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Geocaching: Awesome Cache Hides – Get Out of my House!
I meant to post this one yesterday. This one, believe it or not is just near a park and ride on Whidbey Island. The terrain is actually pretty steep. The name I assigned to this one is a reference to an 80’s film Adventures in Babysitting. there is a scene towards the beginning of the film…
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Geocaching: Awesome Cache Hides – Pillings Pond
So, I’m gonna make an exception just this once and give you the real Geocache name. This one is a gem, not necissarily for the hide but what it brings you to. Pillings Pond: difficulty 1, terrain 1, size small, hidden 5/6/10, I found 4/24/17, favorites 62. Official Geocache description: This cache is placed next…
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Geocaching: Awesome Cache Hides – Sit For A Spell
Two blog post about Geocaching in two days? Why not? Today if you find a Geocache you get a souvenir called “Big Blue Switch” to celebrate the 17 year anniversary of satellite availability to the masses. One of my favorite types of hides involve the little free lending libraries. I am a huge reader and…
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Geocaching: Awesome Cache Hides – Water Stopper
I have not posted in a while for this series and thought I would start again. It’s inspirational how clever people can be. The cache name, the container, the location they choose makes Geocaching even more fun. I am calling the hides by different names other than the ones they have officially been called on…
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Who Done It?
Last weekend B and I packed up the dog and the bus and hit the ferry to Whidbey Island. Our destination, the small town of Langley, population 1,045. Island residents pride themselves on a slower pace of life as evidenced by this sign seen at the mystery weekend headquarters. Langley has the longest running town…
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Hello?
Hey there peeps. Been a while since I have been posting on a regular basis. I don’t know what to say but life got busy. I can’t believe it’s already 2017! Where did 2016 go? My apologies for the radio silence. Part of the reason is the slow death of my laptop which means posting…
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Vacation Arizona
B and I took a trip to Arizona for ten days last September to a visit a friend. It was a much needed time for us to relax and hang with friends. [Don’t know why some of the photos are big and some are small but enjoy]! We arrived in Phoenix Friday afternoon. It was…
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A Pirate Geocaching Weekend
Our long weekend started Thursday night after dropping Beej off with a friend [he could not participate in one of our adventures this weekend and it was going to be HOT] we met up with friends who were visiting from California for dinner at McMenamins Anderson School. We ate at the North Shore Lagoon which…
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The Bus
After three and a half years of dating a wonderful man I have succumbed to his love of the classic VW bus. This past Monday night B and I purchased a 1978 bay window Riveria in Neptune blue. To say I am stoked is an understatement. This bus was first posted on my birthday [Thursday]…
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Chickens
A few months ago we agreed to take my sisters chickens. She is in the process of selling her house and they need to be rehoused. Once we agreed to that it was like the universe said our chicken condo was available for tenants. A few weeks ago we took on our first gaggle of…