Wherigo

We have never done a "Wherigo" before.  A Wherigo is a form of geocaching (sort of) which requires a special kind of device - such as an iPad, iPhone, Android, etc.  I really can't explain it fully, so I copied this paragraph from the Whereigo web site:

                 What if you could take video games outdoors?

Wherigo is a platform that allows you to build location based GPS experiences on your computer and play them in the real world. Imagine playing Zork, Secret of Monkey Island or Myst, but in the park around the corner, or on the beach during your family vacation. Rather than clicking the mouse and selecting a location to move your character, you physically move from one location to the next to advance the story. Rather than searching for puzzle clues on a screen, you look for them in the real world. Using Wherigo, you can create interactive tours, adventure games and puzzles... the possibilities are endless

It certainly sounds like fun, so we set off with Laurie and Dylan for Jonathan Dickinson State Park to find the Wherigo called "Simple".  It's actually the only one available within 50 miles!  So they are relatively rare.

01/04/2013	You found  Simple		Visit Log
Caching with an iPad mini, the adventure continues - We have never done a Wherigo before but since the kids gave me a mini for Christmas specifically for Geocaching we have been working on our learning curve. Zoroan and Sharkie took us by the hand and taught us how to load and use the app. Fired it up in the JD parking lot, read the first directions and looked at the arrow, followed it and watched the numbers climb. "Ah dad, I think it's over here" As I followed her, the arrow stayed the same but the numbers counted down. We answered the question, got the second directions and now my arrow pointed toward the park entrance but I knew it was wrong because we have been here before. Sharkie grabbed the beast and waved it around in the air. That did it! Now following the arrow made the distance count down. We answered the second question and got the next directions. Again, we knew where to go. We reached our destination, answered the final question and the final cords popped up. I clicked OK and - - they vanished. Fortunately both Sharkie and Zoroan still had them on their phones. We spent a frustrating period of time attempting to load the cords without success. Fortune smiled again because the better half of the BB crew had stayed back in the parking lot with the cachemobile. A quick phone call and she came to our rescue with the Garmin 62. We loaded the cords, walked the walk and made the find. Signed the log for each of us and returned as found. Thanks for placing this cache which today gave us quite an adventure.

 This is the Wherigo icon.

Okeechobee

   First we wanted to send Jana her shipment of Christmas gifts! Laurie had already sorted, folded, and re-boxed everything, and taped the new boxes for us.  We all drove over to FedEx to use Laurie's AA employee discount, and off the boxes went, headed for Jana.  Laurie had shipped Tom's things yesterday.

 Now Christmas is officially over.  Their tree is down, and all decorations are safely stored for another year.

   When we're in Florida, we always love driving out west to Lake Okeechobee, and today was a perfect day for it.  We pulled into Okeechobee just in time for lunch.  We ate at Lunker's - a favorite place from previous years.  What a great BLT I had!

Now for some sight seeing and some geocaching!  Across the street from Lunker's is the Lake Okeechobee Lookout - we walked out there and looked out  :)  It seems to be the place to be fishing today.

We found 6 geocaches in all, and it was a beautiful drive and a very enjoyable day.

Dick's logs:

