Elite Win

March 28, 2014

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Site: Indianapolis, Ind. (Lucas Oil Stadium)
Event: NCAA Tournament (Sweet Sixteen)
Score: #7 Michigan 73, Tennessee 71
Records: U-M (28-8), TENN (24-13)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, March 30 -- vs. Kentucky - NCAA Elite Eight (Indianapolis, Ind.), 5:05 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The No. 2-seeded University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 7 AP, No. 8 ESPN/USA Today) survived a last-minute comeback attempt from No. 11 seed Tennessee and held on for a 73-71 victory on Friday night (March 28) inside Lucas Oil Stadium to advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.

The Wolverines led by as many as 15 points in the second half, and graduate student Jordan Morgan (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) drew an offensive foul with six seconds left when the Volunteers had a chance to take the lead with the score at 72-71.

Michigan had four double-digit scorers, led by Morgan with 15 points and seven rebounds. Sophomore Nik Stauskas (Mississauga, Ontario/St. Mark's School [Mass.]) finished with 14 points, and his classmate Glenn Robinson III (St. John, Ind./Lake Central) had 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting. Fellow sophomore Caris LeVert (Pickerington, Ohio/Central) ended with 10 points and five assists in the nail-biter win.

Fun in Colorado and Fun in Florida

Fun in Colorado!  Bob posted this picture on Facebook:

I think it would be great fun to sit at that table!

This was an errand running day for us, along with continued recovery.  Tennis racket, recycle tiles from the garage, mail, cache for today, lunch at Reubens, Publix, go home and pay bills, set up seasonal cable account, notify USPS of mail forwarding for the summer.

03/27/2014	You found Stuart West Park & Grab		Visit Log
Thanks for placing this cache. Sometimes a P&G is all we want. This day was a blank on our caching calendar and we wanted to fill it in. We were pressed to accomplish a bunch of other tasks and seeing this one we hadn't found so close to the recycling yard we had just left was perfect. Made the find, signed the log and replaced as found.

Even more fun in Colorado!

Maybe the Third Time is the Charm?

First communication from Colorado!

A great boy in a great hat!

8:45 a.m. - B12 injection

Breakfast at Mulligan's - Blueberry pancakes - just the best!

noon - arrive for third paracentesis

Blood draw

Third paracentesis - 5.9 liters
Chrissie and Brad, Dr. Bailey

Home to rest

Mountain Man

Searching Florida's Counties

Having found a cache in all of Michigan's counties,  and at least one in every State, we now have a new goal.  We want to find at least one cache in every Florida County.

 We have several already, because we've been coming down in the winter for five or six years now.

Today we added Orange County, and Seminole County.   We also found one in Volusia County, but then we realized that we may have already found one there - no big deal.

We had lunch at Beef OBrady's in the town of Oviedo,  Seminole County.  We loved it.

Orange County was a bit of a shock.  The area we drove through was a depressed area for sure.  We aimed for Christmas, which we were sure was an actual town or village.  It's really just an intersection, and the surroundings are just a little creepy.  The cache we found is called "Christmas Forever", and that display is unique:

Dick is standing inches from the cache, but he doesn't know it  :)

03/25/2014	You found CHEYENNE FIRST CACHE		Visit Log
Our major problem with this cache was finding a clean route in to it. It has taken me a while but I have finally learned not to try a bushwhack in Florida wearing shorts. Found the container sitting out in the open so the clue made no sense. Signed the log and replaced the container where it was found. I did take some time to attempt to save it from muggles by covering it a little bit. This is our first find in Volusia County. We have established the goal of finding at least one cache in every county of the state like we did up in Michigan. This is number 19, only 48 to go. It's a lot easier making finds here in the winter than it is up there with 3 feet of snow. TFTC
03/25/2014	You found  The Return of LostMyMarbles		Visit Log
We are newly created "Snow Birds" working on a goal of finding a cache in every one of Florida's 67 counties. Today we are in this area finding towns we had never heard of and didn't know existed. After Christmas we find Oviedo. I guess we had better spend more time reading Florida history books. After spending some time watching some very cute toddlers, (aren't they all?) the find was made, the log was signed and the cache was replaced. Thanks for showing us this neat little town, the athletic facilities blew us away! TFTC! Now on to Valusia.
03/25/2014	You found Christmas Forever		Visit Log
Although the day started out rainy down in Palm City, the farther north we came the sunnier it got. It turned out to be another fantastic day. We came north to find a few caches in counties that we have not yet made finds in. We became "Snow Birds" this year and will be spending our winters down here. In Michigan, a few years ago, we established a goal of finding at least one cache in each of the 83 Michigan counties. Since we will now be spending significant time down here, we decided to do the same for Florida's 67. This is our first Orange County find. It would have been a DNF except that Mrs. Bend, the micro maven made the find in a spot which I thought I had just finished searching. (And she didn't even need her magic mirror) We signed the log, which is nearly full, replaced as found, and then took a little time to wander the grounds. Thanks for showing us this spot and Merry Christmas!!

