CacheApalooza

While we were at the Merry Bowling meet and greet, 1255 miles away, in Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Florida, Laurie, Chip and Dylan were at the camping weekend called CacheApalooza. I looks to me like they had a great time.

Dylan is in the blue T shirt - he's the tallest one. Two of the others are Lainie and Ty, and the third is mystery boy. Dylan is the cutest.

Here is Laurie's log:

Thanks to everyone who made this well organized event possible. We enjoyed every minute. Our group of kids had a fantastic time finding their own treasure cache, and I jumped for joy when my number was called for the Garmin GPS. Thanks!

Merry Bowling

Bowling? We don't do bowling! But we had a great time at the NMG meet and greet in South Boardman today. It was much fun to see everybody and enjoy some great conversations. It was great seing Tim and Susie - it's been a while since we've seen them. Tim won the trophy for the highest bowling score. Very impressive.

There was a Secret Santa gift exchange and a raffle. We got lots of goodies, the absolute best being a whole raft of chocolate chip cookies. Frank and Peggy agreed to stop by next Wednesday for cookies and coffee.

Here is Dick's log of the event:

Thanks Beth for getting us together, it was nice to see the Jedi and the Princess. Thanks Ray and Lydia for the raffles, and everyone who brought a gift or donated to the prize tables, we had a great time. Believe it or not, we bowled almost as well as we did when we were in our teens. It was great to see everyone and watch the experts in action, Katelyn is definitely a champ. We apologize to anyone we didn't get a chance to talk and wish a Merry Christmas to. We certainly enjoyed the conversations that we had. We spent the ride home sharing the stories we gathered from everyone. If anyone wants to drop in for milk and cookies, we're ready.

Partners

We went on a mini-geocaching expedition today. It started with lunch in Alden at the Wild Onion, and then we finished the Alden Historical Tour cache. It was on the chilly side today - I should have worn my winter coat. Brrr. It was good to be out with my partner again.

On the way home we went back woodsing and Dick found a cache at Guernsey Lake. It was interesting to be in the woods with all of the deer hunters. They are out in force in their orange outfits and their guns. We didn't see any deer.

This morning we went to the store, and Thanksgiving dinner is now in the freezer and the pantry.

Geocaching Adventures

Dick spent the day geocaching in the Bellaire area. I think he found approximately seven for the day. His favorite was at the grocery store in Bellaire - the clue for the coordinates is a grocery list - it was very clever.

I'm still not ready to sit in the car that long. I went grocery shopping, did some walking, and the Sit and be Fit exercises. Soon I hope to be Dick's partner again intead of sitting home alone.