---

01/03/2013	You found Mass Burial		Visit Log
We love most cemetery caches. In Indiana and southern Michigan they are called "Spirit Quests". Each has a unique story and yet they have many untold stories which link them. We enjoy viewing the monuments and considering the family histories. This was the closest our iPad placed us, only 13 feet off. The log is sodden and unsignable. I thought I could replace it but discovered that I have forgotten to pack our replacement log books. We signed a sheet of paper and placed it in the container. Thanks for bringing us here and sharing this sad story with us.
01/03/2013	You found Grandaddy Oak		Visit Log
We found this one today on our trip home from an excursion out to "The Lake". Found it using geo-sense 'cuz we didn't have it loaded into the 62. Signed log and replaced as found. Since we are "furriners" we will have to do some research and find out the name of the tree growing up on grampa. Signed log and replaced as found. Thanks for adding to our pleasure on a beautiful day in which the windchill is only 60 degrees warmer than it is at home.
01/03/2013	You found Feliz Cumpleaños Jelene Sanchez		Visit Log
We started this series at the north end but we couldn't find the trail and had problems with our new iPad. Driving south, this one popped up just off a crossing and when we pulled in and parked the iPad gave us a fix just 33 feet north. Again, we couldn't find a trail. I followed the arrow and bushwhacked. Bad idea. After plowing through numerous spider webs, when I reached the cache I was covered in sticktights which resembled little green worms. No way are we going out to dinner until after I shower and change. Signed log and replaced as found. Thanks for the adventure.
01/03/2013	You found Sanchez Meets a GRIM End.		Visit Log
Our first day of caching with our new iPad. It got us to the parking area and 16 feet from the cache. Experience got us the rest of the way. Thanks for the fun and the smilie.
01/03/2013	You couldn't find Engine #65		Visit Log
This was our first day attempting to cache with the iPad the kids gave us for Christmas. At our first cache we lost a signal, here it indicated that the engine was 24 feet from the cache. Despite the presence of biker muggles, we gave it a good look but we were too hot and frustrated to score a find. Maybe on our next trip.
01/03/2013	You found Beginning of the Trail		Visit Log
We came out west today to have lunch at Lunker's and to check out the water level on the lake. Lunch was great (again), the lake is up (since last year) the view is still spectacular. Now for a cache. For Christmas the kids gave me a iPad mini. They helped me load the app so now I want to see if I can use it. From the parking lot by the lake pier it showed the cache and so we drove down here to see if we could find a cache just using the iPad. When we pulled in, we weren't getting a signal. We sat down on the bench to try to figure out the problem. We passed the thing back and forth for a while without success so I just grabbed the cache. We signed the log and replaced it. Thanks for the fun!

Errands and Entertaining

Today was a very fun day, especially the ending!

We began by taking Dick's new iPad over to the Verizon store to imbue it with a hot spot.  We were there for an hour and a half, but we accomplished our mission!  

The Verizon guy was very nice, very congenial and pleasant, and very new at his job.  Ours was the very first hot spot of his career! 

 Anyway, we are very pleased with the outcome, and now we have WiFi at Piper's Landing, with no further hassle!  Dick is getting more and more impressed with what his iPad can do - I think it will become an integral part of his life.

That took so long that we were then ready for lunch.  We went to our old favorite, PA Grill, just over the bridge.  We couldn't eat all of the food they gave us, so we brought home a big box of leftovers.

Then it was time to go to Comcast to turn in a router,  a modem,  three remotes and three cable boxes.  The parking lot was full, and people were lined up outside the building.  They were saying that there would be an hour's wait to speak to someone.  All we wanted to do was to return those items, so Dick just left the bag of stuff on the counter and we left.  Farewell Comcast!

We had the Gillespies over for pork chops on the grill tonight.  It was a late dinner, because Dylan has tennis clinics from 4 to 6 this week Wed., Thurs., and Fri.  We ate around 7 and spent a great couple of hours exploring the house, playing the organ, and mostly just chatting and listening to Dylan's new jam box.  Jana called and we all spoke to her, and hope her cold goes away soon.

This house on Loch Lane is really nice for entertaining.  The only problem is that we have a distinct shortage of dinnerware compared to other rentals.  We have a grand total of 5 dinner plates, for instance.

The Outback (Outhouse) Bowl

The best part of New Year's Day was the chili and cornbread that Laurie made.

 We spent the day with them, and watched Michigan lose our bowl game:

      Michigan Loses Lead, Outback Bowl on Gamecocks' Late TD

1/1/2013 - Coach Hoke | J. Gallon | C. Roh | D. Gardner | D. Robinson | Photo Gallery | Storify
Devin Gardner connected with Jeremy Gallon for a touchdown with 3:29 left, but No. 11 South Carolina rallied for the winning score with 11 seconds left for the 33-28 victory. More [+]

New Year's Eve

We made a big move today - from Summerfield, our December home, to Piper's Landing, our January home.

Chip and Dylan came with Chip's truck to transport the grill, and off we went to Loch Lane.  They had everything unloaded in record time, and we all had fun exploring this house.

 It's a 70s era home, with very few updates, but it's large and it has everything that we need.  We have learned that the owners were both in their nineties, and that both have passed away in the past two years.

 I guess their children are renting it out for the estate.  I was surprised at all of the personal items that are left in the home - awards, pictures and mementos of all sorts.  I would have thought that the children would have sorted through things and dispersed them among the children and grandchildren.