It Only Happens Once a Year

The day began with three bouquets of flowers and two cakes!  The carrot cake is for us, and the chocolate cake is for the Quail Meadow Block Party this afternoon.  I put the maize and blue bouquet next to the TV to inspire the Michigan basketball team by remote control later today!

Go Blue!

This was followed by a floral delivery - a beautiful arrangement "From all of the Eggs".  (inside joke)

Everyone knows - I love yellow roses!

Laurie and Dylan stopped over with gifts, hilarious cards, and even a balloon! There was a real "party" feel to the whole thing. She called San Diego and we all got some face time with Tom in California!

Hi Tom!

Dick and I went over to the Block Party for about an hour and a half.  Laurie was house-sitting for us to take delivery of our new chair. We enjoyed talking to Linda and Mike, John, Millie, and Marianne.  We drove Barbara back to 3624.

I just fell in love with this chair

March Madness is in full swing, and to make it a perfect B-day for me, Michigan beat Texas to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.  What a great day!

March 22, 2014

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Site: Milwaukee, Wis. (BMO Harris Bradley Center)
Event: NCAA Tournament (Third Round)
Score: #7 Michigan 79, Texas 65
Records: U-M (27-8), TEX (24-11)
Next U-M Event: Friday, March 28 -- vs. Tennessee or Mercer - NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen (Indianapolis, Ind.), Time/TV TBA

MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- The No. 2-seeded University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 7 AP, No. 8 ESPN/USA Today) advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the second consecutive year, making a tournament program-record 14 three-pointers in defeating No. 7-seeded Texas, 79-65, on Saturday (March 22) inside the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Sophomore Caris LeVert's (Pickerington, Ohio/Central) triple at 14:18 of the first half put U-M up, 9-6, and for good.

Sophomore Nik Stauskas (Mississauga, Ontario/St. Mark's School [Mass.]) led Michigan with 17 points and tied his career high with eight assists. Graduate student Jordan Morgan (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while sophomores Glenn Robinson III (St. John, Ind./Lake Central) and LeVert each scored 14 points.

Pre-Birthday Dinner

This afternoon the three of us went to Ashley Furniture and City Furniture to shop for a chair for the living room.  I found one which I really like, and it will be delivered tomorrow!  I'm very happy about it.

I requested Benihana for my birthday dinner, forgetting how much food was actually cooked in front of your eyes for a Benihana dinner!  It was so good, and the chef was so much fun.  He just kept piling food onto your plate until you just knew you could only eat half!  Yum!

 We had such a great time - I loved sitting by Dylan, who fell in love with Japanese food on his trip to Tokyo a couple of years ago.

Spring break begins today for him.  This year they are going to Colorado skiing with the Pratts.  They are flying out Sunday.

Yay South Fork!

SOUTH FORK 5, THE PINE SCHOOL 2

At South Fork

Singles: 1. Reese Peppler (SF) d. Borg, 9-7; 2. Rizzolo (PS) d. Phillips, 9-8; 3. Conrad (SF) d. Vidamour, 8-3; 4. Gillespie (SF) d. Hadhazy, 8-0; 5. Ryder Peppler (SF) d. Smith, 8-3.

Doubles: 1. Borg-Rizzolo (PS) d. Re. Peppler-Gillespie, 8-5; 2. Phillips-Conrad (SF) d. Vidamour-Hadhazy, 8-0.

