are still talking about this meal! Later, a local who is also a coworker, said we happened upon her favorite restaurant in Colorado! So wish they opened a location back home. <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyldplDMQ2_xgvLwN-zmkDnAqhhL2neXh4xsRo1om1k0n0QXWaEDB2YaeSVqTH4VUGFCiom-qY6oU76ULYQMFoGe6UZ1Rt6RmMmzZoS2n3k5ryLtZA_FxaxfTdHGpE2l3liJABlMSaouysvoFLUQkMx14igh8pyMa00Aojhs6XA-dOLl5kEhupppp9j1K/s4032/2023-09-22%2020.31.54.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyldplDMQ2_xgvLwN-zmkDnAqhhL2neXh4xsRo1om1k0n0QXWaEDB2YaeSVqTH4VUGFCiom-qY6oU76ULYQMFoGe6UZ1Rt6RmMmzZoS2n3k5ryLtZA_FxaxfTdHGpE2l3liJABlMSaouysvoFLUQkMx14igh8pyMa00Aojhs6XA-dOLl5kEhupppp9j1K/w400-h300/2023-09-22%2020.31.54.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0eSDZ7nvxfMDtaRNIMnkToBqb1c_3JFcm2eVC5OT6IEj2CxbEQpc27_6b4ZlhbhabKLhr-7xAKLo4Esuai2sm0sd1bH_DcGsjNsETANyjBcDedmR4mmPntyS9IfHFwwCueqp480iENJWjtaNVKbQwtCU147XP75vyGaRJxZiDImbYbKBaDhDx-DPpoTR/s4032/2023-09-22%2020.10.30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0eSDZ7nvxfMDtaRNIMnkToBqb1c_3JFcm2eVC5OT6IEj2CxbEQpc27_6b4ZlhbhabKLhr-7xAKLo4Esuai2sm0sd1bH_DcGsjNsETANyjBcDedmR4mmPntyS9IfHFwwCueqp480iENJWjtaNVKbQwtCU147XP75vyGaRJxZiDImbYbKBaDhDx-DPpoTR/s320/2023-09-22%2020.10.30.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Fired up by my amazing fajitas and sopapillas, we decided we had just enough energy to detour to this war memorial virtual nearby before tucking in for the night!</div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllq3Z6Nll3_vVsfJN-S_EIhwUQEZVWbLKdqaUNoQUQFMO_nT1-c_XkLG_6GFjhim4TrYd1cIy8ZAk_bzxvFpWpA6vbWKRgxFKNlRHT4O1BDlGvQWcBBDVVGX5LvRwC0JJD_ZZGc5LYPrsU0Hb0lc_pz083rlLejgGrPn9r5lbU9v9D-5Y0yoUgxsON-zE/s4032/2023-09-22%2020.35.47.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllq3Z6Nll3_vVsfJN-S_EIhwUQEZVWbLKdqaUNoQUQFMO_nT1-c_XkLG_6GFjhim4TrYd1cIy8ZAk_bzxvFpWpA6vbWKRgxFKNlRHT4O1BDlGvQWcBBDVVGX5LvRwC0JJD_ZZGc5LYPrsU0Hb0lc_pz083rlLejgGrPn9r5lbU9v9D-5Y0yoUgxsON-zE/w300-h400/2023-09-22%2020.35.47.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Northglenn Veterans Memorial Virtual <a href="https://coord.info/GCHHJY" target="_blank">GCHHJY</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">So sad that this amazing adventure is almost over as tomorrow we leave. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-33836431561504939142023-10-26T20:02:00.002-04:002023-10-26T20:09:06.591-04:00Colorado Adventure 5 - Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 5 - Thursday: Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park </span></b></h2><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Let me state outright that I’m terrified of heights. <b><i>TERRIFIED! </i></b>So, of course, we go to one of the highest National Parks in the country. I believe we calculated I made it up to <b>9,475 feet </b>on Thursday! </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzJB_trGZ938wtCWBC4P07wBAIRp4M_UMRTPenYWB1NjZXLFCxN1RKZRK4HHgBnzUtCU7cTVvdA5nUo2TYVmhALO6kdEFeph9imiE7OG93RIewPzFEedwzmxufYsUMEBjiiwP8FMb3DzGBLBBo8Adx-o6fkmadLruXaxBNKm9gfUHepa8DFU7V8ioSM95/s4032/2023-09-21%2008.16.28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzJB_trGZ938wtCWBC4P07wBAIRp4M_UMRTPenYWB1NjZXLFCxN1RKZRK4HHgBnzUtCU7cTVvdA5nUo2TYVmhALO6kdEFeph9imiE7OG93RIewPzFEedwzmxufYsUMEBjiiwP8FMb3DzGBLBBo8Adx-o6fkmadLruXaxBNKm9gfUHepa8DFU7V8ioSM95/w400-h300/2023-09-21%2008.16.28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">How can you go to Colorado and not visit one of the National Parks? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">We planned this visit to Rocky Mountain National Park for later in our trip so we could be acclimated to the altitude to avoid altitude sickness. Unfortunately, by the time we decided to go, it was too late to get <a href="https://www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/timed-entry-permit-system.htm" target="_blank">timed passes</a> for the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/exploring-the-bear-lake-road-corridor.htm" target="_blank">RMNP Bear Lake Corridor</a>, the lower altitude portion of the park. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Our choices were to either getup at 4 AM, drive in a strange area in the dark (hoping not to hit moose or elk) and navigate mountain roads to arrive at the entry booth before time entry begins... or wait until after 4pm when tickets were available. Lucky us! Pulling out of Boulder Wednesday night we were contemplating both options when we scored newly released tickets during the 5 PM lottery on the app - 10 AM entry! Woot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpec9d02_96hKoGAl3Lm5PxfhbD_QtDXBlJ3cPIRBi22mcuEnLX6r-uV-v9PRfRXCn1CC_6zl17pmvxFTGwv2M6N4BLwxgWw76x-yAkeZ_fTndyuA9exSmbFUeSAdx2we6h6ld4Qh80wtHR4fH_K4MfVtqaz01TzWCSw6nKufZsoDao-2hjyKGWDQAg4e/s4032/2023-09-21%2008.46.30.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpec9d02_96hKoGAl3Lm5PxfhbD_QtDXBlJ3cPIRBi22mcuEnLX6r-uV-v9PRfRXCn1CC_6zl17pmvxFTGwv2M6N4BLwxgWw76x-yAkeZ_fTndyuA9exSmbFUeSAdx2we6h6ld4Qh80wtHR4fH_K4MfVtqaz01TzWCSw6nKufZsoDao-2hjyKGWDQAg4e/w400-h300/2023-09-21%2008.46.30.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The drive in</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">They aren't kidding about the timed entry. You need a park entry pass plus your timed entry pass. We were warned not to arrive early (we watched them turning visitors away) so we headed to the Visitor's Center. After perusing the center and buying souvenir's (plus, of course, a little geocaching), we got in line and arrived at the park entrance minutes after 10 AM!
<span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MxD7eW4IZ-BIMUDFG4gtWPPScaZbbEAwpPjDo91-FNoagOTEUBEq542l8QKgIMqoZBY9X5HocX6kU50dVLhwaGHs8-42SHOpyvDDqb-mL-TsPM6cfd_KCTWXsoG3cnxviu0aFw8n50oNmaRcMDgBZwWkBeWiIq0-MyE7FLNgttaLNBN44jGxYUf_kxzi/s4032/2023-09-21%2008.50.12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MxD7eW4IZ-BIMUDFG4gtWPPScaZbbEAwpPjDo91-FNoagOTEUBEq542l8QKgIMqoZBY9X5HocX6kU50dVLhwaGHs8-42SHOpyvDDqb-mL-TsPM6cfd_KCTWXsoG3cnxviu0aFw8n50oNmaRcMDgBZwWkBeWiIq0-MyE7FLNgttaLNBN44jGxYUf_kxzi/w300-h400/2023-09-21%2008.50.12.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">So sad... ROMO: We Are Rangers Multi <a href="https://coord.info/GC5MGZF" target="_blank">GC5MGZ</a>F</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXxFJbtm8BAY-qrB8glhI-EIHFKEmxqX7hW9G9MwHGd1TL_sJMJ71n64IH6rAYT7jFdvLSDvKMsempnzjf-QnCXfyLUwjKVoU1rnE3T2VIBcYUzCpK0j6RvP3g5uirq-svnnjIsV_DHMsrd466oiSn5gPvEdL4993KW1aYnR3XbOcIMSvpBr9-Xurxm3U/s4032/2023-09-21%2008.55.03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXxFJbtm8BAY-qrB8glhI-EIHFKEmxqX7hW9G9MwHGd1TL_sJMJ71n64IH6rAYT7jFdvLSDvKMsempnzjf-QnCXfyLUwjKVoU1rnE3T2VIBcYUzCpK0j6RvP3g5uirq-svnnjIsV_DHMsrd466oiSn5gPvEdL4993KW1aYnR3XbOcIMSvpBr9-Xurxm3U/w300-h400/2023-09-21%2008.55.03.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbf29J-BbPddhAg3OpHE5tfUWYHfN93IlL_9poDNILmCAp5h6pcuM7z4ez_qO2T0iMgmL-X0o4r9Do7PZE4N_yDaxYHsmQ3OUz6vm_CY7X8lvQ1Z6q7VJ8clXDwV0VaMITaoKsjll0jtGJ6q9WP9b-t4QxRsSSHfMIwqbWx1oD_e1hHDvkRkeMCLaZ6diE/s4032/2023-09-21%2009.38.43.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbf29J-BbPddhAg3OpHE5tfUWYHfN93IlL_9poDNILmCAp5h6pcuM7z4ez_qO2T0iMgmL-X0o4r9Do7PZE4N_yDaxYHsmQ3OUz6vm_CY7X8lvQ1Z6q7VJ8clXDwV0VaMITaoKsjll0jtGJ6q9WP9b-t4QxRsSSHfMIwqbWx1oD_e1hHDvkRkeMCLaZ6diE/w400-h225/2023-09-21%2009.38.43.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Heading into the park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZ6Y1Lyu-jq8MgzwMKGUwnFIEQgEoizlQ9Nk_k2GGwYx0-OLrl8SUTEYP4vY-YwFiMu-ydstx3TWZY9lDW4rLSXg1oZWcmHNrnvHy7pOOLUpGaa0KpxeSsY23CGl-9kzC82Uz8lx42Gr2TXtE-L6mwQV9KFyOS25HNe4CKMzOA_d18-9CBRUiWQS7gA7v/s4032/2023-09-21%2009.59.54.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZ6Y1Lyu-jq8MgzwMKGUwnFIEQgEoizlQ9Nk_k2GGwYx0-OLrl8SUTEYP4vY-YwFiMu-ydstx3TWZY9lDW4rLSXg1oZWcmHNrnvHy7pOOLUpGaa0KpxeSsY23CGl-9kzC82Uz8lx42Gr2TXtE-L6mwQV9KFyOS25HNe4CKMzOA_d18-9CBRUiWQS7gA7v/w400-h300/2023-09-21%2009.59.54.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjg7bNGQ053dFjMHA9F-lKWSqg9DuePSB6_nUyRENitoLx_f6y-aTonFhiJ_4E3vJQmx14eoqJiKSxne9uIgs3QXLDXLAwBPJJqen-Y4I85I0QjJz-sUEOzxwNJ3224kEeEvR4aAepXpqqfHrZ4VYF46N3l2ikyHWns7XYdcJ9Q-Rf-NCZr7yEqc87DbEv/s4032/2023-09-21%2010.16.30.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjg7bNGQ053dFjMHA9F-lKWSqg9DuePSB6_nUyRENitoLx_f6y-aTonFhiJ_4E3vJQmx14eoqJiKSxne9uIgs3QXLDXLAwBPJJqen-Y4I85I0QjJz-sUEOzxwNJ3224kEeEvR4aAepXpqqfHrZ4VYF46N3l2ikyHWns7XYdcJ9Q-Rf-NCZr7yEqc87DbEv/w400-h225/2023-09-21%2010.16.30.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Moraine Park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">I saw a new life bird! A cheeky bluebird called the Steller’s Jay. He was hopping around the trash dumpster. We came across a family of them later after our hike, too!</div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdaE7ZU1UGTfxHj5Oibwd21n3kGCUPaI1zHb7JGnxu6Koodvc89FRaBZzFhiUHpvlya_HRLPQuiSPx7OZwjbdYasxa1B944iyAaSQ-yiZWTO5_1bLkTJI5XHdMg9HDdQcU4hQW0UI3HckV4vmPLrBwFRgh7nHyW0tA7-SZMMzxsu-9I4347rXYAq8TG4s/s4032/2023-09-21%2010.56.06.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdaE7ZU1UGTfxHj5Oibwd21n3kGCUPaI1zHb7JGnxu6Koodvc89FRaBZzFhiUHpvlya_HRLPQuiSPx7OZwjbdYasxa1B944iyAaSQ-yiZWTO5_1bLkTJI5XHdMg9HDdQcU4hQW0UI3HckV4vmPLrBwFRgh7nHyW0tA7-SZMMzxsu-9I4347rXYAq8TG4s/w300-h400/2023-09-21%2010.56.06.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New bird! Steller's Jay</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The parking lots were full so we headed to the Park 'n Ride - free service, good for the environment, saves wear on our breaks. They dropped us right at Sprague Lake- our target for the day!
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No wonder it's so popular! There trails and boardwalks completely bordering the lake so you can completely walk around it, and it was so beautiful from every angle! we spent HOURS here!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwIDsN2jFG68SAb-lb_ESlilFFZ4Fn4y4LGlBcnemNiCDfd9MsjI3CHCW650oINgVqvXh8ILruNoLHv6aXrxgfsBdjbXrPh9yV4WmirNANvGNKZk50E1_doqkvUNTZhuAiMWBwrB4ks3DE1AZHfBuiq_S9vLE2zzgyn2KITcffSKz3bQmkNTphb94WQGF/s4032/2023-09-21%2011.11.42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwIDsN2jFG68SAb-lb_ESlilFFZ4Fn4y4LGlBcnemNiCDfd9MsjI3CHCW650oINgVqvXh8ILruNoLHv6aXrxgfsBdjbXrPh9yV4WmirNANvGNKZk50E1_doqkvUNTZhuAiMWBwrB4ks3DE1AZHfBuiq_S9vLE2zzgyn2KITcffSKz3bQmkNTphb94WQGF/w400-h225/2023-09-21%2011.11.42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWAzyHETLR9KmbwcAv6v43wG_3KDGDFDYCE_5PtO_utuErWKFBW4fQ4-Y4r-z0eTXZjEBRdc5n8xxGFw49eXtHn9KfZ8wgpuFS-L0LXPG4OhZHdIkh37w6SQfMj1WiN9gB31VmXgQmtvxL8BTVcTx7anRIuRKlfUyDFfJBBhn01Le2QyR0-PiR8B_0Rfu/s4032/2023-09-21%2011.13.42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWAzyHETLR9KmbwcAv6v43wG_3KDGDFDYCE_5PtO_utuErWKFBW4fQ4-Y4r-z0eTXZjEBRdc5n8xxGFw49eXtHn9KfZ8wgpuFS-L0LXPG4OhZHdIkh37w6SQfMj1WiN9gB31VmXgQmtvxL8BTVcTx7anRIuRKlfUyDFfJBBhn01Le2QyR0-PiR8B_0Rfu/w400-h300/2023-09-21%2011.13.42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTV6mxVenSeLTzFUSlBCMT3PhJv9gHhq62LhtJnR36BX6pSThNMPAxX_5TUts550WmpRKuqM1cmuGpwpgdG0XpU0pRNcdgFWlOcvqNmwsauivmJwQwPhcvoTvH-nwpCzBn0eEjTyvbdQAtt7z7KMeweh1iOHLrtLF9qiZHaTc1rWYvJYZqUEaZHR5r6Gi/s4032/2023-09-21%2011.19.21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTV6mxVenSeLTzFUSlBCMT3PhJv9gHhq62LhtJnR36BX6pSThNMPAxX_5TUts550WmpRKuqM1cmuGpwpgdG0XpU0pRNcdgFWlOcvqNmwsauivmJwQwPhcvoTvH-nwpCzBn0eEjTyvbdQAtt7z7KMeweh1iOHLrtLF9qiZHaTc1rWYvJYZqUEaZHR5r6Gi/w400-h300/2023-09-21%2011.19.21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I kept my promise to myself. This trip was to relax, to reflect, to live in the moment. I sat on every bench around that lake!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mwzkivzuiS-G5i6w3jhNIKndyHAJLTPNmdqaf-RYYkAZ95PaAlHDun2ZY9qkvyrTgsLvxeTrrbLbp9_VpNUoAsV5-33FcT8NM7XLz2UTXLhOUpAuVpH-Jsfli7iySSarS4ibaMFshqh0VICYw5BgKujVl3Ce2xHbx8RiN5JbgnKV2QBIhszcnZ0ylgRy/s4000/20230921_112122.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mwzkivzuiS-G5i6w3jhNIKndyHAJLTPNmdqaf-RYYkAZ95PaAlHDun2ZY9qkvyrTgsLvxeTrrbLbp9_VpNUoAsV5-33FcT8NM7XLz2UTXLhOUpAuVpH-Jsfli7iySSarS4ibaMFshqh0VICYw5BgKujVl3Ce2xHbx8RiN5JbgnKV2QBIhszcnZ0ylgRy/w400-h300/20230921_112122.heic" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A girl and her frog</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Blessed. Totally blessed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With peace in our hearts we headed back to the bus stop, where we watched the Steller's Jays frolicking (yes, frolicking!) amongst the pine trees!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoftfHy13vpAz4DCBQMXPBi_1-d7FOsTJNKQUcJBVEkMyRyPgixz6nTom3aMXYVnJnN1DsLHcqAiiYGV0GxV38UPlcQlFyFWgwR7XHdwmcqo7Lj_xm8teRbZN2l28n8dsj39Kbg9KGtwCI11AU4mZWyFNfEyoeXH6pdEj5AHDz_vMEngZXiI_nItl4v3XS/s4032/2023-09-21%2012.42.49.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoftfHy13vpAz4DCBQMXPBi_1-d7FOsTJNKQUcJBVEkMyRyPgixz6nTom3aMXYVnJnN1DsLHcqAiiYGV0GxV38UPlcQlFyFWgwR7XHdwmcqo7Lj_xm8teRbZN2l28n8dsj39Kbg9KGtwCI11AU4mZWyFNfEyoeXH6pdEj5AHDz_vMEngZXiI_nItl4v3XS/w300-h400/2023-09-21%2012.42.49.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Steller's Jay</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Feeling daring, we boarded the bus to Bear Lake. Daring, that is, until we realized that Bear Lake wasn't "down the road" from Sprague Lake. Nope. This bus went up! Up! Up! That was the 9,475 feet I mentioned earlier. We didn't stay up there for long!
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Magpies!), we had a bite to eat outside the park and then shopped & cached in downtown Estes Park. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYb6UXOThjlicL9DwhKteCEAbU6Q1PMuk14JVEBS4khd9wzgfLZpOJhNpTwfghUO5CobltGzGjWLI3eeTz826sY01NVDXEw6MOkIXcPhEw9KdqnlcmVsITMWACxzr4wDVK1fbSZ4gIUFrB1kzoTynOeBUeWhCf6WYkq9q8OAlonBTYbEbxPwsgkVK1QsU/s4032/2023-09-21%2014.24.39.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYb6UXOThjlicL9DwhKteCEAbU6Q1PMuk14JVEBS4khd9wzgfLZpOJhNpTwfghUO5CobltGzGjWLI3eeTz826sY01NVDXEw6MOkIXcPhEw9KdqnlcmVsITMWACxzr4wDVK1fbSZ4gIUFrB1kzoTynOeBUeWhCf6WYkq9q8OAlonBTYbEbxPwsgkVK1QsU/w300-h400/2023-09-21%2014.24.39.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Black-billed Magpie at Visitor's Center</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 15px; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">What two things will keep you awake in Estes Park? The bugling Elk during mating season and The Stanley Hotel, the inspiration for the Shining! Yes, there's a cache there, too!</div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXK0OMXUPXuQHKif3sHfdyoQ5Qw8yB1xrzbQNwIXZlkDlV6qIeBzTzWM62pMbT-GwtRiT-_fQIAXBQ66RPw5jiRbZS0HJiflR_2xdQgU3j2M0QsRYt6yO_zahDI2O3vLRTPqMxPGKU3f7jDMKSFaeSn6BVFwZwQSZhU4pkq8Jdlf2kL-TL_a2OOmuhn0R/s4000/20230921_184605.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXK0OMXUPXuQHKif3sHfdyoQ5Qw8yB1xrzbQNwIXZlkDlV6qIeBzTzWM62pMbT-GwtRiT-_fQIAXBQ66RPw5jiRbZS0HJiflR_2xdQgU3j2M0QsRYt6yO_zahDI2O3vLRTPqMxPGKU3f7jDMKSFaeSn6BVFwZwQSZhU4pkq8Jdlf2kL-TL_a2OOmuhn0R/w400-h300/20230921_184605.heic" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Overlook Cache <a href="https://coord.info/GCJVET" target="_blank">GCJVET</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Exhausted but satisfied, so ended a very special day in Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. </div></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-1661299346250856772023-10-25T20:13:00.002-04:002023-10-25T20:25:06.088-04:00Colorado Adventure 4 - Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Boulder<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 4 - Wednesday: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Boulder</span></span></b></h2><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It's Wednesday morning and time to leave Colorado Springs. Let's take one last look at our morning view. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvq77jnU021r-JNIjQvFSkLsrxXSOCqWb4ycAGqqdKbQvYl5bPlER3DZ5wzvPkTsQZoa8LoymYzrNNNNxv1wZ_3qFi_MMXsSEV53i948_tq3AL2GRKMjZ_PvCwoeJdzPyX9aXAr5H6bTg43URQKDpwu45BXXGxCSl5HA5sczN1iyR3D2NtgfhQYA1d5nUj/s4032/2023-09-20%2007.34.20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvq77jnU021r-JNIjQvFSkLsrxXSOCqWb4ycAGqqdKbQvYl5bPlER3DZ5wzvPkTsQZoa8LoymYzrNNNNxv1wZ_3qFi_MMXsSEV53i948_tq3AL2GRKMjZ_PvCwoeJdzPyX9aXAr5H6bTg43URQKDpwu45BXXGxCSl5HA5sczN1iyR3D2NtgfhQYA1d5nUj/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2007.34.20.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pike's Peak</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">What was awesome about this trip was flexibility. We didn’t go strictly to schedule. We decided last night to go to the zoo today, and this was one of the best parts of the trip! <span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve been to zoos from Toronto to San Diego, and this little non-profit on the side of a mountain is one of my favorites! </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Colorado Springs</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We checked out of our hotel and headed up-up-up to the Zoo. The grounds and views are beautiful! This multi-storied Zoo clung to the side of Cheyenne Mountain. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><b>At an elevation of 6,714 feet above sea level, it is the highest zoo in the country!</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eM_oRooIzVKpBTHFYuzjLvbZ-xnGGNr1-RnFP1LrLdWPZxd0CKM8J7oWoTMSLyf_CCCxJKxqNt31pHGfWYBMve7p54yEBBsb0l9NeAq5nN1VfVHR8e3kcmaah8QjTe7G2VOtv86wLvYTusSP6dUw7_f5TlzA9EQvndjiA9exyZYcyuXZlp_YsySIiUxw/s4032/2023-09-20%2008.46.45.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eM_oRooIzVKpBTHFYuzjLvbZ-xnGGNr1-RnFP1LrLdWPZxd0CKM8J7oWoTMSLyf_CCCxJKxqNt31pHGfWYBMve7p54yEBBsb0l9NeAq5nN1VfVHR8e3kcmaah8QjTe7G2VOtv86wLvYTusSP6dUw7_f5TlzA9EQvndjiA9exyZYcyuXZlp_YsySIiUxw/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2008.46.45.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.cmzoo.org/?gclid=CjwKCAjw-eKpBhAbEiwAqFL0mk8wSsN0yEScLlHPVAF4GbUY0sFIZUcki131kJMMJX_2kothd8QmaBoCeDYQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">CMZ</a> is also very big on animal and Earth conservation. When you enter the park, each visitor is given 3 tokens to drop into the conservation effort of your choice. </div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDH5wIlInePDDyw1k4dbqcwVSy5YU851A5enwzRW_mI6OWZknr1_nl8bkq_gYv-D16KZiGbSegkQ8JACw5XmcegA08MblIF-4BFrATNrJetwXksi1QiQ5yhJhGp5lljpE1rjDCtkvKs5iOttW03UHZsfSiXs5v-p_QHIOFV6DSa5i4hTlzB8qpkHullRd/s4032/2023-09-20%2009.05.59.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDH5wIlInePDDyw1k4dbqcwVSy5YU851A5enwzRW_mI6OWZknr1_nl8bkq_gYv-D16KZiGbSegkQ8JACw5XmcegA08MblIF-4BFrATNrJetwXksi1QiQ5yhJhGp5lljpE1rjDCtkvKs5iOttW03UHZsfSiXs5v-p_QHIOFV6DSa5i4hTlzB8qpkHullRd/w300-h400/2023-09-20%2009.05.59.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypVBc7x_3_2UgCxudxf5c85kb3DvD_J-ZpmeXzukSOIR_sHme_2PJhcK1bYgZwMCvapySIoPH1H14fbGMaBVq-MDxsLO4aF2hHGhXufuThoc94AcplpwDhaHuGRw9F13YN2sUM_kUkly8D9L9AAN508fn1dQVv4wrlrL1ZgPpJGKDzra9z5zrSGVHBJH4/s650/CMZ%20Map.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="650" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypVBc7x_3_2UgCxudxf5c85kb3DvD_J-ZpmeXzukSOIR_sHme_2PJhcK1bYgZwMCvapySIoPH1H14fbGMaBVq-MDxsLO4aF2hHGhXufuThoc94AcplpwDhaHuGRw9F13YN2sUM_kUkly8D9L9AAN508fn1dQVv4wrlrL1ZgPpJGKDzra9z5zrSGVHBJH4/w400-h359/CMZ%20Map.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No paper - they suggest you snap a photo of the map</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For a few dollars you can feed over a dozen giraffes from the boardwalk. </div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjyBOSvFROd54Ptp7Tqib8ngMCm9bZD83Fl3K5oz1oAtghxlitfqidUA15t3T7lAFbAjYUNCibCfLp5PWPV1dviSkJuZnXMJ9Aun2rVzAk0QQ1FUoI_TqUkAChHzkizsttVON7wimK3wtj00b7LQK4GTTx3UQVCE719wd9A2M9JnEBA4dFsRaE5rons_p/s4032/2023-09-20%2009.21.02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjyBOSvFROd54Ptp7Tqib8ngMCm9bZD83Fl3K5oz1oAtghxlitfqidUA15t3T7lAFbAjYUNCibCfLp5PWPV1dviSkJuZnXMJ9Aun2rVzAk0QQ1FUoI_TqUkAChHzkizsttVON7wimK3wtj00b7LQK4GTTx3UQVCE719wd9A2M9JnEBA4dFsRaE5rons_p/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2009.21.02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yum! Lettuce! Best $5 ever!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2yHhKLBA7NRSeehJVqtreVTH-CZ6IhssbQAXRUIV0OFNRpNPk5W_qFawHKQNZBtsdqBK6K-Nr2h5PVCHYLUx-xk3tdOvMjyS6TaRJ-JY90zGqQ2oSRxSailcX0OCJbjVpjXIe-MIvhFB1S1qXNGgPAeLxtdUY5z-bQLC0VyCDvLvD5DxjqMt_bjnImLh/s4032/2023-09-20%2009.22.34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2yHhKLBA7NRSeehJVqtreVTH-CZ6IhssbQAXRUIV0OFNRpNPk5W_qFawHKQNZBtsdqBK6K-Nr2h5PVCHYLUx-xk3tdOvMjyS6TaRJ-JY90zGqQ2oSRxSailcX0OCJbjVpjXIe-MIvhFB1S1qXNGgPAeLxtdUY5z-bQLC0VyCDvLvD5DxjqMt_bjnImLh/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2009.22.34.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrg3LYfKYdyTb5n3-nSiAQNjCRrPFSHlrBej_uc9c-mITl3exjbauGqL8tCr3f_yRJofmHUzxUlVUx0brQn6xKBHfkgA5IfezOuifyjnTheceUnzYjzwSD3z-v_kI77eFxiOkGxNJtqrwTMyuR5j8V86-fADE-lMggu2Qjq383GRf5RQYlNWar504cOyC/s4032/2023-09-20%2009.27.24-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrg3LYfKYdyTb5n3-nSiAQNjCRrPFSHlrBej_uc9c-mITl3exjbauGqL8tCr3f_yRJofmHUzxUlVUx0brQn6xKBHfkgA5IfezOuifyjnTheceUnzYjzwSD3z-v_kI77eFxiOkGxNJtqrwTMyuR5j8V86-fADE-lMggu2Qjq383GRf5RQYlNWar504cOyC/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2009.27.24-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yes, there was a webcam! We were concerned if we had data that far up so luckily Lorna and Brenna were on their computers back home snapping away for us! We have dozens of these shots!</div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpWJCLh34VuiicnqX6LdHOLV1U4fPhBh6cu_rHdN4r4_EmZSohfFy5-eYLkBZzbcPw9aa5Dfw9EQGA00fceFOa_gXIAECVO20PIOwKQq-u_U_qE_nIqkYJef0ZB3ytYJLDw4jrfzZFSWLXEqGvY9JOOFToGo_b0fOyQ5Ln4mJ6bMjXgdVuM1InoL3zDje/s1674/2023-09-20%2020.25.34.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1674" data-original-width="1290" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpWJCLh34VuiicnqX6LdHOLV1U4fPhBh6cu_rHdN4r4_EmZSohfFy5-eYLkBZzbcPw9aa5Dfw9EQGA00fceFOa_gXIAECVO20PIOwKQq-u_U_qE_nIqkYJef0ZB3ytYJLDw4jrfzZFSWLXEqGvY9JOOFToGo_b0fOyQ5Ln4mJ6bMjXgdVuM1InoL3zDje/w309-h400/2023-09-20%2020.25.34.png" width="309" /></a></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tqyqchkd307v7FKYgeAecKox0fCDWwddz4UPLMwYb-o1FpOkNUbvMt5ywt-6YSWThCMH5oxIRKlQ-soZWatkw6XD09PFezyO2dijrwb6qiL0S9jpkfUkz3-oqn_kxvgZWtkAvYgdu2QJ6lNZMqHuT7EHuo20s35WMyjXmli3PRAjxm5wqEEC3wq5E2If/s2796/2023-09-20%2020.50.16.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="2796" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tqyqchkd307v7FKYgeAecKox0fCDWwddz4UPLMwYb-o1FpOkNUbvMt5ywt-6YSWThCMH5oxIRKlQ-soZWatkw6XD09PFezyO2dijrwb6qiL0S9jpkfUkz3-oqn_kxvgZWtkAvYgdu2QJ6lNZMqHuT7EHuo20s35WMyjXmli3PRAjxm5wqEEC3wq5E2If/w400-h185/2023-09-20%2020.50.16.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Oh, I had a hard time getting away! The giraffes were so friendly and so close - I didn't want to leave them. Luckily there were many more well cared for critters winding onward and upward.</div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTGPRBNn7htj2aDjFzev_gmDIlhk6o9tFF5zkZf5ZnuD8mHC4KURoPSqEJFOZJ7JFkz4YVh4jPCCebRHxqQB_u1_MM9tXb8hTyvYleUqzkyA_OKmonCoAwDGYZnvpu8Y7FeUA7SeYnRQHcRY380gI2xb5HEjYZg4hxXqCEGHEqVNh4X4GBC31dpQZhg4P/s4032/2023-09-20%2009.36.39.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTGPRBNn7htj2aDjFzev_gmDIlhk6o9tFF5zkZf5ZnuD8mHC4KURoPSqEJFOZJ7JFkz4YVh4jPCCebRHxqQB_u1_MM9tXb8hTyvYleUqzkyA_OKmonCoAwDGYZnvpu8Y7FeUA7SeYnRQHcRY380gI2xb5HEjYZg4hxXqCEGHEqVNh4X4GBC31dpQZhg4P/w300-h400/2023-09-20%2009.36.39.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="color: #050505; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We visited the elephants and then ascended the path to the Australian Walkabout.</div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidS-7zzMl9yNT09MrG2p7_UQms3O-HBvtnm753RgsAIMpBhneMqSobARY65GAE4GFe-uVsgrKaUllimNHcmSLm-sG7Ze5PeFo_x-Fef4-eCpUWtfdZm-unfHNPc7uRvN7eocfwE9qpvqt-Bjk724lgq4CfsrKyf1eONDDbnPPJccP7uiepyF0SFUzB1qfI/s4032/2023-09-20%2009.57.39.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We chilled with some penguins hanging out outside and ended at Primate World.</div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAZPdTPVxW7Ug1kNUueeNtT_hVl_u1bFJ4pet9Sq_QsdUQmHk767PHuG3nxaCj3Sresp7LvIakemIcG_4i89V5YHqY_yLFoIwiIGyCEwOSZRfATAbZr_O3tjojig7ZKLllbX-2VLt-9MnVjl0TVlLTQcWdfRyOUJ_Ffv0ZHasJLuUIcPKJKeKEsghZc2N/s4032/2023-09-20%2011.11.46.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAZPdTPVxW7Ug1kNUueeNtT_hVl_u1bFJ4pet9Sq_QsdUQmHk767PHuG3nxaCj3Sresp7LvIakemIcG_4i89V5YHqY_yLFoIwiIGyCEwOSZRfATAbZr_O3tjojig7ZKLllbX-2VLt-9MnVjl0TVlLTQcWdfRyOUJ_Ffv0ZHasJLuUIcPKJKeKEsghZc2N/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2011.11.46.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #050505; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Although a lot of climbing (we had to take an elevator up to the elephants), it was very well designed so there was little backtracking. We spent a glorious few hours there. </div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDlxdbkTn_401WABWBQEFaji51DTd0gGEkEIdxJF4vfmvM1jk-qJGNzcEAxYp0RwMbeYcOOw1BkGkDpow-Cv6Rb2sVosMMsg2mIg3EmykBBWJ0B56C41XlBR2FgmaRCyfzF5y6jlsqyAy9rxRJ983S9dVhwGHRFyTuouYjwpzxNrIch9ZkzZR4jJY7utX/s4032/2023-09-20%2011.49.53.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDlxdbkTn_401WABWBQEFaji51DTd0gGEkEIdxJF4vfmvM1jk-qJGNzcEAxYp0RwMbeYcOOw1BkGkDpow-Cv6Rb2sVosMMsg2mIg3EmykBBWJ0B56C41XlBR2FgmaRCyfzF5y6jlsqyAy9rxRJ983S9dVhwGHRFyTuouYjwpzxNrIch9ZkzZR4jJY7utX/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2011.49.53.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After this great adventure we cooled off in the car and drove the loop around the Garden of the Gods one last time before adventuring to Boulder for lunch and shopping. </div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTFotp6tvbG7FYpjW6fxiGRdNOqU5S6Xaezcup01S0kBI2vGuvpJmlInbRD2wz-fcvIurZN-GltxRpX3gRkJhiLAA6u_rTqDYG9xpTwufISdV6ouTAqqGELsSukeS98rEyzzQoA0xJpAqqP1dUeRZVwhouy0fWYv9k4czAhvqTodwbcGJxUkC4q4au1hd/s4032/2023-09-20%2012.35.48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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<span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6b4-NG05U20pnfgbLhYI5-WcEgVgd3e3P43C8BM636PLwSlaNQB5em3IVnCbItUBBJU-UfwMyf1ImwLjWdjM6jWwMWQhDU7ajAepfdNNKVT9MD2LohDYQVat9v5K_K4NYkhBbIO14IKmG4piiSq83qgugZgUsoKPqqMdKl9OsRzVpxZXemOeUoeOAIuCn/s4032/2023-09-20%2014.34.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6b4-NG05U20pnfgbLhYI5-WcEgVgd3e3P43C8BM636PLwSlaNQB5em3IVnCbItUBBJU-UfwMyf1ImwLjWdjM6jWwMWQhDU7ajAepfdNNKVT9MD2LohDYQVat9v5K_K4NYkhBbIO14IKmG4piiSq83qgugZgUsoKPqqMdKl9OsRzVpxZXemOeUoeOAIuCn/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2014.34.27.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Turning towards Boulder</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1psufIcRlhrhdZNN7IqXs3RtbRErUWKQUQboPZFZUYZ3sIT90QPNf3frikdzxjkwtTxwOZV5gm3yMEsk1Hz8HMkc5casDB6xACZpE61mMpIUT2_Ch1ip9A-mEa2MRjLnD5ZBF40wKYWyAXaYvIrzAXsRPmQA_qxB87ivhpLWUHAMelPyGFQhxiVD_p0Pn/s4032/2023-09-20%2014.38.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1psufIcRlhrhdZNN7IqXs3RtbRErUWKQUQboPZFZUYZ3sIT90QPNf3frikdzxjkwtTxwOZV5gm3yMEsk1Hz8HMkc5casDB6xACZpE61mMpIUT2_Ch1ip9A-mEa2MRjLnD5ZBF40wKYWyAXaYvIrzAXsRPmQA_qxB87ivhpLWUHAMelPyGFQhxiVD_p0Pn/w300-h400/2023-09-20%2014.38.27.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">JPS: Enjoy the View! <a href="https://coord.info/GC66Y8J" target="_blank">GC66Y8J</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One of the most visited graves in Colorado belongs to assassin Tom Horn [<a href="https://www.reporterherald.com/2016/12/17/assassin-tom-horn-buried-in-boulder/" target="_blank">story</a>].
