2021 was the best year I’ve had since I started geocaching. I finished the year with 1,728 total finds, blowing away my old personal record of 1,090 finds in 2015. I also […]
My December 2021 Round-Up
As much as this was a rough year, it also felt like it went by really fast. Perhaps that is because I threw myself into geocaching as a means of escape, and […]
My October 2021 Round-Up
October of 2021 saw a few more things return to normal for us in the COVID era. The Fryeburg Fair, a local agricultural fair, has been canceled last year. It was back […]
My September 2021 Round-Up
September of 2021 was an interesting month. The leaves are starting to change up here, although there’s not much color right around my house thanks to an invasion of gypsy moths we […]
2021 Road Trip, Day 7: Colby, KS to Salina, KS – The Holy Grail
This was it – the day I’d planned for. I slept in since my only plans were to find the oldest active geocache and then find some others around town until it […]
2021 Road Trip Day 6: Omaha, NE to Colby, KS – Let’s Meet in the Middle
I started planning this trip over the winter, hoping I would be able to find about ten days that I could make the drive. Then I saw a Superbowl commercial, and had […]
2021 Road Trip Day 5: Waterloo, IA to Omaha, NE – The Day The Music Died
I stayed overnight in Waterloo, IA in preparation for another place I wanted to see, which was in Clear Lake, IA. This was a place I wanted to visit for whatever reason […]
2021 Road Trip Day 4: Tinley Park, IL to Waterloo, IA – Geocaching, Star Trek, and Baseball
So many places to see, so little time…. Initially, my outline had me staying in Davenport, IA overnight. I didn’t make it that far, so I still had to get through all […]
2021 Road Trip Day 3: Macedonia, OH to Tinley Park, IL
Once again I set the alarm for 6AM to get on the road before many other people were. I drove towards the Starbucks down the road, only to find they didn’t open […]
2021 Road Trip Day Two: Utica, NY to Macedonia, OH
Today was one of the few days I had definitive plans for the day. I had a general outline of the whole trip, but a lot of that involved seeing how far […]
Thoughts From the Mountain Top 