Anyway, here we are - it's a very lovely development - quiet and peaceful.  We have a terrific view out our back Florida room.

At Laurie's we ate Chinese take away and watched the 2 hour finale of Burn Notice.  OMG, is Michael Westin going to work for the CIA again?  Stay tuned.  ;)

So Proud of My Brother!

Saginawian of the Year Jim Kanitz doesn't let age 80 slow his volunteer work

 December 29, 2012 at 10:03 AM

"The fact that I like to help came from my family values."  Jim Kanitz

 

  Jim Kanitz is a Saginawian of the Year, and volunteers at the gift shop at Covenant Medical Center, 700 Cooper in Saginaw, each Thursday.  

  

SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI — People who know Jim Kanitz best say they aren't surprised he was named a Saginawian of the Year for 2012.
The 80-year-old Kanitz usually works alone doing unsung volunteer work, but his labors have benefited many organizations. Those include the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History, St. Mary’s of Michigan hospital, the Saginaw Children’s Zoo and Covenant HealthCare.
The Saginaw Township resident says his passion for volunteering was inspired by his father, who regularly shoveled driveways and grew vegetables in a community garden to benefit people in his neighborhood.
“He was always interested in, when he retired, to help other people. The fact that I like to help came from my family values. I’m sure he would be proud,” Kanitz said.
At Covenant, Kanitz has volunteered in the hospital's gift shop for more than 18 years. You'll see him there on Thursdays. Tim Schultz, 47, manages the Covenant gift shops and has worked with Kanitz since 2011. Schultz said Kanitz is a great volunteer who is “dependable, loyal and very friendly to all the customers” and never misses a shift.
“He is pretty humble and gives more to the community than even I knew about; it does not surprise me at all he is the winner of the award,” Schultz said.
Kanitz was nominated for Saginawian of the Year award by his wife of more than 50 years, Emilie, who kept it a secret. In her nomination letter, she wrote that her husband “thrives on helping others.”
“He is not a person who seeks attention to himself. Sometimes, I think attention goes to people who do a lot of work but draw attention to themselves. Jim is not that kind of person at all,” his wife said.
Kanitz attended the University of Michigan before enlisting in the U. S. Army. After he was honorably discharged two years later, he received a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 1959, but still has love for the maize and blue. Kanitz served as a swim official and helped out at the concession stand as part of The Blue and White Club at Douglas MacArthur High School in Saginaw before retiring from U.S. Graphite in 1994.
He became treasurer of The Friends of the Library at Hoyt Library, a job he thoroughly enjoyed.
“It was fun because I got to go through all the libraries at one time or another,” Kanitz said. Ken Santa, president of the Castle Museum, has worked with Kanitz for more than four years. He said Kanitz works with the gardeners and makes the grounds look fabulous.
“He is a great guy and we wish we had 25 more of him. Humble, humble, humble, salt of the earth,” Santa said.
Kanitz serves on the Membership Committee at the Museum, has been involved with Habitat for Humanity and has volunteered at St. Mary’s of Michigan Hospital as a shuttle driver for visitors.
He and his wife are members of Saginaw's First Congregational Church, maintaining the garden located on the Baum Street side of the building. Kanitz serves as an usher and is in charge of the Sunday collection, sometimes keeping an eye on the office, if needed.
“I just like trying to help people. There are certain things I can do quite well, like taking care of funds. Another one is that I was a master at putting labels on mailings,” Kanitz said.
Through the years, Kanitz has remembered his father’s legacy and has tried to practice the family values he learned many years ago.
“He has always been a helping person, if someone needs it,” his wife said.

Most Mellow Day

We began this marvelous day with a cruise on the Okeechobee Waterway on the scow schooner Lily.

Auntie Jana, Dylan and Uncle Tom grooving in the beautiful day, and the peaceful schooner cruise.

We learned a lot about the history of scows, how the rigging is set up, new vocabulary, and the interesting business plan of the owners.  Fred is the Captain, and Jamie is the first mate - literally.

Dylan and Laurie each got a chance to raise the sails, and later, Dylan had a chance to yell "Fire in the hole"  and fire the miniature cannon.  It was small, but very loud.  Speaking of loud, it was amazing to hear Fred blow on the conch shell - it was amazing how loud a sound that shell makes!