<span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIQcRExGeEHlvVGMLASYnLw6V29BxSbnwpfRpyx5BgG9wHM8oFJ3eOAkRWyw0dM2Hppb84DrU3mFn27A4In9aDn2t4uKSJrfTqK_ehapMc2QHdcTRw4EAcG3TcmZrGJu7VE243HcVwvE15_iOnrMC2dhtgTXUMZ_tK3Txs5IksoCF8sDh1yYT6hwOgIAv/s4032/2023-09-20%2015.10.16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIQcRExGeEHlvVGMLASYnLw6V29BxSbnwpfRpyx5BgG9wHM8oFJ3eOAkRWyw0dM2Hppb84DrU3mFn27A4In9aDn2t4uKSJrfTqK_ehapMc2QHdcTRw4EAcG3TcmZrGJu7VE243HcVwvE15_iOnrMC2dhtgTXUMZ_tK3Txs5IksoCF8sDh1yYT6hwOgIAv/w300-h400/2023-09-20%2015.10.16.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">History in Stone 2 Virtual <a href="https://coord.info/GC9756" target="_blank">GC9756</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Boulder has an impressive pedestrian-only series of shopping plazas along Pearl Street. We stopped for an early dinner/late lunch (YUM!) out on the plaza, poked around a few shops and completed several enjoyable Adventure Labs downtown.</div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVLasnzjvdzAGKnT08bukrDZbrrtpk5_7Iel4tWLVOWJN1bwQn9cIB0SQg9Mn0a92kJt9FzupEdMgJQ-zW2daJS_AY4RPLgJLrpz7jJSx_5UJwRc7cPaZCl8b2Etqoi67GW_zoccw8Wo9FO9FE6e8UCXNseOhekCJYUmSRI1Qg30kITTpg1K1n0MeehZq/s4032/2023-09-20%2016.14.09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVLasnzjvdzAGKnT08bukrDZbrrtpk5_7Iel4tWLVOWJN1bwQn9cIB0SQg9Mn0a92kJt9FzupEdMgJQ-zW2daJS_AY4RPLgJLrpz7jJSx_5UJwRc7cPaZCl8b2Etqoi67GW_zoccw8Wo9FO9FE6e8UCXNseOhekCJYUmSRI1Qg30kITTpg1K1n0MeehZq/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2016.14.09.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BarTaco - YUM!</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5mL6rxIW0u8pHzK_BTNGBleZOGBPVg1BhsBEaELeRf6KquTGNDpHxdmWFNwSW5J8d6C6KstQq6W70GhksEvYBR7EANZMwOC51e5qHxpTSdnDoN_KnjTMmVYWQUB9YrJi6svPRetRzLWLl4zUR7Z4eHAUGJqcxwswCkwGTTZSHnM2TGq_A9QBm2c04OiI/s4032/2023-09-20%2016.18.36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5mL6rxIW0u8pHzK_BTNGBleZOGBPVg1BhsBEaELeRf6KquTGNDpHxdmWFNwSW5J8d6C6KstQq6W70GhksEvYBR7EANZMwOC51e5qHxpTSdnDoN_KnjTMmVYWQUB9YrJi6svPRetRzLWLl4zUR7Z4eHAUGJqcxwswCkwGTTZSHnM2TGq_A9QBm2c04OiI/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2016.18.36.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-AB9BggR9aaKOnbo1h96IO5cp3gLH4pRksQ-PJigCuYoRrKi9yya0Lg26SrKW0u7uWgMPqIaZMDbZs1LOX0Yo8iY4lzeVdEvljuXpCCXm9jA0KT4Id-MkA7Di3WS4C2TTN_HJhEf4vbN5AHmrGBMf0AN7hMoNpwQWjlLv520L_CbdY8cydiglL5ZMn_Y/s4032/2023-09-20%2016.20.02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-AB9BggR9aaKOnbo1h96IO5cp3gLH4pRksQ-PJigCuYoRrKi9yya0Lg26SrKW0u7uWgMPqIaZMDbZs1LOX0Yo8iY4lzeVdEvljuXpCCXm9jA0KT4Id-MkA7Di3WS4C2TTN_HJhEf4vbN5AHmrGBMf0AN7hMoNpwQWjlLv520L_CbdY8cydiglL5ZMn_Y/w300-h400/2023-09-20%2016.20.02.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMqOpsmE8c0OHM8Okc6AalBiyUu4g3ycJKFDDWxCBYE4QaJl7ZDc6fS3F_p7nwat8c0ddo1N7iORqtUY3l8E3spQPrhMDklxkql1XPPGZQ7JtTyCLTcU80C3NnqGPoh356cHkAFzUL8MFAPghh5vDey2nT8eE-cMlC8Z3Cb5tp-h7yqwTVNG3s8teSbdY/s4032/2023-09-20%2016.28.00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMqOpsmE8c0OHM8Okc6AalBiyUu4g3ycJKFDDWxCBYE4QaJl7ZDc6fS3F_p7nwat8c0ddo1N7iORqtUY3l8E3spQPrhMDklxkql1XPPGZQ7JtTyCLTcU80C3NnqGPoh356cHkAFzUL8MFAPghh5vDey2nT8eE-cMlC8Z3Cb5tp-h7yqwTVNG3s8teSbdY/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2016.28.00.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><b>Estes Park, CO</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">But dusk in settling in so it's time we moved on. We wrapped by finally making our way to Estes Park for the night (where we were kept awake all night by the bugling elk in the motel parking lot - more on that tomorrow!).</div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpx3rG9-nmTDe-_n_xFVEBu5SIsMYBEqsah2_jvolcBS_qHTYW-dgICQy171dwM90sb-Tax65EFLk-zEBKmeTnjrno69LVtt2IQ46u1DA0BMz1FqSY5x9mGR6asqQ9BHLJOdf97Ux2UBK-17LA-nAJ1P8c4_WqSfRQYBuxsihfSHjyGvJSlCpn-y5r8SJ/s4032/2023-09-20%2017.59.53.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpx3rG9-nmTDe-_n_xFVEBu5SIsMYBEqsah2_jvolcBS_qHTYW-dgICQy171dwM90sb-Tax65EFLk-zEBKmeTnjrno69LVtt2IQ46u1DA0BMz1FqSY5x9mGR6asqQ9BHLJOdf97Ux2UBK-17LA-nAJ1P8c4_WqSfRQYBuxsihfSHjyGvJSlCpn-y5r8SJ/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2017.59.53.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The road was beautiful and scary as F*</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatqJszjHI_Ng7CxxLRp7ZaZUwnbnScaB_ZIwEcZxl2A4VEAlS64k_1HdtEp4zspl82LbhrXbXBJjRmbdoDRc0qV1QA8atm9OLg980eREI01PrOAigSeQFOxto8dSNYjWdzD11PoGt3S7sPbeGviTRSNFtE5owgpZ3STzW3UKFw9jbP1JhGh0g6dCSU-dH/s4032/2023-09-20%2019.02.00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatqJszjHI_Ng7CxxLRp7ZaZUwnbnScaB_ZIwEcZxl2A4VEAlS64k_1HdtEp4zspl82LbhrXbXBJjRmbdoDRc0qV1QA8atm9OLg980eREI01PrOAigSeQFOxto8dSNYjWdzD11PoGt3S7sPbeGviTRSNFtE5owgpZ3STzW3UKFw9jbP1JhGh0g6dCSU-dH/w400-h300/2023-09-20%2019.02.00.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">It seems only fitting we end this post with another mountain photo. This time from downtown Estes Park. Is that snow on that cap? </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-74416849727414022352023-10-24T19:47:00.000-04:002023-10-24T19:47:10.165-04:00Colorado Adventure 3 - Canon City and Royal Gorge<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3 - Tuesday: Canon City and Royal Gorge</span></span></b></h2><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">How can you not stare at the view? The Rocky Mountains and Pike's Peak are visible from our hotel room bed! Someone asked, "How can you go to Colorado Springs and not climb Pike's Peak?" Easy. Watch me. Big fear of heights here, and I can easily see the peak from down here!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-YwPK7riAOs_VPdT4GyQKbIANjFItf7t2ATY_FYMzNxHzrE1n_CKqAp1HEXiALnMb8BXjSqZRaxbOgyiHv1riR7f8BzTRiVw_aEsKJ5sBxwyDzn7l5HWzgBttMNWus3kvEJIhuSw0mMIoqkH8KjmntWioNMMkMl86i5xGTS0dWh3ZYO0370XjAZBBAR8/s4032/2023-09-19%2008.29.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-YwPK7riAOs_VPdT4GyQKbIANjFItf7t2ATY_FYMzNxHzrE1n_CKqAp1HEXiALnMb8BXjSqZRaxbOgyiHv1riR7f8BzTRiVw_aEsKJ5sBxwyDzn7l5HWzgBttMNWus3kvEJIhuSw0mMIoqkH8KjmntWioNMMkMl86i5xGTS0dWh3ZYO0370XjAZBBAR8/w300-h400/2023-09-19%2008.29.24.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was pointed out that we visited Colorado during the best weather of the year. It was truly gorgeous, and this day this was the only inclement weather the entire week. Luckily, the <a href="https://www.royalgorgeroute.com/" target="_blank">Royal Gorge Route Railroad</a> let us bump our reservations up to avoid the bulk of the incoming storm. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qa1VQMyDdwurWiuwix__Jg8Q9EGwGOZEx31RucbUG8Z-Mom7fw_o3qAiZzF9PXs9ahsZ_Sj8mta4Xuo5DspsFADYmvzVavRTtr6bRFmqSG1VOMFPK8qEdE5wpMJ477aRBHZgZUtUzEtxk2BVNLclYgpr5p6xfaKGW3ao5juzpE_H1wiTlhuYY4rCbsw2/s4032/2023-09-19%2011.12.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qa1VQMyDdwurWiuwix__Jg8Q9EGwGOZEx31RucbUG8Z-Mom7fw_o3qAiZzF9PXs9ahsZ_Sj8mta4Xuo5DspsFADYmvzVavRTtr6bRFmqSG1VOMFPK8qEdE5wpMJ477aRBHZgZUtUzEtxk2BVNLclYgpr5p6xfaKGW3ao5juzpE_H1wiTlhuYY4rCbsw2/w400-h300/2023-09-19%2011.12.27.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, we took a train! Not cheap but so worth the adventure! The depot is about an hour Southwest of Colorado Springs in Canon City. You head out and skirt south of the nearby mountains range. I remember passing out of one curve to suddenly see the beautiful and awe-inspiring vista spreading out for miles and miles to the horizon with Canon City nestled to the west. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.2px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><blockquote>The City is located in a mountain bowl along the Arkansas River valley as it flows east from the Rocky Mountains and the mouth of the Royal Gorge. A combination of unique geography and an elevation of 5,300 feet above sea level protect the city from harsh weather conditions, making Cañon City “the Climate Capital of Colorado,” with temperatures generally 10 degrees warmer in Winter than other nearby Colorado communities. [<a href="http://CanonCity.org">CanonCity.org</a>]</blockquote></span></div>And, of course, upon arrival, we cached. </div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pql8enmHC28y_ANEIV1xdqe3iSiQ4MiFEMU-oJfY-jbJmjYZ5XU6nynEim9c-MwIh5icJBYjfEpNsgpOwOzytrKYGlaF9RvOXXck6dprsV3X_p6luy8LMsPXHEFjIGIyUOq9J84HueNlt34Ogtk8HUmKXwlp-pDbFBDYxb-VvsKN9GXrTeSuCA4V4GXA/s4032/2023-09-19%2011.15.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pql8enmHC28y_ANEIV1xdqe3iSiQ4MiFEMU-oJfY-jbJmjYZ5XU6nynEim9c-MwIh5icJBYjfEpNsgpOwOzytrKYGlaF9RvOXXck6dprsV3X_p6luy8LMsPXHEFjIGIyUOq9J84HueNlt34Ogtk8HUmKXwlp-pDbFBDYxb-VvsKN9GXrTeSuCA4V4GXA/w300-h400/2023-09-19%2011.15.17.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Eewww! <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC73CY9" target="_blank">GC73CY9</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjht4qgoJR57wcju-d1wlD6RlwingvFECSf27kWR28A1Hsr7PU586V6kJiiB1fXZvvb50xTzEfzPxnCHGnD8Y8BJeDaw7EkjRWuKOd67YrM1dO9iig9sMVkL-bMcGwAp6bhcvJq58phhhbG205c6SU3NnFS6KJPTVw0Wb6mWkndeQuBgAICoJHHbMw6JSjb/s4032/2023-09-19%2011.16.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjht4qgoJR57wcju-d1wlD6RlwingvFECSf27kWR28A1Hsr7PU586V6kJiiB1fXZvvb50xTzEfzPxnCHGnD8Y8BJeDaw7EkjRWuKOd67YrM1dO9iig9sMVkL-bMcGwAp6bhcvJq58phhhbG205c6SU3NnFS6KJPTVw0Wb6mWkndeQuBgAICoJHHbMw6JSjb/w400-h300/2023-09-19%2011.16.37.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With tickets in hand, we had time to kill so we grabbed the cache in the parking lot and shopped in the quilt shop next door! Fun! Signal was getting into all sorts of trouble!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4MG6EJ4pDXX_f4n6uKLtJP2WjMPKFRtnGfA1Rl9-Z0lD9gNWJhlZ3Mejk8Se5_xrkBxpFRETMrYfKXLVU_0aoffh0VOEsRt7SDB1Gp8mxiaeqgT8xOyzWbHMt-aMsMLhPoWk7knGF81OSqYJnSe5YjvDCJPmm-kJcpfWAkHaA_-OCwNA3UF8MRMfEUS6/s4032/2023-09-19%2011.26.32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4MG6EJ4pDXX_f4n6uKLtJP2WjMPKFRtnGfA1Rl9-Z0lD9gNWJhlZ3Mejk8Se5_xrkBxpFRETMrYfKXLVU_0aoffh0VOEsRt7SDB1Gp8mxiaeqgT8xOyzWbHMt-aMsMLhPoWk7knGF81OSqYJnSe5YjvDCJPmm-kJcpfWAkHaA_-OCwNA3UF8MRMfEUS6/w400-h300/2023-09-19%2011.26.32.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h2 class="qrShPb pXs6bb PZPZlf q8U8x aTI8gc PPT5v hNKfZe" data-attrid="title" data-dtype="d3ifr" data-local-attribute="d3bn" data-ved="2ahUKEwjt3dfL6I-CAxUojokEHdNeBAAQ3B0oAHoECAsQAQ" style="color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.34; margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; overflow: visible; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">First Stitches - Sewing Store and Quilt Shop</span></h2></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Getting on the train was a little difficult with the narrow stairs and wide hips. Our Vista Dome tickets led us up to the second floor, where we sat in a private booth.
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All the fun was photographing from the “cattle cars”! We rode out there for the entire return journey until the storm rolled in and lightning flashed! Go figure - they didn't want us standing out in open metal cars during a thunderstorm!</div></div></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgQuYtDKzqfvx_YBayGUsIrgAknrmQ3OTb5s0irwcKN0A-6hEFAqhWhln4WJqReppR38T9Dl5b3V6II_wTnfXKV7VJsAZlHA7VlRPt4elEceWhztM_0yXU5vu5ZelrNDAImIogmYD24Ku9GxVJwLszX5bIbooxJU563qR_DMi-6QNvTaahwD7OrOmx-UN/s4032/2023-09-19%2013.22.32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgQuYtDKzqfvx_YBayGUsIrgAknrmQ3OTb5s0irwcKN0A-6hEFAqhWhln4WJqReppR38T9Dl5b3V6II_wTnfXKV7VJsAZlHA7VlRPt4elEceWhztM_0yXU5vu5ZelrNDAImIogmYD24Ku9GxVJwLszX5bIbooxJU563qR_DMi-6QNvTaahwD7OrOmx-UN/w400-h300/2023-09-19%2013.22.32.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAygexeZ4uBoByH62EpsAPjBKCZMBZNT1ISiheV9JuvKAWC-WVGNfd0LEwZaSwlD4DqRB02SNmQPTHs4HzM52oWP5E7IOAHZ2IkU4rvl0EXJLSxtl-UldLd2yiUFnPwQdFqjnVOJn-S2DiWu2BCdzHN_nykWukobCdLrBCUjs0m-fVBbhkKo6G_WBzAGQ/s4032/2023-09-19%2013.43.42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAygexeZ4uBoByH62EpsAPjBKCZMBZNT1ISiheV9JuvKAWC-WVGNfd0LEwZaSwlD4DqRB02SNmQPTHs4HzM52oWP5E7IOAHZ2IkU4rvl0EXJLSxtl-UldLd2yiUFnPwQdFqjnVOJn-S2DiWu2BCdzHN_nykWukobCdLrBCUjs0m-fVBbhkKo6G_WBzAGQ/w400-h300/2023-09-19%2013.43.42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Here is the famed Royal Gorge Bridge - my Dad tried to convince me to cross it on foot 30+ years ago! NO WAY! I did agree to drive over it in one of those ancient (and heavy) station wagon! This time TaGeez and I enjoyed the view of it underneath. </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Royal Gorge Bridge - This famous suspension bridge is the highest in America. The wooden planks are </span><span style="background-color: rgba(80, 151, 255, 0.18); color: #040c28; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: collapse;">956 feet</span><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: collapse;"> above the Arkansas River.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #181818; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; font-weight: bolder; letter-spacing: 0.4px; white-space-collapse: collapse;">What's the difference between a gorge and a canyon?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #181818; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4px; margin: 0px !important; white-space-collapse: collapse;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4px; white-space-collapse: collapse;">A gorge is taller than it is wide and a canyon is wider than it is tall.</span></blockquote><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: collapse;">[<a href="https://www.visitcos.com/things-to-do/attractions/royal-gorge-bridge-and-park/#:~:text=Park%20Attractions,feet%20above%20the%20Arkansas%20River." target="_blank">source</a>]</span></div></blockquote><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG341WSgbe4x8VE9fjQjMyzAaZq562oBMwmK7akhicscBOhyphenhyphen_kU-V1lW6lKf-z4AATQjpV20rZhlOOhJDdav6xQXHgO4m1ILeT3C1NHKaJMsYUxiGqSQnExaNvMjGeTfKgsB8-m7YbhIpCnKfe3EqjBR-fhPQsJSVtrSuEhHTrSkcto1JDxUWNYQsY1x0L/s4032/2023-09-19%2014.05.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG341WSgbe4x8VE9fjQjMyzAaZq562oBMwmK7akhicscBOhyphenhyphen_kU-V1lW6lKf-z4AATQjpV20rZhlOOhJDdav6xQXHgO4m1ILeT3C1NHKaJMsYUxiGqSQnExaNvMjGeTfKgsB8-m7YbhIpCnKfe3EqjBR-fhPQsJSVtrSuEhHTrSkcto1JDxUWNYQsY1x0L/w300-h400/2023-09-19%2014.05.12.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">After the 2-hour, 24-mile train trip, we returned to the depot just as the rain rolled in. As we headed to the parking lot, I noticed a lot of tourists photographing this tree. What's up? Someone said it was featured in a scientific journal as the oldest (Cottonwood?) tree in Colorado. I haven't found anything online to support that, though, so I took a picture, too. </div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDUd9Kah0SgGSVpkGTq94sfd-GWPCGft3DMljAPVvGpIPLYr4Gd1syQDrYLrzKRSSgIXLlT5sVaTgQUg4v62LyX0Z-WeK3Mtt90TaTa5jtevnza8waReyl7iL7bDFn9tn-Eado-jveQHSdqDgGnbWQu-kY9kFJ_sDPELwsMYa_OluRkIrpUjqMaaXlSeJ/s4032/2023-09-19%2014.36.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDUd9Kah0SgGSVpkGTq94sfd-GWPCGft3DMljAPVvGpIPLYr4Gd1syQDrYLrzKRSSgIXLlT5sVaTgQUg4v62LyX0Z-WeK3Mtt90TaTa5jtevnza8waReyl7iL7bDFn9tn-Eado-jveQHSdqDgGnbWQu-kY9kFJ_sDPELwsMYa_OluRkIrpUjqMaaXlSeJ/w300-h400/2023-09-19%2014.36.35.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Afterwards we explored the funky downtown and some then some nearby historic cemeteries. Not only was this a great place for photos, but for caches, too! There were 2 historic Western cemeteries across the dirt road from each other and located right outside of downtown.</div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPcAiDEgkSCXpHRAn55lKbhZOkGT9alTxe3EASDyhTYi3SE9A3r_s0_mTRIKlgl7hBGwbSXtBIGWg5nB9x2cb3ReaMdOTsuVUiof7x0M7-dx_d8dvzqBnKv-Pom3xvZMa-kCLlpiJNSeFpuW3T_9OXBAgpzMbREHK-mNgruqfwaueAqKa2_ux-lTqruKF/s4032/2023-09-19%2015.24.40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPcAiDEgkSCXpHRAn55lKbhZOkGT9alTxe3EASDyhTYi3SE9A3r_s0_mTRIKlgl7hBGwbSXtBIGWg5nB9x2cb3ReaMdOTsuVUiof7x0M7-dx_d8dvzqBnKv-Pom3xvZMa-kCLlpiJNSeFpuW3T_9OXBAgpzMbREHK-mNgruqfwaueAqKa2_ux-lTqruKF/w400-h300/2023-09-19%2015.24.40.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Colorado Spirit Quest #498 <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC74NAT" target="_blank">GC74NAT</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Joe Arridy was a convicted murderer and rapist, executed in Colorado. He was pardoned 72 years after his death.
<span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92c6AtSnbXhE69HXw6iKWDkNogUWo1MZeAiHngB8lD1LEYJKh6mcgphjhe6jBfUlvW8ckL9lyelBZehzBpk1LoSJASFv0gXVxMhklXe69R6a9RKwcq4x7lwC402EKtrPLOI4IEFzJtHx8-SpiyCy_uXEhw30xl6bU5wqabtAB2_XOk-wVaOPlkFEijdf2/s4000/20230919_160230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92c6AtSnbXhE69HXw6iKWDkNogUWo1MZeAiHngB8lD1LEYJKh6mcgphjhe6jBfUlvW8ckL9lyelBZehzBpk1LoSJASFv0gXVxMhklXe69R6a9RKwcq4x7lwC402EKtrPLOI4IEFzJtHx8-SpiyCy_uXEhw30xl6bU5wqabtAB2_XOk-wVaOPlkFEijdf2/w300-h400/20230919_160230.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Joe Arridy <a href="https://coord.info/GC8EM1M" target="_blank">GC8EM1M</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was fascinating to see all the stones, and I enjoyed ambling along the cemetery roads until I crossed paths with this fist-sized fellah! Oh crikey! I squealed and hoofed it to the car! Later, the CO messaged me to say the tarantula was harmless and his kids would collect them as pets. A coworker messaged me and said, "Yes, it's unfortunate you visited during mating season."
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Time to head back to the hotel as the sun was setting. </div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HqDrBg9vdGwjnatcVEPFyKtrS95vkCCa6Xm-pX25AzNW7z0i2bU4DBw5XV-UxcccP7hHRrkEdDjmmpuGftHpOKFEannX-RfvQXLno8NUPmc9WBMUIkRUgnKKC8XL6ZXyDNODVogCtcxvocvMJ-a6rh0teUDbyxew-STbIxAUpLNa893sGyYLPlCmFdE5/s4032/2023-09-19%2018.41.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HqDrBg9vdGwjnatcVEPFyKtrS95vkCCa6Xm-pX25AzNW7z0i2bU4DBw5XV-UxcccP7hHRrkEdDjmmpuGftHpOKFEannX-RfvQXLno8NUPmc9WBMUIkRUgnKKC8XL6ZXyDNODVogCtcxvocvMJ-a6rh0teUDbyxew-STbIxAUpLNa893sGyYLPlCmFdE5/w400-h300/2023-09-19%2018.41.37.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;">We started and ended our day with a stunning view from our hotel. Another amazing day in Colorado!<br /></span><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-31492488857485418972023-10-23T19:45:00.000-04:002023-10-23T19:45:34.211-04:00Colorado Adventure 2 - Garden of the Gods<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 2 - Monday: Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs</span></span></b></h2><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Our first full day in Colorado, and we woke to perfect weather in a hotel with a beautiful view of Pike’s Peak and the Rockies! Yes! Driving into town really late the night before, and we missed the entire Rocky Mountain Range! This was the view from our hotel room 💗</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREG96diDUoqxU0ujHj5tMuof3KCB3QluxAnfAxHuf7lC0Y9tYSr2BSeWQl3Qnxj7wuSjc_poRV-_nukpZcAtfNJWcJ_JqA4xgsLXVXmY8sMdku3wJuLUETK0vyOHou7WmsRwH2TzCHYvuPwJwcZ-88hXTuTivSUZd3fXY0a_lTdTOz6oCm7q7fysaTA6H/s4032/2023-09-18%2006.55.52.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREG96diDUoqxU0ujHj5tMuof3KCB3QluxAnfAxHuf7lC0Y9tYSr2BSeWQl3Qnxj7wuSjc_poRV-_nukpZcAtfNJWcJ_JqA4xgsLXVXmY8sMdku3wJuLUETK0vyOHou7WmsRwH2TzCHYvuPwJwcZ-88hXTuTivSUZd3fXY0a_lTdTOz6oCm7q7fysaTA6H/w400-h300/2023-09-18%2006.55.52.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Staybridge Suites Colorado Springs North</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">We fulfilled one bucket list item today: visiting the breathtaking (literally and figuratively) <a href="https://gardenofgods.com/" target="_blank">Garden of the Gods</a>.
<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWg-gdYu9xdSn9EE8Z2Sv8iGmsLZyxYyOHZs8vEEkjMRko4CL53MsfGAE_PB54UcPL610hJ974MsQvob1GA-n4OFArDkB7xz2mZvbFubFe8rFtGCasoERyuZD8OsiGlQeP7AINEWu7qSQ3TQjdJZCeItA7ogaXzdIN2q9f9wZ1EgVEYl7I39lQWXnJLWV1/s4032/2023-09-18%2009.27.22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWg-gdYu9xdSn9EE8Z2Sv8iGmsLZyxYyOHZs8vEEkjMRko4CL53MsfGAE_PB54UcPL610hJ974MsQvob1GA-n4OFArDkB7xz2mZvbFubFe8rFtGCasoERyuZD8OsiGlQeP7AINEWu7qSQ3TQjdJZCeItA7ogaXzdIN2q9f9wZ1EgVEYl7I39lQWXnJLWV1/w400-h300/2023-09-18%2009.27.22.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">From the Visitor's Center</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzu50dtTgqhu5e7jqvi3DuRGFruSaX04MwcvQ2SdQ5-bLBKLRNA2AAECxevjdON2e3Oz1BgHo0weSr2FUg6vSvm5Nvz_RzM6nWcXSA1M1CT8IwRXehih7eLDCKOVZzj44P67evqI9eF_0R4oUQhWnh1PLv0Gp6_qoJ6_oihK6Y8AQULti6-2sHIC7HW_Ft/s4032/2023-09-18%2009.34.40.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzu50dtTgqhu5e7jqvi3DuRGFruSaX04MwcvQ2SdQ5-bLBKLRNA2AAECxevjdON2e3Oz1BgHo0weSr2FUg6vSvm5Nvz_RzM6nWcXSA1M1CT8IwRXehih7eLDCKOVZzj44P67evqI9eF_0R4oUQhWnh1PLv0Gp6_qoJ6_oihK6Y8AQULti6-2sHIC7HW_Ft/w400-h300/2023-09-18%2009.34.40.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Garden of the Gods Earthcache <a href="https://coord.info/GCND0E" target="_blank">GCND0E</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAZFWYFLiJpgkDUs1HsmGGkMu4-xWnX35ivCVKkKqLAMK4Myzo6dLIQ1rH_BPBHT4rnmwfXRpyTiNDutl57N72L1UHrShsbMj9dm5HaaW4RHxdm9jgQd6nOUQrKi9Zwg2LRHrdgZhxSjFmuccQl09Y5VQ5w84bkloGQDw58OIX7OY0lZd2B7pDSOBXf1L/s4032/2023-09-18%2010.10.12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAZFWYFLiJpgkDUs1HsmGGkMu4-xWnX35ivCVKkKqLAMK4Myzo6dLIQ1rH_BPBHT4rnmwfXRpyTiNDutl57N72L1UHrShsbMj9dm5HaaW4RHxdm9jgQd6nOUQrKi9Zwg2LRHrdgZhxSjFmuccQl09Y5VQ5w84bkloGQDw58OIX7OY0lZd2B7pDSOBXf1L/w300-h400/2023-09-18%2010.10.12.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">We spent hours walking the Central Garden trail and driving the scenic Juniper Loop route 4x! Stunning! The Central Garden trail is an easy 1.5 mile stroll around some of the park's most famous features. </div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfe928RTU8yiFEluN5fCjLsOaSX_BJtIVGkKIUAX4tfkFbW316kBypEPgWC25QUud3v2EoL7V676puhukxeyv2x3MkrEEqWKEbqS9yincGy0rvBrNOylFsM8AFy7ItOkNnYavVPuUF83t02I46mXSW_wCiLtC9jnsyJtq_PZLV4oElDMfmQ3Qqy-SqL1z7/s4032/2023-09-18%2010.28.05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfe928RTU8yiFEluN5fCjLsOaSX_BJtIVGkKIUAX4tfkFbW316kBypEPgWC25QUud3v2EoL7V676puhukxeyv2x3MkrEEqWKEbqS9yincGy0rvBrNOylFsM8AFy7ItOkNnYavVPuUF83t02I46mXSW_wCiLtC9jnsyJtq_PZLV4oElDMfmQ3Qqy-SqL1z7/w400-h300/2023-09-18%2010.28.05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Oh, my! What a cheeky little fellow! We saw them several times in our stay, and TaGeez laughed his butt off as I wandered around trying to get them to pose for me!</div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkDfmI8OU0_9paDJjuZcvHJaQRYZhJ9tQdua1S9f_rijGDBHUQF64Rh4jc_2XaiYVP1pASwEvBhZCs2ojGeXGe6WmkqQ9wmFGG-OQhiWkUA7fobCWYIaN5wcMpR7aAmGcwjSeU5Otfw2sY_e72OewbguXYO7TlYX0WtYrnma2fkRLFLnNxV_WcQxYytuB/s4032/2023-09-18%2011.52.21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkDfmI8OU0_9paDJjuZcvHJaQRYZhJ9tQdua1S9f_rijGDBHUQF64Rh4jc_2XaiYVP1pASwEvBhZCs2ojGeXGe6WmkqQ9wmFGG-OQhiWkUA7fobCWYIaN5wcMpR7aAmGcwjSeU5Otfw2sY_e72OewbguXYO7TlYX0WtYrnma2fkRLFLnNxV_WcQxYytuB/s320/2023-09-18%2011.52.21.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New bird for my life list!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoMr_r7p7K-nFiv3CkOVfxXIySP2MSywU85rquLBivYu1eb5FuS_xMIBEyzIXPUy2UCjQRXXQMmq6h43IKxzXeNIf0opjJSPpwqNX8w80sZEh9YNIbeuPKw4-0I-u_qPl9yNE6AZxbWKE8B_-M-0E5l67wK2tfntX4TCAvfjGAwfUs-qM2j7j6_OlJAYL/s4032/2023-09-18%2011.59.10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoMr_r7p7K-nFiv3CkOVfxXIySP2MSywU85rquLBivYu1eb5FuS_xMIBEyzIXPUy2UCjQRXXQMmq6h43IKxzXeNIf0opjJSPpwqNX8w80sZEh9YNIbeuPKw4-0I-u_qPl9yNE6AZxbWKE8B_-M-0E5l67wK2tfntX4TCAvfjGAwfUs-qM2j7j6_OlJAYL/w400-h300/2023-09-18%2011.59.10.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pull-off on the Juniper Way Loop</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpT_ug4ils3ZFmOxvWb74smJeYjhNNMfT9cK71OHKjOqkBAgKlK-MgzyB1zs81KVzN1vv11Q6WyB_egTaOVrZ3vdq0XpE6Sdon6A3t8t0ogGdfSrZqjKS83GE4xUND53Re2JJkp1xeORzgB5CyTDUkM64WBoiZYIBW81blSyMclaq6RYVwQ0MFDJvArY5f/s4032/2023-09-18%2011.59.31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpT_ug4ils3ZFmOxvWb74smJeYjhNNMfT9cK71OHKjOqkBAgKlK-MgzyB1zs81KVzN1vv11Q6WyB_egTaOVrZ3vdq0XpE6Sdon6A3t8t0ogGdfSrZqjKS83GE4xUND53Re2JJkp1xeORzgB5CyTDUkM64WBoiZYIBW81blSyMclaq6RYVwQ0MFDJvArY5f/w400-h300/2023-09-18%2011.59.31.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">You can't leave without visiting the Balanced Rock. Oh, the tourists! Insanity!</div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1qoCmzLyhRsMXIbJoZ9bvDbMaHrvCDFPaf4-VZNlcOSyS7cB_KATk_1t4fUfDn1uV5kYZPZ5IHJq9Oj-qQoU6o6xUl58fIZGnuKiNugImVCd-cO3H17DbclgyU_mi9Zp6R81vk1WBlZ6TCV1myTjgjUI6VTLoNVoCTckx4HpxAAx4GjA7XA50t56X-cS/s4032/2023-09-18%2012.36.57.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1qoCmzLyhRsMXIbJoZ9bvDbMaHrvCDFPaf4-VZNlcOSyS7cB_KATk_1t4fUfDn1uV5kYZPZ5IHJq9Oj-qQoU6o6xUl58fIZGnuKiNugImVCd-cO3H17DbclgyU_mi9Zp6R81vk1WBlZ6TCV1myTjgjUI6VTLoNVoCTckx4HpxAAx4GjA7XA50t56X-cS/w300-h400/2023-09-18%2012.36.57.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Afterwards we lunched & shopped in Manitou Springs and explored downtown Colorado Springs while completing several fun Virtuals and Adventure Labs. </span></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNusqG2w0-O0FoPGlBZMXWfkoRy_wRGHjQccEQofCwQDntFOaj57HT4X-e2EV1OYYpfsAHNk3J5mlsghho_wydf4GpcGjQWCurdI8E0lKk1k1tJ7LO1nnZCs8YkBNiTJHy-whW0uNOiQze-1nvgnxu2ZOnzPP7GA6IZvI-GDegmjLJunPxtmlRKsQyJhB/s4032/2023-09-18%2012.56.41.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNusqG2w0-O0FoPGlBZMXWfkoRy_wRGHjQccEQofCwQDntFOaj57HT4X-e2EV1OYYpfsAHNk3J5mlsghho_wydf4GpcGjQWCurdI8E0lKk1k1tJ7LO1nnZCs8YkBNiTJHy-whW0uNOiQze-1nvgnxu2ZOnzPP7GA6IZvI-GDegmjLJunPxtmlRKsQyJhB/w400-h300/2023-09-18%2012.56.41.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Too Touch to Quite Virtual <a href="https://coord.info/GCA58B" target="_blank">GCA58B</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; 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font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbq4QXm7Zvlcd6DW6Kh_x8xfncLStFKj3PGDrjdUj4KkKzxrRrLti6w-SndgYUz_wEzYpAOMItBoMjQ1hK3Lf6mm1pCTHNXTcdY0k2MKMF5eP9RFzItoFHi79lJ1fV984FORWXyJCPNbSeyvBv6n57q6fiBJzBtj4SqxHAelem6u_8yWXB2kgoA2y3KzW/s3024/2023-09-18%2014.02.06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbq4QXm7Zvlcd6DW6Kh_x8xfncLStFKj3PGDrjdUj4KkKzxrRrLti6w-SndgYUz_wEzYpAOMItBoMjQ1hK3Lf6mm1pCTHNXTcdY0k2MKMF5eP9RFzItoFHi79lJ1fV984FORWXyJCPNbSeyvBv6n57q6fiBJzBtj4SqxHAelem6u_8yWXB2kgoA2y3KzW/w400-h400/2023-09-18%2014.02.06.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Both Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs had these awesome art tour Adventure Labs. </div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lxLvAJNzh0x51afzORhyphenhyphenjk5E6f8yDNcwrqGSPaLiyLeXWQWP1HfqU42TUUApLDJbPcg_M_b2rAtah-LSglDiuzzmvk-Q05YTxfUSbvaMhaqD8aQzyYfrEtBC3h-ITsxtgXqhrGWFxafT7IVnX48gB1gh4zl8VC0oDJB5BPmbEhk6Eg7MIhJg8HXlqFTM/s3024/2023-09-18%2014.25.36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lxLvAJNzh0x51afzORhyphenhyphenjk5E6f8yDNcwrqGSPaLiyLeXWQWP1HfqU42TUUApLDJbPcg_M_b2rAtah-LSglDiuzzmvk-Q05YTxfUSbvaMhaqD8aQzyYfrEtBC3h-ITsxtgXqhrGWFxafT7IVnX48gB1gh4zl8VC0oDJB5BPmbEhk6Eg7MIhJg8HXlqFTM/w400-h400/2023-09-18%2014.25.36.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Manitou Springs AL</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipY_3HA8KjhUzPIPD0-vb1C_J-25R6whSfhZ9QDwPpulMnZmRKBS5EM33JEBguP1j82ng_YVVCLpbIhDOKaAHwOgEuJLIW3WFouT6FC8N1g0PsIPoOKiat1r62LCh45Ao4oqObAApOLwtSCDeQFUKbPSFDvsNEq_y4F5ZSphthyphenhyphenTJh3WqXHhs6SiAJUdbs/s4032/2023-09-18%2014.26.