Records: South Fork 7-3, Pine School 5-5

St. Patrick's Day at Key West

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03/17/2014	You found  Key West Marine Park		Visit Log
When we planned our trip to Key West we did not realize that this was not only St. Paddies Day but also the start of Spring Break for many kids. The area of downtown was wild and crazy with no open parking spots so we came over here where there were actually parking spaces and the youngsters were less prone to the green beer illness. It was a beautiful day and the park was pleasant. Logging the cache with the permission of the owner. Thanks for showing us this place
03/17/2014	You found  Blizzards are better than Hurricanes!		Visit Log
In Key West on a crazy Saint Patrick's Day. It turned out that this was not the best time to come here, the downtown is a zoo. We thought we'd collect a number of caches today, but the traffic and crowds were unreal. This was on our "to do" list because in Michigan, we are more familiar with blizzards than hurricanes. We gave up trying to drive around and took the trolley ride, then we looked around some, drove over here, made this find, signed the log, traded sigs, left our pen, replaced the cache, and then left town.
03/17/2014	You found  Green Thumbs Up		Visit Log
This is our first trip to Key West. What a crazy day!! Monday of Spring Break and St. Paddies Day combined. Driving downtown required the patience of Job. There was nowhere to park, all the spaces were full and it seemed that every other vehicle was either a scooter, one of those little electric rent-a-car buggies, or one of the trolley trains. Throw in the crowds of bikes and alcohol impaired pedestrians and driving was less than pleasant. Here at least there were parking spaces and none of the rowdies from the pub crawls. We had a travel bug which came from Europe and wishes to go to India. We couldn't assist it in that and we don't know anyone who can so we thought that, since it had come to the USA, maybe the owner would like to see that it landed in the southern most spot. This is a beautiful spot. By the time we found it our time was limited and we did not do it justice. Found the cache in it's unique location, signed the log, traded pens and left the bug. We hope we will be able to come back another time.
03/17/2014	You found  My Moon		Visit Log
We came down to Key West on a crazy day. It was the start of Spring Break and St Paddies Day. The entire town was full of young kids dressed in wild green costumes staggering from bar to bar. I got some pictures of the activity at GZ and also got a bit wet from the waves crashing over the break wall.
03/17/2014	You found  USA, all the way South		Visit Log
This was not the best day to visit Key West. It certainly is not the day to try to take a picture of the monument. It is the first Monday of Spring Break, it is Saint Patrick's Day, and whether it is a factor or not, tonight is a full moon. The town is a mob scene, folks in all manner of green costumes wandering from bar to bar with no concern for traffic signals, cars, bikes, or other pedestrians. It seems that every other vehicle is either a little electric rental car or a trolley. As you can see in our picture, the line to take a picture at the monument was over a half hour wait. I did get a closer shot just after a wave crashed over the sea wall and drenched all the bystanders. (Myself included)

Heading for the Keys

03/16/2014	You found  Sea (of) Glass Coin Cache		Visit Log
We found the cache on our first ever trip to the Keys, I logged the find with a full description on our adventure and then due to problems with the wifi at our lodgings, deleted it. Short version, despite the presence of muggles, we scooped up the container, signed the log, swapped a path tag for our flashlight and Jack Squat and replaced as found.
03/16/2014	You found  Leg stretcher 305		Visit Log
Boy we needed this cache. First because by the time we got to the end of the turnpike we needed to get out and stretch our legs and second because when we became snowbirds this year we decided to set the same goal here in Florida that we have accomplished back up in Michigan, that is to find at least one cache in each county. This is our first Miami-Dade find. Tftc

Go South Fork!

SOUTH FORK 4, MARTIN COUNTY 3

At Martin County

Singles: 1. Michael Glaspey (MC) d. Bret Munson, 6-0, 6-0; 2. Reese Peppler (SF) d. Luke Hyland, 6-4, 6-0; 3. Lucas Anderson (MC) d. Taylor Phillips, 6-2, 6-0; 4. Ethan Conrad (SF) d. Leo Cusumano, 6-3, 6-3; 5. Dylan Gillespie (SF) d. Erik Clifton, 6-3, 6-0.

Monday Again

Blood draw in Stuart

Gym

Laundry

Hooray - Laurie invites us for a chili dinner!

We get to see Dylan

Chip gets home from work

Chili is yummy