Speaking of Free Trackables....

Celebrating the inner explorer...

TaGeez and I received our free Hurtigruten trackables today! We both received polar bears!

Now to take them on an adventure, tagging our photos as #HGInnerExplorer #contest

Hopefully a trip to the zoo is in our future this weekend for some photos before dropping them next week in Grand Rapids!

Mountain Warehouse Trackables

Speaking of free trackables... look what we have!

Moose Willis, Meryl Sheep, and Jimmy Talon

The fabulous ShelleyJean and I made our way across Canada recently (that tale is coming soon to these pages), and we found ourselves crossing paths with several outlet malls. We decided on a whim to see if the Mountain Warehouses in Ontario and Niagara had any promotional trackables left (our own local store never received their shipment). To our shock and joy, we were able to collect one of each for one complete set! TaGeez loves his souvenir from our road trip.

If you see one in the wild, take a picture with it and upload to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest using #MWGeoTrail #contest 

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UPDATE - And it looks like lady luck is on our side. Received this email too:

Congratulations, your name was randomly selected out of thousands of entries to receive a Hurtigruten trackable in the mail! You should expect to receive it within the next couple of weeks.

Looks like we have quite a few trackable tags to activate and release this summer!

A Pirate Life for Me!

So much to share because it's been an epic geocaching 10 days, but I'm exhausted. Watch this space for recent adventures that include famous waterfalls, mind-numbing cemetery puzzles, a multi-state road trip, and, of course, Midwest GeoBash. 

To give you a taste of my excitement, here's a quick share: GeoBash ended this morning, but it was not a quick trip home. TaGeez and I (plus about 40 other hearty soles) made our way from the Fulton County Fairgrounds to Ford Field Park in Dearborn to meet Captain Rodney and crew!

Originating from Tennessee, Captain Rodney's is a family business that sells Barbecue sauces, jams and jellies, and one of the owners happens to be a geocaching reviewer called Monkeybrad. To give back to the community and (let's face it) promote the family product (the coffee barbecue sauce looked amazing), Monkeybrad and crew have teamed up with Geocaching.com for the Great American Treasure Hunt trackable promotion. The crew is traveling the lower 48 states, hosting events and giving away free Captain Rodney's trackables.

Everyone who attended received one (to do as they will - yours to keep, sell, release). And they have a photo contest, too! 

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Captain Rodney’s treasure hunt without a little something extra, so we are hosting a contest to win Captain Rodney’s prizes! All you need to do is carry a Captain Rodney’s trackable geocaching anywhere in the world and snap a photo of it to share your adventure. Post the photo on Facebook or Twitter with the hashtags #CachingWithCaptainRodneys #contest to enter. On October 31, 2017, we will pick 25 of the coolest pictures, the ones that truly capture Geocaching, Captain Rodney’s and our shared spirit of adventure to win Captain Rodney’s prize packs!

Monkeybrad and friends were pretty nice guys. After the event they headed off to The Henry Ford (because, when in Dearborn, that's what you do). And tomorrow they are heading to southern Ohio for the Butler County Donut Tour - yum! 

They must've made quite an impression on TaGeez, too. As tired as he is, he's sitting on the other loveseat shopping for their sauces and Googling recipes. Looks like a very tasty summer indeed!