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipY_3HA8KjhUzPIPD0-vb1C_J-25R6whSfhZ9QDwPpulMnZmRKBS5EM33JEBguP1j82ng_YVVCLpbIhDOKaAHwOgEuJLIW3WFouT6FC8N1g0PsIPoOKiat1r62LCh45Ao4oqObAApOLwtSCDeQFUKbPSFDvsNEq_y4F5ZSphthyphenhyphenTJh3WqXHhs6SiAJUdbs/w300-h400/2023-09-18%2014.26.04.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Downtown Manitou Springs</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t2K221ZTHuVZ8x18cbCa1_qLKBzvVEz-0K9M25vzgoKXMXXsGr5Qj3WYVcmGV5CX9pa8PEmXTq-5c6EoKJBOX8vtdZrm5LaCaH_GRuSfEDBg3kCTfcnpJBKSsEOYsL715VuCnbUxYNq6tgMru49JVxEJKDdl78782gX5pdoRUIvTIyYmW6vJJ3Pv406t/s4032/2023-09-18%2014.54.49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t2K221ZTHuVZ8x18cbCa1_qLKBzvVEz-0K9M25vzgoKXMXXsGr5Qj3WYVcmGV5CX9pa8PEmXTq-5c6EoKJBOX8vtdZrm5LaCaH_GRuSfEDBg3kCTfcnpJBKSsEOYsL715VuCnbUxYNq6tgMru49JVxEJKDdl78782gX5pdoRUIvTIyYmW6vJJ3Pv406t/s320/2023-09-18%2014.54.49.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Log House Virtual <a href="https://coord.info/GC9181" target="_blank">GC9181</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHK6_-1aPgEbfhgmcHRV40vpzsN1KQsSFRpGLm3l1eMMbpdnoA1ZzwuKK_WGzfe7PkHfKTBI6uV2PG8-ieCYecd59Z-YUc3iVfuPe91ASisLOIL-Ed1lGGjuTWcXYk0XtiubmmjDMsMNOfeSNfTKksNU7b2Yu98MrAZ9zy8m-Ut5jYJQpUARw5Z7yD450/s4032/2023-09-18%2014.55.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Downtown Colorado Springs AL</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhd9cFBtcV8liodQsu_NgzMSGYo_J2uzMMGRrrpFJCftLiv06UKRCRRg3cv1mUuAvFctp810nasJfCSLSNyp-uM8xHZolPUAV4bI9aRiuPAYBOwO_HsJZMQb4LfkFvtspBdmq6TGJ4GENKECbdaPpq_NegFGssHUoquZ_yb5ONXHlShJSkRxlvvLN65KT/s4032/2023-09-18%2018.46.07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></a></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dinner was at delicious Edelweiss, my brother's favorite restaurant in Colorado Springs. Little Bavaria in the Rockies. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20bEBfuZkjdK8_CIfiwmZGOCbv0pfbuS2R7qNex1QSRUtEV9_B2yoRenrF9P4E6wIUlbPQqCYdcl9lKz9VuO24r53TdSmxuapfcy1mAd1UZWXs7lfYPpRAlpfwfrUicIGn1KFofrBM9HUJEUAayXfmEmOweOKJIm8iw5cjmVmOb4lY9meS6diLeOzG9E0/s4032/2023-09-18%2019.36.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20bEBfuZkjdK8_CIfiwmZGOCbv0pfbuS2R7qNex1QSRUtEV9_B2yoRenrF9P4E6wIUlbPQqCYdcl9lKz9VuO24r53TdSmxuapfcy1mAd1UZWXs7lfYPpRAlpfwfrUicIGn1KFofrBM9HUJEUAayXfmEmOweOKJIm8iw5cjmVmOb4lY9meS6diLeOzG9E0/w400-h300/2023-09-18%2019.36.56.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Up Your Postcard Game!</span></b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Want to send a memento back home, but never know what to write? We brought our HP Sprocket printer and printed out our favorite 2"x3" photo from the day. Peel off the backing, jot a quick message & address and slap on a postage stamp. Voila!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_4yMCQzdED3E2Y_caxdgeLP5I8e-0E496bopuQvcqQPEKoO7GEaqkLAaeseEpm9sYyRBVWn5IXdciH8gSCXEMLnPpfXi8qiAdxBB6wHAA9akCypJ7JglYXhgxuQst5-mNS4Ffa94271TKdKOFBAjItXRs8iV6Bt0J4AMf46Qoq8Wsl7ARWEUbIX4AeW2/s4032/2023-09-18%2022.41.54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_4yMCQzdED3E2Y_caxdgeLP5I8e-0E496bopuQvcqQPEKoO7GEaqkLAaeseEpm9sYyRBVWn5IXdciH8gSCXEMLnPpfXi8qiAdxBB6wHAA9akCypJ7JglYXhgxuQst5-mNS4Ffa94271TKdKOFBAjItXRs8iV6Bt0J4AMf46Qoq8Wsl7ARWEUbIX4AeW2/w400-h300/2023-09-18%2022.41.54.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-53176497522373175762023-10-22T13:08:00.001-04:002023-10-22T13:08:13.529-04:00Colorado Adventure 1 - Mingo and Arikaree<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Have you noticed I’ve been a little quiet lately? TaGeez </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I were on an amazing adventure out west! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">During our Jasmer trip to Indiana in June, TaGeez and I decided this year is the year for </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC30" target="_blank">Mingo (GC30)</a>, the oldest active geocache in the world. We’ve been meaning to make this pilgrimage for years, but the “3 C’s” got in the way. Deemed safe to travel now by my oncologists, Steve and I decided this was the year. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">But do we really want to spend 3 days driving out and driving back? Because as geocachers, it would take more than 3 days each way. Let's save some time and fly!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMsjCBhTmAJty7Kc1xVuMVICZhMax6x_BqYpeiw66AcsNeAiI_Ci-lQOfAwgl_zVyeNAatkGSVef2E2nuo_hOUpH6XsJtH1fiCV1_Ysn5MEsmOAJnLP7auPOzNJfoutFHmmktRO26WdbNxsALou6CVYmENexVyS0P9Fi-2vuV1PJ8sUp8iwVJd1T7-nVn/s4032/2023-09-17%2004.51.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMsjCBhTmAJty7Kc1xVuMVICZhMax6x_BqYpeiw66AcsNeAiI_Ci-lQOfAwgl_zVyeNAatkGSVef2E2nuo_hOUpH6XsJtH1fiCV1_Ysn5MEsmOAJnLP7auPOzNJfoutFHmmktRO26WdbNxsALou6CVYmENexVyS0P9Fi-2vuV1PJ8sUp8iwVJd1T7-nVn/w400-h300/2023-09-17%2004.51.21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Well, no sense in flying into Denver and just return so we decided to make an entire adventure out of it! So, in mid September, we headed out.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRvyyg-fiMF2R9BOFHgYYL82gVe2wlQqaMSVR_OwTC1xxv9juwC_UmI4knYgO1hIi3wWsmYyRehkd5wPG38A8DFq1IipwhhOWqyMc9b52ixFPpaU2SZdyLRIV1Ishq20gWUU2rIHKmzy9EOgThGnECdQVHhKXIw6tZRBErXZCZ7XKz43m0l0qsdT97DcV/s4032/2023-09-17%2007.39.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRvyyg-fiMF2R9BOFHgYYL82gVe2wlQqaMSVR_OwTC1xxv9juwC_UmI4knYgO1hIi3wWsmYyRehkd5wPG38A8DFq1IipwhhOWqyMc9b52ixFPpaU2SZdyLRIV1Ishq20gWUU2rIHKmzy9EOgThGnECdQVHhKXIw6tZRBErXZCZ7XKz43m0l0qsdT97DcV/w400-h300/2023-09-17%2007.39.37.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">TaGeez's first plane trip in DECADES</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Day 1 - Sunday: Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska</span></b></h2><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our first day was all about geocaching: landing at DIA, grabbing our rental car, visiting Mingo and a few other choice caches along the way.</span></div><div style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCb7NwqJ5nfwpYBogipEu5aGT3dDaUXI9Ljwr3QZPNFOujZ7vl1dQf1pm_vhbHUrO6VJCPgC4yZYY31uKXI284tqhEisMcAIoMMcv-jDyvoCVR5C1s4YbVC7jP4x3K7JKUIKjC-_k88PZRd5Ep2VlKUjkmv7AyxM5eXLdjXNUHSdkts8D_g_vXxG1_pQZT/s4032/2023-09-23%2008.28.33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCb7NwqJ5nfwpYBogipEu5aGT3dDaUXI9Ljwr3QZPNFOujZ7vl1dQf1pm_vhbHUrO6VJCPgC4yZYY31uKXI284tqhEisMcAIoMMcv-jDyvoCVR5C1s4YbVC7jP4x3K7JKUIKjC-_k88PZRd5Ep2VlKUjkmv7AyxM5eXLdjXNUHSdkts8D_g_vXxG1_pQZT/w400-h300/2023-09-23%2008.28.33.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Travel has changed! There were wonderful Adventure Labs and Virtuals at both DTW and DIA! We didn't get to enjoy the <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC88Z0M" target="_blank">Conspiracy Theories</a> as much as we hoped because when we landed in Denver it was chaos and construction! But we were able to grab it! <b>Our first Colorado cache!</b></span></div><div style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_thO0dgom2lc0Lzc5DP3OwI29aRJudSqn_AK65DquURlpjtMV_d8IqYEkmBpHcuS3IbtiYWnjiPJis_oz3go0YKmuacEzHnOrV_AEZ6H2sSWrBaqXoBRBvttgxR409xp0Y3Se35HEkUitbC27yscz90_9jjwKFCKrKSiyG-WucCgki9ITtufXlRLBowm-/s3088/2023-09-17%2009.43.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_thO0dgom2lc0Lzc5DP3OwI29aRJudSqn_AK65DquURlpjtMV_d8IqYEkmBpHcuS3IbtiYWnjiPJis_oz3go0YKmuacEzHnOrV_AEZ6H2sSWrBaqXoBRBvttgxR409xp0Y3Se35HEkUitbC27yscz90_9jjwKFCKrKSiyG-WucCgki9ITtufXlRLBowm-/w300-h400/2023-09-17%2009.43.20.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">DIA Conspiracy Virtual GC88Z0M</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After a trying experience at the Budget rental counter (long lines and a rental with a brake failure message), we were on the road, past the giant blue stallion outside DIA, and heading the Kansas & Mingo! </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvA2heqzY7Ct7J4kcd9oGIVphFKc8QWKpgeo0hJMgGxgsASWFd-Ivug2h1Te9rTry2WsCDUQ5gNqV_KtYEeIcAPtrNC9_BBVcNrMP1fPmSqLJwYVCVACk5ZDWPWsODXEwB8PLxVBeNBsHYMpVoI6mUVMT6OHVsJbTnsnorHG4yXpo-uvma1UCxH4yMFBW/s4032/2023-09-17%2014.04.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvA2heqzY7Ct7J4kcd9oGIVphFKc8QWKpgeo0hJMgGxgsASWFd-Ivug2h1Te9rTry2WsCDUQ5gNqV_KtYEeIcAPtrNC9_BBVcNrMP1fPmSqLJwYVCVACk5ZDWPWsODXEwB8PLxVBeNBsHYMpVoI6mUVMT6OHVsJbTnsnorHG4yXpo-uvma1UCxH4yMFBW/s320/2023-09-17%2014.04.45.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9DZyvqK33wTvTHupxY4Y9JfOnTxYzbvLJQBqVKtcqLhxfJDTzFOE1NuPJyTIVnLQsIOI_tT14xYUB1FSFwg3hpdhwMKE4gsqRIC3DB1QRDZdE4ilWu2vyNwVK-BdZ8dqXrlXxi5EjIOBdLUC0YIsNIdk1qwFkomiQx94oLEtF8ruvO1k2q5Z2mOQkJtv/w400-h300/2023-09-17%2014.10.18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kansas Visitor Center</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The 3-hour drive from Denver to Mingo was gorgeous! Miles and miles of amber fields reaching to the skyline. The rhythm of the road, my audiobook, and TaGeez's snoring in the passenger seat. It was a gloriously peaceful drive to Mingo. Surprisingly we were so busy enjoying it that we captured no photos of it - but no camera could capture the majesty and sheer immensity of it. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We made it! And, of course, Signal sporting his new Colorado trackable had to pose first. If you look close, you will see one of our Mingo geocoins, too. Mingo didn't disappoint - it was exactly as described... a fence off a defunct park & ride with nothing for miles around! But we made it and had to pose with it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9DZyvqK33wTvTHupxY4Y9JfOnTxYzbvLJQBqVKtcqLhxfJDTzFOE1NuPJyTIVnLQsIOI_tT14xYUB1FSFwg3hpdhwMKE4gsqRIC3DB1QRDZdE4ilWu2vyNwVK-BdZ8dqXrlXxi5EjIOBdLUC0YIsNIdk1qwFkomiQx94oLEtF8ruvO1k2q5Z2mOQkJtv/s4032/2023-09-17%2014.10.18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7z44UXLaKqeZDIIIFlbwDUW76MK_LLcPWem6D3bq0CvPdNqnIOnP-UDsR0EA80lCjNDuiPDkZMW5YEkqBfT6hgYEXGuqarsxz2Z78AgSjADOIOI1hNxVEryNMQSdzfzoZVn8G4pOtvUbTTvaYCmrdpj_VyOj3QMN_ymc3q6nIrZYOMUbsGBt_XM8_Pvzw/w400-h300/2023-09-17%2023.55.59.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Signal's TB is actually a dog tag from Amazon.<br />The vendor engraved my tracking code on it for free!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7z44UXLaKqeZDIIIFlbwDUW76MK_LLcPWem6D3bq0CvPdNqnIOnP-UDsR0EA80lCjNDuiPDkZMW5YEkqBfT6hgYEXGuqarsxz2Z78AgSjADOIOI1hNxVEryNMQSdzfzoZVn8G4pOtvUbTTvaYCmrdpj_VyOj3QMN_ymc3q6nIrZYOMUbsGBt_XM8_Pvzw/s4032/2023-09-17%2023.55.59.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQdItILu3MvU5oN9WvpDUfKgUx7REqorsqt25VwxggjMgUWLjlOIEx7-YMmoCEmelCsDDhoaok1keID-o7a77ueJjfqQRM6UuYfcs8fCzlQg-6-Y7nUYMWc81YchV92JMbhFHUksiNhQDj7N7bC5zB5cUt5uw743u1N275EJHUM1m0keNM3HvESyFM3oJ/s4032/2023-09-17%2023.54.13.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQdItILu3MvU5oN9WvpDUfKgUx7REqorsqt25VwxggjMgUWLjlOIEx7-YMmoCEmelCsDDhoaok1keID-o7a77ueJjfqQRM6UuYfcs8fCzlQg-6-Y7nUYMWc81YchV92JMbhFHUksiNhQDj7N7bC5zB5cUt5uw743u1N275EJHUM1m0keNM3HvESyFM3oJ/w400-h300/2023-09-17%2023.54.13.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When in Mingo and nearby Colby, don't forget to grab the <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC88ZW7" target="_blank">Mingo Virtual</a> (marker missing), Adventure Lab and high-favorited caches. </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif32TxYSyWdOUEi0JEQzKBvNgPyvRyw8f_q7_04zRE9HE6xi2uFPohrV3wNBKVy0eNlmvtJAuGkgjbnI7_UvuBUf446EKVZNxHtK3GrBMcpxActL_7I9FWD93xG5ntkHBW9Igd_qa55iTc3fq-S_ntCAIG5NYSeu3vUzeQnOT-zkYxQs8cxzvuBFbOZWt1/w400-h300/2023-09-17%2015.23.35.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8GDEW" target="_blank">Mingo Madness Gadget Cache GC8GDEW</a><br />almost drove us mad!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_bjDF1Pfx9TT-c7hiRlIGM7oIDf93OjpG0Gc8wfjnrPx1xcI-eDJmL6Ega7l8Qppz22DCdLGXZyiHvQfdxxm4yJOMqgsfpI5HbKjVpAGGAp88TfB818syo13KFLvzH5ab_lZATFVR0Le3tv4fHupBHJbN39yZquj8cHITpfiZBBoPSnXTmS-UD-mI7PW/s4032/2023-09-17%2015.43.30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIkZ5kEoIL3vYqYFwnndZlov4RoYDDXakVBZgfjgpKyKRwSjCQ6Gnm5wVS-ghmtuQ4AM2WYNKYmfUYD_Rig4YDM0aB6DZx2WNqHS9XklfZcQwAvaCjrZSq0FcvZxHKbEjjGLmMsJotYo8qLl7eJFd3lVIvS7LH925P2u8v5Y3GtMCjU9SZD_h3mP3ZYP_/w400-h300/2023-09-17%2016.10.26.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://coord.info/GCYC7A" target="_blank">Grain Bin GCYC7A</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDQvP2UklvExVgM1qQEHY3ND7TLcLwSxykK-s3LVNFxQ7ALbGMpKTKgRGkKiej4d99skHRaOORZlUwprbQ0hcJR7wItkfLmeJKPrZ5Dqj1JscPPVfGo_qawZ4yjVlxmR0DU7R3-lP4LaMI868pYztmGF6v5FGecH99kVBu5mTC5GiTGDpQQMLAO_xQcJO/s4032/2023-09-17%2016.12.39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDQvP2UklvExVgM1qQEHY3ND7TLcLwSxykK-s3LVNFxQ7ALbGMpKTKgRGkKiej4d99skHRaOORZlUwprbQ0hcJR7wItkfLmeJKPrZ5Dqj1JscPPVfGo_qawZ4yjVlxmR0DU7R3-lP4LaMI868pYztmGF6v5FGecH99kVBu5mTC5GiTGDpQQMLAO_xQcJO/w400-h300/2023-09-17%2016.12.39.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif32TxYSyWdOUEi0JEQzKBvNgPyvRyw8f_q7_04zRE9HE6xi2uFPohrV3wNBKVy0eNlmvtJAuGkgjbnI7_UvuBUf446EKVZNxHtK3GrBMcpxActL_7I9FWD93xG5ntkHBW9Igd_qa55iTc3fq-S_ntCAIG5NYSeu3vUzeQnOT-zkYxQs8cxzvuBFbOZWt1/s4032/2023-09-17%2015.23.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">You could tell the sun was already starting it's descent, but how could we head to Colorado Springs without detouring for another JASMER gem? Beautiful <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC31" target="_blank">Arikaree GC31</a> is a May 2000 cache, too!</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's funny about this trip. Each day we had one main goal and one side adventure planned. Funny how the side adventures were in many ways more memorable and enjoyable than the main one. </span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Take Arikaree, for instance. Located 1.5 hours northwest of Mingo and just a few miles south of the Nebraska border. Take I-70 to a scenic road, which turned into a sketchy dirt road the further north you go. Before you reach Arikaree (we still have no idea how to pronounce this), you must pass through the Arikaree Breaks. Now, I'm not big into Earth Caches, but this place left an impression (literally and figuratively). </span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="color: #323232;">The Arikaree Breaks are a finalist for the 8 Wonders of Kansas because the deep canyons make this a distinct and scenically dramatic part of Kansas! </span><span style="color: #323232;">The Arikaree Breaks are a rugged landscape of canyons that have formed in a type of windblown silt called loess. [<a href="https://kansassampler.org/8wondersofkansas-overall/arikaree-breaks-cheyenne-county#:~:text=The%20Arikaree%20Breaks%20are%20a%20rugged%20landscape%20of%20canyons%20that,and%20form%20a%20steep%20face." target="_blank">Kansas Sampler</a>]</span></span></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"></span></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">The Arikaree Breaks are located on the extreme northern edge of Cheyenne County just a few miles east from the </span><a data-sv-linklookup-id="6058e1b34cd1100a4458889f" data-sv-linklookup-type="plugins_nav_navitem_primary_main" data-sv-targetauto="true" href="https://www.travelks.com/things-to-do/byways-and-highways/byways/land-and-sky/" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_self">Land & Sky Scenic Byway</a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">. The stunning views of the gullies and rock formations are comprised of loess rocks which are a mixture of wind deposits from sand, silt, and clay. The breaks are 36 miles long and approximately two to three miles wide but mostly reside on private land. [<a href="https://www.travelks.com/things-to-do/parks-and-nature/scenic-areas/arikaree-breaks/" target="_blank">Kansas Tourism</a>]</span></span></blockquote><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: calluna_regular, serif; font-size: 20px;"></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Again, no camera could do this place justice.</span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwWrPi47MnTmsd7tnvIj4J5y2tis0xQP-HtkbR9-6jKg76xLxLDIklSjSuO_pZMlVu_JP3p8__tViHHpTPPTmW4uuxFq4cJZmNa1WaaivwvJw0nF5OY4igEvP_gq_i9R46hUJAUzqcxdSe6ai1pajbfp1jrfXVpZg7-gnoZx1uK2dzrTgVeP0_s6dtT7p/w400-h300/2023-09-17%2017.47.09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2RNXB" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Arikaree Breaks GC2RNXB</span></a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwWrPi47MnTmsd7tnvIj4J5y2tis0xQP-HtkbR9-6jKg76xLxLDIklSjSuO_pZMlVu_JP3p8__tViHHpTPPTmW4uuxFq4cJZmNa1WaaivwvJw0nF5OY4igEvP_gq_i9R46hUJAUzqcxdSe6ai1pajbfp1jrfXVpZg7-gnoZx1uK2dzrTgVeP0_s6dtT7p/s4032/2023-09-17%2017.47.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBNld1im9Bnx6DBwf4S_VCN08uraIFvnGJo0vMiwEdi0z7tC_yYWdRWKMMdpk3EjtmBmf9vqLtUxy-HC7yAqPkikd7UoyzcHkidINtv46B3a2WKqmf_TNZCtsHWCLojhvgYGgR1fzHSD5ZFn-jnvoV27d01z4ebgn65pa7SBQDFKvD4bOBI9dyr5hZsGQZ/w400-h300/2023-09-17%2023.59.27.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC31" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Arikaree GC31</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We spent a lot of time appreciating Arikaree, but the sun is setting and Nebraska is just a few miles north. We had to take the opportunity to grab another state souvenir.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBNld1im9Bnx6DBwf4S_VCN08uraIFvnGJo0vMiwEdi0z7tC_yYWdRWKMMdpk3EjtmBmf9vqLtUxy-HC7yAqPkikd7UoyzcHkidINtv46B3a2WKqmf_TNZCtsHWCLojhvgYGgR1fzHSD5ZFn-jnvoV27d01z4ebgn65pa7SBQDFKvD4bOBI9dyr5hZsGQZ/s4032/2023-09-17%2023.59.27.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZy_yTyjvkO8dUF4D-XoL10MoPZxeXE6xBN8kStoaR7LCWdZ9r85_Gh6qBZZJ-5kFmxoiKPIDKmNES8zylqBtxYwWMTg8Q_g_ohNc0X6eitY_RpH3hAZDl52GFQNhxgsn-rd3Ds3ZbttPYJzS0FdijBMe68T2zuAWjoP_pXLFH89e1bG5R_xsZayHQU8J/w400-h300/2023-09-17%2018.18.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nebraska Keeper of the Cache</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZy_yTyjvkO8dUF4D-XoL10MoPZxeXE6xBN8kStoaR7LCWdZ9r85_Gh6qBZZJ-5kFmxoiKPIDKmNES8zylqBtxYwWMTg8Q_g_ohNc0X6eitY_RpH3hAZDl52GFQNhxgsn-rd3Ds3ZbttPYJzS0FdijBMe68T2zuAWjoP_pXLFH89e1bG5R_xsZayHQU8J/s4032/2023-09-17%2018.18.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifAPPYUmo_iplTJOD7WRTy1GuFRP6T0bn75QTxxUTB8j-YMf0QEv3CHXdtkH-nYvFxz441ISC75kwGQQUqdnTgiKAiuIXiNZSl7UWKktmgkZJUBIdvye1kflCaSMAADvLlPGag6hVB4Gu5IFNxxIHLXwkahbwI_7SgME8KpG0gStRcFWYmuosWfC_06Xt1/w300-h400/2023-09-17%2018.40.41.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1X9DZ" target="_blank">Texas Trail Canyon Cache GC1X9DZ</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifAPPYUmo_iplTJOD7WRTy1GuFRP6T0bn75QTxxUTB8j-YMf0QEv3CHXdtkH-nYvFxz441ISC75kwGQQUqdnTgiKAiuIXiNZSl7UWKktmgkZJUBIdvye1kflCaSMAADvLlPGag6hVB4Gu5IFNxxIHLXwkahbwI_7SgME8KpG0gStRcFWYmuosWfC_06Xt1/s4032/2023-09-17%2018.40.41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9R9X97BIiA17-LUD6gKazZ9I1YX53rEa1Vm2yjs8tmjsf3ALc6eF1d63LmYQ4NUJVAAD0lOEfPxIodoFn9jQmIghdfRty3OTr1FCau4uV-4X4_eDybCLP8kG4fq6eQEg05YeH0cMRxXoTPzO6UxgfMxLhE_r-uJ7PVaHOYQHZppM24cp9k-ZHNLbHEr7s/w300-h400/2023-09-17%2018.44.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok, cacti is a thing? I almost stepped on it!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now the sun is truly kissing the horizon, and we still have HOURS of driving to Colorado Springs. Although beautiful, we had several opportunities to test our bravery. Try driving for hours, in the dark, along unfamiliar country roads with NO houses in between in a strange rental car. Bumps! Animal eyes flashing in the headlights. Miles and miles and miles of emptiness and darkness with almost no phone connectivity. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9R9X97BIiA17-LUD6gKazZ9I1YX53rEa1Vm2yjs8tmjsf3ALc6eF1d63LmYQ4NUJVAAD0lOEfPxIodoFn9jQmIghdfRty3OTr1FCau4uV-4X4_eDybCLP8kG4fq6eQEg05YeH0cMRxXoTPzO6UxgfMxLhE_r-uJ7PVaHOYQHZppM24cp9k-ZHNLbHEr7s/s4032/2023-09-17%2018.44.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIC6ngRoguQac1leZ2F1IysibG84fwVZ9vbILITFlwjlrV0zoLf42-XxwpAGlBEyyBECXMFpYawC2l2QWJIv2VweBmJzYMIDrPlpm_E8sCsRnXcmKxZVrAuDbNkyn6T8lP1xrOq1NyeUmmThiq2sxL_QJCJoXNYjk6xQ2NoqOVhjBY0PapHHVb04Mp46s/s4000/20230917_191408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIC6ngRoguQac1leZ2F1IysibG84fwVZ9vbILITFlwjlrV0zoLf42-XxwpAGlBEyyBECXMFpYawC2l2QWJIv2VweBmJzYMIDrPlpm_E8sCsRnXcmKxZVrAuDbNkyn6T8lP1xrOq1NyeUmmThiq2sxL_QJCJoXNYjk6xQ2NoqOVhjBY0PapHHVb04Mp46s/w400-h300/20230917_191408.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 hours in the air and 12 hours on the road, we pulled into Colorado Springs in the darkness. Little did we know what morning had in store for us!</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyHqFka3lWn53y8RtgQHZR4EQoFhjZhdmR1F4HSsB9eUntQ9svjP9pHHTsseXh541dyqIO2acFK4SRJAxYCpw4masz5iLgFKd-dr_AZO3NDYGHcj2raUDFwE-E8mVac8hcycQINl5PT0G3t50hrh5j-Et1VHg8lYRXPsn6Msx1wrt25OGoh2g7XcKc92U/s2048/IMG_5478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyHqFka3lWn53y8RtgQHZR4EQoFhjZhdmR1F4HSsB9eUntQ9svjP9pHHTsseXh541dyqIO2acFK4SRJAxYCpw4masz5iLgFKd-dr_AZO3NDYGHcj2raUDFwE-E8mVac8hcycQINl5PT0G3t50hrh5j-Et1VHg8lYRXPsn6Msx1wrt25OGoh2g7XcKc92U/s320/IMG_5478.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 state souvenirs!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><h2 style="color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Important Takeaways from Today's Travels</span></span></h2><div><ol><li style="color: black; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Use all the Delta app features - saved our parking space, check-in for flights, track your gate. </span></span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Make sure you have paper backups and save files offline for when data connectivity is an issue.</span></span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The TSA Precheck fee (2023 = $78) was so worth the money! While others grumbled in the long DTW security lines we breezed through the Precheck line - beginning to end - less than 5 minutes. No taking off shoes or turning on laptops either. </span></span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If you are a member of Budget Fast Break, remember that before you stand in long lines for an hour. Luckily, we scored an amazing Ford Edge with a giant navigation screen.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Data connectivity is iffy in the mountains and the plains. So glad we packed our Garmin car GPS, especially driving those backroads from Nebraska to Colorado Springs!</span></span></li></ol></div></div><div style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-19341629294234131052023-10-07T19:11:00.001-04:002023-10-07T19:11:17.886-04:00Happy International EarthCache Day 2023<div dir="ltr"><b>Prairie Park Rain Garden EarthCache GC8VVR8</b></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Greetings and Happy International EarthCache Day!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">TaGeez and I are pretty horrible at EarthCaches, but we try not to miss this weekend each year. We scouted around and spied this one - what an interesting concept! A rain garden! Quite more interesting than another vernal pond or conglomerate rock! </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">So, we drove down from Ferndale, struggled through construction, to spend a peaceful reprieve at this site. Lovely. I'm sure there would be more bees and butterflies on a warmer day, but we learned a lot. It's making us rethink our backyard! </div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhANKmWzUBySmqLDeZtPSFAHhsZN12DXoMFZL9FescIMPJtTcMWfFeallY_xGQ1EjV4ScyJtVVWiS9zeeCHdrwkSrQ6ehdySrHhkSbdD2SmuIWJ5dzgiPWdvIj1QY27fneiIlRXe9oMvtyBUS4Dw4SMFBzpoEGBrVZxsVV9EtVOtUgNs7vls0HDYgR7kLww"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhANKmWzUBySmqLDeZtPSFAHhsZN12DXoMFZL9FescIMPJtTcMWfFeallY_xGQ1EjV4ScyJtVVWiS9zeeCHdrwkSrQ6ehdySrHhkSbdD2SmuIWJ5dzgiPWdvIj1QY27fneiIlRXe9oMvtyBUS4Dw4SMFBzpoEGBrVZxsVV9EtVOtUgNs7vls0HDYgR7kLww=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7287358112498169314" /></a></div><div dir="ltr"></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-47239379526638382722023-09-15T13:32:00.004-04:002023-09-15T13:32:53.969-04:00July 2023 - Lake Michigan Adventure<p>Ever find yourself on a beautiful Saturday with no responsibilities, no commitments, but an urge to get out? It's rare, but TaGeez and I found ourselves in that boat. </p><p>What to do? What to do? Grab a box of donuts and head west. Hey, want to go to Kalamazoo? That's the joy of geocaching - you can always make an adventure on a geotrail!</p><p>First stop was this sweet little campus of Western Michigan University.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MfzW-PO_DEW6_J2111cXRvaVC1eohbs8kQnNesIwDacp4_UOf8Ksuooj3uCkaGdalrpgQAJfwcY0ydb5E5Ki8dXiISUtWb5mRFV7x2BBN7kcm-ZDre8OJLyn3_iRBuP5i7PLfJk9mNLIqSZ68nWCveTRjajeK1xkVBDkjW9tWo_aDpROSjYW88bL2jTn/s4032/2023-07-29%2010.16.21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MfzW-PO_DEW6_J2111cXRvaVC1eohbs8kQnNesIwDacp4_UOf8Ksuooj3uCkaGdalrpgQAJfwcY0ydb5E5Ki8dXiISUtWb5mRFV7x2BBN7kcm-ZDre8OJLyn3_iRBuP5i7PLfJk9mNLIqSZ68nWCveTRjajeK1xkVBDkjW9tWo_aDpROSjYW88bL2jTn/w400-h300/2023-07-29%2010.16.21.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfX1Y2Hp5PZdxgiXRd_Q8k-qIDQQeRQojFSgdzvLccpiHGeN8MIx0tekGeIHOwmajnjn8ca5DcgFS21G4UgV_wJqffUcvKInbsARKoGnP_iBIIHU0KJQQB6gqQgC3P4ZXKL4o-e1WSx6Owx9Iof-vmw22ziFXNC2Xrsb315wPbM_Uf2eh28HsRDQVZGnp/s3088/2023-07-29%2010.17.40.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfX1Y2Hp5PZdxgiXRd_Q8k-qIDQQeRQojFSgdzvLccpiHGeN8MIx0tekGeIHOwmajnjn8ca5DcgFS21G4UgV_wJqffUcvKInbsARKoGnP_iBIIHU0KJQQB6gqQgC3P4ZXKL4o-e1WSx6Owx9Iof-vmw22ziFXNC2Xrsb315wPbM_Uf2eh28HsRDQVZGnp/w400-h300/2023-07-29%2010.17.40.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kalamazoo Sky Line Virtual GC9P6KV</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xARv1xBAa3Llc9tih2iWhT1HGIK24d8hNL_3Fvbbl_fAgeajAoX-un6d1bJuPosUuLdm7b1lSiNgdzu4ZlUNsbZgolzQTNV2aDQUwYSRjoXCoAvU8vJPNuB6loXWcr5Q49Gmw69MTQbV6gH44M0NWlFvLSYr68bwwX7ZLDCdM0j4dWb2NPqo6M76Lf0y/s4032/2023-07-29%2010.23.50.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xARv1xBAa3Llc9tih2iWhT1HGIK24d8hNL_3Fvbbl_fAgeajAoX-un6d1bJuPosUuLdm7b1lSiNgdzu4ZlUNsbZgolzQTNV2aDQUwYSRjoXCoAvU8vJPNuB6loXWcr5Q49Gmw69MTQbV6gH44M0NWlFvLSYr68bwwX7ZLDCdM0j4dWb2NPqo6M76Lf0y/w300-h400/2023-07-29%2010.23.50.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Good thing he's not afraid of heights!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />We had no plans. We visited Bricks & Minifigs. We visited a quilt ship. We visited an airport. What? I've seen this Virtual listed for years, but when would we fly out of the Gerald R Ford Airport? It was a little tricky reaching the Observation Deck, but we managed it.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lJ9GxxIdqlbfRFbvy58M8CCSt9vVUPkig_F00YdEN8gX0Y1xUVoaheBdFABsZtYYTfniDK02lz1aJwHMzA61PVVDw-sg9boW3EifkZX5FfqAwA_eHqvc5VGmENwg-FQl8m0F2wlQzwEAeOEmMBXREV7u9o90mZWi6BTbAf2xORWiwwEuc_sPtQCPnR-n/s4032/2023-07-29%2012.37.23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lJ9GxxIdqlbfRFbvy58M8CCSt9vVUPkig_F00YdEN8gX0Y1xUVoaheBdFABsZtYYTfniDK02lz1aJwHMzA61PVVDw-sg9boW3EifkZX5FfqAwA_eHqvc5VGmENwg-FQl8m0F2wlQzwEAeOEmMBXREV7u9o90mZWi6BTbAf2xORWiwwEuc_sPtQCPnR-n/w400-h300/2023-07-29%2012.37.23.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We have seen this Virtual for years, but it’s always seemed a little off our path & too time consuming. Today was the day to do it.