In a bit of slump

A month ago today, on Groundhog Day, I drove up from Fort Wayne to Angola, Indiana, to do an Adventure Lab and possibly find the bonus cache attached to it. We had gotten a bit of snow the previous weekend, our first real snowfall of the winter. I completed the first two stages, then hit …

New attributes

I don’t know about you, but I tend to look at attributes when I’m geocaching, including two in particular: Dogs allowed and bicycling. Capt. TailWagger has never joined me when I’m on my bike, whether I’m geocaching or not. But he does frequently join me on my adventures, particularly on days when it’s not too …

Solving puzzles and other ideas

During this time of stay-in-place orders what is a geocacher to do? We could watch videos on YouTube. Or we can create cool cache containers. Or we could do as I’m doing: solving puzzles. The Geocaching Vlogger this month began season five of the Geocaching Challenge he and Lookout Lisa from Cache Advance have been …

Things are moving fast

How are you coping during these trying times? My mom is moving in with my sister. My dad died in 2011, and my mom has lived alone since. My sister lives in central Indiana just west of Indianapolis in Hendricks County. My mom needs to be with people. I think that’s best for her. I …

Happy New Year

Today as I write, it’s 2 January 2020. I am setting a goal for the new year to write and post a blog entry at least twice a week. I haven’t posted anything since October, and that’s way too long to go. Before I dive into 2020, I want to look back on 2019. I …