FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY
As we came home from church yesterday, I decided like it or not, I was going caching. It has been so long since we have done any caches and I am starting to go thru withdrawl. LOL
So off we went to Chilliwack to do the Loving All Things Canadian cache.
What a wonderful trail to venture on, and such a variety of birds on the way. I wasn't able to get many pictures (well good ones) of the birds but now have shown Kelly that I need a bird book, as birds facinate me and I am always asking 'what kind of bird is that?'
As we had pulled up to park the van for our trek on the trail to the cache, a gentleman pulled up behind us and off he went ahead. As we arrived at the cache, there was the gentleman with the cache, so we turned our backs and let him finish.
When finished we all introduced ourselves and it was wonderful that we got the chance to meet Moicy. I had seen the name in logs and had never met him, so it was great that we had our chance to do so yesterday. Rainforest Rudy was quite excited to meet Moicy to.


Further down the trail on our way back to the van, we ran into Hellraiser and his family. What a wonderful day to be meeting fellow geocachers on the trail. Geo-pet Milly and their dog had a chance to say their hellos and we made sure that Rainforest Rudy got his picture with everyone there.

Travel T wanted to have his picture with Rainforest Rudy as well, so a picture we did take.

Off to another cache we ventured...hidden by the same geocachers as the previous cache. This one is titled Mother Goose Series - Three Blind Mice

On the way to the cache along the trail, I spotted this bird in the tree above. We sat discussing what type of bird it is...if you know, let me know. I am thinking it is baby eagle, or a teen eagle, but hey, what do I know....lol

I am glad I got this picture though as it shows all parts of the bird well. The head, body and especially the beak.

All in all it was a 3 cache day.

Mother Goose Series - Humpty Dumpty

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Well I did what I didn't think I would do...I cached in the snow.

A new cache came out and I figured why not try for FTF...unfortunately got STF, but still it was worth it.

The cache is called Frozen Ducksicles put out by TurtleMaintenance.

What an awesome day for a walk around Mill Lake and all the ducks there to greet you. I got some great pictures.

Coming up on the 18th of January, I have an event planned, so stay tuned for the time and place.Will be fun.

Kelly's 700

Wow, Seven Hundred caches and counting! Amazing!

I am not too far behind...about 50 or so.
We went out to Port Coquitlam today and Kelly picked May Dayz to be his 700th Cache. Of course he has to pick the one where we have to get out of the van, stand in the freezing cold wind and count for what seemed like an eternity. We endured it though and the kids had fun.
I was a little sad to come to the first part of this cache during the winter month as I hear it is amazing to see during the summer time. Funny how Kelly's mother lives in this area, as did I at one time and had never seen this little park, and the 'ride' there. Today when giving it a push...squeek and creak it did.
For the second half of the cache we got smart and staying in the van and just drove back and forth to do our counting. Seriously....picture this van going forward along this lane....then backing up....then forward again....then backing up. It was quite the site for a couple of muggles who were admiring the mural. hee hee
After we finished the cache, the day was left for me and all the caches I wished to find, and find we did. With the bitter wind and the daylight fading, we managed to do 7 caches. I am sure we could have done a few more had it not been such a slow start in the am, the fitting of Kelly's glasses, the 'little bit' of shopping I did, and of course, picking up the brakes for the van. Priorities, priorities....lol
We ended the day by visiting Kelly's mother and having a Chinese food feast. I ate, had my glass of wine and basically planted myself in front of the tv, and chatted with Kelly's step dad. I had hoped and thought we were going to Bellingham for a Geocaching event, but plans had changed (much to my surprise).

I am wondering now, after caching on a day like this cold one past, how much more caching we will do. I myself didn't have much of a problem with the cold, but brrrrrrr, it sure can get nippy. As long as the snow stays away, I plan on caching right thru these winter months, as I would like to get my 1000 before April 2009.

Overall, this day of Kelly's 700th was a good one.