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong>First, a few instructions for future finders:</strong> Park in the short term parking ($2 for the first hour) and enter the terminal at Door 3. Walk forward and through the small hallway/tunnel area (past baggage claim & towards security). When you see the Gerald R. Ford Tribute Room ahead, look up. The Observation Deck is directly above it. You can take the stairs on the right to the second floor.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. We sat and watched for planes (wish we could’ve got better pictures). We strolled sound the terminal and even had our pictures taken with a President! After completing the AL here, we drove over to the Viewing Area (SO packed with “birdwatchers”!) and completed the lab there, too.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m surprised at how much I enjoyed this! ❤️ Fave point!</p></div></blockquote><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWqfwy0DhkhKbXQyQSJN3V3aurWRECAWXQ-zbNAobECO9geW4nPVaVmHYAVBJCElSfG5fego7SyknLPw8NYkoCwrmn5pMIzmCuDgyJ6W2sUAJvsM6tM7A5b4aiPJn0Aya9xRlMPFxUEtQ185QNLeXNKL3Sk0o0LzSK3e7oSTfMhSIhYPGGjQ8-vG_UXUu/s4032/2023-07-29%2012.57.11-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWqfwy0DhkhKbXQyQSJN3V3aurWRECAWXQ-zbNAobECO9geW4nPVaVmHYAVBJCElSfG5fego7SyknLPw8NYkoCwrmn5pMIzmCuDgyJ6W2sUAJvsM6tM7A5b4aiPJn0Aya9xRlMPFxUEtQ185QNLeXNKL3Sk0o0LzSK3e7oSTfMhSIhYPGGjQ8-vG_UXUu/w400-h300/2023-07-29%2012.57.11-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bird Watching Virtual GC7B6CB</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Did you see the "bird" in the background? We had fun exploring the airport and even visiting with the President himself!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_IAyyfK_mcqDn5McCbT0zPk8TxGFCBKV1P6CGxO1eWujZONrjgVrrXF_Q6IGsncw-y_yzAga_-xOK-6eL3MkPUao-at4mNuLHfp6XcP7qNG5OEBQNxTkS6KNX-gcQWVfad1bYK7SfW3S1103jWriorKBWguPmTxQMzEXnzpKbUV_yNkPjeWiYALMvIi6/s1600/2023-07-29%2013.11.29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_IAyyfK_mcqDn5McCbT0zPk8TxGFCBKV1P6CGxO1eWujZONrjgVrrXF_Q6IGsncw-y_yzAga_-xOK-6eL3MkPUao-at4mNuLHfp6XcP7qNG5OEBQNxTkS6KNX-gcQWVfad1bYK7SfW3S1103jWriorKBWguPmTxQMzEXnzpKbUV_yNkPjeWiYALMvIi6/w180-h400/2023-07-29%2013.11.29.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In for a penny, in for a pound. Let's keep heading a little Northeast for another sweet virtual. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijF8EGN1reBX2h2LD-s5-J1fnL7iG3vgQyXlGOpgyeaupNbDSu0ZtgXIJegSFthROTejcsoj6mfpB_0-QeJGWjPaNuxID8VBuSAKq7Ga9ZMRhtBeu1UrNPVF1xIHTGDkR3KpVKNa8PfYLjaRBL9BIG9L8Vf9q3RgFLwh5XDnebSklZDnLH0z6CGuUKItcV/s4032/2023-07-29%2013.43.28.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijF8EGN1reBX2h2LD-s5-J1fnL7iG3vgQyXlGOpgyeaupNbDSu0ZtgXIJegSFthROTejcsoj6mfpB_0-QeJGWjPaNuxID8VBuSAKq7Ga9ZMRhtBeu1UrNPVF1xIHTGDkR3KpVKNa8PfYLjaRBL9BIG9L8Vf9q3RgFLwh5XDnebSklZDnLH0z6CGuUKItcV/w300-h400/2023-07-29%2013.43.28.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valley of Heroes Virtual - GC7B6VZ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">After paying our respects and gathering the necessary information, we headed nearby to Cascade Roadhouse for a delightful lunch. This was a great interlude in our day!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CjRd0yvOlVl3AM6bqbP4cZx8m_Pit45fxYY-ydDVlCOJDhwIOM22qhaLzHgIozE9WUDYAr1nnB7vw7WcRk0x3wCwAV9J2lbe9qycOVo0YV_c0378BV97mwYSa0v9TKumOobC33PIoR39AAYwS3S5sykGmbHvRKY7YpFZPTlCBkN2-BfyXpjMQjXkxqrS/s4032/2023-07-29%2014.22.08-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CjRd0yvOlVl3AM6bqbP4cZx8m_Pit45fxYY-ydDVlCOJDhwIOM22qhaLzHgIozE9WUDYAr1nnB7vw7WcRk0x3wCwAV9J2lbe9qycOVo0YV_c0378BV97mwYSa0v9TKumOobC33PIoR39AAYwS3S5sykGmbHvRKY7YpFZPTlCBkN2-BfyXpjMQjXkxqrS/s320/2023-07-29%2014.22.08-1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did you know that Grand Rapids has a Bricks & Minifigs, too? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQ9FRugrKg3YK-Q99kKO1_hKG5CpsObGXz1IQv0QKj-SoYP-ES_4KO1IgN_CO1oIf7tdmb0AFkTq4c6BZS_hUUcvBWZYAsq9f2S_dZ5bqZ0SFo_2K4aF682eJUQ7gJWN2wlh2_YX3uLx5KNrZH4VRrrmDwYmouOSwAy6lQdikcvvzMGkWkZ2wihqMekJZ/s3088/2023-07-29%2015.04.36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQ9FRugrKg3YK-Q99kKO1_hKG5CpsObGXz1IQv0QKj-SoYP-ES_4KO1IgN_CO1oIf7tdmb0AFkTq4c6BZS_hUUcvBWZYAsq9f2S_dZ5bqZ0SFo_2K4aF682eJUQ7gJWN2wlh2_YX3uLx5KNrZH4VRrrmDwYmouOSwAy6lQdikcvvzMGkWkZ2wihqMekJZ/s320/2023-07-29%2015.04.36.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Well, now what? Hey, do you remember there's an oldie somewhere out here? A March 2001 traditional! Now, where is it? We need it for our double Jasmer. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ie60bGtxZReH6Ww1__DlZFyVMy5km3OIJi2RbqxiqQb2TXbMF36xYLwZyDm_48Ud9awIt0yTheaRz5d-8ymVtvAnJzarsKr8lHR_GneIjnG5KrPsxRO2MRo_bXS03d8i4XpmapcX48Y01z-pxdYI8AbAVOVeDhng6678hDWviFAQw36p2vwjZVpoPiPv/s4032/2023-07-29%2015.54.58-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ie60bGtxZReH6Ww1__DlZFyVMy5km3OIJi2RbqxiqQb2TXbMF36xYLwZyDm_48Ud9awIt0yTheaRz5d-8ymVtvAnJzarsKr8lHR_GneIjnG5KrPsxRO2MRo_bXS03d8i4XpmapcX48Y01z-pxdYI8AbAVOVeDhng6678hDWviFAQw36p2vwjZVpoPiPv/s320/2023-07-29%2015.54.58-1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TaGeez and I are working on our double Jasmer, and, as others have mentioned, “March 2001” is rare. So, when we realized we would be in this area, we detoured here for the find.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First, we were stopped by the construction crew because the road 300 ft from the park entrance was closed for resurfacing. When we explained we were trying to get to the park, they let us pass.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After parking and lathering ourselves in bug spray, we headed off. Wow! There is not enough bug spray in the world for these bloodsuckers! Even TaGeez, who is normally immune, had to don his head net!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.7 mile further down this track, we found the cache and the mosquitoes cheered! There were tons of them! We signed the log, dropped my path tag, and scurried back out of there (out of the shade and into the baking sun).</p></div></blockquote><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCBWEWs9FMS_Mq1Xc0jrDvGBI25QCy-syrrPLnAPGjOj3VfnogNTZ_6ub5WbGIwWzCKZ3Z4-BOgpuc46K7aQq0BWSovk_uF5NMVKUHXJ_o20H10DTLIdCAs66hlClkjenlKhMx6d2my9hehZHpYvqsd4wkYxiLTUIQ73c4lXeh-j_xCLE8mvP0PHaeaqu/s3088/2023-07-30%2014.43.34.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCBWEWs9FMS_Mq1Xc0jrDvGBI25QCy-syrrPLnAPGjOj3VfnogNTZ_6ub5WbGIwWzCKZ3Z4-BOgpuc46K7aQq0BWSovk_uF5NMVKUHXJ_o20H10DTLIdCAs66hlClkjenlKhMx6d2my9hehZHpYvqsd4wkYxiLTUIQ73c4lXeh-j_xCLE8mvP0PHaeaqu/w400-h300/2023-07-30%2014.43.34.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Floodpain Folly GC4E8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJ8qxwCTCWCpHN_FqlC8RV6UHkudTkLgTClCrPAAxHY282T5wiaWUf38f0wFUBjozXvOqrEpdgg5AkyfzH7Y8EgEfYpZ8oRbQZQ4flhfiKUzohYscl-V7j5mK-zDIanXoOfB9zSg6OsW1tWT03e_ALxUnjJm4uUi9cJQE8OfjwiISjP6CjknJg8CY_2pZ/s4032/2023-07-29%2016.24.17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJ8qxwCTCWCpHN_FqlC8RV6UHkudTkLgTClCrPAAxHY282T5wiaWUf38f0wFUBjozXvOqrEpdgg5AkyfzH7Y8EgEfYpZ8oRbQZQ4flhfiKUzohYscl-V7j5mK-zDIanXoOfB9zSg6OsW1tWT03e_ALxUnjJm4uUi9cJQE8OfjwiISjP6CjknJg8CY_2pZ/w300-h400/2023-07-29%2016.24.17.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ok, out of the dark and sweaty. Let's go find water! Attached to a beach and a nearby lighthouse. Oh, the joys of Lake Michigan via Grand Haven and Holland. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QRQ07czBMfX5uuHsZuPBBlxM3bBz7Rw4_T0qUJY-ujCKeX9cmu4Tl7RFWmphkrSVJ1cJkoLhSxQMEru5MJlxMv7odNkDrzazr1PstCqY1WcMwMoqH_m-bOprmPwuEi3BxF55iFRK1x663LUOp47P9EPWuLHaOyo_obu19_RrYsrhZtt-Zed950umjKFf/s4032/2023-07-29%2017.40.23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QRQ07czBMfX5uuHsZuPBBlxM3bBz7Rw4_T0qUJY-ujCKeX9cmu4Tl7RFWmphkrSVJ1cJkoLhSxQMEru5MJlxMv7odNkDrzazr1PstCqY1WcMwMoqH_m-bOprmPwuEi3BxF55iFRK1x663LUOp47P9EPWuLHaOyo_obu19_RrYsrhZtt-Zed950umjKFf/s320/2023-07-29%2017.40.23.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Summer is almost gone, and we almost missed it. So glad we detoured to feel sand between our toes. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG11eiLXYmydunhFp4nBa3DiOPyfB9sn9u0mkymwGnlUKM1x-EB2JT44kbCEfT60lYZo7E3MWlP5mKv2Hk3Wifarx8glAnC9OWF2czvWCkE0z7DDCROPbZvBOuSsSOgEBgsEWLF0eEvkPDeKiS3w5QzGxR1OvKShS2_wP608cbVLpCeQ8QQadEcvI0ckdX/s3088/2023-07-29%2017.49.00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG11eiLXYmydunhFp4nBa3DiOPyfB9sn9u0mkymwGnlUKM1x-EB2JT44kbCEfT60lYZo7E3MWlP5mKv2Hk3Wifarx8glAnC9OWF2czvWCkE0z7DDCROPbZvBOuSsSOgEBgsEWLF0eEvkPDeKiS3w5QzGxR1OvKShS2_wP608cbVLpCeQ8QQadEcvI0ckdX/w400-h300/2023-07-29%2017.49.00.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAlBJO444hbBSzFIyCmzu46dXeNm5yBUVfd0W_4HNq_tBJYuziE5E0kbDudA3I9ITgSLbsc070v6jJ00Q0TBrrnXv7yeaeRNkH1Dywx5FsFSLSbH8wTdglVyzE4fQCWGuo0Bb4rUzUeL2qZN1aL9N0nHsl0FUbcIeXVs4KoXMKSUFcHRVk_1pVg674ix7/s4032/2023-07-29%2017.54.12-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAlBJO444hbBSzFIyCmzu46dXeNm5yBUVfd0W_4HNq_tBJYuziE5E0kbDudA3I9ITgSLbsc070v6jJ00Q0TBrrnXv7yeaeRNkH1Dywx5FsFSLSbH8wTdglVyzE4fQCWGuo0Bb4rUzUeL2qZN1aL9N0nHsl0FUbcIeXVs4KoXMKSUFcHRVk_1pVg674ix7/w300-h400/2023-07-29%2017.54.12-1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJe7u8hbipzkPGLYqQRIPzYdgcWp6YNcwWEn4vLMTUdDyvGuuQ0-Mmooti-J_WIuL3eVg-tmf2NVFU206SZasWDet6x8p8fXLsL49VKoLzsfSrjyf8bu0G1U2C5zH49FPTfu_OoiBJsspwa6CwqIZNv4vEk2tEb80EH9e-5Hv0JatajfUwMJ9lVtLBF0HF/s3088/2023-07-29%2017.59.19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJe7u8hbipzkPGLYqQRIPzYdgcWp6YNcwWEn4vLMTUdDyvGuuQ0-Mmooti-J_WIuL3eVg-tmf2NVFU206SZasWDet6x8p8fXLsL49VKoLzsfSrjyf8bu0G1U2C5zH49FPTfu_OoiBJsspwa6CwqIZNv4vEk2tEb80EH9e-5Hv0JatajfUwMJ9lVtLBF0HF/w400-h300/2023-07-29%2017.59.19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We wrapped our day by heading South to Holland for a picnic lunch in our favorite park. Have you seen Centennial Park and the Wizard of Oz exhibit? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLwVrMK0Zn307R13X15ngDfExamjayWsBx3xj_-Qzq7J_TG9Y2L8qu_X5UMEXU5qqadzmAQTKQ7gmA3fZp6dIVOpeVXDB1A_-ynxVXysGTWj9aa4h_D3GvJan8bc__0A5XEg3j8-9zOOhGYVM9zowvxbHDfryP0sBF9v_X7XHOZei-le-9FqnMoD5K1wx/s4032/2023-07-29%2020.11.47.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLwVrMK0Zn307R13X15ngDfExamjayWsBx3xj_-Qzq7J_TG9Y2L8qu_X5UMEXU5qqadzmAQTKQ7gmA3fZp6dIVOpeVXDB1A_-ynxVXysGTWj9aa4h_D3GvJan8bc__0A5XEg3j8-9zOOhGYVM9zowvxbHDfryP0sBF9v_X7XHOZei-le-9FqnMoD5K1wx/w300-h400/2023-07-29%2020.11.47.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Isn't this the perfect ending to a gorgeous day? 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Road trip to Fulton County Fairgrounds for <a href="https://coord.info/GC9WDWW" target="_blank">Midwest GeoBash 2023</a> (GC9WDWW)! This year's theme is videogames.</span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2Wt_gm7hZuyjHfA1Im4eawFp4twoK-cSxfJd8lIJ73Y4cA6oPme5osAxqzT2qzTPhJ5HJvrrE3Fe3xU3n9mAZwB8V056iJOsOawLd2gr5Xaz0IwWn5SNu1qrlyElnnmbEbu5AiO7ybAGlVpAkCZ2UXks4UT-5IfzQrR8aShQWK_yZebyaMUx6wdMek3a/s3088/2023-07-21%2009.17.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2Wt_gm7hZuyjHfA1Im4eawFp4twoK-cSxfJd8lIJ73Y4cA6oPme5osAxqzT2qzTPhJ5HJvrrE3Fe3xU3n9mAZwB8V056iJOsOawLd2gr5Xaz0IwWn5SNu1qrlyElnnmbEbu5AiO7ybAGlVpAkCZ2UXks4UT-5IfzQrR8aShQWK_yZebyaMUx6wdMek3a/w400-h300/2023-07-21%2009.17.28.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TaGeez and I had commitments so we could only attend Friday and Saturday, so we arrived bright & early! The weather was stunning - a good day for a geo-adventure!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVWxtxh5bNxiLZ8NrAfe3sW4sOpzSG7-RLbhlsOFwEasPXVZGPSuyJQ_RCgbb4dNNbubTUmXSwyTpYggGTXiAA2GEvbgZAcTkKTgeGS8hKLT7m47duZefou0RtK2kxB4rOxudz_ZdWU_cgg8KTaf-ZW9it8PXw7EYhot-UfO9ys5O6XxfPhwkX3a5C9RO/s4032/2023-07-21%2009.18.19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVWxtxh5bNxiLZ8NrAfe3sW4sOpzSG7-RLbhlsOFwEasPXVZGPSuyJQ_RCgbb4dNNbubTUmXSwyTpYggGTXiAA2GEvbgZAcTkKTgeGS8hKLT7m47duZefou0RtK2kxB4rOxudz_ZdWU_cgg8KTaf-ZW9it8PXw7EYhot-UfO9ys5O6XxfPhwkX3a5C9RO/w400-h300/2023-07-21%2009.18.19.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Did I mention video games? TeamPhoenix421 did a brilliant job with the fairground caches! I could fill screens and screens of photos of these fabulous caches! We were lucky enough to see them intact - shortly afterwards, they were replaced with more common containers. </span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnNAtf4pV50Fh0elypLxmxQfv9jD7DeTH8fvgDAn9Sm5mdgGg41_IA10_9kyDDeDQnY4DW-YpFZNuzCDJYJ1sYBjV61ahN2RXkJNE3qjNHXMjvW2VSNrRrEv868dbSZ-3Bpp2RbfzsbLGclenmVGQfQRPgJF2Ls0SDd9qQRS6eqtF4I94LmbykQDA1i2i/s4032/2023-07-21%2009.22.42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnNAtf4pV50Fh0elypLxmxQfv9jD7DeTH8fvgDAn9Sm5mdgGg41_IA10_9kyDDeDQnY4DW-YpFZNuzCDJYJ1sYBjV61ahN2RXkJNE3qjNHXMjvW2VSNrRrEv868dbSZ-3Bpp2RbfzsbLGclenmVGQfQRPgJF2Ls0SDd9qQRS6eqtF4I94LmbykQDA1i2i/s320/2023-07-21%2009.22.42.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFU4pYVKvAtKjSaY5ERzXwNaVZaFA5CF5_8w2KrBchxLSYcCqLtHFqXb0R5cy4Pxe1jXdGjVAlrqIsxEh-T2VCU6DHGOAU3-e29PPJSCc1BWby4up6SEDDIHv8Kio9XwkAQKgZr8UryN-EfdCL8kf_o9DkNQeGRwJGbU9Duir-n3h8oVxHKizubHvrJlki/s4032/2023-07-21%2009.31.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFU4pYVKvAtKjSaY5ERzXwNaVZaFA5CF5_8w2KrBchxLSYcCqLtHFqXb0R5cy4Pxe1jXdGjVAlrqIsxEh-T2VCU6DHGOAU3-e29PPJSCc1BWby4up6SEDDIHv8Kio9XwkAQKgZr8UryN-EfdCL8kf_o9DkNQeGRwJGbU9Duir-n3h8oVxHKizubHvrJlki/s320/2023-07-21%2009.31.12.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We made a point of grabbing all the accessible fairground caches and adventure labs. So peaceful cruising up and down the fields, running into old friends, for a bit of relaxing caching. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then onto the poker run! And this is one of my new favorite spots! The Richard Allan Studios!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbC0ZQWL5Pu6E08eCfiD4ojKiBFSldZpLCqD3HcTi6c7GXS3aj2vt2ceRC6jaa3NN_ziJKMIFh_f29LrKq8rb0soGVp1ci8kPRmyQswuWgJVWaLFMSzyoWpTFJI2vuKX6piBvVKoXjFkPzepo22cblDv66RiwFrEqC4sHqpYxbjEaLK1g6Qc7YUDrW-i8M/s4032/2023-07-21%2010.56.30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbC0ZQWL5Pu6E08eCfiD4ojKiBFSldZpLCqD3HcTi6c7GXS3aj2vt2ceRC6jaa3NN_ziJKMIFh_f29LrKq8rb0soGVp1ci8kPRmyQswuWgJVWaLFMSzyoWpTFJI2vuKX6piBvVKoXjFkPzepo22cblDv66RiwFrEqC4sHqpYxbjEaLK1g6Qc7YUDrW-i8M/w400-h300/2023-07-21%2010.56.30.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And we brought home 2 of these cuties! There was no way I was leaving without them!</span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFeU6boEJrTQtvQ-mGB3dTKVNI-a-u4D5pyWa04xS130LgWPYqLaBFi3Z3S5gp6WZm_OjWanX65Vit36r8zWqraB-lK8AzNVm43s_H78PNeDhuIL_3WU_fX6ULer7Ul2BccoCWZFRhcp8YZ6oFlJ8bCkwtaxDY0vQdElBhpOfArayTJPUOaHT8-6zlHPa/s4032/2023-07-21%2010.51.52-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFeU6boEJrTQtvQ-mGB3dTKVNI-a-u4D5pyWa04xS130LgWPYqLaBFi3Z3S5gp6WZm_OjWanX65Vit36r8zWqraB-lK8AzNVm43s_H78PNeDhuIL_3WU_fX6ULer7Ul2BccoCWZFRhcp8YZ6oFlJ8bCkwtaxDY0vQdElBhpOfArayTJPUOaHT8-6zlHPa/s320/2023-07-21%2010.51.52-1.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I'm ridiculously proud of this one! This was a stage in one of the Adventure Labs. There was a group of cachers who had been struggling for a long time to put this together and eventually gave up. I sat down and BAM! Less than a minute! </span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7tG2NPko0S05_TessbysbGa-xCsZx72g5k7YrVj3F2tuF8vXBeCYcbrfg55yxXZCJlkhqUonqT58oaR8u9TjKgbrbH0uvfIKm1wCBMG43izneGkcDFrAE0XjRA_Pm-X1YsNH8BkVQvXrL92VPpRlXcmFcKybM7KNmhIunDIflmZ1-xUb_dJcGduE2eiW/s1600/2023-07-21%2014.18.07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7tG2NPko0S05_TessbysbGa-xCsZx72g5k7YrVj3F2tuF8vXBeCYcbrfg55yxXZCJlkhqUonqT58oaR8u9TjKgbrbH0uvfIKm1wCBMG43izneGkcDFrAE0XjRA_Pm-X1YsNH8BkVQvXrL92VPpRlXcmFcKybM7KNmhIunDIflmZ1-xUb_dJcGduE2eiW/w180-h400/2023-07-21%2014.18.07.jpg" width="180" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-Tm5Nfpmbrqs0WplJCL7L5QqwPw7DDZzo9Djv0aBJCgaC1dzDshTqyf65DCNS8Zn4MQPNSbPHLm0I43wFwrMnn_JRTap2R1eJVU62GahBFilaX-LCXfWKEWXYoVeTn4Ht660bWYf4b9Mj2NrpGkb_o2rIn4Zgue64_kLIRDoOpDNgCXNe9npNR3VvvFj/s4032/2023-07-21%2015.42.36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-Tm5Nfpmbrqs0WplJCL7L5QqwPw7DDZzo9Djv0aBJCgaC1dzDshTqyf65DCNS8Zn4MQPNSbPHLm0I43wFwrMnn_JRTap2R1eJVU62GahBFilaX-LCXfWKEWXYoVeTn4Ht660bWYf4b9Mj2NrpGkb_o2rIn4Zgue64_kLIRDoOpDNgCXNe9npNR3VvvFj/s320/2023-07-21%2015.42.36.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We wrapped the day by grabbing some of Team Doxie's EGG Challenge caches and then a delicious dinner at Outlaw Smokehouse in Napoleon. Have you been? Add it to your itinerary!</span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPFdQKY2fId4lFQUJSm7e6UrpK2mdJbCwRIH6anr1uJiICBWBTn3wiWPXU8-R0LuMIZtLtHatfL_5AWRJaARTXJqVEOpPg81MI3CcHAuF4Q2AmUS3REzA2FOsXY3irSq8cYQyzYcHKokyCnpchLwYnbn9-3wI4y0QbRUr5px8FC91mcdFFh3FZYlIgud9/s3088/2023-07-21%2018.45.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPFdQKY2fId4lFQUJSm7e6UrpK2mdJbCwRIH6anr1uJiICBWBTn3wiWPXU8-R0LuMIZtLtHatfL_5AWRJaARTXJqVEOpPg81MI3CcHAuF4Q2AmUS3REzA2FOsXY3irSq8cYQyzYcHKokyCnpchLwYnbn9-3wI4y0QbRUr5px8FC91mcdFFh3FZYlIgud9/w400-h300/2023-07-21%2018.45.01.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saturday morning involved more challenge caches, fairground caches, and TREASURE HUNT! That never gets old. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVaZCahBcg8OMh9ZF6sFCxazO_vbWKtgiisrK8YCH9ZNizt4BioKDxF4KjmPAybi9eUhWdQWK3WZy9FXRP7roSvVS328YBaBmNKxCPd4cu4SvSUOQ0MJ6vCoSZRIdJG1cJx0IMIJwIq0tvHIa9jcT9l-RljFGfJrjj93AILBvo2BbDzcvIzZlYdBp4K0C/s4032/2023-07-22%2010.29.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVaZCahBcg8OMh9ZF6sFCxazO_vbWKtgiisrK8YCH9ZNizt4BioKDxF4KjmPAybi9eUhWdQWK3WZy9FXRP7roSvVS328YBaBmNKxCPd4cu4SvSUOQ0MJ6vCoSZRIdJG1cJx0IMIJwIq0tvHIa9jcT9l-RljFGfJrjj93AILBvo2BbDzcvIzZlYdBp4K0C/s320/2023-07-22%2010.29.01.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Buy a ticket (in advance, is best). Go to the horse ring early Saturday morning (the earlier the better). For each ticket, you search and find a t-shirt trackable. Everyone is a winner!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoMsWL7kregMWN0fUZ-x6aw8zali8eX0I7z95ZoJALjXH_t8wr5YkFCDpRmmp2aHySnZZb2OkNqnueErQV3d7QOv_gKchS_5QxaGRYGJ9Et3le7IBECXrqSUBorezkmhSJxwRGTiDeWyaKAVyA8XIfl5hNu4EUgJbuIOVk4NLR5XMXwBjzULP-u3S77ML/s2000/2023-07-22%2022.59.16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoMsWL7kregMWN0fUZ-x6aw8zali8eX0I7z95ZoJALjXH_t8wr5YkFCDpRmmp2aHySnZZb2OkNqnueErQV3d7QOv_gKchS_5QxaGRYGJ9Et3le7IBECXrqSUBorezkmhSJxwRGTiDeWyaKAVyA8XIfl5hNu4EUgJbuIOVk4NLR5XMXwBjzULP-u3S77ML/w180-h400/2023-07-22%2022.59.16.jpg" width="180" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We bought extra tickets this year because Bash made a change. Instead of 1, they buried 3 different trackable t-shirts for finding. We almost had 2 complete sets (one of each), but we were one off. Luckily our new friend from Lansing was willing to make a swap with us!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1baU9Ry4_51_RqXwcNT6TJcqB8RbwsH1TIAw6AWMhM6c1l1p3i4uSQtBZiBeClP9C70Q1xl8HNJSicrHRZkScQsG0Zyh6U3TYKgR6QoxhMrdPCiyPoa9bQFSLLB0nnx7VVG8K5twFYW-bpMOczTHNk-RH1wE6O7fPZIK-ljlFthABr2lpEigRChIFiCyY/s2830/2023-09-04%2011.26.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2830" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1baU9Ry4_51_RqXwcNT6TJcqB8RbwsH1TIAw6AWMhM6c1l1p3i4uSQtBZiBeClP9C70Q1xl8HNJSicrHRZkScQsG0Zyh6U3TYKgR6QoxhMrdPCiyPoa9bQFSLLB0nnx7VVG8K5twFYW-bpMOczTHNk-RH1wE6O7fPZIK-ljlFthABr2lpEigRChIFiCyY/s320/2023-09-04%2011.26.11.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It's been a full two days, and time for a wrap. After a final trip to the food trucks (and a lovely picnic in the shade), we headed to Spangler for the closing ceremonies. Needless to say, TaGeez's shirt was a hit!</span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmqu-ReXZJD56_b_Vcz17wzYddM74LRHzPNjbkvptJOfJgE0VlEENy5kIMAxK4zFCQ8gfE8WHezUCVQyiq-uUf5LSsdnyBLmSG-ZqsSrEFJ_N1_IHY8U5dP2ULDoRUbyyhtiZzxzHLstohBtZZm7eIWvsbb2A9hvsOzRGOuwpLw64ysdWIa06n4sn02pw/s4032/2023-07-22%2016.29.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmqu-ReXZJD56_b_Vcz17wzYddM74LRHzPNjbkvptJOfJgE0VlEENy5kIMAxK4zFCQ8gfE8WHezUCVQyiq-uUf5LSsdnyBLmSG-ZqsSrEFJ_N1_IHY8U5dP2ULDoRUbyyhtiZzxzHLstohBtZZm7eIWvsbb2A9hvsOzRGOuwpLw64ysdWIa06n4sn02pw/s320/2023-07-22%2016.29.10.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuW_ulyV-k9poDE4HDqlCgPSYtpbICrp777uUU-GF_UWssax3or5SekConWChLWGON1VowBnHwwiC7hWi5-rYTPaXsvc-OGU9Skpx4kg6FR-CtEMZcqcyRtpUgbSLLaDMTN-THMEg8d0VqU2QiycG3vD3dE0DUU-Zebn8kE3TvsZBkLEAzLJNUXvY-OzSF/s2048/2023-07-22%2019.36.44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuW_ulyV-k9poDE4HDqlCgPSYtpbICrp777uUU-GF_UWssax3or5SekConWChLWGON1VowBnHwwiC7hWi5-rYTPaXsvc-OGU9Skpx4kg6FR-CtEMZcqcyRtpUgbSLLaDMTN-THMEg8d0VqU2QiycG3vD3dE0DUU-Zebn8kE3TvsZBkLEAzLJNUXvY-OzSF/w400-h225/2023-07-22%2019.36.44.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Midwest GeoBash 2023 - Closing Ceremony GCAA9KM </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />Next year is a birthday theme (20th annual), and we've already marking our calendars for <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">July 24-28, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">2024</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Hopefully the swag will be as fabulous! I bought the Flamingo Package, again. Scored 2 t-shirts (1 trackable), several trackable t-shirts and event coins. Loved the path tags, too. </span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPkw_Z_FKcAeaUmCcd1hC8DVs7uFEk5OFXIH6wTYDBfs5rwFD2Cyzqnll--P8OMoEWhNHbvQNifFa6FwtWl1jODk5scv1cGqPqhtkA12cbzA70IWxPprIfUuBqOizJhM7XVeopW6VTWC4-yV6LxxlmRFQvvng4PhUrt5WB1gbNhrkogaIh5iCllYNOLpw/s3024/2023-09-04%2011.25.58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPkw_Z_FKcAeaUmCcd1hC8DVs7uFEk5OFXIH6wTYDBfs5rwFD2Cyzqnll--P8OMoEWhNHbvQNifFa6FwtWl1jODk5scv1cGqPqhtkA12cbzA70IWxPprIfUuBqOizJhM7XVeopW6VTWC4-yV6LxxlmRFQvvng4PhUrt5WB1gbNhrkogaIh5iCllYNOLpw/w400-h400/2023-09-04%2011.25.58.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite one, was this amazing videogame geocoin! That "display" is a custom-shaped path tag, and I have 5 other path tags I can swap it out with!</span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXxjAEjyzglftsP6gFFt3MH8oWM0eBM4aCbyyYJ4JQbFCj7H20iV-wjurJzeC2kV15d4Y9ljy3aRt4xFJ3Nc9Kft5W4HykI0vKvGzwqA5L4k5FWT1N9U2r71eXtJtS4IKyTpHTrjZ3-KnYUETUtc0gu1-uSFIydpLAyLNHSWVTWglHza6d4L2xGTOE3MC/s3177/2023-09-04%2020.34.57a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3177" data-original-width="2298" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXxjAEjyzglftsP6gFFt3MH8oWM0eBM4aCbyyYJ4JQbFCj7H20iV-wjurJzeC2kV15d4Y9ljy3aRt4xFJ3Nc9Kft5W4HykI0vKvGzwqA5L4k5FWT1N9U2r71eXtJtS4IKyTpHTrjZ3-KnYUETUtc0gu1-uSFIydpLAyLNHSWVTWglHza6d4L2xGTOE3MC/s320/2023-09-04%2020.34.57a.jpg" width="231" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">There ain't no other mega like Midwest GeoBash!</span></b></p>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-83575318936387320692023-09-11T21:15:00.047-04:002023-09-11T21:15:00.134-04:00July 2023 - Murder in the Snag-The-Tag Mansion<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Have you heard of <a href="https://www.snagthetag.com/" target="_blank">Snag the Tag</a>? </span></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Join a game. Get there first. Find the tag. Redeem for a prize.</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Fourth of July weekend, TaGeez and I received notification that someone had hid a <a href="https://mansion.snagthetag.com/map.php" target="_blank">Murder in the STT Mansion tag</a> in downtown Detroit! What? We're normally the hiders so it was a thrill to go on the run!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">First to find the tag can claim the bigger associated Geocoin, and the Major Gold tag was up for grabs!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">WOW! What a downpour! Streets were flooding, lights were out, but we made it to the posted coordinates in good time. The frustration of finding parking! To our surprise, there was both a Major Gold and a Mrs Garnet tag waiting us! We each scored this round!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFiFCDPJPZNxbQxJ8Lox_MoUeYs0NEFb9GuZU5JSLsybeuMdLu21DOOow10f_8e5FaPP52pmNMRB_GYv_gdI0lvE0c8V5ja89Y_Gz9CxMo1Iif4RLQWZm57Qg1u1ymX3nA88AKlJ_L2KsGklkPGQkMeVl05wB1v_S2hLV1g9hXZew5D-9z_Xv5IUb9_dB/s4032/2023-07-02%2012.50.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFiFCDPJPZNxbQxJ8Lox_MoUeYs0NEFb9GuZU5JSLsybeuMdLu21DOOow10f_8e5FaPP52pmNMRB_GYv_gdI0lvE0c8V5ja89Y_Gz9CxMo1Iif4RLQWZm57Qg1u1ymX3nA88AKlJ_L2KsGklkPGQkMeVl05wB1v_S2hLV1g9hXZew5D-9z_Xv5IUb9_dB/s320/2023-07-02%2012.50.21.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Once you find and log the tag, we received instructions to claim the main geocoin. Look how cool these magnifying glasses are! And heavy, too!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LyJdp-NLXO0OyX8p5U9ukoFw4hK8SKbexr-va4yzzfFEUk87t2yUVoSg8AxDD9b-4sCG1ETjbUogXA9SISw_PDyYf4SGWBk_OsR2yfqlD_MvPf1j60OvtIWRH1CVyA0MpOUJwKSR4NAHAUQB9LVd5ETup9e-M54m-aF9K24BV1a4Zc0BRMwyKYc_Cu-p/s3024/2023-09-04%2011.33.27a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2173" data-original-width="3024" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LyJdp-NLXO0OyX8p5U9ukoFw4hK8SKbexr-va4yzzfFEUk87t2yUVoSg8AxDD9b-4sCG1ETjbUogXA9SISw_PDyYf4SGWBk_OsR2yfqlD_MvPf1j60OvtIWRH1CVyA0MpOUJwKSR4NAHAUQB9LVd5ETup9e-M54m-aF9K24BV1a4Zc0BRMwyKYc_Cu-p/s320/2023-09-04%2011.33.27a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRRwVcRxpyyQDiw3wh9aiKcmaV1PbfF-Xnkzw-WTxU9RSKvzt_kX9aswbdrI3ioj0ZNDmmAOmoO5mLntNVvsyt23Ce5hSVscjfAF-YF8v3UaavklbHZ0XXmTTh1h8sBLqkRGutLSiok61rjQjSPdZLqCzqAyZnKygEsgNqwP_dXVKsOvQ6vlZIFtbLb32/s2816/2023-09-04%2011.33.49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1877" data-original-width="2816" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRRwVcRxpyyQDiw3wh9aiKcmaV1PbfF-Xnkzw-WTxU9RSKvzt_kX9aswbdrI3ioj0ZNDmmAOmoO5mLntNVvsyt23Ce5hSVscjfAF-YF8v3UaavklbHZ0XXmTTh1h8sBLqkRGutLSiok61rjQjSPdZLqCzqAyZnKygEsgNqwP_dXVKsOvQ6vlZIFtbLb32/s320/2023-09-04%2011.33.49.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Keep an eye on the site for the next game coming to a town hear you!</span></p>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-13771663341478428662023-09-10T21:08:00.004-04:002023-09-10T21:09:01.143-04:00June 2023 - The Perry Adventure<p>It seems like you can always make an adventure with geocaching.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">TaGeez and I found ourselves in Perry, Michigan in June. There's a Lego store on the outskirts, and we found we had an afternoon to kill so we decided to explore. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We felt we were off to a good start when we pulled into a local rest area for a high favorited cache, and we realized we were being watched...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii74SpEhr97A_Pok8RZuEG7aW3Kfgf_kx0b69xZ8k_J0Doj91cOM_mOABkKKAiRzztYqLLH8fDJWoFo7jtDmtWrq7ZmhyEnkvrXESyose3Fmp-LtdPppRTXA98IdWN_8roQl6cFqiBCJ0ALgppDcyNcS7-DmIpxhwaSfgFDu3zvR-LLeLvSQFGKqwsPCIY/s4032/2023-06-24%2014.40.15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii74SpEhr97A_Pok8RZuEG7aW3Kfgf_kx0b69xZ8k_J0Doj91cOM_mOABkKKAiRzztYqLLH8fDJWoFo7jtDmtWrq7ZmhyEnkvrXESyose3Fmp-LtdPppRTXA98IdWN_8roQl6cFqiBCJ0ALgppDcyNcS7-DmIpxhwaSfgFDu3zvR-LLeLvSQFGKqwsPCIY/w400-h300/2023-06-24%2014.40.15.