I did it. I found a cache Wednesday to complete my 366 grid. I have officially found a geocache on every day of the year, from January 1 to December 31, including February 29. I found GC50JZO I Wanna Walk Like You Challenge. I had completed the challenge some time ago, but just found the …
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From zero to 10
When I woke up Tuesday morning, I had yet to ever find a geocache on the First of October. When I went to bed Tuesday night, I had found 10. Seven of those 10, by the way, were FTFs, or first to finds. Monday evening when I was at work, I thought my phone was …
Another month down, one more to go
I began the year with a goal of completing my 366 grid. That is, find a cache every day of the year, including 29 February. I don’t recall if I needed to find a cache in January, but I know the whole family (three of us, plus Capt TailWagger) loaded into the car and drove …
Geocaching in Amish country
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is often the place most people think about when the Amish are mentioned. The Harrison Ford movie “Witness” took place in Lancaster, I believe. Although Lancaster is home to America’s largest Amish population, it’s certainly not the only one. Elkhart and LaGrange counties in Indiana have the third largest population of Amish in …
Cemetery geocaching
I have found Forrest Gump’s grave. You remember Forrest. He was a football-playing, running-across-the-country, Medal of Honor winner played by Tom Hanks in the movies. I found his grave while geocaching. I also found a monument commemorating racing officials who died in a 1978 plane crash near Arlington, Indiana. These are just some of the …
Wiffleball and geocaching
I have watched movies at geocaching events, picked up trash, had breakfast and supper, eaten ice cream and drank coffee. I have been to three mega events (500 or more people in attendance) and one giga event (5,000 or more people in attendance). But until Saturday, I had never played Wiffleball at a geocaching event. …
Streak Week complete
Saturday proved to nearly be my undoing. My hay fever erupted with a vengence. I couldn’t stop sneezing and blowing my nose. I was miserable.
Streak Week
Geocaching HQ is encouraging geocachers to geocache every day from 25 August to 31 August. Those who find a cache each day during this week will get a souvenir. Geocaching HQ awards souvenirs for a variety of reasons. Whenever geocachers find a geocache in a new state, they are awarded a souvenir on their profile …
A little about me
We chose the name Teamtailwagger because our dog at the time, Domino, had won a contest as the best tailwagging dog in the city. Domino, who looked like a small Dalmation, passed away Oct. 30, 2018, at age 18. On April 11, 2017, Kinsler, a German shorthair pointer, came to live with us. On the …
Welcome to Geocaching with Capt. TailWagger
Come along with Capt. TailWagger and me as we explore the world through geocaching. With more than 3 million geocaches hidden across the globe, we will only scratch the surface.
Geocaching with Capt. TailWagger 