Gearhedd's Meet n' Greet Poker Event

We were lucky to attend a poker event this year. When we arrived we were happy to see some new faces and some faces we all ready knew. Unfortunately I didn't get photos of everyone as I was busy chatting and eating...lol

Not everyone stayed for the Poker part of the event and there was 7 of us playing for the championship.

Unfortunately, Grafinator aka Jason was the first one out of the game.

Six left and then Mrs. Jangor aka Jane went out and a few hands after her, I aka Best Red went out.

Only 4 left, and on the game went. The blinds getting bigger and pots rising.

TESKELLY aka Kelly was next to go out, leaving only 3.

Another few hands and Northlang aka Nathan was next to go only leaving 2.

With Gearhedd aka Brad and Mr. Jangor aka Gordon left to battle it out, the game was on. Who would win the pot and also win 4 unactivated coins?

JANGOR! Congratulations!

This was a wonderful event and we look forward to the next one.

Thanks Gearhedd!!!!!!

Hallowe'en Time you say?

Welcome to Half Canadian's Geocaching Event - Lights out in Lynden

On Saturday October 25th, 2008 we ventured down to Lynden, Washington for an event that we knew was gonna be fun. It consisted of a pot-luck dinner, prizes, meeting new cachers, seeing old friends, costumes, and of course caching.

At the end of the night, Half Canadian, or should I say, Dr. Creepy Half Canadian (lol) ensured us that she had called the police and informed them as to what is going on in the area. She also handed out wonderful Lanyards that had neon lights on them and a placard that stated we were with the Lights out in Lynden Geocaching Event.

Wonderful food was brought and there was so many things to choose from. Even a witches brew to drink, that was in a cauldron.
It was great to see familiar faces and also to place a name to some of those faces. It was also great to meet some new people and trade some TB's.

Many dressed up for the event, just like Mr. Banana here. He reminded me of when my oldest was younger and watched B1 and B2 on tv. When this banana came in, I waited till the end for B2 to arrive, but he never did.

This poor soul looks like they have had more than a bad hair day. Heck a bad 'whole body day'. Is there a doctor in the house? Ah, this must be the poor person Dr. Creepy Half Canadian was working on. (lol)

When this creature came walking in and sat down, I kept saying 'he is creepy'. Later to my horror, when they pulled of the mask, the he was a 'she' with beautiful long red hair. It got me wondering if it something with us red heads loving horror and stuff like that...as I have a couple other red haired friends who are like that as well. Hmmm....makes you wonder.

On to caching...we were given 14 caches to find. Night caching, what fun, especially when you are not wearing caching shoes...lol We were lucky enough to get FTF's on three of them, but really what made them all great was the well thought out containers. Half Canadian has such a wonderful knack for making up really cool caches. Below are a couple from that evening. I won't put the names here as these are published caches and I don't want to give anything away.

The first one is my favourite and I had Nana pose with it.

This one here, made me wonder what is in the water down there....lol I seriously wouldn't want to come across anything like this in a dark alley.

Again, something else I wouldn't want to meet in any forest or bush I geocache in.

I still believe it is the water they have down in Lynden

Half Canadian did a wonderful job and I look forward to her next event

Long Time No Cache

Awhile ago at our first ever caching event, a 'Flash Mob', we decided that after the event we would go caching with Titelines. Ok, for two ladies who are just a bit older than me and smoke...they sure can climb the side of a hill fast! I was not able to keep up with these two and can understand why they have as many finds as they do and why they have some of those finds in the 5,5 range. They rock at those types of caches.

Ah yes, we had also ventured out with L'il Spoiled Brat as she was with Titelines. The children took to her very quickly, and I am sure if we are ever in need of a babysitter, the kids will not complain if we bring her over.

I can truly say that I really enjoyed our time, especially when I got to see the car with the wooden wheels. I had heard about it on the news and it was wonderful to actually see it and to get to take pictures of it.

Here is a link that explains more about it... Dream Chaser

We had an eventful day, though I can't remember how many caches we did...lol though I do remember some of them were a very long hike and some were a very long climb. I can't wait till we go again!