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keeper of the Cache</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Surprisingly enough, Perry had a sweet little downtown (close enough to the former Grand Trunk Railroad line and the Perry Mitten and Glove factory). We even found one of our favorite shops - the Swan Creek Candle Company! Long-lasting clean-burning soy candles. We tripped across it doing the local Adventure Lab. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrnsNMG4eoNBZIEVgjTIrjrpjQqD8dr0X8y4YRYa1GOdo1msMTHNYW9nw0MAMtEc_fRu81AQYTILaFlP2hPYUvuj0EgcnQBgY3ISouuIYw5CUD1msEZRBnI7trbhlxZPj4j2uCmFclBB_Ytww4l9diG9MfEw4GH7Z1HrF0kHvRJzBDhYqdz-y_37JwyJi/s3088/2023-06-24%2015.04.14-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrnsNMG4eoNBZIEVgjTIrjrpjQqD8dr0X8y4YRYa1GOdo1msMTHNYW9nw0MAMtEc_fRu81AQYTILaFlP2hPYUvuj0EgcnQBgY3ISouuIYw5CUD1msEZRBnI7trbhlxZPj4j2uCmFclBB_Ytww4l9diG9MfEw4GH7Z1HrF0kHvRJzBDhYqdz-y_37JwyJi/w400-h300/2023-06-24%2015.04.14-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another favorite stop on the Adventure Lab tour was the local <a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/25964" target="_blank">Roadside America-featured King Kone</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Twistee Treat buildings are 28 feet tall and 20 feet wide fiberglass ice cream cones topped with cherries. The design was created by Robert G. "Skip" Skinner who built the first location in North Fort Myers in 1982. The buildings were produced in Cape Coral, FL. They were made from 19 pieces of fiberglass and assembled on-site. By 1986, there were 30 locations, all of them in Florida. It is believed that about 90 of these buildings were produced over the years. About half of them have been demolished. [<a href="https://www.roadarch.com/food/twistee.html" target="_blank">source</a>]</blockquote></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRA5Y-nflls8S_BAxxgI-LRDyhTiwYIXTMq6rkw-gMDcyKCcn0jqplIDzl9iTJysdcaxfbl9RxmXAAPdjvKkW-swb_8VqTBvpI0M9x9ar_GFrvjhDmWmekwbsJrFyaO_GSyTNs0168novv0Gs1xC33pP6leCRkUHJyH1BDkzHTVfu17nMmwB08OTqdNDhU/s3088/2023-06-24%2015.26.36-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRA5Y-nflls8S_BAxxgI-LRDyhTiwYIXTMq6rkw-gMDcyKCcn0jqplIDzl9iTJysdcaxfbl9RxmXAAPdjvKkW-swb_8VqTBvpI0M9x9ar_GFrvjhDmWmekwbsJrFyaO_GSyTNs0168novv0Gs1xC33pP6leCRkUHJyH1BDkzHTVfu17nMmwB08OTqdNDhU/w400-h300/2023-06-24%2015.26.36-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">King Kone was DELICIOUS!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We found ourselves making a quick stop at a local rest stop. True to form, I stuck with the motto of "<b>Always read the plaque!</b>" You discover the most unusual sites the the <b>Michigan Center of Population.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUOPgmfYmbXpTVGbNM7JPYnqhUtnVPTIMCDmfMHgotn3yRoNH8qPJLqkJXLsWUc8FQeLDTw3J2h3DU5r0fg2wf54gz7T_tvEDWTIqp24-2M8EucmANz7KPV_drC-xAXBt-I9lA07P7Xsfq92nBtOOcWLWf3YE7TY9_G_dufIZFriwqYgfj-BbXRnFjlOz/s4032/2023-06-24%2016.29.07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUOPgmfYmbXpTVGbNM7JPYnqhUtnVPTIMCDmfMHgotn3yRoNH8qPJLqkJXLsWUc8FQeLDTw3J2h3DU5r0fg2wf54gz7T_tvEDWTIqp24-2M8EucmANz7KPV_drC-xAXBt-I9lA07P7Xsfq92nBtOOcWLWf3YE7TY9_G_dufIZFriwqYgfj-BbXRnFjlOz/w400-h300/2023-06-24%2016.29.07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGasJI-fzqx_gDGGHoUInU6AgEDGIszg-A1FWiNe1gDzSYjUT0VLxAo5cWDGUKr1dMPcanZFBjWoLfgXmRwKYkK-iKYgpH8LpDJeMwyZXPeUYol9XO5shJSi4UpcldKT2v-tToBWAthdCERzq0uKZecwgO5SP2t61fOH9_bbfk1kjWezeHDqFO7wEotjS/s3024/2023-06-24%2016.28.58.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGasJI-fzqx_gDGGHoUInU6AgEDGIszg-A1FWiNe1gDzSYjUT0VLxAo5cWDGUKr1dMPcanZFBjWoLfgXmRwKYkK-iKYgpH8LpDJeMwyZXPeUYol9XO5shJSi4UpcldKT2v-tToBWAthdCERzq0uKZecwgO5SP2t61fOH9_bbfk1kjWezeHDqFO7wEotjS/s320/2023-06-24%2016.28.58.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What else can we do in the area? Come to find out MSU has another research property nearby with the appetizing name of Muck Soils Research Farm. It has several geocaches, a linear adventure lab and an earth cache. It would've been a lovely place to explore the birds if it wasn't for the lack of shade on a 90 degree day!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-7RuR0jprpTJcq58mTjzq5VGzzB-6exEF7XJgMCtl0TL7tRXp3WG3Kq25STZBfZCs9EYugkI1J2mPZUh8Am2wLWP8bxsIvJOvFegBNiPPPhwvtIAx6tRa61w2QjazvDHABiHNIyWeE-Qx_lGk7SutQ8sF-gJAU92td_eUvui7eGNVgLWSaG3bHIVPEO3/s4032/2023-06-24%2017.18.58-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-7RuR0jprpTJcq58mTjzq5VGzzB-6exEF7XJgMCtl0TL7tRXp3WG3Kq25STZBfZCs9EYugkI1J2mPZUh8Am2wLWP8bxsIvJOvFegBNiPPPhwvtIAx6tRa61w2QjazvDHABiHNIyWeE-Qx_lGk7SutQ8sF-gJAU92td_eUvui7eGNVgLWSaG3bHIVPEO3/w300-h400/2023-06-24%2017.18.58-1.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Muck Soils Research Farm GC9PQMY</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />We added 2 more birds to our life list! I believe they have logged approximately 130 different migrating bird types here. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWYE26YeyMWvD9XHbxWVm_QoMLESPSkCTkEyK2cQJ6RjpmF5vvkFN8HqhNvUfLd8utK9Jmh8JeCsX-QRhAIH4G09q8XQ5wm43OsmQS7irJ1yYlzFewBJw6Uk1wEK2ZLu62Q5Ez3TOPgTyD3gPCEmS_ZuzeBEo3HJKUpAvoUYi5F0h3WZW0G8fNmnaH8tr/s3088/2023-06-24%2017.24.33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWYE26YeyMWvD9XHbxWVm_QoMLESPSkCTkEyK2cQJ6RjpmF5vvkFN8HqhNvUfLd8utK9Jmh8JeCsX-QRhAIH4G09q8XQ5wm43OsmQS7irJ1yYlzFewBJw6Uk1wEK2ZLu62Q5Ez3TOPgTyD3gPCEmS_ZuzeBEo3HJKUpAvoUYi5F0h3WZW0G8fNmnaH8tr/w400-h300/2023-06-24%2017.24.33.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It seemed fitting that we ended our day the same way we started... with another "Keeper of the Cache"!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdKb1Gfq8xyt5PtB7ELrbEj2rauurxDn3PvE9boFenogoGhw9XvSy_Fp2_STho5BMcqPuxjS0wWGNAdVKCF0HhyY6MLwuADhg1Hno37ADulvqCchNsjiyqQf4iSWWnKPmkqyjAVkyOZ96v5FI85Lk_Ad9RhAicoUZejnv7XjF21J0EEDijlLL0TYJWEPh/s1496/2023-06-24%2018.00.38.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1496" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdKb1Gfq8xyt5PtB7ELrbEj2rauurxDn3PvE9boFenogoGhw9XvSy_Fp2_STho5BMcqPuxjS0wWGNAdVKCF0HhyY6MLwuADhg1Hno37ADulvqCchNsjiyqQf4iSWWnKPmkqyjAVkyOZ96v5FI85Lk_Ad9RhAicoUZejnv7XjF21J0EEDijlLL0TYJWEPh/s320/2023-06-24%2018.00.38.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keeper of the Cache</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">What a sweet little afternoon in small town Michigan! </p></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-50711845341742733042023-09-07T21:47:00.005-04:002023-09-10T20:13:14.373-04:00June 2023 - Roadside America in Indiana<p>I'm not sure what Team Gates expected when he planned on this Jasmer run to Indiana, but it was definitely an interesting adventure! Saturday in June found myself, TaGeez, afishoutawater, and Team Gates packed into a Yugo. Ok, maybe not a Yugo... our goal was a roundtrip adventure to Indiana so Gates could work on his Jasmer while TaGeez & I worked on our double. </p><p>Now Gates has been doing a lot of geocaching with the Cool Crew, who loves a number run. We, on the other hand, are a different crew. Everyone, meet the <b>OK CREW</b>!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvpVgiL42up79gxqIWVHKAfQ_7U8J_DE9qlZ91HaFuLnL8ajWNnd06FMRgOu9BL3c-6E8HEcvbrPecRynHV1o9myWS8UY7GxZ-NLI9JNR8y3uANjzjf9Snd7JHAVCadLjAYKHdkrlSWIBncqfjOkvrJoS65BmWiPqW1T8Iv-yQIgKgeD2lsuBxXGYYDXT/s3088/2023-06-10%2010.03.07.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvpVgiL42up79gxqIWVHKAfQ_7U8J_DE9qlZ91HaFuLnL8ajWNnd06FMRgOu9BL3c-6E8HEcvbrPecRynHV1o9myWS8UY7GxZ-NLI9JNR8y3uANjzjf9Snd7JHAVCadLjAYKHdkrlSWIBncqfjOkvrJoS65BmWiPqW1T8Iv-yQIgKgeD2lsuBxXGYYDXT/w400-h300/2023-06-10%2010.03.07.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TaGeez, afishoutawater, Team Gates<br />scrapcat</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Instead of numbers, we focused on the obscure, the quirky, the old. And we have all the pictures to prove it. <div><br /></div><div>First stop: the Grave of Johnny Appleseed in Fort Wayne!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmMBXwxoY43SPf3WCcVoI4EF8fYr0KCdJHipzXFTD1mrR9BGJNPYhvNKo2wFqgGsXdFU6UN7BfPf7MA4XWRfdTzbttiFQDxGEfR8vsNiv4xg_ieZDe_5_muK09xSDiOY8NW0A-fF0vjMQY8k_wc1XjnBHF9nskiiSx0qZ85JaBQ5OuBAI3Vd7FHLCIR_d/s3088/2023-06-10%2013.19.26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmMBXwxoY43SPf3WCcVoI4EF8fYr0KCdJHipzXFTD1mrR9BGJNPYhvNKo2wFqgGsXdFU6UN7BfPf7MA4XWRfdTzbttiFQDxGEfR8vsNiv4xg_ieZDe_5_muK09xSDiOY8NW0A-fF0vjMQY8k_wc1XjnBHF9nskiiSx0qZ85JaBQ5OuBAI3Vd7FHLCIR_d/w400-h300/2023-06-10%2013.19.26.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apple of My Eye GC890MY</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Let's avenge a DNF!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOwAu5VGZu6kL2M0FMcL3Wi-K6fTMwTHUhca8cfWzOs3Hom4b_oYDzd5zCyQmk_sZL9pW8YrKmA8fhUAi-i3favN-RFXPM07xDZGGSMyC2_m1rRCxKRXK0xk0Sj6ZYLMk2ZTETfi4N7qQw3QP1rwWO5uEeWHGjZW3LLkCm_gpkCNoYnO8p6Ftpu2TdldG/s4032/2023-06-10%2013.35.29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOwAu5VGZu6kL2M0FMcL3Wi-K6fTMwTHUhca8cfWzOs3Hom4b_oYDzd5zCyQmk_sZL9pW8YrKmA8fhUAi-i3favN-RFXPM07xDZGGSMyC2_m1rRCxKRXK0xk0Sj6ZYLMk2ZTETfi4N7qQw3QP1rwWO5uEeWHGjZW3LLkCm_gpkCNoYnO8p6Ftpu2TdldG/s320/2023-06-10%2013.35.29.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Island in the Fort GC6PBKM</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And visit a dark alley 77 steps long....<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0UFhWQjqYiruvyUwBh-AdASZUyIZrBjBDCfpmCMcCW1gYaUN1TLNk5OBOzDF56KRbLLi6JeH3iBkaxM9W17r7qBcU7XSBRvmSjxhkOPJ5tWtDSBu_0aaRl85JaCqtsimCfFE04fruUSYVyRWG_hjBWyVAPcT7tXjBniau8oH3tvxnJH-MSTWxF-Fvsq7/s4032/2023-06-10%2014.15.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0UFhWQjqYiruvyUwBh-AdASZUyIZrBjBDCfpmCMcCW1gYaUN1TLNk5OBOzDF56KRbLLi6JeH3iBkaxM9W17r7qBcU7XSBRvmSjxhkOPJ5tWtDSBu_0aaRl85JaCqtsimCfFE04fruUSYVyRWG_hjBWyVAPcT7tXjBniau8oH3tvxnJH-MSTWxF-Fvsq7/w300-h400/2023-06-10%2014.15.27.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">77 Steps GC9P64H</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We had to stop and pose at the <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/rotary-jail-museum">Rotary Jail Museum</a>. How odd is this? </div><div><span style="color: #382c14; font-family: "Freight Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><blockquote>Rotary jails were a unique innovation in penitentiary design where the cells were wedge-shaped spaces arranged around a central hub. The entire hub could then be spun by a mechanism beneath the cells that was controlled by a hand crank. The cells would spin around so that the door could only be accessed from one opening.</blockquote></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzs_grk7NG0uS2zPAwwX2t1CfGdIM1svEfjJn34JIx0YnJTU9SWW7dB8Fg1fkeXBIqnjHd4NgD5Cgpyi1rufU-2jL4gYFpci33tuZPnByH3TF68_nnnMZsQrC0OjWtyY5i8KRgfj4tUx2ED2EtsmYaSEVMPGHnCkVzt4UmeE-xvxv7jaX4ziR2urUUwGRg/s3088/2023-06-10%2017.27.09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzs_grk7NG0uS2zPAwwX2t1CfGdIM1svEfjJn34JIx0YnJTU9SWW7dB8Fg1fkeXBIqnjHd4NgD5Cgpyi1rufU-2jL4gYFpci33tuZPnByH3TF68_nnnMZsQrC0OjWtyY5i8KRgfj4tUx2ED2EtsmYaSEVMPGHnCkVzt4UmeE-xvxv7jaX4ziR2urUUwGRg/w400-h300/2023-06-10%2017.27.09.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rotary Cellblock GCHXCT</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We finally made it to Turkey Run Stash GCC6. Long walks, steep paths, narrow trails hugging rocky cliffs. A scrapcat terrified and having a panic attack - heights are not my friend. 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We spied some 'keepers of the cache'.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7ysWE6YP43xkA3xw1p499A_BsA7ixJSm32Kpsh0nBZQG7GgrABXly1L_oDqepj_oHRmxdYlHvAN0z5tIWyHqne48x-shhLMNAhkhp5pWK92ShJsjfOhKbeWwsDe1mxi-80F8-xswuyZKLDcG9pED8lM4k1u_SadXxb_azETjDtgq_t-RPM-Uq0a0434R/s4032/2023-06-11%2010.56.12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7ysWE6YP43xkA3xw1p499A_BsA7ixJSm32Kpsh0nBZQG7GgrABXly1L_oDqepj_oHRmxdYlHvAN0z5tIWyHqne48x-shhLMNAhkhp5pWK92ShJsjfOhKbeWwsDe1mxi-80F8-xswuyZKLDcG9pED8lM4k1u_SadXxb_azETjDtgq_t-RPM-Uq0a0434R/s320/2023-06-11%2010.56.12.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indiana Spirit Quest GC65YHQ</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Found some Bow Tie Brothers...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Stop in at Dawson's for crab cakes!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOWZKW2SLpgcc_ZYBZm8qDJ1GrO44tNPpN9zCeOPagbBye0ona6EKMz-cZ-oMVXnFzGj1X6EsmAyep90rdanKJBC_kVMd1AwzWnsopCo_Q-fH5Q4vq0iINZO-u0GvPAmUPwV-KJmM-BsCNVUl5YGNEZ0jqLMUkA7g8ahk-J3ew8bWB8poktssnN4aLymD/s4032/2023-06-11%2014.02.36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOWZKW2SLpgcc_ZYBZm8qDJ1GrO44tNPpN9zCeOPagbBye0ona6EKMz-cZ-oMVXnFzGj1X6EsmAyep90rdanKJBC_kVMd1AwzWnsopCo_Q-fH5Q4vq0iINZO-u0GvPAmUPwV-KJmM-BsCNVUl5YGNEZ0jqLMUkA7g8ahk-J3ew8bWB8poktssnN4aLymD/s320/2023-06-11%2014.02.36.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7frdrYLkcgvosxJRyLQV4c6afPKKL_9FWfwoi9vAE7usWVotvQD_0PJj3zDtUtU3bUESYfaStxtQdHLLxyApMbTbrBzjzf-kV4XGIqVA79TDkzGoXeRteC7hyLQIzgqXNc3pgsY7FW2kx7oHOfb1Z1nbuA0VFFJcIHNzW9ztAYoHLDGSLOjms1DNY59H/s4032/2023-06-11%2015.23.01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7frdrYLkcgvosxJRyLQV4c6afPKKL_9FWfwoi9vAE7usWVotvQD_0PJj3zDtUtU3bUESYfaStxtQdHLLxyApMbTbrBzjzf-kV4XGIqVA79TDkzGoXeRteC7hyLQIzgqXNc3pgsY7FW2kx7oHOfb1Z1nbuA0VFFJcIHNzW9ztAYoHLDGSLOjms1DNY59H/w400-h300/2023-06-11%2015.23.01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And retro candy. YUM!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwM89FLMhdzzwlNZnEjt9N8gY_NGsx8ktRqSEi2i6FH__y1wwnHLDYcNn7E9-VfgAenqtMDr81QACVo0rcY3mno6uVDR60n3cJrMZ5-uPC_znxsypd36YA3xeRIbayCzjEMf9sIHMOCb2fHHVx7M_R8wtFbbv4MSSEyoIqtLdRyJKI9_A1bg_OlvpOTYxQ/s4032/2023-06-11%2015.24.02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwM89FLMhdzzwlNZnEjt9N8gY_NGsx8ktRqSEi2i6FH__y1wwnHLDYcNn7E9-VfgAenqtMDr81QACVo0rcY3mno6uVDR60n3cJrMZ5-uPC_znxsypd36YA3xeRIbayCzjEMf9sIHMOCb2fHHVx7M_R8wtFbbv4MSSEyoIqtLdRyJKI9_A1bg_OlvpOTYxQ/s320/2023-06-11%2015.24.02.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXA_2CwlCYwtxBEr0T0uS6PNpMPli6bgASEJmzNV3gDO_astJQpdI3LnJ5q5TOS5N-ToJmgaP9RpFnJt7OGRgrbGUdx-eM8mzcctK__WhyJzQWb1QRpqUj4v2wju8wQzu81zoSUb2Jx2gDY9WNekl0sm8zbGGkiK5jPDZauIFK0DT83D8nlpPEhgJAcGTs/s4032/2023-06-11%2015.31.45.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXA_2CwlCYwtxBEr0T0uS6PNpMPli6bgASEJmzNV3gDO_astJQpdI3LnJ5q5TOS5N-ToJmgaP9RpFnJt7OGRgrbGUdx-eM8mzcctK__WhyJzQWb1QRpqUj4v2wju8wQzu81zoSUb2Jx2gDY9WNekl0sm8zbGGkiK5jPDZauIFK0DT83D8nlpPEhgJAcGTs/s320/2023-06-11%2015.31.45.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's getting weirder. I'm taking a picture of TaGeez photographing Gates next to fish taking a picture of a giant bunny.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzFwMDGUCBEm_HqAUPfs1UjU7-xwyOtZvgulZtCiNHjl1OHlMraIVWMs_PA0M2dnuAtx8amvLXMwwFf93YJp2WAvF5iKi19nnp3vvOAmE4pvijjZpWgwYnNR9SUJjSHmapiqb0LfVmRCNj49e7amIcEbIpM4LMrJH2YSs2LFqi9Rpr2SznitqbDMfB6qR/s4032/2023-06-11%2016.33.56.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzFwMDGUCBEm_HqAUPfs1UjU7-xwyOtZvgulZtCiNHjl1OHlMraIVWMs_PA0M2dnuAtx8amvLXMwwFf93YJp2WAvF5iKi19nnp3vvOAmE4pvijjZpWgwYnNR9SUJjSHmapiqb0LfVmRCNj49e7amIcEbIpM4LMrJH2YSs2LFqi9Rpr2SznitqbDMfB6qR/w400-h300/2023-06-11%2016.33.56.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here is the bunny! The cache nearby was in a Nestle Quik container! Fave point!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomPc7a_Nkxraih89FGSrKQbqv6zEP7Al19Dxhro_gOgLduEzffgw1u8pLJPYjH_WDPazsJVEVKLUJ_rR5PUUaOxRJxAKu5UwIOitifUowRzybwnZyt2kIl6RB9TFHV3X71XzGiD5zLj1YIsZtkukEr2Tm745JdFs3OfE78zoFUV9-AuE4wagvQMo7fFbc/s4032/2023-06-11%2016.39.16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomPc7a_Nkxraih89FGSrKQbqv6zEP7Al19Dxhro_gOgLduEzffgw1u8pLJPYjH_WDPazsJVEVKLUJ_rR5PUUaOxRJxAKu5UwIOitifUowRzybwnZyt2kIl6RB9TFHV3X71XzGiD5zLj1YIsZtkukEr2Tm745JdFs3OfE78zoFUV9-AuE4wagvQMo7fFbc/w400-h300/2023-06-11%2016.39.16.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Guard for the Rabbit GC95QWY</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Grab a picture of the Muffler Man while exiting the freeway... <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93Z7vwJzjb9bfOujgdOOxwPpsSnFGZduxHgRJPIWD15enN4zv8rEutkQXp9G4ZpKw8E6QH6f_ejgZ2mZpHkoWTpQP3v9zcsPpEe0YyzWnrfYIGhanX3JS5uleTvuijwqcu8OaLlPOxegKs1E2X0TquhT8AHvZmILi3s_4A4Y0V-ZdeFOkLb3UbFbQK6Sp/s4032/2023-06-11%2017.12.53.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93Z7vwJzjb9bfOujgdOOxwPpsSnFGZduxHgRJPIWD15enN4zv8rEutkQXp9G4ZpKw8E6QH6f_ejgZ2mZpHkoWTpQP3v9zcsPpEe0YyzWnrfYIGhanX3JS5uleTvuijwqcu8OaLlPOxegKs1E2X0TquhT8AHvZmILi3s_4A4Y0V-ZdeFOkLb3UbFbQK6Sp/s320/2023-06-11%2017.12.53.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">... and on your way to an Artesian Well.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsGCbB317xG1cE5SnB_P4oqafrEfEb4w58f58aHGk9QaBRITApPif0CR56LAiTjjOSvrwZsbVvzs79CuNe_Q3HdDniGMus2wopSQzI-A7y-ofbZmVGCil5LhxYmL6JsFXP1E4uPHBXLXKijfwld-sQ800bR5GPnyjKehadZKpLQmzdcp04-PzLchfulqr/s3088/2023-06-11%2017.09.14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsGCbB317xG1cE5SnB_P4oqafrEfEb4w58f58aHGk9QaBRITApPif0CR56LAiTjjOSvrwZsbVvzs79CuNe_Q3HdDniGMus2wopSQzI-A7y-ofbZmVGCil5LhxYmL6JsFXP1E4uPHBXLXKijfwld-sQ800bR5GPnyjKehadZKpLQmzdcp04-PzLchfulqr/w400-h300/2023-06-11%2017.09.14.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anderson Area Artesian Earthcache #2 GCZDB2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">HEY! We're in the area! Might as well stop at the World's Largest Ball of Paint. We were the record holders for almost 36 hours, I believe!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspCEaeKd4oFAPw-y1qU6edYXlYOLo0fEnL4q4_af-P7CZ-aTprhRLMjkVkhp3pgDynaGm0Pq5_2xRklzx0rHL-f5mPmEDtAxbo_dEMDBYH5sGfzBUu0-xxlSmplzshmPOhjpKPQvxCtt5mWumQO1i5BPJ73mKSP5S9zQVarmnR3R2caeFezl9lM0NjSqD/s4032/2023-06-11%2017.48.44.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspCEaeKd4oFAPw-y1qU6edYXlYOLo0fEnL4q4_af-P7CZ-aTprhRLMjkVkhp3pgDynaGm0Pq5_2xRklzx0rHL-f5mPmEDtAxbo_dEMDBYH5sGfzBUu0-xxlSmplzshmPOhjpKPQvxCtt5mWumQO1i5BPJ73mKSP5S9zQVarmnR3R2caeFezl9lM0NjSqD/w400-h300/2023-06-11%2017.48.44.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Ball of Paint GC12FPA</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83ER8E-9vZG7HgLefcoJWg6DkClwf6Xhe6gtaRgcP6e7mfEWhV4dOFitzQmqYulJVgOeLo9uPl-qp5SfHzeQmrjWOAbCK3xEsVMVuYLU4Lm0hc_ERGSb1AROcbzlabV6kc2nfVCTm2kifzczPoDQzolF6qrU5_6GzLpGuG_jpwGh8TFGUU2WAWlG0WMga/s4032/2023-06-11%2017.53.49.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83ER8E-9vZG7HgLefcoJWg6DkClwf6Xhe6gtaRgcP6e7mfEWhV4dOFitzQmqYulJVgOeLo9uPl-qp5SfHzeQmrjWOAbCK3xEsVMVuYLU4Lm0hc_ERGSb1AROcbzlabV6kc2nfVCTm2kifzczPoDQzolF6qrU5_6GzLpGuG_jpwGh8TFGUU2WAWlG0WMga/w400-h300/2023-06-11%2017.53.49.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRcUVe5DZKSDy2UgLM2-fqdkANRVjwpWXYrl1pAMIP6m5ZGw-EQtqDfCYolHvp8Z-V947jEINzmHmJGIz3qwIx3gWy6t6VjTNndl2SFOM5xe849WcMa89XKLid0JOC4sjOSADy1VVY-OnjFODShKMNE2J-18tMAIY1V6tiIgd5GVFNfOkaGFYeskBbnnI/s4032/2023-06-11%2018.03.33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRcUVe5DZKSDy2UgLM2-fqdkANRVjwpWXYrl1pAMIP6m5ZGw-EQtqDfCYolHvp8Z-V947jEINzmHmJGIz3qwIx3gWy6t6VjTNndl2SFOM5xe849WcMa89XKLid0JOC4sjOSADy1VVY-OnjFODShKMNE2J-18tMAIY1V6tiIgd5GVFNfOkaGFYeskBbnnI/w300-h400/2023-06-11%2018.03.33.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the timeline blown, we might as well detour to the birthplace of James Dean...</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IcHODrDi8NrLponMEAD3XhSdjENefW_9FUWfcEXNM6yYyBMPn4YR-Yc8am8fKi86ZS8bB9FxT6Kiy7WB4mMFXlTZUS5sOx58FKoXh-0nAZDlNMALBiKGtjAY3IrTLrmcfk7Whm1WqKOqigNdRHa4tQ4PcCy7RpchdKyVCNmvcwZD-iafiJTwy0iD_Fym/s1496/2023-06-11%2018.37.15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1496" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IcHODrDi8NrLponMEAD3XhSdjENefW_9FUWfcEXNM6yYyBMPn4YR-Yc8am8fKi86ZS8bB9FxT6Kiy7WB4mMFXlTZUS5sOx58FKoXh-0nAZDlNMALBiKGtjAY3IrTLrmcfk7Whm1WqKOqigNdRHa4tQ4PcCy7RpchdKyVCNmvcwZD-iafiJTwy0iD_Fym/s320/2023-06-11%2018.37.15.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Byron Dean Birthplace GC9P4VF</td></tr></tbody></table><br />... and Garfield, in Marion.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNI7mIYwRTgvWc5tZ0XF3OllHJkm8-UcRD43YrpwK1mFQhWrmMhN8QpLMn__YLw5nvAdQG6poZ9uNge-C5FNnX_oAY-Q70pONHOxn180gqwnI15Ki5z2tBl8Gg47lOAA0Jakh6BAyD8RKynD8SDHN8cxr7tLplAaB32WhtzqzmJ1RG_MlRIKwM9KFoXT7w/s4032/2023-06-11%2018.40.48-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNI7mIYwRTgvWc5tZ0XF3OllHJkm8-UcRD43YrpwK1mFQhWrmMhN8QpLMn__YLw5nvAdQG6poZ9uNge-C5FNnX_oAY-Q70pONHOxn180gqwnI15Ki5z2tBl8Gg47lOAA0Jakh6BAyD8RKynD8SDHN8cxr7tLplAaB32WhtzqzmJ1RG_MlRIKwM9KFoXT7w/s320/2023-06-11%2018.40.48-1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Who had a very good time? Well, THIS GIRL!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cgZLvTXgpVVkpFUkzJhCWRdTdKLli7AmcbeUd6_OBf3nf6ZNL8yh5GXBE-A9kokpMLyYscdZc5fUME3OQjG5rCtQbp8d_JwCPO4IWnD9d7hupGwtzdH5EfrUiLgKTn3D4BHHxUN7m-LHvMIzUyyDi2LcY00czTm29CbIQgyZLiDM-e8Xr6vtAjQQWp3A/s3088/2023-06-11%2018.48.10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cgZLvTXgpVVkpFUkzJhCWRdTdKLli7AmcbeUd6_OBf3nf6ZNL8yh5GXBE-A9kokpMLyYscdZc5fUME3OQjG5rCtQbp8d_JwCPO4IWnD9d7hupGwtzdH5EfrUiLgKTn3D4BHHxUN7m-LHvMIzUyyDi2LcY00czTm29CbIQgyZLiDM-e8Xr6vtAjQQWp3A/s320/2023-06-11%2018.48.10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure if there will ever be another trip like this one!</p></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-28152375211163524012023-09-05T18:13:00.003-04:002023-09-05T18:16:14.522-04:00Labor Day Weekend: On the GeoTrail in Coshocton<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MasUxFQkiuj0eByD6Z4kPVWxVQ-3GRLn4JSXmtBMY24iAof6gcJJiSn5Q3iywhWPdYhAXmCu0JVbQABODqTgb2I7VcMaPxgY7Hytq338h4dNX_n1i4AZC7F36S7YJTEIAEqj_a4qhvvEVBnSGcD3f16-x4uHed0bfmUO9Pt1OlUTNiPapm3QA2VG-5sH/s986/2023-08-25%2019.32.02%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="740" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MasUxFQkiuj0eByD6Z4kPVWxVQ-3GRLn4JSXmtBMY24iAof6gcJJiSn5Q3iywhWPdYhAXmCu0JVbQABODqTgb2I7VcMaPxgY7Hytq338h4dNX_n1i4AZC7F36S7YJTEIAEqj_a4qhvvEVBnSGcD3f16-x4uHed0bfmUO9Pt1OlUTNiPapm3QA2VG-5sH/s320/2023-08-25%2019.32.02%20(2).jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's become almost a tradition. Labor Day and geocaching with TaGeez & ShelleyJean. This time we headed down to Coshocton, Ohio for the <a href="https://www.visitcoshocton.com/geotrail/" target="_blank">Coshocton Ring GeoTrail.</a> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></i></p><blockquote><i style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; text-align: center;">The Coshocton Ring Trail offers fun, free, family-friendly activity you can do any time of the year! There are 45 NEW caches placed for you to find. In order to earn the coin, you must log a total of 16, including the Cache to Rule All Caches, complete the passport, and get a cool Coshocton Ring Trail Coin.</i></blockquote><p></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcid7B-zMmcDY1sAS281mjAlAihcIW5MZoSHyQAsmCUs3E1OqYzxpGWXB5hGgwPVEjVH_vEHomfrONfm0K4uNI7d3e7tQwnnD7YI2Pv56NeVyP49PDnQTyCIaI2Vsb9fmjDed_kRRUExvPIAU0zpB3El3NK08Ty1UoY_-uiHl4T661J8rCKzisjGK1AUs-/s4032/2023-09-01%2018.04.12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcid7B-zMmcDY1sAS281mjAlAihcIW5MZoSHyQAsmCUs3E1OqYzxpGWXB5hGgwPVEjVH_vEHomfrONfm0K4uNI7d3e7tQwnnD7YI2Pv56NeVyP49PDnQTyCIaI2Vsb9fmjDed_kRRUExvPIAU0zpB3El3NK08Ty1UoY_-uiHl4T661J8rCKzisjGK1AUs-/w300-h400/2023-09-01%2018.04.12.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seen on the way! Such a good sign!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif">We were limited on time so we headed out Friday afternoon to grab some Ohio counties on our way. Did you know Switzerland is in Ohio? At least Little Switzerland is! Sugarcreek is home to the Guinness Book of World Records "largest cuckoo clock in the US". </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3myO-btugCYVCvo_CKW-5lW6vI2jKXPUtOoEZOlE6XEFzv1uJ4XIg8lS87Yn1SDBPT1VTNWq8NCEs5sKlejHEmHQezJlDBArjO8ZIidy6cH1v3pufRyBr1thf-hoR9yLxZfBPfSKU57kDvrFx4k4q_1felv3xryjQQJG77lE1ea7RSB2vVQtMu_nl5_Q/s4032/2023-09-01%2019.22.48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3myO-btugCYVCvo_CKW-5lW6vI2jKXPUtOoEZOlE6XEFzv1uJ4XIg8lS87Yn1SDBPT1VTNWq8NCEs5sKlejHEmHQezJlDBArjO8ZIidy6cH1v3pufRyBr1thf-hoR9yLxZfBPfSKU57kDvrFx4k4q_1felv3xryjQQJG77lE1ea7RSB2vVQtMu_nl5_Q/w400-h300/2023-09-01%2019.22.48.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tick Tock Virtual GC9P769</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We were lucky enough to be present during the mid-hour entertainment, occupying ourselves beforehand with a nice little Adventure Lab across the street.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCzTXX5ylQ_j74QenNS87iuDWj-2XFaFSNBEaZcdzN5W4LNeE39ft8u-N--RePgWOa6Ha1LAaeorqfn8ddh7scebveswf9DB6xfZyADb4KWpHRECHMxQoPewuoUp_ZACi6UPImEBZ3A9YURQ3Whunp_7oPJW7IWE3BoYXqA0lvZs6cc7F_l16FniyLUjg/s4032/2023-09-01%2019.33.15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCzTXX5ylQ_j74QenNS87iuDWj-2XFaFSNBEaZcdzN5W4LNeE39ft8u-N--RePgWOa6Ha1LAaeorqfn8ddh7scebveswf9DB6xfZyADb4KWpHRECHMxQoPewuoUp_ZACi6UPImEBZ3A9YURQ3Whunp_7oPJW7IWE3BoYXqA0lvZs6cc7F_l16FniyLUjg/w400-h300/2023-09-01%2019.33.15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Lovely adventure into the town of Coshocton, where we spent a night at the Coshocton Village Inn. Jacqueline at the front desk gave SJ a heads-up that the onsite cache was kept behind the desk. And, with that, we grabbed <a href="https://coord.info/GC9RXM0" target="_blank">CCR #45: Council of Elrond GC9RXM0</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeguSeLbvjip81Iw11bhAyHLXtNrf0iHjQpvtxjHY_LU3h7mXvbQQ0oVk4F5ZkK3OZly8BlwIwDJCOF2Kxs1918kOpkCJk0Lf1VHEUOPeLsW4aKOadPdr0AV6ksDQsNjvY6I2rBekPYksCUeT5svwBi0QWe_Oo709l7tQNwxSKLrpZLxdOP_dZj75HZiZ/s4032/2023-09-01%2020.55.55.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeguSeLbvjip81Iw11bhAyHLXtNrf0iHjQpvtxjHY_LU3h7mXvbQQ0oVk4F5ZkK3OZly8BlwIwDJCOF2Kxs1918kOpkCJk0Lf1VHEUOPeLsW4aKOadPdr0AV6ksDQsNjvY6I2rBekPYksCUeT5svwBi0QWe_Oo709l7tQNwxSKLrpZLxdOP_dZj75HZiZ/s320/2023-09-01%2020.55.55.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Since we only had the day, we got an early start. The fog was out and there was a bit of a chill in the air. It lent an air of mystery for a beautiful day ahead!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0t4_u6tWo6S_DE36cbDqThCtWQGusAw5WUlO1Pyxmolokz16J4UFreJMQMw21kCjj3G6dRU5O-rxT8vhSwm93gxYmNkN5ZW1jyvKlEsopMv1r7oiL-EgN2bwK6w5Vk1irCFjqSIy7oay3-7kHVyJg4dA56eNq9C6QYiuhENtOaSiX4GPI6AOVJGpIbGu/s4032/2023-09-02%2008.12.29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0t4_u6tWo6S_DE36cbDqThCtWQGusAw5WUlO1Pyxmolokz16J4UFreJMQMw21kCjj3G6dRU5O-rxT8vhSwm93gxYmNkN5ZW1jyvKlEsopMv1r7oiL-EgN2bwK6w5Vk1irCFjqSIy7oay3-7kHVyJg4dA56eNq9C6QYiuhENtOaSiX4GPI6AOVJGpIbGu/w400-h300/2023-09-02%2008.12.29.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>First stop was <a href="https://coord.info/GC33GWB" target="_blank">the Old Fort</a>. </div><div><i><blockquote>"<span face=""Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Located just south of the present-day south bank of the Tuscarawas </span><span face=""Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">River, near West Lafayette in Coshocton County, stands Ohio's </span><span face=""Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">oldest building. It is a small (16' X 16') sandstone structure, </span><span face=""Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">with rifle ports, known as the 'Old Stone Fort'. That the 'Old </span><span face=""Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Stone Fort' is Ohio's oldest existing building, and one of the </span><span face=""Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">oldest European-built or early US buildings west of the Appalachian Mountains, is not in </span><span face=""Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">question. The question and the mystery is, who built the </span><span face=""Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">'fort'?"