We were all enjoying this terrific ride.  It lasted for approximately an hour and forty five minutes, which seemed to be the perfect length to us.

Lunch at Mulligan's

By the time our cruise ended, Chip was home from the airport, and it was lunch time.  He joined us at Mulligans in downtown Stuart.  It was fun to be all together.  After lunch we came back to Cricket Court so Jana could pack for her early morning departure tomorrow.


 Then we were all off to the Lyric Theater in downtown Stuart to see Paula Poundstone.  If you ever get the chance to see her, definitely do it.  We were chuckling and repeating lines for the rest of the evening!

 Tom and Jana are both leaving in the morning, and I wasn't ready to say goodbye, so we all went to Bru's for a light supper and some extra face time before our farewells.

An unexpected immediate response to Tom's tweet:
 
Tom Steiger ‏@_TeDiouS_
Just saw @paulapoundstone with my whole family - aged 15 to 76. Everybody loved it!

FAVORITES
7:49 PM - 28 Dec 12 ·
10h Paula Poundstone ‏@paulapoundstone
@_TeDiouS_ Nothing could make me happier. Thank you.
 

Our Christmas Day

Life of Pi

Had fun today just being with family.  We bought some holiday pies at our Publix, and it was a zoo - lots of folks had last minute things to buy.

We had lunch at Laurie's, watched some TV, talked, and just enjoyed being together.

We all went to see Life of Pi at the Regency - we wanted to see it in 2d.  It's a marvelous, mystical story, full of human coping, allegory, and survival.  We all liked it very much.  We marked the day in red on the calendar, because Dick liked it too.

A 16 year-old Indian boy's passage to a new life in America aboard a freighter ends in a shipwreck in the Pacific. He is left to fend for himself on a life raft with an orangutan, a zebra, a hyena and a Bengal tiger.

Santa Claus comes tonight!  Happy Christmas!  We'll have Christmas on the 26th because Chip is up in the air.

Jana is coming in the morning!  We'll all be together.

Sweet Sunday

 Overnight some one smashed into our mailbox and broke the post.  We didn't hear anything, so we had no idea.  Dick searched around for a note from the culprit, but there wasn't one.

 Jana is ill and has postponed her arrival until Christmas Day.  It works out well, because Chip is working Christmas Day, so we'll be celebrating on the 26th anyway.  We are all hoping that she feels better soon!

Laurie fixed brunch for us all this morning - and we got to see Tom for the first time since his arrival last night.  The brunch was yummy, and we had fun talking about computer games, gun control, and movies.

Dick and I came back over to Cricket Court, and the three of them went shopping.  It seems Tom didn't want to wait until the last minute to get his shopping done!

Shopping over, they came over here to hang out together.   While they were here, there was a knock at the door.  It turned out to be a sweet lady named Delsey, who is one of our neighbors.  She was the mailbox culprit!  She and her family took responsibility for the damage, and they are going to repair it themselves!  Hooray for good neighbors.

 Tom and Laurie went out shopping again, this time for just a little bit, and Dylan stayed with us.  When they got back, we all had a chance to talk to Jana - she seems slightly better today.  I'm glad she has one more day to rest up.  Later we all had dinner here, and then watched Oceans 13 on TV.  Kind of a nice, mellow day.

More Shopping and Hello Tom!

Christmas shopping is so much fun.  Today we went up to shop in St. Lucie, at Bed Bath and Beyond, and Pier 1.  Laurie bough candles.  Dick and I bought another Christmas gift, and some stocking stuffers!  The Christmas things are so beautiful, and each store has items that are unique.

Chip bought subs at Publix and chips for our lunch.  Peyton and Dylan were very busy playing all kinds of games.

C & L bought a solar blanket for their pool, because they use a heater now that the days are chilly here.  The solar blanket traps the heat in the water and saves electricity.  It was huge and unwieldy, but by the time we left, Chip had it trimmed to fit the pool perfectly!  The shape of their pool is officially called the pregnant kidney bean.

Jana was supposed to fly in this afternoon, but she's not feeling well and is going to try a flight tomorrow.  We're hoping she'll be here by around noon tomorrow.

Tom will be here this evening, if all goes well.  We'll soon have a full complement of Steigers in Palm City!

