It's Nice to be Remembered !

Just about a year ago, on May 22, 2005, we went to an NMG meet and greet here in Traverse City and met some really nice people. This is my blog from that day:

This morning the Northern Michigan Geocachers had a Meet and Greet at the Flap Jack Shack. It was a smaller group, but we had a great time - met some new people, and had good conversation. It was especially fun meeting Petoskey Stones from San Jose(Scott), and Omena Couple(Stuart). We got some good ideas, and lots of new stories to tell.

Yesterday Dick got an email from Scott (The Petoskey Stones, or TPS) saying that he was back in town visiting his parents (Omena couple) and that he had brought us a geocoin and left it in a light pole at Tom's West Bay and gave us the coordinates.
Scott is a software engineer/manager from San Jose, California.
This is Dick's morning to work at the Visitor Center, so I took the GPS and went to get the coin. There was a muggle lurking about, so I ran some other errands first and then returned and picked up the package. It turned out to be two coins - the large one is The Geocachers of the Bay Area coin. It's different because it appears to be cracked and skew-jawed. On the back it says "Earthquakes make 'em all 5 stars." I assume that means level of difficulty. The smaller coin is a trackable California Poppy micro coin - very cute, but impossible for my limited photographic ability! It was so great of Scott to remember us and to bring these coins for us from California. Here's Dick's letter of thanks:

Hey Scott,
Of course we remember you, if for no other reason that because you have successfully integrated Geocaching with a Mac. If you had a couple of hours, I could relate the comedy of errors involved in integrating GSAK, Palm, a Garman and a Magellan with XP Media Edition. It works now but only after two house calls and three trips to the shop.
Many thanks for the coins. Nancy picked them up while I was doing my Visitor Center thing. She had to go back a couple of times because some guy was hanging out right next to the post waiting for someone. We owe you. We have an extra 2006 TC Winter Convergence coin if that would interest you. It is the oldest continuous social activity in Michigan. Picture a picnic in a snow storm with a 20° windchill.

Again, many thanks,
Dick and Nancy of
Basswood Bend

I visited Mother, and showed her the pictures of Dylan. We had a nice conversation, and a good visit. I tried to explain the Shore to Shore GeoChallenge to her, but she just shakes her head. I told her about the riding/hiking trail, and she said I should get a horse. We had a good time.
We took the T shirt art to Chris at Britten Banners, and I think this project is going to work out well. He'll email us the designs he comes up with.