</span></blockquote><span face=""Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"></span></i></div><div><span face="Noto Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #4a4a4a;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqzqd2v7PQtjR7GTAJKJxnuhqZvrGMKHPj8chSjiR5qKnyTPWKJNSCd2mznyboEy7bYEbJpeCZMYlc_Kb1gUsXJ88m9xuy-IcHt2bPAJFU9OkQicY8OV-0eiHwvPuXY-JKsxZNKSxc55IAs-2rp--LDD3mSTbKWQzFy-Oq9MkR79h_dLLeRFcDt4DqVsU/s4032/2023-09-02%2008.15.42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqzqd2v7PQtjR7GTAJKJxnuhqZvrGMKHPj8chSjiR5qKnyTPWKJNSCd2mznyboEy7bYEbJpeCZMYlc_Kb1gUsXJ88m9xuy-IcHt2bPAJFU9OkQicY8OV-0eiHwvPuXY-JKsxZNKSxc55IAs-2rp--LDD3mSTbKWQzFy-Oq9MkR79h_dLLeRFcDt4DqVsU/w400-h300/2023-09-02%2008.15.42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPZ_nZJu9mf5rjlMaZsSbZ5M1wgEjngo6PT7zaAvviExATIuBPkwmwfXYxuRYerJX2eI83ci-hJ3jB8ivQVuLu0uA822yfKBWai-JsNVRj0oIc-uu0Hz2fktQs9bKSUpIntoJNtzJFybAMD7orcVeULU8CO2TA3NVjsCCU4quHu82LVIN1Np3-mo9mfZg/s4032/2023-09-02%2008.22.49.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPZ_nZJu9mf5rjlMaZsSbZ5M1wgEjngo6PT7zaAvviExATIuBPkwmwfXYxuRYerJX2eI83ci-hJ3jB8ivQVuLu0uA822yfKBWai-JsNVRj0oIc-uu0Hz2fktQs9bKSUpIntoJNtzJFybAMD7orcVeULU8CO2TA3NVjsCCU4quHu82LVIN1Np3-mo9mfZg/s320/2023-09-02%2008.22.49.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dew covered</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now to start the geotrail. Caches are laid out into 3 rings: Narya, Vilya, and Nenya. You need to complete a total of 16: minimally 3 from each ring plus the <a href="https://coord.info/GC9RZTT" target="_blank">CCR #01: The Cache to Rule All Caches.</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWbwWSclpFHt-NUiuLhpwnFLxXeBS5-mEsADOFwqU0owcE4O3UgO7eqOtOmMymO4uSK74XHT93Vy0wvpnGRTIlf3bMB3YPCKzq88KzwJwjyO9QUl7q3wUvRKD2LURBbSmpskOkuWAa_ZmQa9i4TEuEErDRUECwiE6SwcDo9ivXphEfbwX7-91EwQkUyxM/s690/GeoTrail%20Map.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="690" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWbwWSclpFHt-NUiuLhpwnFLxXeBS5-mEsADOFwqU0owcE4O3UgO7eqOtOmMymO4uSK74XHT93Vy0wvpnGRTIlf3bMB3YPCKzq88KzwJwjyO9QUl7q3wUvRKD2LURBbSmpskOkuWAa_ZmQa9i4TEuEErDRUECwiE6SwcDo9ivXphEfbwX7-91EwQkUyxM/s320/GeoTrail%20Map.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">To simplify, I ran a pocket query for the series and then color-coded each ring. Voila! We had a plan of attack!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aIT62sWRM7B7GaEvpxl22jjB78cXPRWB2AZydHKn8mrdpWUR9Lg5HnOqWIlRC_gtS9iCnXnn5AQiUwN2QTEoaIjmzrU7dtgB21tsIGvLH9fF6Ie1B0UwBAbe_Ia_qjuOJLV-t_q0M_04yvujsSTT_azzCoPdpEICcO0AQxCRf5SPYoW_9EkJq9yG_oLd/s1284/2023-09-03%2009.54.08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1109" data-original-width="1284" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aIT62sWRM7B7GaEvpxl22jjB78cXPRWB2AZydHKn8mrdpWUR9Lg5HnOqWIlRC_gtS9iCnXnn5AQiUwN2QTEoaIjmzrU7dtgB21tsIGvLH9fF6Ie1B0UwBAbe_Ia_qjuOJLV-t_q0M_04yvujsSTT_azzCoPdpEICcO0AQxCRf5SPYoW_9EkJq9yG_oLd/s320/2023-09-03%2009.54.08.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We spent 4 fabulous hours driving the backroads of Coshocton County. Farm stands, Amish Markets, cemeteries, libraries, and several of fabulous local businesses. We also detoured for a Carnegie Library and a local quilt shop. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4f7BN_cONBEfuCBo8E-J8kXxQv2KhFedCi-zutknHkkgQVpfXbbfVQ6ojfJOlvb5JafKyfGjV9QKvOMo0ZJlMZ_HtiaKkZ7dnXmxlgBH-Dwrrw6_7YGmxgtiyMDevzzkdPHo9sbhUyCqnO6TTWBKLcYj5AYWW9oJ_VtSA6md_d6LBdKP9w6T5JqQc01qI/s2048/2023-09-05%2016.21.27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4f7BN_cONBEfuCBo8E-J8kXxQv2KhFedCi-zutknHkkgQVpfXbbfVQ6ojfJOlvb5JafKyfGjV9QKvOMo0ZJlMZ_HtiaKkZ7dnXmxlgBH-Dwrrw6_7YGmxgtiyMDevzzkdPHo9sbhUyCqnO6TTWBKLcYj5AYWW9oJ_VtSA6md_d6LBdKP9w6T5JqQc01qI/w400-h400/2023-09-05%2016.21.27.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo5KAAzg9nMwNYHv338wX4u1HUAUWqypBhSKtaavr5bm0PsW4aeOAmQM6mjNAmBGnZJpWRs2sNXPnMlF8poiZGtyRN4D8YGq-P-tNb2DeCGBCCdZxegaGKu73iVM8mQzU8qaMJidLyYKofBgyhEeVwx0xeSMPCJotT56MB130XVUPf1g09JdbmcGpZz7K/s4032/2023-09-02%2010.02.04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo5KAAzg9nMwNYHv338wX4u1HUAUWqypBhSKtaavr5bm0PsW4aeOAmQM6mjNAmBGnZJpWRs2sNXPnMlF8poiZGtyRN4D8YGq-P-tNb2DeCGBCCdZxegaGKu73iVM8mQzU8qaMJidLyYKofBgyhEeVwx0xeSMPCJotT56MB130XVUPf1g09JdbmcGpZz7K/w300-h400/2023-09-02%2010.02.04.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TaGeez and Scrapcat</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewi9G3ZMHSN__h_9FtHJ63upUDnk3GRnIx3CBown0-ARU3LOL0wXwzdQ09pCTDmRVnJNoAlhHgVAkXvy22ybMDdoZOwmnaKTn-Cbiqszx4RrD9FyIX4FWxQaIlp7keryW7d-iNtcPMoKOyncAHHkg7kCAgwoSO2bN3gJb_YLfpkOON0hOmpZ1u4EH6314/s4032/2023-09-02%2010.53.49.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewi9G3ZMHSN__h_9FtHJ63upUDnk3GRnIx3CBown0-ARU3LOL0wXwzdQ09pCTDmRVnJNoAlhHgVAkXvy22ybMDdoZOwmnaKTn-Cbiqszx4RrD9FyIX4FWxQaIlp7keryW7d-iNtcPMoKOyncAHHkg7kCAgwoSO2bN3gJb_YLfpkOON0hOmpZ1u4EH6314/s320/2023-09-02%2010.53.49.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjqSvTrRWM_0M4Wpvb5Y-815G-2jq6Gry8nValbGZ2dIWd7x6Fu0JJo6PTVzC_a5h4LVRTUipk4Y3o5k6RqGnWrtQwiTji0gUB3Srx0admke66t2IMyNn7EQmH8b0BLPSYolg-XRZO_YqoUd5-b2vLmz0KeBR7K_LyvrZCHA0VOBR7qZ10fQr1-MtTru_/s4032/2023-09-02%2010.55.29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjqSvTrRWM_0M4Wpvb5Y-815G-2jq6Gry8nValbGZ2dIWd7x6Fu0JJo6PTVzC_a5h4LVRTUipk4Y3o5k6RqGnWrtQwiTji0gUB3Srx0admke66t2IMyNn7EQmH8b0BLPSYolg-XRZO_YqoUd5-b2vLmz0KeBR7K_LyvrZCHA0VOBR7qZ10fQr1-MtTru_/w300-h400/2023-09-02%2010.55.29.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZa5f72OWDqi9KlVUhRu-gwe4bkvNbe9HnyMtt6CCDU-2qc-xWRgNV59cGm5zWJBhja8aGdzCx6aj0lr1RaGu7JAzU9kZzHzzayONDZL8FbCWKKbN8RKEE4vvgmJmCnHo-ERO1fhRNzMeBVU4r1XwshO4gu3MkFw-gYu4cPhrx7se-a7GNthdIRK9SlXs/s4032/2023-09-02%2011.39.43.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZa5f72OWDqi9KlVUhRu-gwe4bkvNbe9HnyMtt6CCDU-2qc-xWRgNV59cGm5zWJBhja8aGdzCx6aj0lr1RaGu7JAzU9kZzHzzayONDZL8FbCWKKbN8RKEE4vvgmJmCnHo-ERO1fhRNzMeBVU4r1XwshO4gu3MkFw-gYu4cPhrx7se-a7GNthdIRK9SlXs/w300-h400/2023-09-02%2011.39.43.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Low-flying planes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And the final cache was impressive! <a href="https://coord.info/GC9RZTT" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">CCR #01: The Cache to Rule All Caches</a> included the final stamp we needed to complete <a href="chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.visitcoshocton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2022CoshoctonRingTrailPassport_FORWEB-1_UPDATED.pdf" target="_blank">our passports</a>. Afterwards we visited the Coshocton Supply Company, where we met the indomitable Mindy! Lovely lady who enthusiastically awarded us our coins, sold us our t-shirts, and directed us to the local sites (including <a href="https://roscoevillage.com/attractions-activities/horse-drawn-canal-boat-rides/" target="_blank">the horse-drawn canal boat</a>). </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wPfs-NRON74HTyPEDl3XKBoE3yToiDjAZrLXiyBYYm5_P5XD14DguKLV1tNa-kvgxS-lJF4iRv_Inq8-39or1Dd2Ele_3IQTpCzZj1oT5OPLZZFL9Cj0ZRs6g6AmVLK-_dI5zMIT59WqylJ0SlB_UTvCzNQ8RcobrwoMrOFBrRs46vx3xyJ8sa5qDJ1K/s2048/2023-09-05%2016.23.38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wPfs-NRON74HTyPEDl3XKBoE3yToiDjAZrLXiyBYYm5_P5XD14DguKLV1tNa-kvgxS-lJF4iRv_Inq8-39or1Dd2Ele_3IQTpCzZj1oT5OPLZZFL9Cj0ZRs6g6AmVLK-_dI5zMIT59WqylJ0SlB_UTvCzNQ8RcobrwoMrOFBrRs46vx3xyJ8sa5qDJ1K/w400-h400/2023-09-05%2016.23.38.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://www.coshoctonsupplyco.com/" target="_blank">Coshocton Supply Company</a> is situated in historic Roscoe Village, a fabulous brick-lined downtown situated amongst other shops and down the road from the <a href="https://www.warehouserestaurants.com/" target="_blank">Warehouse Restaurant</a>, "home of the legendary onion rings". And, MAN! They smelled and tasted delicious! More than enough for 3 hungry cachers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ydF8XMmJPiM5yAIc3z7P5DYVfx8lDmtsmqdS5MWJR7Pv6tyfhs7vHzAb-MwaijUg_9QEnBE3cAkoW4wdqp8JAtZqCBGB1HipixGV8Sz911cFESgJBtcjmguLVZ2rVCTq8D3GYIeqYVl10WPTqB_Vl6fAQL5oCy-jj3kB8_-9rlMk8TiiJP8DszGORNN8/s4032/2023-09-02%2013.16.57.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ydF8XMmJPiM5yAIc3z7P5DYVfx8lDmtsmqdS5MWJR7Pv6tyfhs7vHzAb-MwaijUg_9QEnBE3cAkoW4wdqp8JAtZqCBGB1HipixGV8Sz911cFESgJBtcjmguLVZ2rVCTq8D3GYIeqYVl10WPTqB_Vl6fAQL5oCy-jj3kB8_-9rlMk8TiiJP8DszGORNN8/s320/2023-09-02%2013.16.57.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Sadly, it's time to head home, but we had a little time to grab a few more counties and enjoy a little more sightseeing. My favorite stop of the trip was the Mount Vernon Dog Fountain! What a hoot! SJ, can we go back when we do Belmont? </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhr8zQaRWmP-IX-95kB6uKJfp28-7kIY2JznZJgQ-QefzxlGHJ15_YZTNqR1uV_Shxcsld3_G4Agm4-r4tdQ1BWGWdaU1CXDL_Hd71174Rid3qQOhTU9fmSYkT5RNURYnRGoa2Q2MaZEN2aNUXOJnukvwO6WTAbsQw46D_4lwZd2SPmpuegRd1-xWxQ10/s4032/2023-09-02%2016.11.56.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhr8zQaRWmP-IX-95kB6uKJfp28-7kIY2JznZJgQ-QefzxlGHJ15_YZTNqR1uV_Shxcsld3_G4Agm4-r4tdQ1BWGWdaU1CXDL_Hd71174Rid3qQOhTU9fmSYkT5RNURYnRGoa2Q2MaZEN2aNUXOJnukvwO6WTAbsQw46D_4lwZd2SPmpuegRd1-xWxQ10/w300-h400/2023-09-02%2016.11.56.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC9P8NE" target="_blank">Must Love Dogs Virtual</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqTyCWoAetvX44_metuVzqrnsHfG1FZgYnQj_dJaG3eYChYdSTVkO9tSfZr9pxASR5yJFBV9fhzx-R0fEIfIbQPfqNLMi4WZ192aF4ugz9jckSSCtis3RVXu4-EIOGAWL1gNMAOCIEozqBDHlkuP3esLnfiTUZRnXWtQXpMeouA37biH_kWkUj6_djENW/s4032/2023-09-02%2016.15.12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqTyCWoAetvX44_metuVzqrnsHfG1FZgYnQj_dJaG3eYChYdSTVkO9tSfZr9pxASR5yJFBV9fhzx-R0fEIfIbQPfqNLMi4WZ192aF4ugz9jckSSCtis3RVXu4-EIOGAWL1gNMAOCIEozqBDHlkuP3esLnfiTUZRnXWtQXpMeouA37biH_kWkUj6_djENW/w300-h400/2023-09-02%2016.15.12.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TaGeez having too much fun!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEskJ5tiAvgCBfxopuZ-GqUCU4GxrqkucBqSr1dE3QDT-tPLezBfyg9fr7bHxMDCJoEVRE5C0u0Ic2RyNP0liyzRpA8FMaIct-Evl17bVRwGM7Mk4WdaC8nEWm3rYy88uLvcCK04gZF7MlOq0a6Usm2mRFc3ECZL3LXgS5bbMgXKPU6qSaEw5KjloZR0Y/s4032/2023-09-02%2016.16.15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEskJ5tiAvgCBfxopuZ-GqUCU4GxrqkucBqSr1dE3QDT-tPLezBfyg9fr7bHxMDCJoEVRE5C0u0Ic2RyNP0liyzRpA8FMaIct-Evl17bVRwGM7Mk4WdaC8nEWm3rYy88uLvcCK04gZF7MlOq0a6Usm2mRFc3ECZL3LXgS5bbMgXKPU6qSaEw5KjloZR0Y/w400-h300/2023-09-02%2016.16.15.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scrapcat and TaGeez in Mount Vernon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqg3vWnF8g0FNlCXcq2aEi1YLcXgq95puDpkPkMZZNS--nVFMtJ9F98gID1fZv2vyiJcYAdvHs9VqVik8I2BG7LWjH1xRtbMXB8k-DA5hz-ExL3fLQJeFGQ4bRZZuvprsidmT8GaJ88JFAeedARe36t_-mAhuDZKVAioHjetF_mpRXGPSrp-UTZvSu6t3/s4032/2023-09-02%2017.11.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqg3vWnF8g0FNlCXcq2aEi1YLcXgq95puDpkPkMZZNS--nVFMtJ9F98gID1fZv2vyiJcYAdvHs9VqVik8I2BG7LWjH1xRtbMXB8k-DA5hz-ExL3fLQJeFGQ4bRZZuvprsidmT8GaJ88JFAeedARe36t_-mAhuDZKVAioHjetF_mpRXGPSrp-UTZvSu6t3/w400-h300/2023-09-02%2017.11.27.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TaGeez is such a trooper! Another county down!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5i-k1u4TpdVHmwGDajyc5TqeOMC6SVfN0Kc6A4bjK0R4Xx2skD991_5UUGrttOnIIFMuNZNZDXSxy6F3WThBWrxYUIjoSWXnzblYyvrgPzGb63VCuX7FS9yL148dOF7dIhlvlGccpHhHOBStRoqmr0nq3CCSdsGSRtAueC8j-voNuB9mvfJ1ndMbu2tca/s4032/2023-09-02%2018.03.03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5i-k1u4TpdVHmwGDajyc5TqeOMC6SVfN0Kc6A4bjK0R4Xx2skD991_5UUGrttOnIIFMuNZNZDXSxy6F3WThBWrxYUIjoSWXnzblYyvrgPzGb63VCuX7FS9yL148dOF7dIhlvlGccpHhHOBStRoqmr0nq3CCSdsGSRtAueC8j-voNuB9mvfJ1ndMbu2tca/w400-h300/2023-09-02%2018.03.03.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swartz Creek Covered Bridge, Wyandot</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In the end, we checked off 8 more Ohio counties and making plans for more on the way to the Belmont Geotrail this Fall!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCa_lPmT9mHqVpJmKYPn-J7vo7J6a16fYSzDUZHVAA3Q9ZcjAEPufRfnF0QuL3oLAUcqj4GmypWm6myf6dC0SarDk1c56tPS_xq355bUYhnRDJV5O2PDcr-z_cgOaDBrF--C_LC8LFeGX2c6MtOYPMG6lTN9NJNSx8_1xCDMeIrz9Y-S7uZd60blFPh8WX/s649/Ohio%20Counties%20-%20New%20Counties.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="601" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCa_lPmT9mHqVpJmKYPn-J7vo7J6a16fYSzDUZHVAA3Q9ZcjAEPufRfnF0QuL3oLAUcqj4GmypWm6myf6dC0SarDk1c56tPS_xq355bUYhnRDJV5O2PDcr-z_cgOaDBrF--C_LC8LFeGX2c6MtOYPMG6lTN9NJNSx8_1xCDMeIrz9Y-S7uZd60blFPh8WX/s320/Ohio%20Counties%20-%20New%20Counties.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Another fabulous adventure with the Super Sexy Trio (SST = Scrapcat, ShelleyJean, and TaGeez)! Coshocton is a friendly little town, nestled in small hills, and steeped in history. We thoroughly enjoyed exploring the backroads but, more importantly, spending time together!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySUIrl1KpZKD7Ga3fJTk658tczsNqwBJ02N_9fvfkfdOfSBiFCO_Z4VQcDA9aTEssrLrhY0OE_8Q549Gu9kN4AtCiygfLEsTdXgJxtHD3TDfbwBMLBv_g_fBDm7pqk7XP9l9nOfYCiog9pPYdu9m5Egj9T67vtAK1-cT6Qc8v9gYEm9tg22zc3VK3n954/s4032/2023-09-03%2009.14.57a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySUIrl1KpZKD7Ga3fJTk658tczsNqwBJ02N_9fvfkfdOfSBiFCO_Z4VQcDA9aTEssrLrhY0OE_8Q549Gu9kN4AtCiygfLEsTdXgJxtHD3TDfbwBMLBv_g_fBDm7pqk7XP9l9nOfYCiog9pPYdu9m5Egj9T67vtAK1-cT6Qc8v9gYEm9tg22zc3VK3n954/w400-h300/2023-09-03%2009.14.57a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coshocton Geocoin and Discover Tags</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you decide to visit, Mindy from the Coshocton Supply Company said they still have about 100 geocoins left. <b>One Trail to Rule Them All!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-42227375828833462162023-08-28T20:21:00.000-04:002023-08-28T20:21:06.770-04:00April 2023 - Michigan Waterways Adventure COMPLETED!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedV0JCEsgfq0yLUapqfQUDdXmFxjcP855NJsUeBSTKRBRBn9GuPVXy1aX995lJE9S5rUl1yJ47b5VjdEoj65wIGl52bnGAL6AnCAtBE9TPcJyBC3so1H6rS082HipNiHYgt0N7Ix8URTizkRy1YK87s21CQMWz8UAyA8U5KF3B7_7H0l_cLsMG4HVatwR/s433/Michigan%20DNR%20Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="433" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedV0JCEsgfq0yLUapqfQUDdXmFxjcP855NJsUeBSTKRBRBn9GuPVXy1aX995lJE9S5rUl1yJ47b5VjdEoj65wIGl52bnGAL6AnCAtBE9TPcJyBC3so1H6rS082HipNiHYgt0N7Ix8URTizkRy1YK87s21CQMWz8UAyA8U5KF3B7_7H0l_cLsMG4HVatwR/s320/Michigan%20DNR%20Logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Winter has come and gone so we're back on the road to complete the Michigan Stage Waterways Adventure Lab. </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-size: 16px;">To help you explore Michigan's waterways and maritime heritage, we have seven adventure labs that each feature 10 locations. </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #353535; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The adventure lab originally kicked off as part of the 75th anniversary of the waterways program in 2022. Thanks to MiGO and Jay's Sporting Goods.</span></i></span></blockquote><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #353535; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></em></div><p>We set out on this rainy day with 6 labs completed (Southeastern, Lower Michigan - East, Lower Michigan - West, Upper Michigan) and now Lake Michigan! <b>Off we headed to the Waterways of Allegan Ottawa!</b></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9femWqqwuLSDO6md3JK6gHS0nURf61ipDrxa9UZqwTyjTNEJ9hAymdrvQnMkBstKyz2G-8Tj_J2MnbhjrbQSGYhnNGkKc_Q7NEmstoIGOEBQNOzrmsJbC_rvG92FaCYzFRjIpaEGYTNbnK12O0YxL3EBjyoD-1BXc-_ZAF3qCGixs4re-8Q-eyV1ip_3/s4032/2023-04-29%2016.16.49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9femWqqwuLSDO6md3JK6gHS0nURf61ipDrxa9UZqwTyjTNEJ9hAymdrvQnMkBstKyz2G-8Tj_J2MnbhjrbQSGYhnNGkKc_Q7NEmstoIGOEBQNOzrmsJbC_rvG92FaCYzFRjIpaEGYTNbnK12O0YxL3EBjyoD-1BXc-_ZAF3qCGixs4re-8Q-eyV1ip_3/w300-h400/2023-04-29%2016.16.49.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not too many pictures today. We're visiting beach towns along lower Lake Michigan, but it's so cold and bone-chilling drizzly. I couldn't help but take this one, though... ShelleyJean and TaGeez trying to find a final clue in Coast Guard City! I swear, SJ, that WAS a little road down there!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeYGe9_OH5tBsntwORDdjx55pAsbzyh3xiEY2wWCCVNuTrPUixQNRhvMvMLhRqYDOmXbPouNWRD5-JlBl39gCXsIlluDRl3coIoh5CJd2tRSYAc0tvMMMYBH5fE1cRu1tW61G5evwbsw9N5pNhTcSYSBNYqUViqvgpE5tiXnZWZJ5UsNQlM43vnTNuTCN/s4032/2023-04-29%2014.48.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeYGe9_OH5tBsntwORDdjx55pAsbzyh3xiEY2wWCCVNuTrPUixQNRhvMvMLhRqYDOmXbPouNWRD5-JlBl39gCXsIlluDRl3coIoh5CJd2tRSYAc0tvMMMYBH5fE1cRu1tW61G5evwbsw9N5pNhTcSYSBNYqUViqvgpE5tiXnZWZJ5UsNQlM43vnTNuTCN/w400-h300/2023-04-29%2014.48.51.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It didn't rain the entire time so we did snap a few pictures at the various boat access sites. These were great havens for new birds, and we added a few to our life lists including the house finch and pine warbler. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KjfHGu095Y-24OvOa-VzRD8pL-CZ-NQfGBRWOExDlsSZdGSK3TBVl7Wujzd8zRwAjBxjNX9uEnL00VQ-huGu1gO-1-sOQpwM8WSjJvgXjXznZkKVurnj4O2ALBGFGBll0mnqkGoI9OSI2T3_XP2sTOJaXz2z24PNAKjXHjH8YiAmCavX4MOl5HlcVM4v/s4032/2023-04-29%2011.25.42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KjfHGu095Y-24OvOa-VzRD8pL-CZ-NQfGBRWOExDlsSZdGSK3TBVl7Wujzd8zRwAjBxjNX9uEnL00VQ-huGu1gO-1-sOQpwM8WSjJvgXjXznZkKVurnj4O2ALBGFGBll0mnqkGoI9OSI2T3_XP2sTOJaXz2z24PNAKjXHjH8YiAmCavX4MOl5HlcVM4v/w400-h300/2023-04-29%2011.25.42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0p-F2stMxc-0xLWH0QpxH5VSVXaRzV5VCUMx0SXka3yXsHLqfGdO9wizDKNqBUhU-2oqzi7kytRRgdD6ZtFyDlnsDKgjurhd-iDpdH3DTrc9nojiLc8P4ZmJM1I40jpEk6D6p74dJowkpoZ0Lv9pvh-u6qCl6WpVn7TSerCfD2LICNKPhK_AnjmqiIK_B/s4032/2023-04-29%2010.26.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0p-F2stMxc-0xLWH0QpxH5VSVXaRzV5VCUMx0SXka3yXsHLqfGdO9wizDKNqBUhU-2oqzi7kytRRgdD6ZtFyDlnsDKgjurhd-iDpdH3DTrc9nojiLc8P4ZmJM1I40jpEk6D6p74dJowkpoZ0Lv9pvh-u6qCl6WpVn7TSerCfD2LICNKPhK_AnjmqiIK_B/w400-h300/2023-04-29%2010.26.03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>With that, we have completed the geotrail and can claim our rewards: 1 coin and 4 path tags. It was another enjoyable <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/places/state-parks/geocaching">Michigan geocaching adventure</a>, and we can't wait for the next one!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIxVI8M2p7QyyryCppTdS42x6Kf4VuvZ9XDzwLYg9q2A1TMkhXggNQw01NwZPPB_ZYdUnJBvd7259Pc12QIRUDWt8q2tvhKEg1ljs9F_Spclcx_7Q-9KhF70Oln-Et--7ppuDX0hMGLw7MZva6vxz_feI92z8yNmH4AcDfiCh-oU_jW2slFGkkCAKzyOo/s3024/2023-08-28%2019.35.12a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIxVI8M2p7QyyryCppTdS42x6Kf4VuvZ9XDzwLYg9q2A1TMkhXggNQw01NwZPPB_ZYdUnJBvd7259Pc12QIRUDWt8q2tvhKEg1ljs9F_Spclcx_7Q-9KhF70Oln-Et--7ppuDX0hMGLw7MZva6vxz_feI92z8yNmH4AcDfiCh-oU_jW2slFGkkCAKzyOo/w400-h400/2023-08-28%2019.35.12a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-19957960248464045812023-08-20T16:27:00.000-04:002023-08-20T16:27:14.483-04:00Geocaches, Pizzas and Friends - Seneca County<p>TaGeez, ShelleyJean, and I headed to Seneca County with our new friend, geostasee. For today we are enjoying the Slice of Seneca County Geotrail!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKzBbiKS-Xauh02SYf-Id3qXWtJgMmWcSAMSl8upfxKcUOcenRxetU5Lbl9DD_enbO2lnqWb4lwu81rna1F8RAv9b8nKiOuZirBpsC8JGeBuUwSj-bH8PZ2Oawh5MnH22BEGQ2gmZme7txNcen4uFriUKqP_27_oz-V0a-7KoP0JzKWchUlte6hWoSdPM/s3088/2023-08-19%2017.39.19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKzBbiKS-Xauh02SYf-Id3qXWtJgMmWcSAMSl8upfxKcUOcenRxetU5Lbl9DD_enbO2lnqWb4lwu81rna1F8RAv9b8nKiOuZirBpsC8JGeBuUwSj-bH8PZ2Oawh5MnH22BEGQ2gmZme7txNcen4uFriUKqP_27_oz-V0a-7KoP0JzKWchUlte6hWoSdPM/w400-h300/2023-08-19%2017.39.19.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">geostasee, ShelleyJean, scrapcat, and TaGeez</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Under clear blue skies and with a lovely breeze, we spent our Saturday finding 19 traditionals, letterboxes, multis and a puzzle from Fostoria into Tiffin and out to Attica. Each cache was associate or located near a different pizza place, and, with every find, we punched or wrote a passcode on our passports to earn a really cool (2-piece) Pizza Tour Geocoin served up in a mini pizza box!<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcfwmOjV7ultz7tcZTIFHtz9c7QZNwg3ABdSyRdaWxNb8WsPnk6jNVktB5WYM-UNpRisMbevs1pZ2Vp_X5V8xM5KaVlUmuGn-rXg9eDPgS5srqqrN1zBI3jErHu2xvnAjWK0ISkXnO2sOe6Ikn4aQlLnL6deLQtYCCd5Zs8J7l3HTq02j5ZP-2N3lETp8/s2048/2023-08-20%2015.01.19.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcfwmOjV7ultz7tcZTIFHtz9c7QZNwg3ABdSyRdaWxNb8WsPnk6jNVktB5WYM-UNpRisMbevs1pZ2Vp_X5V8xM5KaVlUmuGn-rXg9eDPgS5srqqrN1zBI3jErHu2xvnAjWK0ISkXnO2sOe6Ikn4aQlLnL6deLQtYCCd5Zs8J7l3HTq02j5ZP-2N3lETp8/w400-h400/2023-08-20%2015.01.19.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Seneca County is very friendly to geocachers - this is not the first tour we enjoyed here. As we stopped at the Caverns, walked the trails of the preserves, or stood outside the parlors gathering puzzle clues, friendly locals cheered us on and were fabulously positive.</p><p>We lunched at a Tiffin diner, but dinner was a highlight at Reino's Pizza & Pasta in downtown Tiffin. Founded in the 1950's, the staff was friendly, and the owner stopped at our table twice. Dinner for us was a delicious Hawaiian Pizza Foldover and Garlic Bread with cheese! Next time we visit we'll return to try the pasta.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87P-FJYxG8XqfuAEUgE_yzM9Hx-ZIz8wkou3AURzWDclYALYDy2huUvGdTvmNcDdzKJPFoLrnJu7IcQtPBUsNdaG0bkNiixedxwhxhfDp0yn1EtUHg5FarcZLr4JUd6r9RGG2PwJ3ad4i0bevJWpXkZmzLeesGB6SRni2lC_PKbuECRcGxdPaBRRN47GU/s4032/2023-08-19%2020.02.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87P-FJYxG8XqfuAEUgE_yzM9Hx-ZIz8wkou3AURzWDclYALYDy2huUvGdTvmNcDdzKJPFoLrnJu7IcQtPBUsNdaG0bkNiixedxwhxhfDp0yn1EtUHg5FarcZLr4JUd6r9RGG2PwJ3ad4i0bevJWpXkZmzLeesGB6SRni2lC_PKbuECRcGxdPaBRRN47GU/s320/2023-08-19%2020.02.21.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Our favorite geocaches of the day were the <b>SSCG 04: 🍕 Here Today, Gone Tomato GCA9D2T</b> at the local library and <b>Iron Triangle Rail Park Caboose (Webcam) Virtual GC9P8VX</b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RxE7jsQ2GfHNGNC4wsaLTBDpCoUkC8p2K6mgup3X9my5BKzFhxiTL2GSsYIf9zjKdkd9_m1lKCuRwW0-MaLBBWsXkeDdR7tzv5LjB1SKgwewPQYj3ZdlQVXLBq3s6dxj8j5236teaZXLChsezkgvBa0I5ZmJzWlGKba9HaKBB1BKKhj-YJSgCxcPStit/s1637/2023-08-20%2008.56.06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="1637" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RxE7jsQ2GfHNGNC4wsaLTBDpCoUkC8p2K6mgup3X9my5BKzFhxiTL2GSsYIf9zjKdkd9_m1lKCuRwW0-MaLBBWsXkeDdR7tzv5LjB1SKgwewPQYj3ZdlQVXLBq3s6dxj8j5236teaZXLChsezkgvBa0I5ZmJzWlGKba9HaKBB1BKKhj-YJSgCxcPStit/w400-h213/2023-08-20%2008.56.06.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Thank you to Seneca County for another fabulous experience. We appreciated the well-maintained caches taking us across the county plus the ability to pick-up our geocoins at the local hotel at the end.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioixy_8ttyrVi_hInnBi70LYjoOqgr-SkY7-hYddgTL23RuM8n1C_O4_AFIa4FeezF8mVdydwF-qKjckj8XjN4p2hHBR158ffPthyJyTioGgtmsWe-KZBNGulW0_x3_pXiijsRqDgOjdpC38a3cUzLQklEWm5ER-DjKCFKBeBA-T3hB5l8G56DwW50Y8y/s1242/2023-08-19%2022.50.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1242" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioixy_8ttyrVi_hInnBi70LYjoOqgr-SkY7-hYddgTL23RuM8n1C_O4_AFIa4FeezF8mVdydwF-qKjckj8XjN4p2hHBR158ffPthyJyTioGgtmsWe-KZBNGulW0_x3_pXiijsRqDgOjdpC38a3cUzLQklEWm5ER-DjKCFKBeBA-T3hB5l8G56DwW50Y8y/s320/2023-08-19%2022.50.51.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">International Geocaching Day - 2023</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-68393932719460755772023-08-17T21:23:00.000-04:002023-08-17T21:23:40.350-04:00March 2023 - Happy Birthday To Us! A Snowy Adventure!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZ2W0_W2GuQjM5ZJox_imkzry9JUm5DnTtuTt1mTo4VJywPgaO4yyKZzXr2uYG8jInObeO0tuQmlBVOu1SpDhPS-N_eXgBrtWe686Zqpov4ykQLDm0O_ijAewi0-CSvczUmHGEQDrO0qGU3qMwHMw566ckfjd0oijY--aVuAP6R99mD4as3P1nRF9c_mc/s736/2023-03-02%2019.23.17.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZ2W0_W2GuQjM5ZJox_imkzry9JUm5DnTtuTt1mTo4VJywPgaO4yyKZzXr2uYG8jInObeO0tuQmlBVOu1SpDhPS-N_eXgBrtWe686Zqpov4ykQLDm0O_ijAewi0-CSvczUmHGEQDrO0qGU3qMwHMw566ckfjd0oijY--aVuAP6R99mD4as3P1nRF9c_mc/s320/2023-03-02%2019.23.17.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rolling into the new year, TaGeez and I ruminated how much of the last 3 years we lost to <b>the Big 3 C's.</b> One goal that fell to the wayside was our Fizzy Grid. We are Jasmer, not Fizzy, cachers so we had decided we needed to finish our Fizzy before we got too old for the terrains. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With age in mind, we decided our joint birthday adventure was the perfect time to knock off some of our Fizzy squares. At this point in February, TaGeez needed 4 and I had 3 to go. Looking at the maps, it seemed like an adventure to Shipshewana, Indiana was in order!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9Dmau08UaqfZLESID8nTPTTl55WHZYDqvDP-FYC39yJond7s6MxJy1UWO63HW-bfU6DX4PM2ZJEh6WvhZ-ocwN7xwLoF6rXRjdsXeQgWoa9E3GaY-KjL3pGYZZhI0KRnNoYeH76dpwzwfZPY-6DfwQZvuHFenLGNhmbctN9aNsoY7oRy4vUAvdJdmT5d/s3088/2023-03-02%2015.44.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9Dmau08UaqfZLESID8nTPTTl55WHZYDqvDP-FYC39yJond7s6MxJy1UWO63HW-bfU6DX4PM2ZJEh6WvhZ-ocwN7xwLoF6rXRjdsXeQgWoa9E3GaY-KjL3pGYZZhI0KRnNoYeH76dpwzwfZPY-6DfwQZvuHFenLGNhmbctN9aNsoY7oRy4vUAvdJdmT5d/w400-h300/2023-03-02%2015.44.09.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It has been decades since I've been to Shipshewana. This was the perfect central point for our 3 target Fizzy fillers: Shipshewana, Grant County (IN), and Niles (MI). The drive out was a lovely, and we rolled into town in early afternoon. The skies were blue, and we were blessed with a sunshiny day during the last days of February into March.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not too many pictures of Shipshewana. We had a huge room at the Farmstead Inn, and there were a few nice shops (including quilt shops) downtown. We enjoyed an Adventure Lab, but we felt we had done all we could do in Shipshewana by early evening. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNmiDcWHxz58YHxVczTuaZQNrRKfievSgNhaSjJoQwVjVtEH3gK3y45CYJue5-tTEV3R8rMWzh36dHXwWejuRY15ANDKxd_W6mM0RNO1gKfAaCgKutIeWyXdj7P2oI6Ghc8Z9eYI2Tpaf-HGRu7gC57YxEgH2_20wlAC70hhmT6QWrbFIJ0Iw78-UoNYz/s4032/2023-03-02%2015.49.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNmiDcWHxz58YHxVczTuaZQNrRKfievSgNhaSjJoQwVjVtEH3gK3y45CYJue5-tTEV3R8rMWzh36dHXwWejuRY15ANDKxd_W6mM0RNO1gKfAaCgKutIeWyXdj7P2oI6Ghc8Z9eYI2Tpaf-HGRu7gC57YxEgH2_20wlAC70hhmT6QWrbFIJ0Iw78-UoNYz/w300-h400/2023-03-02%2015.49.37.