Chip is working and will be gone on Christmas Day.  We'll be having Christmas on the 26th, after our sailboat adventure!

Nice Day

Dick began this day with a 3 and 1/2 mile walk punctuated with excitement:

12/19/2012	You found =MorMor=, Welcome to Florida		Visit Log
Well this turned into quite an adventure! We are staying across Federal in Summerfield for the Holidays again this year, and this cache has been on the radar since we arrived. I decided that instead of just driving up or parking at Publix, I would target it on a morning walk. This morning, with the temp. a refreshing 55, was the day. I crossed Federal at the Summerfield light and walked south. I knew there would be a bushwack so I entered the area across an old sign. As usual I picked the wrong entry point. The area back there looks like either a homeless campsite or a place where the teens go to party. I spotted more than a couple dozen beer cans tossed around. The further I walked, the more I saw. If Florida had a deposit law a guy could easily scoop up 5 to 10 bucks worth. At first I thought about making a return trip with a garbage bag and do a CITO but upon reflection decided, if the locals don't care, why should I? After a couple of erroneous bushwacks, I found the right approach and using the hint, made the find. I have never seen this type of container leak before but the interior was filled with water. The log book, securely sealed in it's zip lock is soaked. I signed a blank wet page, dumped out the water and replaced as found. While I was busy with the cache, out on Federal, I heard a crash followed by some shouting. Soon there were sirens and by the time I got out of the bush and across Federal, there were 5 Police cars, a fire truck and an EMT ambulance on the scene. Apparently a car, south bound on Federal, stopped for the yellow light before the pickup truck following it was ready. The truck was stopped in what appeared to be an undriveable condition with hood caved in and the front wheels pointing in opposite directions. The automobile was blasted through the intersection and had made it to the side of the road a couple of hundred feet past. The result was that the pickup with two Police cars, blue lights flashing, parked behind it occupied the left lane while the fire truck, EMT ambulance and three police cars occupied the right lane and shoulder. Traffic, forced into only the center lane, was backed up past Cove Road. I continued back home, the excursion lasted 1 1/2 hours, just a little over 3 1/2 miles. Thanks for the cache, because of the adventure, it earns a favorite from me.

The day began with a bang, but after that, it was delightful. We stayed home until lunch time and then went to Palm City. Dick got a haircut first, and then we went to visit L, C & D. Dylan has exams this week, so today was a half day for him. Chip was moving dirt in the pool area, and Laurie was ready for a visit. We had a good time - Dick even put his feet in the new pool, and then we went caching in Phipps Park. We had Linner at the Galaxy Diner - yummy, and then came home. The kids who live on our side street have little electric cars that they race around in just about every afternoon, and they're at it again right this minute. They are very small and very excited drivers - lots of squeals of joy. Santa's going to have trouble topping these cars!

Happy DylanDay

We had  very quiet celebration for Dylan's birthday.  He got many, many nice gifts - especially the picture book that Laurie put together, using photos from their trip last May.  It's a beautiful book - she chose the glossy pages from MyPublisher, and it turned out wonderfully well.

We had Steiger grundy for dinner, and a great ice cream cake for dessert.  Of course we sang and had what Dylan called "the candle ceremony".

My Letter to Mary

  We are in Florida having a great time with Dylan (and his Mom and Dad).  We got here around Dec. 1 and plan to stay until Feb. 1.  Our other kids are both arriving on Dec. 22 - Jana will stay with us, and "Uncle Tom" will stay at Laurie's - he always has to be the closest to Dylan :)

 Laurie and Chip have just put in a new pool.  It's filling with water right now as I type!  It's gorgeous, and I'm sure it will be a highlight of this year's holiday.

Regarding my health,  right now I'm feeling normal, believe it or not!  My Dr. told me to establish a connection down here with a Doc who could then order blood tests, etc.  So I have a standing order with a local lab, I like the people at the clinic, and I feel really good about it.  They took my complete history and requested records, etc., and so every time we come down here, I have that good connection.  Yay!

 My feelings about recent Michigan legislative action are not fit for public consumption.  It seems that things are changing faster than we can keep up with them.  I love Michigan, born and raised here - lived in Big Rapids, Belleville, Ann Arbor and T.C. and love every one of those places.  Now, it's embarrassing to even have a conversation with people about Michigan because there's no explaining what the heck is going on in Lansing.  I just hate the whole mess, and especially the outcomes (union busting, abortion restrictions, anti-public school inroads, gun control).   This is the first time in my life that I would actually consider moving away from my beloved State.  So many things that I admire and value about Mich. are being flipped over to the completely opposite side.  Before you know it, they'll even institute the death penalty, or something else equally reprehensible.  Ugh.

The Hobbit

The scenery in this movie is spectacular!

Bilbo Baggins of Bag End

Gandalf, my favorite

Lord Elrond

Galadriel, magical Galadriel !

Chip is working.  Laurie and Dylan took us to the movies - I never tire of these Tolkien stories.  They have been part of our lives for over 40 years!

This is a spectacular film - costumes, scenery, settings - just out of this world (well, really).  I wasn't too sure that I would like this Bilbo actor, but he was very believable and charming in his own way.   He ended up becoming a new favorite.  The dwarves, not so much.  They seemed to me to be contrived and overdone, especially in hair and costume.  All of that did not take away from my overall enjoyment.

Rivendell was awesome, as usual, and Lord Elrond is again both commanding and charismatic...such an elegant character.  Galadriel was magical as always - played indeed by Cate.

My favorite parts were the scenes in Rivendell.   Dick like the "banquet" at Bag End, including cleaning up the dishes!  We all enjoyed the battle denouement, with Gandalf using the butterfly to communicate with Galadriel who summoned the eagles who rescued them from the wolves.  Wow.

I was really absorbed by this movie, and I would go again.

Only problem was, I ate too much popcorn and couldn't really enjoy the Chinese take-away later.  So old and still imprudent!

Horrible Event

"We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear." Nelson Mandela

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A man opened fire Friday inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked as a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in their classrooms and trembled helplessly to the sound of gunfire reverberating through the building.

The killer, armed with two handguns, committed suicide and another person was found dead at a second scene, bringing the toll to 28, authorities said.

By Pete Williams, Miguel Llanos and Tracy Connor, NBC News

Updated at 5:26 p.m. ET: A kindergarten teacher's son -- clad in black and carrying two 9mm pistols -- rampaged through a Connecticut elementary school Friday, killing 20 small children and six adults, including his mother, in the nation’s second-worst school shooting, law enforcement officials said.

 

How Cute Is This?

These snowmen have the same view of the field that we used to have from our seats!

Lazy morning. Wrapping Christmas presents, playing WoW.

 Went for a ride east - found a cache, saw the ocean, retraced some old, familiar steps just for fun.

 Lunch at the Ocean Breeze Bistro - live piano music.

 Visited Laurie and Chip - they've been working on their tree and other Christmas decorations. The tree is beautiful! We stayed long enough for Dylan to get home from school so we could get our daily hug and hear the latest news. He has exams coming up next week. His birthday is Monday, and the exams have kind of taken away his celebratory spirit this year - he's more into exam prep.

Quiet dinner and evening at Cricket Court.

12/13/2012	You couldn't find I'm Not Obsessed !! #8		Visit Log
Out on an explore we saw this and decided to give it a try despite the fact that the hint has no meaning to us snowbirds. The cords took us to the NW corner of the intersection but we came up empty.

12/13/2012	You found Rocky Point Hammock Cache		Visit Log
For a couple of snow bird geezers from northern Michigan, this was perfect! An honest to God ammo can in the woods, just like at home. Started down the cement walkway using my new 62csx. I switched to map mode and zoomed in. When I got to the playground, the cache was due east and right above the picture of the cache it read "80 feet" so I started bushwacking. After about 100 feet, I didn't seem to be any closer and it still read "80 feet". When I switched to compass mode it indicated that I was about 200 feet away. Well, I learned that the 80 feet notation is the indicator of how far it was zoomed in. The description tells me the trail is a loop so I went back to the walk and continued on, only to discover the walkway ends at the adjacent neighborhood. After some puzzlement and head scratching, I discovered the nature trail. Duh! Now I was able to walk to within 80 feet and then bushwack. It took me a while to find because the traditional "Up North" hide would be a pile of sticks (POS) against or under an downed tree or log. We don't have the same underbrush. Signed the log, (it will be full soon) and left our card and flashlight. Thanks for the hunt and the adventure, it has definitely earned a favorite from us.