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TaGeez promised to make me this birdhouse<br />Look at the doorknobs!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We left early next morning to head to Grant County, Indiana (so TaGeez would qualify for another challenge) via Fort Wayne. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8BLDPlue3p33nT22A6OhypJetCksgL2sHjxwnjEEn_gTyEF7jS_nECz0V1l_2D2Ps9ANsdWisZwdN0wSQUyTXWaXoMAnlXpl8vtBdWbtB0p2TJYRwW_bDMTIv2ZWc8fRwyfokRnOjPFH6wn9hLAlumv_3kPpv6Ls_qc1EIezUihMMH1mbqpRx51cMumf/s4032/2023-03-03%2010.27.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8BLDPlue3p33nT22A6OhypJetCksgL2sHjxwnjEEn_gTyEF7jS_nECz0V1l_2D2Ps9ANsdWisZwdN0wSQUyTXWaXoMAnlXpl8vtBdWbtB0p2TJYRwW_bDMTIv2ZWc8fRwyfokRnOjPFH6wn9hLAlumv_3kPpv6Ls_qc1EIezUihMMH1mbqpRx51cMumf/s320/2023-03-03%2010.27.21.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tommy GC528J3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>We love Virtuals!</b> Especially because they take us to the oddest and interesting places! Such as pulling off into a Fort Wayne park, walking up an apple-tree lined path to the gravesite of Johnny Appleseed! Oh, this must be beautiful when the apple blossoms are in bloom!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw8KNxYNt5pu2PSyTossH6IFBNeFsJrWAPwni86DBp6Wq551ANxNCjmXhUfJNgYYFPcxKZQcgg9jEnkY5tORyY1m8UqT9LIlUZZKi5CC-T29CArYS4tBkLZ6Hkh2o03PZpANwql5JO5LU1D1eHPtg5PLu4f4jKkcwS7hxk94wVjWaVU6LkVcOjjgxNxZP/s4032/2023-03-03%2010.46.42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw8KNxYNt5pu2PSyTossH6IFBNeFsJrWAPwni86DBp6Wq551ANxNCjmXhUfJNgYYFPcxKZQcgg9jEnkY5tORyY1m8UqT9LIlUZZKi5CC-T29CArYS4tBkLZ6Hkh2o03PZpANwql5JO5LU1D1eHPtg5PLu4f4jKkcwS7hxk94wVjWaVU6LkVcOjjgxNxZP/w400-h300/2023-03-03%2010.46.42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDyhcsrIxKfkMLUvjqXNqxcgmBwhrwpuz1GmFwSatvf_oJtyY9MqAYGFL-tgBbgR0v7K8_4jv8bkRv45nybCDt75ojNQwnquWITuoHLmpF_YhIFsBQ9vmdDVatvMVYnGnxtPpU0gJmeEkhkg-L4wmZRxmYz3jjKPRq3Yqic2Pxpm02viSvkKdL2xOmqvj/s4032/2023-03-03%2010.47.41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDyhcsrIxKfkMLUvjqXNqxcgmBwhrwpuz1GmFwSatvf_oJtyY9MqAYGFL-tgBbgR0v7K8_4jv8bkRv45nybCDt75ojNQwnquWITuoHLmpF_YhIFsBQ9vmdDVatvMVYnGnxtPpU0gJmeEkhkg-L4wmZRxmYz3jjKPRq3Yqic2Pxpm02viSvkKdL2xOmqvj/w400-h300/2023-03-03%2010.47.41.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apple of My Eye Virtual GC890MY</td></tr></tbody></table><br />While grabbing a few more caches including this new Virtual (doesn't the umbrella add to the effect?), the rain started to pour down! WOW! This was a sign of things yet to come!<div><br /></div><div>Note to self... on a road trip, you should actually checkout the weather report at some point!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoKPE0fKEJ-o9Fel5EKAos_385WvYGqHVzntwTO1KfbI4bQZpQXVk0IJPYC997Z7wENYPNd9Cf8_4M7L8iZsF47fTsjsd568coo7V8JM0PgYqApqrQNUoKpk2HKrbhNVkTxU_mWAFH5eF2KLYf5LJ5rTeqs0IvBkIGAkqwUnDDmfVUtKYi9wjPVTB7v7V/s1600/2023-03-03%2012.52.47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoKPE0fKEJ-o9Fel5EKAos_385WvYGqHVzntwTO1KfbI4bQZpQXVk0IJPYC997Z7wENYPNd9Cf8_4M7L8iZsF47fTsjsd568coo7V8JM0PgYqApqrQNUoKpk2HKrbhNVkTxU_mWAFH5eF2KLYf5LJ5rTeqs0IvBkIGAkqwUnDDmfVUtKYi9wjPVTB7v7V/w300-h400/2023-03-03%2012.52.47.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">77 Steps Virtual GC9P64H</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wy-wejxLh1HxTT7qzvZAx_Y_7tMjOzwOtyPdBgcX-hDBfGBVcrNKoRNhzVH87-_wOMwcfK0IxDC7yLOKkHsvPPFcwHeJcm_Bl2idyI_eORPyThUG2he42qPriq7hWkzZ3VGW398WA0KebM5X_AGzQ-doAZ8umoaIE9CQyFMy7F00l-Bc5ayA832PrPsx/s4032/2023-03-03%2012.25.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wy-wejxLh1HxTT7qzvZAx_Y_7tMjOzwOtyPdBgcX-hDBfGBVcrNKoRNhzVH87-_wOMwcfK0IxDC7yLOKkHsvPPFcwHeJcm_Bl2idyI_eORPyThUG2he42qPriq7hWkzZ3VGW398WA0KebM5X_AGzQ-doAZ8umoaIE9CQyFMy7F00l-Bc5ayA832PrPsx/s320/2023-03-03%2012.25.46.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Travel Bug Hotel Out Back GC98PY1</td></tr></tbody></table><br />So, we were heading to Grant County, Indiana for TaGeez. We needed a D/T 1.0/4.5 cache for our Fizzy and decided qualifying for a challenge would be more manageable than a cliff climb or scuba cache. TaGeez needed one more cache in a county named for a President and Grant County was the closest from home. </div><div><br /></div><div>We thought, no big deal! 2 hours down and 2 hours back. And then the plan went out the window...</div><div><br /></div><div>Grant County is the birthplace and final resting place for local resident, James Dean. Perfect! This Virtual will fit the bill!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_0dtImH0_thYBp4_HcVEybgNg4ruYefAG3QiWHfxT4ZHu-LwnamJvarfysAGRyaHqwy_4cS5hfGBn5y2NqaI7n0Xwf1r2W64DL1RVeGrMNIpscLwkqAU4H2HXP1468FPGjPIpt87HvqVYBdvmlL0jISnbENegiA4_1KIH_Gm7-iarDGGgrKgGxFbsag_/s2000/2023-03-03%2013.15.33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_0dtImH0_thYBp4_HcVEybgNg4ruYefAG3QiWHfxT4ZHu-LwnamJvarfysAGRyaHqwy_4cS5hfGBn5y2NqaI7n0Xwf1r2W64DL1RVeGrMNIpscLwkqAU4H2HXP1468FPGjPIpt87HvqVYBdvmlL0jISnbENegiA4_1KIH_Gm7-iarDGGgrKgGxFbsag_/w300-h400/2023-03-03%2013.15.33.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdyjYf8AGFHyi5mJyU9tilTTpolHG0uQoCalpIwLortcva9jBivW6zugkZ39UT0WfL2cUOnhYQKiE-N8UKcjYk_JhvWB4rBlS3ekPXQ6W5TKWLzi3nd47SYT0Bod-ZkRZ8pFJmCACL5z5s3qq1nLwHsWXBSvwiuQCY_KfAPUqIDsJQjsj_uMm63ZQjKlN/s4032/2023-03-03%2013.18.45-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdyjYf8AGFHyi5mJyU9tilTTpolHG0uQoCalpIwLortcva9jBivW6zugkZ39UT0WfL2cUOnhYQKiE-N8UKcjYk_JhvWB4rBlS3ekPXQ6W5TKWLzi3nd47SYT0Bod-ZkRZ8pFJmCACL5z5s3qq1nLwHsWXBSvwiuQCY_KfAPUqIDsJQjsj_uMm63ZQjKlN/w300-h400/2023-03-03%2013.18.45-1.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Byron Dean Birth Place Virtual GC9P4VF</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8AjakQa990WObzbAekbnoV8ceflzkagPDZugYbfYs0PBvaP1kiKYTgSM4-uITed5wJ0UPJBYFE8Jj3bZMPGtDbHRWaiJnpFdZEL5YAXhL5CkIZ9sdx2kgJQZaH6MEli55FZJApTSrPJhkwcbkL9rlFuyRym-6ZoTAiHVDObfI44FzIQfdwekdDs3W8_6/s3088/2023-03-03%2013.19.59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8AjakQa990WObzbAekbnoV8ceflzkagPDZugYbfYs0PBvaP1kiKYTgSM4-uITed5wJ0UPJBYFE8Jj3bZMPGtDbHRWaiJnpFdZEL5YAXhL5CkIZ9sdx2kgJQZaH6MEli55FZJApTSrPJhkwcbkL9rlFuyRym-6ZoTAiHVDObfI44FzIQfdwekdDs3W8_6/w400-h300/2023-03-03%2013.19.59.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's pouring so hard we almost didn't get the picture!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />This made us curious, and we discovered he was buried about 10 miles away so off we went to Fairmont!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9OyJWTL4_We2osfx8yCdxTkvvJMcL59hJKAs_3LZtcDC7GIqhrKY-gZz-GGjEswyROsgcoGPcpEzOxUpkGIVxQUkhlSZbf0YvDS9zd9S3MJSfdrOR9FAxQ4bHQ4QBuADfPO8-1OvPCdZd4PGK_ylENlkSU6Ow89ukxR5dVAyo3aOxNUSi8hfuROO7cbN/s4032/2023-03-03%2014.19.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9OyJWTL4_We2osfx8yCdxTkvvJMcL59hJKAs_3LZtcDC7GIqhrKY-gZz-GGjEswyROsgcoGPcpEzOxUpkGIVxQUkhlSZbf0YvDS9zd9S3MJSfdrOR9FAxQ4bHQ4QBuADfPO8-1OvPCdZd4PGK_ylENlkSU6Ow89ukxR5dVAyo3aOxNUSi8hfuROO7cbN/w300-h400/2023-03-03%2014.19.27.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not James Dean's Grave - but close by</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudcBEQiqRptJCKSRuYPWDuObwljwIw54v9l-H1-HCvz2t6SFTWvxEc7pEta-Ir8C3dKrk12-6kn7llx_WMsX_5kZohdoXORXXXq-6pNpHD7QG1i7a3BQyV1yf6jZbCpiwxX1aswyqMmecNVaIu6sLHNh4PD_fVxexotQJ78l0-BEZfiN3LsRfmS-IRTi9/s4032/2023-03-03%2014.28.47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudcBEQiqRptJCKSRuYPWDuObwljwIw54v9l-H1-HCvz2t6SFTWvxEc7pEta-Ir8C3dKrk12-6kn7llx_WMsX_5kZohdoXORXXXq-6pNpHD7QG1i7a3BQyV1yf6jZbCpiwxX1aswyqMmecNVaIu6sLHNh4PD_fVxexotQJ78l0-BEZfiN3LsRfmS-IRTi9/s320/2023-03-03%2014.28.47.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little disappointing isn't it? GC10MBZ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhte8v5R15rR0kRlU7LWgzXlAsfGQQFCu7ZEnT8L5ZwNpDeZ1uLByXQn8x6akwAKNyYBZf20JsZsDGV57apoHg6p-StSBU-X1fPbNU0wss70foWI3hOJ8s1-5Asr_iEFSTepOIwUhMRTH7-qjh8U5WYHg_5XEWEG04_RMQ9ngLJ9C_y4U8ggxsRqen8k3in/s1600/2023-03-03%2021.47.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhte8v5R15rR0kRlU7LWgzXlAsfGQQFCu7ZEnT8L5ZwNpDeZ1uLByXQn8x6akwAKNyYBZf20JsZsDGV57apoHg6p-StSBU-X1fPbNU0wss70foWI3hOJ8s1-5Asr_iEFSTepOIwUhMRTH7-qjh8U5WYHg_5XEWEG04_RMQ9ngLJ9C_y4U8ggxsRqen8k3in/w300-h400/2023-03-03%2021.47.37.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garfield is also from Grant County!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We headed back as scheduled, but we REALLY should've kept an eye on the weather! The 2-hour drive took us well over 4 due to the blizzard that swept across Indiana and lower Michigan! There were power outages all the way to Detroit. The highway from Fairmont to South Bend is not protected by trees so the wind buffered us and the roads were horribly slick due to the snow covering the rain-slick roads from earlier. No exaggeration, but there was a ditch between the Northbound and Southbound freeway, and, for a long stretch, we saw cars crashed in the ditch every few feet! Nerve wracking!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjnAJsnovCRoCASB4Tp9wAfqMzSW_nPLiqjeLzErjtrCeiCjeEaCnM9vWrvIR177poF4XQPwpFKOmdT5xRUWOWiQLy46lzMdi4s84dGwbIe3r-BsbNHfovf2zZ42d9svTlIcka7fFmZJvNQC1yUd1St6vPhoFPWmB3iuZUk61LJmojM9A7qxTKTrm_ZGu/s4032/2023-03-03%2018.55.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjnAJsnovCRoCASB4Tp9wAfqMzSW_nPLiqjeLzErjtrCeiCjeEaCnM9vWrvIR177poF4XQPwpFKOmdT5xRUWOWiQLy46lzMdi4s84dGwbIe3r-BsbNHfovf2zZ42d9svTlIcka7fFmZJvNQC1yUd1St6vPhoFPWmB3iuZUk61LJmojM9A7qxTKTrm_ZGu/w300-h400/2023-03-03%2018.55.10.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from our hotel doesn't do the storm justice</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And then, the next morning, it was like the blizzard never happened! Leaving the hotel, we grabbed our priority challenges between South Bend and Niles. This included a D/T 4.5/5 and 1.0/4.5. We even grabbed an FTF in Niles! Woot!</div><div><br /></div><div>Last days we found ourselves in St. Joseph in Michigan for a little water and lighthouse therapy. It seems to be our tradition over our birthday adventures over the last few years. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XyeFFST9s94v-1nsb9xYvovSm9r9cQ-vM7B_QGNq1minwki40vB-8qT-cZostltOcFAZXVbUoSXK8ns6S44ZZVcPohWtmlj5m5HfLkD7kGc5rgY6Nw7txe8N59TicFd1w0XETZ5k-1L0hHevWzF4LLyrETsQ4aw9mApJcJ0_iVHZsRsF-CAjMZpF3VHi/s4032/2023-03-05%2009.47.48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XyeFFST9s94v-1nsb9xYvovSm9r9cQ-vM7B_QGNq1minwki40vB-8qT-cZostltOcFAZXVbUoSXK8ns6S44ZZVcPohWtmlj5m5HfLkD7kGc5rgY6Nw7txe8N59TicFd1w0XETZ5k-1L0hHevWzF4LLyrETsQ4aw9mApJcJ0_iVHZsRsF-CAjMZpF3VHi/w400-h300/2023-03-05%2009.47.48.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4lddhXX_86DgGQdLBj6hTArM4NByLG9xHVHvnTHcDeSorylbb79paiqoxRB7_rEDS4bppqe0SJOJaEsWbWoA7R-2BI9WuKqVfz6TOyhloWFxglmeevQYNjxL7DmBJzSoPa0o5Jp2POJzNZ0rSgCMU0kXGRZwZ1ifGm7vHK0vNmqw6kuhue4b1Vhzc6z6/s4032/2023-03-05%2009.54.52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4lddhXX_86DgGQdLBj6hTArM4NByLG9xHVHvnTHcDeSorylbb79paiqoxRB7_rEDS4bppqe0SJOJaEsWbWoA7R-2BI9WuKqVfz6TOyhloWFxglmeevQYNjxL7DmBJzSoPa0o5Jp2POJzNZ0rSgCMU0kXGRZwZ1ifGm7vHK0vNmqw6kuhue4b1Vhzc6z6/w300-h400/2023-03-05%2009.54.52.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So cold, but we're happy campers. It was both a fabulous and a scary trip. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW22mp5TgSltITwjtlqD9mEWAAxWDs8IkMej-I4rje1GzycmTrDR-e6D0X6VR5VLk1ZnxBJj4a6TLXWveTIH-YUWJ9v5IXldtMVAe5MUVLJQ270qkcS0OzK5_wE32Iklj87gUU54dsEXO3-J6mXSXSHKEl0ueRAsh55YUHKu-27BQEBSZMQTQY34DQbFnK/s3088/2023-03-05%2009.58.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW22mp5TgSltITwjtlqD9mEWAAxWDs8IkMej-I4rje1GzycmTrDR-e6D0X6VR5VLk1ZnxBJj4a6TLXWveTIH-YUWJ9v5IXldtMVAe5MUVLJQ270qkcS0OzK5_wE32Iklj87gUU54dsEXO3-J6mXSXSHKEl0ueRAsh55YUHKu-27BQEBSZMQTQY34DQbFnK/w400-h300/2023-03-05%2009.58.23.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTSvKb0xMwSyGKZIdh2QKa2WV97eArVLlkzp_GRmqlv4UUgNekB6eIx9AeJrlb0dPBwkRDOVVUtH8RB0QVIz1rnXN-OrPWSL3bwo1ZFNW5um1dI3vaAxW-d-MnhuIobTxBfZtLfiZHMNlig_SIDGgHhOoxb7MCiddJbLgm_9pi9VDcnAjdSXd7qjiw2rj/s2000/2023-03-05%2013.40.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTSvKb0xMwSyGKZIdh2QKa2WV97eArVLlkzp_GRmqlv4UUgNekB6eIx9AeJrlb0dPBwkRDOVVUtH8RB0QVIz1rnXN-OrPWSL3bwo1ZFNW5um1dI3vaAxW-d-MnhuIobTxBfZtLfiZHMNlig_SIDGgHhOoxb7MCiddJbLgm_9pi9VDcnAjdSXd7qjiw2rj/w300-h400/2023-03-05%2013.40.37.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>We made it home safely, and, after logging our caches, we found we had only 2 caches left to go! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHn-2laP4lSaSbYZjQAprefliMo1hzaH0uU1ulH0op2IBnxcCgAT87jkru_CrDv_6oQ96sOWugQxLf7MBTQTGpDHXJ_eVq9yCbYx8YA159CE1akGbIdwVoS5mt4aPQ4JUXU2pHbfg1fmqpQLYJXUdtHCxSSqbBN2ACCo04EFzTu5IxxiMP65VnRKR-kuI/s1174/2023-03-05%2017.14.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1115" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHn-2laP4lSaSbYZjQAprefliMo1hzaH0uU1ulH0op2IBnxcCgAT87jkru_CrDv_6oQ96sOWugQxLf7MBTQTGpDHXJ_eVq9yCbYx8YA159CE1akGbIdwVoS5mt4aPQ4JUXU2pHbfg1fmqpQLYJXUdtHCxSSqbBN2ACCo04EFzTu5IxxiMP65VnRKR-kuI/s320/2023-03-05%2017.14.04.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In case you're wondering, after a quick trip to Toledo and an FTF in Warren, we completed our Fizzies on April 6th - 1 month after this trip!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5PkmlrfgHCOKO44FaQW5g1kfDws12wyQ3Kv9YZZMrvKHRW09QYA-Fb9vnxEY9D6t0Bdmlo6vI8FJHKZyyuof1gTqst_280-J6x1LL4iMl6MZFHJBSZ2xqnZYt-VmaoBuwbcMgRQRivk2miWNHMnrSZcdPDif54Sq1p1auAE1Tfozq1FPuxzh8y9tyrXc/s3088/2023-04-06%2021.28.29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5PkmlrfgHCOKO44FaQW5g1kfDws12wyQ3Kv9YZZMrvKHRW09QYA-Fb9vnxEY9D6t0Bdmlo6vI8FJHKZyyuof1gTqst_280-J6x1LL4iMl6MZFHJBSZ2xqnZYt-VmaoBuwbcMgRQRivk2miWNHMnrSZcdPDif54Sq1p1auAE1Tfozq1FPuxzh8y9tyrXc/w400-h300/2023-04-06%2021.28.29.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fizzy Completed! 04/06/23</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-2267750445482860572023-08-15T18:33:00.000-04:002023-08-15T18:33:35.691-04:00Feb 2023 - Snowies in Rudyard<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6IzjofTkVsS-hBsZG7GDLy9rTyt6VQ3mBf_mevV5EurGCMAOBVe1WKagNQcvCLhq8-I6-tdQlbeLGYzL_U9oKiHGwyk0iCdLDiqOfqEX3E5BuymXctsdjLJV7EmwHbCLWzy71OZEptvaHADiIMug9ywwGVemrdNnouHrzjRatrNFhr1P1yMTRaxmq1Vz/s4032/2023-02-11%2012.17.40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6IzjofTkVsS-hBsZG7GDLy9rTyt6VQ3mBf_mevV5EurGCMAOBVe1WKagNQcvCLhq8-I6-tdQlbeLGYzL_U9oKiHGwyk0iCdLDiqOfqEX3E5BuymXctsdjLJV7EmwHbCLWzy71OZEptvaHADiIMug9ywwGVemrdNnouHrzjRatrNFhr1P1yMTRaxmq1Vz/w400-h300/2023-02-11%2012.17.40.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">February found ShelleyJean and I <b>flocked</b> to the Upper Peninsula because we heard the Snowies were in town!</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The snowy owl, also known as the polar owl, the white owl and the Arctic owl, is a large, white owl of the true owl family. Snowy owls are native to the Arctic regions of both North America and the Palearctic, breeding mostly on the tundra.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <a class="ruhjFe NJLBac fl" data-ved="2ahUKEwifwMnO19-AAxU3HDQIHRf5AygQmhN6BAgtEAI" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl&ved=2ahUKEwifwMnO19-AAxU3HDQIHRf5AygQmhN6BAgtEAI" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #1a0dab; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-wrap: nowrap;">Wikipedia</a></span></blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="ruhjFe NJLBac fl" data-ved="2ahUKEwifwMnO19-AAxU3HDQIHRf5AygQmhN6BAgtEAI" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl&ved=2ahUKEwifwMnO19-AAxU3HDQIHRf5AygQmhN6BAgtEAI" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #1a0dab; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-wrap: nowrap;"></a></span><p></p>And they will Winter in Michigan! Bags packed for the weekend, we headed to Rudyard, Michigan, the "Snowy Owl Capital".<div><br /></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezuOTiQmbttr7c2IyIefwHeyrGrPNAI82Xq14X18hoMsA339w7DuXXkol3lCa_KANCCM-eV85pdFQ2bj55evdbgj0UkaiQvICrv8FdF53XWhfMLuaUYqkDD2KLykhxWYYGuBksz2pIRqsuffA6zk6nkqHgDBnuEnQ-AdqAxrgLEOyf3iHXEWjeT82sYEr/s4608/2023-02-11%2000.32.47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezuOTiQmbttr7c2IyIefwHeyrGrPNAI82Xq14X18hoMsA339w7DuXXkol3lCa_KANCCM-eV85pdFQ2bj55evdbgj0UkaiQvICrv8FdF53XWhfMLuaUYqkDD2KLykhxWYYGuBksz2pIRqsuffA6zk6nkqHgDBnuEnQ-AdqAxrgLEOyf3iHXEWjeT82sYEr/w400-h300/2023-02-11%2000.32.47.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first Snowy!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Lucky for us, ShelleyJean has done her research. They like high places and farm equipment and we quickly found our first one on South Centerline Road. So beautiful, but also so hard to photograph the white on white. </div><div><br /></div><div>We pulled off the side of the road, behind other idling cars. Rolling down the windows to take photos into the wind with the ice pellets stinging our fingers. What fun!</div><div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIhILkCHQ2b6na0XZh929p-YrPEun9hYagKap8d-yDDA6_hfCoOV558I1-K_G_rdyiDcOb02lO85PyRhR5avLnfOXjEoXwm60VE0wq-R8WuvUD6AbCSrNyQj90rXA2QXXpeK0kPjzqKlHkX8cyDq7okCSl87QaV7cJgLgMjSYY55x8H6E1TSiy17FS57W/s4896/2023-02-11%2013.33.16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIhILkCHQ2b6na0XZh929p-YrPEun9hYagKap8d-yDDA6_hfCoOV558I1-K_G_rdyiDcOb02lO85PyRhR5avLnfOXjEoXwm60VE0wq-R8WuvUD6AbCSrNyQj90rXA2QXXpeK0kPjzqKlHkX8cyDq7okCSl87QaV7cJgLgMjSYY55x8H6E1TSiy17FS57W/w400-h300/2023-02-11%2013.33.16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rudyard had just hung new Snowy Owl signs on all roads leading into town. We stopped and snapped pics at each one. The snow was so deep and so cold!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqWSbCy9cwsGdbW8ahUZ8yuevoqjl4pyU9bkrHWUL_qQU6gEA9W3Oh4sfub-T5dAJ1OpdlfsK4J_tNoOQnbMAe9CK-iLCin9Vsqh92xJJDermeTItz2chNZc-IoghXHu8OWEjIzRRTW7bYfAJaPPUIC8SRu1C455KIzObC4woay8mvFs9a__Xkc1kGb_C/s3088/2023-02-11%2013.26.26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqWSbCy9cwsGdbW8ahUZ8yuevoqjl4pyU9bkrHWUL_qQU6gEA9W3Oh4sfub-T5dAJ1OpdlfsK4J_tNoOQnbMAe9CK-iLCin9Vsqh92xJJDermeTItz2chNZc-IoghXHu8OWEjIzRRTW7bYfAJaPPUIC8SRu1C455KIzObC4woay8mvFs9a__Xkc1kGb_C/w400-h300/2023-02-11%2013.26.26.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were also lucky on South Hantz Road, too. Anytime we saw cars pulled off the road we pulled out our binoculars to catch a glimpse of those amazing eyes. Our cameras were not completely up to task, but, even blurry, the owls are still beautiful!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4s9JnaaZYslSgRZM6--98WixItudII0mth9zPfo7Ow8QfYKcE9t6YrtmZij-oomjS1KC0np0gwo3u2qKTEuquhj1sdbti4mKYy6rKei8xITP8P3XZxSnRtFD4iIEtSDG509ToB4tb0ShjjS6lXJZFp8JzbYRWJSFWQfuKAkILRPasLEl7RqFvCcNTFko-/s4608/2023-02-12%2000.14.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4s9JnaaZYslSgRZM6--98WixItudII0mth9zPfo7Ow8QfYKcE9t6YrtmZij-oomjS1KC0np0gwo3u2qKTEuquhj1sdbti4mKYy6rKei8xITP8P3XZxSnRtFD4iIEtSDG509ToB4tb0ShjjS6lXJZFp8JzbYRWJSFWQfuKAkILRPasLEl7RqFvCcNTFko-/w400-h300/2023-02-12%2000.14.24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnm-s_gCSuZUR5xSz19PlEVfIkEgSN8CqMK22XxcPOA4nAzZx1mGKOVOXIPBMmLEAKNMhC53PXgLZXffja9svFUp4Xo1b21_qAefsbogmy5QU7qg_RbUB5Fq8K7AA-mqORr95jl4z2Pimo7XpowbUX0pBDmuEZsD2-enwv_yESOugjJvKsxpVmcdY3S1o/s4608/2023-02-12%2000.25.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnm-s_gCSuZUR5xSz19PlEVfIkEgSN8CqMK22XxcPOA4nAzZx1mGKOVOXIPBMmLEAKNMhC53PXgLZXffja9svFUp4Xo1b21_qAefsbogmy5QU7qg_RbUB5Fq8K7AA-mqORr95jl4z2Pimo7XpowbUX0pBDmuEZsD2-enwv_yESOugjJvKsxpVmcdY3S1o/w400-h300/2023-02-12%2000.25.01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, time was up in Rudyard so we headed to Whitefish Point. This was a sweet little park roadside. Again, no camera was able to capture this stunning landscape. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EdRwdL_viwOOKv2y7D-FtHyy6e7ZJDI7AfcjneHMSohQHaATMPlB4XOLfnE9xg2oWlird6-kGoQcrAsp5Q7L-nCy8zkdpyUJJkOs5B1zoacEngsqUTfE9umOi-Chad4rlvKCTMK_8EuvoXSYB5j2egovMYw0gUJDgdJ5RNHPw8nMdng210B4tbBG6eiO/s4032/2023-02-12%2008.47.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EdRwdL_viwOOKv2y7D-FtHyy6e7ZJDI7AfcjneHMSohQHaATMPlB4XOLfnE9xg2oWlird6-kGoQcrAsp5Q7L-nCy8zkdpyUJJkOs5B1zoacEngsqUTfE9umOi-Chad4rlvKCTMK_8EuvoXSYB5j2egovMYw0gUJDgdJ5RNHPw8nMdng210B4tbBG6eiO/w400-h300/2023-02-12%2008.47.46.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Whitefish Point was deserted and almost snowbound. The snow was too deep for the Adventure Labs and birding so we'll have to come back another time. Sitting on the boardwalk, looking out at Lake Superior, your heart goes out to the poor sailors who lost their lives in these brutal waters. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbr1rMEn-JHo-R6MMsAswJNoLumtWayd5R0taYWPYUwhJYcODFyhdQmJVLg5335syO-GPug-229TlBeHcX26Q32gIyS603NqjWommDwpcs6-uYE9GszwkXkt8Zoq4JKMWdXENuZTBUvJ0-e9u6QBDvh3nQ-1K1RhtvI0VlkxOHiyxoB-83poHeq5XCKM2/s4032/2023-02-12%2009.42.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbr1rMEn-JHo-R6MMsAswJNoLumtWayd5R0taYWPYUwhJYcODFyhdQmJVLg5335syO-GPug-229TlBeHcX26Q32gIyS603NqjWommDwpcs6-uYE9GszwkXkt8Zoq4JKMWdXENuZTBUvJ0-e9u6QBDvh3nQ-1K1RhtvI0VlkxOHiyxoB-83poHeq5XCKM2/w400-h300/2023-02-12%2009.42.02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODwgY0XwGtc57giiJ2Tg-1qxR0dDjP2Tv-p4cMJgwUc9tWgD3NOW3Aivehfup8GNwKBvMhpmQ_0XRwh5LV_4R5sPTGrp2Kzkc8VgxIIXnJpBBgsxCQtkwaud9Do8T7yoBxHSPmsfRPIBuZfnriLrc6Mw6ldFUfTz4vME8D3oldnPESHrntVR1spuDmqOF/s4896/2023-02-12%2009.46.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODwgY0XwGtc57giiJ2Tg-1qxR0dDjP2Tv-p4cMJgwUc9tWgD3NOW3Aivehfup8GNwKBvMhpmQ_0XRwh5LV_4R5sPTGrp2Kzkc8VgxIIXnJpBBgsxCQtkwaud9Do8T7yoBxHSPmsfRPIBuZfnriLrc6Mw6ldFUfTz4vME8D3oldnPESHrntVR1spuDmqOF/w400-h300/2023-02-12%2009.46.28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Time to head home, but Mackinaw City has new Adventure Labs so we detoured there for pasties and smilies. So much fun taking pictures at the Mighty Mac! I've never been here in Winter. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihq8VTKjSNO0G7QhSv5HAkT8zLAyPqwO9F5yKqU7OpSHA4MbJOmj5c7Svd5zfW5Uvf_3I6AWhUA2LlBCbBnhdUrz5Y22bqU_8d05FZHJO7QFst4r3HpoJEWLgWExzLsEe04TlXxn5k5XEKRra1ls4yvPQedO5_HOqbRYMole73YugYyYNRP9HyMBA2LW5R/s4032/2023-02-12%2014.29.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihq8VTKjSNO0G7QhSv5HAkT8zLAyPqwO9F5yKqU7OpSHA4MbJOmj5c7Svd5zfW5Uvf_3I6AWhUA2LlBCbBnhdUrz5Y22bqU_8d05FZHJO7QFst4r3HpoJEWLgWExzLsEe04TlXxn5k5XEKRra1ls4yvPQedO5_HOqbRYMole73YugYyYNRP9HyMBA2LW5R/w400-h300/2023-02-12%2014.29.17.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsoRJHv5m97x9f1m9yZ9Sg3opOwhUG8tsOD0oTnQ5N1yrbPvibddA_fzOMzKyt4v2kyWYSX4fwJBigSOj0qWMTM9WFOIWEv0Z_6J-MksU2WFkY02X9-iCQNdP-HA8Z3uCeRMdD_xyT97Gbz5VwEB4jmp_tgSMAfTcWD7gtkIzmhvgeFM4fc8Z4DOdZSzg/s4032/2023-02-12%2014.55.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR795kUg3uYxMRRdLB3giorA6GHnfqscK3ttUKvAFHwkHvnjQU6CHg6TqTNm7jGi67U2Evw_6HHdBMJW4-zwNHItxXho1ubeXu8lGf6LUqbfnJPmm48EnE8Il8T12MD3Zmj3Wx-7_lWueMUUXqrkZ7VvUngLzqMkLFF0VOWw7xY90oVM7biAtPV5c9teLk/s4896/2023-02-12%2015.25.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR795kUg3uYxMRRdLB3giorA6GHnfqscK3ttUKvAFHwkHvnjQU6CHg6TqTNm7jGi67U2Evw_6HHdBMJW4-zwNHItxXho1ubeXu8lGf6LUqbfnJPmm48EnE8Il8T12MD3Zmj3Wx-7_lWueMUUXqrkZ7VvUngLzqMkLFF0VOWw7xY90oVM7biAtPV5c9teLk/w400-h300/2023-02-12%2015.25.31.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Our bird count for the weekend </u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">12 Hawks</p><p style="text-align: center;">30 Turkeys</p><p style="text-align: center;">1 Deer</p><p style="text-align: center;">2 Eagles</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>7 Snowy Owls!</b></p></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-79938909272023445962023-08-13T21:43:00.002-04:002023-08-13T21:43:07.074-04:00Oct 2022 - Upper Michigan Waterways Adventure<p><b>Life, school and Album Archive</b> got in they way of my blogging. Which is a shame, because TaGeez and I have had many adventures in the last year. </p><p>ShelleyJean reminded me why I do this blog - so we can share some caching amazingness and relive our adventures. Seneca County is a case in point - we're going to do their newest geotrail, and <a href="http://thecachingbag.blogspot.com/2022/05/seneca-county-geotrail-happy-caching-on.html" target="_blank">this blog post</a> reminded us what a jewel that area is!</p><p>So, bear with me as I do a little catch-up because we have more amazing adventures in our near future. These catch-up posts may not be text heavy, but sometimes you have to let the pictures do the talking. </p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9jcwr3y3cfOS9fsWQ1L_mlYzzWW3M8rx4ckyT1l9LxkmgexOjY-MKKQj-5xpvPwZ65fPVnC_2Za4PQ8N3DgCe_M4ycQqKMWIbuFJ0H92Uj4W8rEnXHjnzNlQoDrLnrMCQvcLDLv7ubkJ0zuXstuvZ9z8UQ4pOTNrHCiEW2x7C16Q1OfkJ8M-dsw2dbPs/s4032/2022-10-16%2004.43.41.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9jcwr3y3cfOS9fsWQ1L_mlYzzWW3M8rx4ckyT1l9LxkmgexOjY-MKKQj-5xpvPwZ65fPVnC_2Za4PQ8N3DgCe_M4ycQqKMWIbuFJ0H92Uj4W8rEnXHjnzNlQoDrLnrMCQvcLDLv7ubkJ0zuXstuvZ9z8UQ4pOTNrHCiEW2x7C16Q1OfkJ8M-dsw2dbPs/s320/2022-10-16%2004.43.41.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During a 3-day weekend in October, ShelleyJean, TaGeez and I decided to head up to the Upper Peninsula for the next leg of the Michigan Waterway Adventure Lab GeoTour. We had hoped to beat the snow, but Mother Nature has a sense of humor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EUgurR0vfWK9kjp7TVVxpL4c3pLU0Gi8kjbMMrj0CbChnv1Ihu5MHiQTEq-X3oClvHMjzWaiyGXQqnKTuyVwa4zucUJ6DJ66y61jPHOmunRmOUjczQ_RXTyLBADq2kATJHZEg7kjxIZHoCuq4Mr0KHOgvfXqgyZ-oCmwcycf7XgmyEStSxf4Ub7Bu4lB/s564/2022-10-13%2015.05.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="564" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EUgurR0vfWK9kjp7TVVxpL4c3pLU0Gi8kjbMMrj0CbChnv1Ihu5MHiQTEq-X3oClvHMjzWaiyGXQqnKTuyVwa4zucUJ6DJ66y61jPHOmunRmOUjczQ_RXTyLBADq2kATJHZEg7kjxIZHoCuq4Mr0KHOgvfXqgyZ-oCmwcycf7XgmyEStSxf4Ub7Bu4lB/s320/2022-10-13%2015.05.08.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Right over the bridge is a series of parks, and we, of course, had to ham it up. This park is on US 2 outside of Epoufette. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp249lRU0ybLB12sXfD7cVVpjF-mIENuLmfyWCm4KKQ8HRTgop3iYjnwcs7NCSn9KO3R70WNRREY7bpZAs6TD1CvHH-9eBqkRW_UQdJgL-_gVCTl4eaFJNl4Pxe-0wcSZqNxH34NVPa5wZD1iaxOrYpSeUUWkwxjL1I7F6K--qEICJ9jKB0FAB7wJ4bwpu/s3088/2022-10-14%2012.15.13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp249lRU0ybLB12sXfD7cVVpjF-mIENuLmfyWCm4KKQ8HRTgop3iYjnwcs7NCSn9KO3R70WNRREY7bpZAs6TD1CvHH-9eBqkRW_UQdJgL-_gVCTl4eaFJNl4Pxe-0wcSZqNxH34NVPa5wZD1iaxOrYpSeUUWkwxjL1I7F6K--qEICJ9jKB0FAB7wJ4bwpu/s320/2022-10-14%2012.15.13.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Helen GCX258</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This is where it gets hard - we stopped at so many amazing lighthouses, and we took so many great pictures at each stop. I think there's a magic when you cross the Mighty Mac where amazing photo opportunities are everywhere!<div><br /></div><div>This was particularly memorable because it was off-season, and we had the compound alone. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH51toGgqKbJnrTQc15WHfzWhKqXzev7CuF_jQYoF31I5buWF4HgaruFFZcDt6jV5T5DDaZqbnHjuk_wskH_Hm0LIkVnDfqjmuA_2-nzM2lnNXCsWjbygZvJqmwWLQC3ZZ85cl_VH3cQZFeAgZ-o8JwGCrGP5a6XCLuZzonXMGNmPUIlmBbVS-MijlmNjI/s4032/2022-10-14%2013.33.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH51toGgqKbJnrTQc15WHfzWhKqXzev7CuF_jQYoF31I5buWF4HgaruFFZcDt6jV5T5DDaZqbnHjuk_wskH_Hm0LIkVnDfqjmuA_2-nzM2lnNXCsWjbygZvJqmwWLQC3ZZ85cl_VH3cQZFeAgZ-o8JwGCrGP5a6XCLuZzonXMGNmPUIlmBbVS-MijlmNjI/w400-h300/2022-10-14%2013.33.46.jpg" width="400" /></b></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Seul Choix Lighthouse Virtual </span><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Noto Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC8949</span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Our favorite treasure of the day was not geocache-related! It was pasties at the Three Seasons Café outside of Manistique! WOW! This was on our must-do and didn't disappoint. How do you take your pasties? With ketchup or gravy? <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQdSFj9kjU4wNfM6bLI8j1tqOc0mvMEP2p399FB9rY8JSwpB5ALCYCL4ruHgMepYR38ctWUU7J1lzpXMcLG3uH5LZh5SN-ULQMJxHk7-QrutgE9bxpk9fSXSAb3nciU8olp9BsXinZuvcbR9TXSJURlR2Ye0DCdKQIIUIkWqaeq16iQg4zKVkHm-zun2R/s4032/2022-10-14%2014.16.41-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQdSFj9kjU4wNfM6bLI8j1tqOc0mvMEP2p399FB9rY8JSwpB5ALCYCL4ruHgMepYR38ctWUU7J1lzpXMcLG3uH5LZh5SN-ULQMJxHk7-QrutgE9bxpk9fSXSAb3nciU8olp9BsXinZuvcbR9TXSJURlR2Ye0DCdKQIIUIkWqaeq16iQg4zKVkHm-zun2R/s320/2022-10-14%2014.16.41-1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We continued heading west on US 2 for another Lighthouse Virtual. Hard to believe this one is 4/10th of a mile out into the water (as the crow flies). Luckily the team is always game! Now we turn North. The goal is the hit Houghton before nightfall (didn't happen thanks to the whiteout!). </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroYGbkVR4UsTKv3zc5kJGCMOybban7n5KaQo97NPXt3JDtnFZkB4zSQKYdojdmRcEZ3jMKJB56s_MFncGkj-mPITGLykwK33Ui6SSBBvaMv_Z-TJIl16ktS9wKkM10hCBjTFBFc8Nt45FrCP5ymenmu9NQyRN_WRjZ0OuqGn6gVoqt3GZepnYj3C3ZXaC/s4896/2022-10-14%2015.21.48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroYGbkVR4UsTKv3zc5kJGCMOybban7n5KaQo97NPXt3JDtnFZkB4zSQKYdojdmRcEZ3jMKJB56s_MFncGkj-mPITGLykwK33Ui6SSBBvaMv_Z-TJIl16ktS9wKkM10hCBjTFBFc8Nt45FrCP5ymenmu9NQyRN_WRjZ0OuqGn6gVoqt3GZepnYj3C3ZXaC/w400-h300/2022-10-14%2015.21.48.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">Manistique East Breakwater Light Virtual </span><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Noto Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>GCGYQ9</b></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Manistique had fabulous murals downtown - we experienced them thanks to the local Adventure Labs. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooODS4lvekQHQ0XwdR_PYm0U-dbto5nsO6AhH8paMzCjt-6yeNRahFag2mZZeFeodGhPN9oC5A7quM2d21Z8CUpHk4gT5KCUJws1Lj8-XkZr6uMQ2IeGSFSPYiviLgYOeMd1hoS3Ma0Z_8l73FmVmw6eMVxUzx44DLDx_iuaIQscDzi6MLKvOo258BAdY/s3024/2022-10-14%2015.51.18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooODS4lvekQHQ0XwdR_PYm0U-dbto5nsO6AhH8paMzCjt-6yeNRahFag2mZZeFeodGhPN9oC5A7quM2d21Z8CUpHk4gT5KCUJws1Lj8-XkZr6uMQ2IeGSFSPYiviLgYOeMd1hoS3Ma0Z_8l73FmVmw6eMVxUzx44DLDx_iuaIQscDzi6MLKvOo258BAdY/s320/2022-10-14%2015.51.18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Final stop of the day was such a "Yooper" Virtual. 20 questions of oddities at a roadside tourist trap (and we loved every moment of it even if the flakes started to fly!)</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IkNsFNUPHxXFkj-yJt_3SdxauBhoOcjYpw19vzpFKZtBVpxqozhdn-XD3aGzcwHsrdEAaJcPNVwKxpA14eLBS0u0siW7bGMpJwCT67h9s-LoVbkxIoNTBtRpl6vjnsh01gnJXIexUMDhhvpWRg-lcVbggdvMMj6HX7nET-YNLerwSmusUUZmRPmvXD4W/s4032/2022-10-14%2017.58.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IkNsFNUPHxXFkj-yJt_3SdxauBhoOcjYpw19vzpFKZtBVpxqozhdn-XD3aGzcwHsrdEAaJcPNVwKxpA14eLBS0u0siW7bGMpJwCT67h9s-LoVbkxIoNTBtRpl6vjnsh01gnJXIexUMDhhvpWRg-lcVbggdvMMj6HX7nET-YNLerwSmusUUZmRPmvXD4W/s320/2022-10-14%2017.58.05.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">20 Questions, eh? Or MORAN II Virtual GCGMZD</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcfUzdb5g6XfkD7uxDQPtgcDrAygs070eImw6uNwGtW503el93fQpJL4ThHdQqi9Kb-yUBvLF8updxWz2CiwkXs80aOiaCTxUwqlSQQXQ1HjeL93orQJB-JlBtVhqpVYYeetkcB_0dEAoXy3aLDNReM3ueorogxXVhEBLnfIBqpHoWNMAOATsSVm0MrXY/s3088/2022-10-14%2018.46.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcfUzdb5g6XfkD7uxDQPtgcDrAygs070eImw6uNwGtW503el93fQpJL4ThHdQqi9Kb-yUBvLF8updxWz2CiwkXs80aOiaCTxUwqlSQQXQ1HjeL93orQJB-JlBtVhqpVYYeetkcB_0dEAoXy3aLDNReM3ueorogxXVhEBLnfIBqpHoWNMAOATsSVm0MrXY/s320/2022-10-14%2018.46.02.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">scrapcat, TaGeez and ShelleyJean</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next morning the snow melted away, and we headed to Husky Plaza in Houghton. Now, we love Virtuals, but this was an added bonus! It was a webcam, too! Genius! I hope they one day bring true webcams back. I wonder what the nearby racers were thinking as we posed and waved!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiW6ECw3gIG-4dN9__dLALPV6geNhD0QJNHqhJ7ImWi4fBMwOsm2GHtqKp2AESvIrUn-YzLOcTOMu0nfl6iGqMqLjOP58KTSQdIlMCSongM9cmAfcizjcTqLjSYVZ8EMyUjFCMY2XuYudZWXcG5phRI4VCi8qpFsGHtvm3T8J1ESJqnpIdgGGdrEWTtR6W/s2208/2022-10-15%2008.35.08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="2208" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiW6ECw3gIG-4dN9__dLALPV6geNhD0QJNHqhJ7ImWi4fBMwOsm2GHtqKp2AESvIrUn-YzLOcTOMu0nfl6iGqMqLjOP58KTSQdIlMCSongM9cmAfcizjcTqLjSYVZ8EMyUjFCMY2XuYudZWXcG5phRI4VCi8qpFsGHtvm3T8J1ESJqnpIdgGGdrEWTtR6W/w400-h225/2022-10-15%2008.35.08.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Husky Plaza GC9P5V6</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Now it's the time to cross the Houghton bridge towards Copper Harbor! The color were already past their prime and the weather drizzly, but it was still a gorgeous drive Northeast. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUNoXh2IGVwUdQEIok2EGBK8DZXf7EkDLQti8GIy_zmk39HKQ3_FidBBvNgNOwv_ThSmQEJaYUrY2CtYwj0-k-ghS17c4S6PJ2_KziO8YBvrfTgBYdftLopAIIoIwOwv9g5YZsW2UAQZRpuKMRZcO1kuYwT7UKYkJFiuUpp3JFaussxIWkd1JhMUXXyL_/s4896/2022-10-15%2008.45.47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUNoXh2IGVwUdQEIok2EGBK8DZXf7EkDLQti8GIy_zmk39HKQ3_FidBBvNgNOwv_ThSmQEJaYUrY2CtYwj0-k-ghS17c4S6PJ2_KziO8YBvrfTgBYdftLopAIIoIwOwv9g5YZsW2UAQZRpuKMRZcO1kuYwT7UKYkJFiuUpp3JFaussxIWkd1JhMUXXyL_/w400-h300/2022-10-15%2008.45.47.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Special note: If you do the Adventure Labs, cell service is really spotty. Luckily, between the three of us, I had just enough service to log the ALs for all of us. <b>If you have spotty service, here's the steps to completing an Adventure Lab offline</b> (<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_u0wB4letU18l2_Yw8I3OwjmB4L3QA_m9cSzzdx4CH4/edit?pli=1" target="_blank">link</a>). The downside is you have to set this up while you still have service. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IC7kkTKEqCBk2kq33f1C8Yct5nvr7DY41HtMMIbJVqHxYq-0lRbzsH7hl32t4LQv8VcAXKQFK4JhB4L7rI0RZhE795vQw19Pxc2jD23bqJWssKSI5Xzlmd9Z-MFMP33XyKWJu35I9hEqqwDRTnz4nmZGNuTr4cp9VeTiUX5NILpXM-CG5Dskq-u7vFxx/s4896/2022-10-15%2009.28.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IC7kkTKEqCBk2kq33f1C8Yct5nvr7DY41HtMMIbJVqHxYq-0lRbzsH7hl32t4LQv8VcAXKQFK4JhB4L7rI0RZhE795vQw19Pxc2jD23bqJWssKSI5Xzlmd9Z-MFMP33XyKWJu35I9hEqqwDRTnz4nmZGNuTr4cp9VeTiUX5NILpXM-CG5Dskq-u7vFxx/w400-h300/2022-10-15%2009.28.09.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Honestly, I think this is the most gorgeous photo I've ever taken while geocaching! 💖 The fog over the lake visible from this boat access gave it such an ethereal frame. And look at that reflection! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpKRIt6g9LRQBo3j8mB6kaCap9BmJtDzBxGHpHeVT03VUvGLlL2XR9x_OQleC7dFCHWQKnTzEzhF55MGOFBkbwz34q1o344PrrVLiV3HY_p72TjwkAJAeSTUQtO5aaR0fxhWPVZWV5lHYblsolzrHMaRbBAvceuS6dBDO2-Spr170bAhvfkrDb7-otjzn/s2048/2022-10-17%2008.03.15-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpKRIt6g9LRQBo3j8mB6kaCap9BmJtDzBxGHpHeVT03VUvGLlL2XR9x_OQleC7dFCHWQKnTzEzhF55MGOFBkbwz34q1o344PrrVLiV3HY_p72TjwkAJAeSTUQtO5aaR0fxhWPVZWV5lHYblsolzrHMaRbBAvceuS6dBDO2-Spr170bAhvfkrDb7-otjzn/w400-h300/2022-10-17%2008.03.15-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUNJ5Wi-HOqGFvQaGjqwggCZqWNdqu7m-S-C6SvSLsNcue3SPeGHYgr43Y_v6F_kdRy9mSFEhm8Z7_t8oxonG72OxiTykElN9Vs3VXlqDTOgQ85CzwsZuHtjKB69zrEJ78Ws1C3ARG0rSUvUU_pRemyI35oAvf-2gHyL3VEkVncI4buUhXs3m3r0mbBiC/s5184/2022-10-15%2010.32.41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUNJ5Wi-HOqGFvQaGjqwggCZqWNdqu7m-S-C6SvSLsNcue3SPeGHYgr43Y_v6F_kdRy9mSFEhm8Z7_t8oxonG72OxiTykElN9Vs3VXlqDTOgQ85CzwsZuHtjKB69zrEJ78Ws1C3ARG0rSUvUU_pRemyI35oAvf-2gHyL3VEkVncI4buUhXs3m3r0mbBiC/w400-h300/2022-10-15%2010.32.41.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Silver River Falls</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Our Adventure Labs in Copper Harbor were a success (and so hard not to post pictures of every stop!). Heading towards Houghton, we detoured for another bonus Adventure Lab outside Calumet. This one was so sad, so disturbing. This was the site of the Italian Hall Tragedy where 73 miners and their family died in a fire on Christmas Eve. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-lry8zG6sGmP4i05wONmR3AjqxOAUTQFLuKFxg-W-MJ3HX2JnfwaGwloFdBtM7yTPeF_90Tnz_fghtgS1LUmkOhJYgp_etHTbMUWGlSqhFzKbamJ44_lY74qN-1AOacNt3LUP5j41xnCjAkvtzQhwLAk4l_Pk4Il0YTafFBXqQnKKEzxtPVC8yDv6toQ/s4032/2022-10-15%2012.12.23-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-lry8zG6sGmP4i05wONmR3AjqxOAUTQFLuKFxg-W-MJ3HX2JnfwaGwloFdBtM7yTPeF_90Tnz_fghtgS1LUmkOhJYgp_etHTbMUWGlSqhFzKbamJ44_lY74qN-1AOacNt3LUP5j41xnCjAkvtzQhwLAk4l_Pk4Il0YTafFBXqQnKKEzxtPVC8yDv6toQ/w300-h400/2022-10-15%2012.12.23-1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We sought comfort in the giant cinnamon rolls at Hilltop Restaurant. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55H1-62hbznFzbtV3p3opUDPgAJR_VxDQtX1JR64TGmcE9XWnSCP8gLk--1QIEWvUIUtlMxzo8awYhC5Qef9Ti4EZYaRNp4rJ1ktNcskam8pLR2yO2rEeRADi7yLYSz2U0XUrmSq0fXLm8Xfo4uuJM-SF3bUiRf4xC4BcDRR6WhlFxp6pFwsXVlpK6Pz5/s4032/2022-10-15%2013.52.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55H1-62hbznFzbtV3p3opUDPgAJR_VxDQtX1JR64TGmcE9XWnSCP8gLk--1QIEWvUIUtlMxzo8awYhC5Qef9Ti4EZYaRNp4rJ1ktNcskam8pLR2yO2rEeRADi7yLYSz2U0XUrmSq0fXLm8Xfo4uuJM-SF3bUiRf4xC4BcDRR6WhlFxp6pFwsXVlpK6Pz5/s320/2022-10-15%2013.52.09.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are curving East towards Munising. Again, I'm so appreciative that ShelleyJean is always willing to stop and take our photos. This is one of my favorites on our digital frame. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfF2OXXBpjGCxZ4LHPyDpAR702DXpm82Nbeo8g1Jcgg5s04s6AH4L8YkQEvF65MDV6zBJzzXUHzu_EAJPz9s2pM0ihSRGhU-pLqIkjcD0hwYxuEKwWeI47uB_cuh_Siw1BnjicQ-71hABYRZ7DHrGm5O9GeHMGEgY3MXoJlAlIs3haCctkw0M1ajpdEf16/s5184/2022-10-15%2016.09.52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfF2OXXBpjGCxZ4LHPyDpAR702DXpm82Nbeo8g1Jcgg5s04s6AH4L8YkQEvF65MDV6zBJzzXUHzu_EAJPz9s2pM0ihSRGhU-pLqIkjcD0hwYxuEKwWeI47uB_cuh_Siw1BnjicQ-71hABYRZ7DHrGm5O9GeHMGEgY3MXoJlAlIs3haCctkw0M1ajpdEf16/w400-h300/2022-10-15%2016.09.52.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Taking The Plunge EarthCache GC1AH6A</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3e1Loja-BQhjMjQnIFsZg_VdCM78aYQLx_RPg3SEI01PlLoz1zHex4iszku5AysBDLLyWt1dTYGM8wNQz7FMUklEGezgGn1Zg02NO972k9vCOzdvj1mKaWL4C83yDtA4j6dJH7W_jTMo2N6rNNKXNJlN0NZ25iIPfeeMxOpnNPIpReaoVO2U_zm4lwXL/s4896/2022-10-15%2016.41.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3e1Loja-BQhjMjQnIFsZg_VdCM78aYQLx_RPg3SEI01PlLoz1zHex4iszku5AysBDLLyWt1dTYGM8wNQz7FMUklEGezgGn1Zg02NO972k9vCOzdvj1mKaWL4C83yDtA4j6dJH7W_jTMo2N6rNNKXNJlN0NZ25iIPfeeMxOpnNPIpReaoVO2U_zm4lwXL/s320/2022-10-15%2016.41.31.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Munising West Channel Light GC1BTZM</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This was my first (and NOT my last) time in Munising! WOWWEE! Cute little town, but amazing trails and waterfalls!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsL6kXYnOEvbiLWTEKAK5yY38nlgWk-NnN5Cg_mehaCN13pJxYBxcd5kI4mDnqi6eRDndEHHYFrxDTxo-0TtbvATRvICBArps0G42dH9xESdjvK2rJ0lG-lU8bMG5ecE_Um-QqXAIK1yEnvzMce3KwGb9dnyjA8Q6zlXvpOZGUQlRptlp-JW0VzGYmSj6L/s4032/2022-10-15%2017.13.53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsL6kXYnOEvbiLWTEKAK5yY38nlgWk-NnN5Cg_mehaCN13pJxYBxcd5kI4mDnqi6eRDndEHHYFrxDTxo-0TtbvATRvICBArps0G42dH9xESdjvK2rJ0lG-lU8bMG5ecE_Um-QqXAIK1yEnvzMce3KwGb9dnyjA8Q6zlXvpOZGUQlRptlp-JW0VzGYmSj6L/w300-h400/2022-10-15%2017.13.53.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Munising Falls - The Earthcache </span><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Noto Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC1E6AV</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTX5wKS4g65G11NN-w7FiMztwoi6HFTIaxUjbDMRoDxzH1MuARho5dZ19Oa0Mw2nr_oLdDA7xLR5HNUd0kAnKOPWAMNcyiIK9EkqPQststPdA31hCsztVAOShyPHctg6DEAw6qJ1qk7AjRGziNNb_-6CwOZsRsGcpfsX5sOMdE7NAWNcBTmlwA-az-8FBj/s4032/2022-10-15%2017.14.18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTX5wKS4g65G11NN-w7FiMztwoi6HFTIaxUjbDMRoDxzH1MuARho5dZ19Oa0Mw2nr_oLdDA7xLR5HNUd0kAnKOPWAMNcyiIK9EkqPQststPdA31hCsztVAOShyPHctg6DEAw6qJ1qk7AjRGziNNb_-6CwOZsRsGcpfsX5sOMdE7NAWNcBTmlwA-az-8FBj/w300-h400/2022-10-15%2017.14.18.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ShelleyJean looking amazing!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last day in the UP, and we'll be heading home in a few hours. Too late in the season to go to Seney, but we did detour here for a peaceful Virtual. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyIX8fboyZvuGJ9FUBs7vn6NrOULnh_PHLKijjNjRXHgQSshthBJlmbbptFykXLagZzjx9nZWm09MkUY-3utzS-RPgBGepE7Uo7bQ_I7Qkk-CeSan_WpvEZ7cVO-nckcbfJApgF2Dq97fCPlXbWtg671dXo0rOY5sYSPD71UNvR1Ps1jnp_Kvp-drT-joT/s3088/2022-10-16%2009.47.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyIX8fboyZvuGJ9FUBs7vn6NrOULnh_PHLKijjNjRXHgQSshthBJlmbbptFykXLagZzjx9nZWm09MkUY-3utzS-RPgBGepE7Uo7bQ_I7Qkk-CeSan_WpvEZ7cVO-nckcbfJApgF2Dq97fCPlXbWtg671dXo0rOY5sYSPD71UNvR1Ps1jnp_Kvp-drT-joT/s320/2022-10-16%2009.47.11.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Forest Memorial 2 GCJXYZ</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9HGIp8gPUHPfz6OTTOmht8g4cQX46Gsq7Wecu-0x0-LmLyG02Q15x25-6YAJI-9CObCQ0On-76o2H_eWpRDOmVn0F16HpOGLQeyOXl84YLr8scyufXmwhDpCLTW2i2-Dt2qmppABUCnWY0OztadKlw_6CH3ra8s8M8Yjcy8N0ewVnAgmgaNGrQZBonpT/s4896/2022-10-16%2009.50.29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9HGIp8gPUHPfz6OTTOmht8g4cQX46Gsq7Wecu-0x0-LmLyG02Q15x25-6YAJI-9CObCQ0On-76o2H_eWpRDOmVn0F16HpOGLQeyOXl84YLr8scyufXmwhDpCLTW2i2-Dt2qmppABUCnWY0OztadKlw_6CH3ra8s8M8Yjcy8N0ewVnAgmgaNGrQZBonpT/s320/2022-10-16%2009.50.29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>When you think the "U.P." you think of Whitefish Point! The Whitefish Point Lighthouse.....</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0HgNP8oCexa74XWIDDHxZwFSGeo39GBskKVQVVEW9LlCsLGVCZEkjv2J15W2Hv4UbWyJyIFl-4ppXWhBLwm6Y6utvBnAiasYmiduME26i6Oe77TDw9ltjpg-KsQtsa7Y7LF7jGovMpIkcpwqgKIuYReEeEQpM32diEyWY36wSnhVL68oTHkS9Sw2TPAe/s4032/2022-10-16%2010.52.07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0HgNP8oCexa74XWIDDHxZwFSGeo39GBskKVQVVEW9LlCsLGVCZEkjv2J15W2Hv4UbWyJyIFl-4ppXWhBLwm6Y6utvBnAiasYmiduME26i6Oe77TDw9ltjpg-KsQtsa7Y7LF7jGovMpIkcpwqgKIuYReEeEQpM32diEyWY36wSnhVL68oTHkS9Sw2TPAe/w400-h300/2022-10-16%2010.52.07.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Whitefish Point Lighthouse GC9P6PE</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum...</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfeVvlZd5m38Sj4yDIlbhEt9bU1VIR2jJB7k4KDOXutd43fbetq8L-9H6i3CSqFFauie-7frh2o3b928QxcI2QsoHgeCXnsscU4TC8zolfRuz_5iV88Z4xHJ4DkPPjEyBBnFL5slytp2VSOCk60fEQCi09JlKX2CF9ReS5ILSutVYkX_xNNYnFXclhfT2/s4896/2022-10-16%2011.00.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfeVvlZd5m38Sj4yDIlbhEt9bU1VIR2jJB7k4KDOXutd43fbetq8L-9H6i3CSqFFauie-7frh2o3b928QxcI2QsoHgeCXnsscU4TC8zolfRuz_5iV88Z4xHJ4DkPPjEyBBnFL5slytp2VSOCk60fEQCi09JlKX2CF9ReS5ILSutVYkX_xNNYnFXclhfT2/w400-h300/2022-10-16%2011.00.04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Which features the historic sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I had goosebumps when I stepped up to the exhibit and Gordon Lightfoot started to play overhead. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrMe-XnGG8E3PxoHDKq3cvwVM4C13YUYG42xRR_SDdCw3AJcScuMP85gWSbl4oNg1WJF0DKwCVam68kaa2bFA1nrKR7UNtm3YVjD66OOcnTq_0R91Nu9MZHp5Z1j4EZqzwqbLO6b-yYc219A2hEwDrNtDf1-AkyqspssQFq_itEsiU6XF7nAB6Ka2aVwh/s3088/2022-10-16%2011.13.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrMe-XnGG8E3PxoHDKq3cvwVM4C13YUYG42xRR_SDdCw3AJcScuMP85gWSbl4oNg1WJF0DKwCVam68kaa2bFA1nrKR7UNtm3YVjD66OOcnTq_0R91Nu9MZHp5Z1j4EZqzwqbLO6b-yYc219A2hEwDrNtDf1-AkyqspssQFq_itEsiU6XF7nAB6Ka2aVwh/w400-h300/2022-10-16%2011.13.14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWM8tO2ie_WUQdNYfxMbuQd0vC8gBYSRwujRgVtiqeHWqUDKNGtr4BEwhoauVK9sTxeUI59yekbrkaDktkb_K2X4hJY8F4eTsG7O_wkHMjHu3HV8EvMuzjSpzqBHzJYXBFgn-OWFENyjL3L52grfPmmeqcQUK8qa4TToHLt1zlb1lffkPNHnGLIP_XJrO/s4032/2022-10-16%2011.30.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWM8tO2ie_WUQdNYfxMbuQd0vC8gBYSRwujRgVtiqeHWqUDKNGtr4BEwhoauVK9sTxeUI59yekbrkaDktkb_K2X4hJY8F4eTsG7O_wkHMjHu3HV8EvMuzjSpzqBHzJYXBFgn-OWFENyjL3L52grfPmmeqcQUK8qa4TToHLt1zlb1lffkPNHnGLIP_XJrO/w400-h300/2022-10-16%2011.30.28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZX4OK3oNKaCW7cfJoYU2Mu20GBC2YWIgFJb15qQEe4PGs3rEKME1HISBtHR9vR_AHmA76HiYw7f9Gcp4lV6BNtXIn0n_GSelTJOiZ_0-9T9ZUO8VCPvf_qzSvcKRFlaVlTS1Kdybt1UE0YJSMpIfUu78fm-1sSHmueKl0DI7Iua_g1SjSE5PkdmXE57w/s4896/2022-10-16%2011.31.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZX4OK3oNKaCW7cfJoYU2Mu20GBC2YWIgFJb15qQEe4PGs3rEKME1HISBtHR9vR_AHmA76HiYw7f9Gcp4lV6BNtXIn0n_GSelTJOiZ_0-9T9ZUO8VCPvf_qzSvcKRFlaVlTS1Kdybt1UE0YJSMpIfUu78fm-1sSHmueKl0DI7Iua_g1SjSE5PkdmXE57w/s320/2022-10-16%2011.31.56.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZJEtg6DcUaoKJM736yzBxKI8dD8Ev6RHafUA0cWxVjM-wKt2SJr6G4qaaABuKaijRBV5IVyAwmnOjwo3NQk0zfsu5vHwLyqtX5IbDnmMWkk73bntCj4VLdY1FOgmYugpFUenXdlYwoT5vmpKoI-wioaFAJDb6B1soU2abo3RDI68cymP3dkcUZnxveNW/s4896/2022-10-16%2011.50.43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZJEtg6DcUaoKJM736yzBxKI8dD8Ev6RHafUA0cWxVjM-wKt2SJr6G4qaaABuKaijRBV5IVyAwmnOjwo3NQk0zfsu5vHwLyqtX5IbDnmMWkk73bntCj4VLdY1FOgmYugpFUenXdlYwoT5vmpKoI-wioaFAJDb6B1soU2abo3RDI68cymP3dkcUZnxveNW/s320/2022-10-16%2011.50.43.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Final stop was in Sault Ste. Marie where we visited the Locks, had lunch at a road-kill restaurant (seriously, so many dead carcasses on the wall) and visited the Ancient Anishinaabek Burial Ground. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1V6wIZgUAJTPU4SK0oNdClu1_SnJ32wOOFyVfAUgVbFlAh-OZEulqN4C6isNfn3QnEFir-dZJBhIabaNlyScQnR7U6kXws3qA6EvkUtVv9Yia_n8YNe48wBvT8nlOMzHHmAKAOeoKGh_f2_cA0Hu1lBzRpvKr1eH_77nrOR_0u0pRGM1T1rtxvRuftA2z/s4032/2022-10-16%2014.41.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1V6wIZgUAJTPU4SK0oNdClu1_SnJ32wOOFyVfAUgVbFlAh-OZEulqN4C6isNfn3QnEFir-dZJBhIabaNlyScQnR7U6kXws3qA6EvkUtVv9Yia_n8YNe48wBvT8nlOMzHHmAKAOeoKGh_f2_cA0Hu1lBzRpvKr1eH_77nrOR_0u0pRGM1T1rtxvRuftA2z/s320/2022-10-16%2014.41.14.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh, and yes, we finished the 10 stages of the Waterways of Chippewa-Keweenaw Adventure! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpU_zgDsbzEqU_jLcRTRck1nE5_JYb8FTQvfEo63v2AcJ7znrWhrws-UU75_l12t3TsSjyLoaZBIUgGC9BnJsPk5vL2a7SymNxArkovWi9qpuAjAhZ59VDRvNx8EcQS8tL3ASq_oJ3PqyiLExbJ339KYE6lPK-okA03MX5fQneJNUXIE3FN9kpvargeC3/s2208/2022-10-16%2014.30.59.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2208" data-original-width="1242" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpU_zgDsbzEqU_jLcRTRck1nE5_JYb8FTQvfEo63v2AcJ7znrWhrws-UU75_l12t3TsSjyLoaZBIUgGC9BnJsPk5vL2a7SymNxArkovWi9qpuAjAhZ59VDRvNx8EcQS8tL3ASq_oJ3PqyiLExbJ339KYE6lPK-okA03MX5fQneJNUXIE3FN9kpvargeC3/s320/2022-10-16%2014.30.59.png" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>One more to go! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-81449757082186614062023-08-11T21:43:00.000-04:002023-08-13T20:01:09.893-04:00Geocaching 101 - Our Obsession<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDL1AyC5kO0OcjP4ARBY2hcZfNjnGlZuGSkHDuWKjkXkDnILY9xyB3wqKZYAxSqVukZLNGynUXF2crwifNQ3pywkdQ22FbxjB2ne9kW68oOJdNtwg07ocl_R5Cf-hbEJFdzxpeDk0F9gXhFnZ4Uoqhg62n_S4vjwOppZ5N3c5c6NZjTJ9EQO8UAitxPJsM"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDL1AyC5kO0OcjP4ARBY2hcZfNjnGlZuGSkHDuWKjkXkDnILY9xyB3wqKZYAxSqVukZLNGynUXF2crwifNQ3pywkdQ22FbxjB2ne9kW68oOJdNtwg07ocl_R5Cf-hbEJFdzxpeDk0F9gXhFnZ4Uoqhg62n_S4vjwOppZ5N3c5c6NZjTJ9EQO8UAitxPJsM=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7266245637155005794" /></a></p>I'm in a certification program for Adult Learning Design and had to do a presentation last night with specific logistics and engagement requirements. So I decided Geocaching 101 as my topic, and I taught a virtual synchronous session using learning theory.
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<br>I knew I had hooked my audience when I showed these slides! I watched them as a group lean forward towards their screens and OOH! They came to learn "learning design theory", and we left with several new geocachers!Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189472310443066881.post-84546274318755559052023-06-15T22:07:00.000-04:002023-06-15T22:07:01.475-04:00Ohio GeoClash is in the books!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD90OCYl6hxQZsSQ8WGTUiPSennPNb2ZElgxh5ew8oCtMXBFCEy9Pd8QyWwIfibGN0d8zOvD-RheOqJ9Nsn-5Q5c4dWEjpS0eHH4rmfpBAYqk2RJjomMkY35vKTqTZ0BCG9CHmLU23FYp3YcXyqauVMjGrCKHJGUxuXuozMcUjBNspVwsVxdF_sydIhg/s311/geoc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="311" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD90OCYl6hxQZsSQ8WGTUiPSennPNb2ZElgxh5ew8oCtMXBFCEy9Pd8QyWwIfibGN0d8zOvD-RheOqJ9Nsn-5Q5c4dWEjpS0eHH4rmfpBAYqk2RJjomMkY35vKTqTZ0BCG9CHmLU23FYp3YcXyqauVMjGrCKHJGUxuXuozMcUjBNspVwsVxdF_sydIhg/w400-h208/geoc.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Another Saturday rolls in, and TaGeez & I found ourselves at another Mega event, <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC9V999" target="_blank">Ohio GeoClash & Festival 2023</a>, in Tiffin, Ohio.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_PiLNGkYMjMWCsu4QquQeTpdy7VS5KR4jeJpCh4Qr9JXhb5y9H1MLYxjG12lUUtIAVRUbCA4GlI9ae_IO33cPIIFX7oVyPdWO1UIlExbs6YDV_oymVOMAnn7P2-Wxpp75PcVyPC0hlHyUSTcmDlqq8YXKWuLwVEJLGTuFL-sR-2N96RfiV4yow_cJg/s3088/2023-06-03%2009.25.13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_PiLNGkYMjMWCsu4QquQeTpdy7VS5KR4jeJpCh4Qr9JXhb5y9H1MLYxjG12lUUtIAVRUbCA4GlI9ae_IO33cPIIFX7oVyPdWO1UIlExbs6YDV_oymVOMAnn7P2-Wxpp75PcVyPC0hlHyUSTcmDlqq8YXKWuLwVEJLGTuFL-sR-2N96RfiV4yow_cJg/s320/2023-06-03%2009.25.13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsmllE16JmMdKkO7WQvTO1GG-gbmTaqrHV--U3hM5NkitShZszn6AnphE7nlueC6pgFzISVAY2e_Au6MCG-wn9KsyY-_U5p698-8RldTno3lgbR5fMCrj6bb17Rvrphkb-f-4jUiE6h5m7xD1KZ0jUuqzoysDcRRiG9N0jXGO2VRpeTjLYOpYOYwlGA/s4032/2023-06-03%2009.29.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsmllE16JmMdKkO7WQvTO1GG-gbmTaqrHV--U3hM5NkitShZszn6AnphE7nlueC6pgFzISVAY2e_Au6MCG-wn9KsyY-_U5p698-8RldTno3lgbR5fMCrj6bb17Rvrphkb-f-4jUiE6h5m7xD1KZ0jUuqzoysDcRRiG9N0jXGO2VRpeTjLYOpYOYwlGA/s320/2023-06-03%2009.29.22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">We've never been to a GeoClash before, but we're trying to include as many adventures in this crazy summer. As far as we can figure out, cachers are grouped into 5 subgroups and go caching for points for their team. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">By the time we checked in, the groups were out so we decided to take it easy and let the whim take us. We did the onsite Adventure Lab, and we moseyed over to the Art Festival in the center of the park (OH, that lemonade was SO GOOD!)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDffz88EfR64try9dnLU-89BOIYEdGODKcJNPRQgNnaj42QKRYCVvQBWuedgEI8ai2KTYkpdJy1IDIJJf7FHA-8rSj_ALjBCZ0R4MihMPhpOO4KviyN7BTBnb0fDgiQNJb-8uZZSVNx1t6tGtCMk80WN_9_I2A5cQYF9zc-YLOF7FGEZv2cI4PZ7j7w/s4032/2023-06-03%2010.36.25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDffz88EfR64try9dnLU-89BOIYEdGODKcJNPRQgNnaj42QKRYCVvQBWuedgEI8ai2KTYkpdJy1IDIJJf7FHA-8rSj_ALjBCZ0R4MihMPhpOO4KviyN7BTBnb0fDgiQNJb-8uZZSVNx1t6tGtCMk80WN_9_I2A5cQYF9zc-YLOF7FGEZv2cI4PZ7j7w/s320/2023-06-03%2010.36.25.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvpeEzwAncuq78WzNVWv9eOhwnGNkcR93oBDOrJNe8BNwoAjA_1vT_miN0VIuw43BBhe22HXyiAuj_jGHLKEJjyoKZ6YECWR0LQLUfxHeQ96W7NcXJe198hh9zYUsfIn3hFxFAhkKWA25_8uYIKbTBzN9mugzUp-jJl-JJOxPZGEG5TYXgZCHvmmj3Q/s3088/2023-06-03%2010.39.40-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvpeEzwAncuq78WzNVWv9eOhwnGNkcR93oBDOrJNe8BNwoAjA_1vT_miN0VIuw43BBhe22HXyiAuj_jGHLKEJjyoKZ6YECWR0LQLUfxHeQ96W7NcXJe198hh9zYUsfIn3hFxFAhkKWA25_8uYIKbTBzN9mugzUp-jJl-JJOxPZGEG5TYXgZCHvmmj3Q/s320/2023-06-03%2010.39.40-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Because of the heat, we decided to head into town for a few caches, historic cemeteries, more adventure labs, and, of course, lunch! Our favorite adventure lab was the <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC9XPMG" target="_blank">Historic People of Tiffin Adventure Lab</a>, with this beauty as its final. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOS2f89ekzq7jehPaX3sGnh_3iH-g-ju7gjwuU1hLx10x7l_McCj5DxI7QVeAhjAdsQI63_unRL4unt7NUvvGRagr2I7xpexIQBZjWqmj-A-zm2VnHQV013IMcNFD4iwyeRbixUDgzDkF83VdbEi7W58DsFwidP9EaJWVI3SlcsxiedBZCZlWPEtZgA/s1600/2023-06-03%2010.16.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOS2f89ekzq7jehPaX3sGnh_3iH-g-ju7gjwuU1hLx10x7l_McCj5DxI7QVeAhjAdsQI63_unRL4unt7NUvvGRagr2I7xpexIQBZjWqmj-A-zm2VnHQV013IMcNFD4iwyeRbixUDgzDkF83VdbEi7W58DsFwidP9EaJWVI3SlcsxiedBZCZlWPEtZgA/s320/2023-06-03%2010.16.22.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">After doing the Historic Figures AL, we started to see those founding father's names all over Tiffin! After a few, impressive local caches, we then headed home (with a quick stopover in Toledo).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBYEFsRNCjKQVEw1eEAZ4KiqII4GFP-u9uPyii_6-pwjvIVnNBud3xcxM7YQaI5ZQD58QDcBjSVaw99GUDMHCSXuOB4sb-eu9pMMQSaXszOR8t83yJBr3sqeO69dzSSGnvPmPQfCQbu8pMkzGh3i9OVRzEEHkTUqjse5tWpeMwkE7vo3wZ0nz07MPLg/s4032/2023-06-03%2012.10.27-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBYEFsRNCjKQVEw1eEAZ4KiqII4GFP-u9uPyii_6-pwjvIVnNBud3xcxM7YQaI5ZQD58QDcBjSVaw99GUDMHCSXuOB4sb-eu9pMMQSaXszOR8t83yJBr3sqeO69dzSSGnvPmPQfCQbu8pMkzGh3i9OVRzEEHkTUqjse5tWpeMwkE7vo3wZ0nz07MPLg/s320/2023-06-03%2012.10.27-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Somebody seems like he had a good time 😊</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASiIf_xaZOpm6oRQBG9UuxRDsmqDe1ox4HmuQQJWJzD-Qh2ezEv1obmVJwOy6LO1vVBM-dXhfLQQWhb7mtt4YEvdP6G7_3XsiCIX20FoF9XUrUU60Vye-GUPWovrKSPv6hb7rWMrhk-q5ea1MH5ydqL20UoHglseTN8vewMmoMx_WXALRvZmOPRJJrg/s3088/2023-06-03%2014.22.29-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASiIf_xaZOpm6oRQBG9UuxRDsmqDe1ox4HmuQQJWJzD-Qh2ezEv1obmVJwOy6LO1vVBM-dXhfLQQWhb7mtt4YEvdP6G7_3XsiCIX20FoF9XUrUU60Vye-GUPWovrKSPv6hb7rWMrhk-q5ea1MH5ydqL20UoHglseTN8vewMmoMx_WXALRvZmOPRJJrg/s320/2023-06-03%2014.22.29-1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">WoW! Seneca County is very cacher-friendly, and they are rolling out a </span><a href="https://www.destinationsenecacounty.org/slice-of-seneca-county" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">new Pizza geotrail </a><span style="text-align: left;">this upcoming weekend! The last 2 were impressive so we're adding this one to our summer agenda!</span></p>Elisa (AKA scrapcat)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645018679446672757noreply@blogger.com0