August Geo-Breakfast in TC

• Today we hosted the August Meet and Greet at the Flap Jack Shack.  It was well attended, and we met some really nice cachers.  I hope we see them again next month, if not before.  I appreciated Marty's help with welcoming and seating - and we were thrilled to hear of Danielle's new job :)

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r&jbleisch Premium Member 78  Attended 08/23/2014 This was the first time we have attended a Geo-Cache meeting. It was nice meeting everyone. View Log

Team LDK Premium Member 1575  Attended 08/23/2014 What a great bunch of people. We didn't know anyone there, though we did recognize a few names. Now we have faces to go with some of the names. Thanks Basswood Bend for hosting so we ( and it sounds like lots of others) could get the event cache for the 7 Souvenirs of August. TFTC View Log

eagle clan Premium Member 207  Attended 08/23/2014 Thanks for a good time and meeting new people View Log

basswoodbend Premium Member 3939  Attended 08/23/2014 Well, that turned out to be quite an event. Every one seemed to agree that the food was excellent but that's what we expect at the Flap Jack Shack. The turn out was fantastic! We including kids and babes in arms, we counted thirty nine, we told them on Wednesday to expect about twenty four. It did drag out a bit because the waitress wanted us to all have our beverages before taking orders and to get all the orders in before serving the food. It shows the advantage of a buffet. Thanks to all who attended, it was fun to meet and greet all of you. A special thanks to Feathers who took on the roll of greeter and seat finder. Hope to see as many as possible at next months event. View / Edit Log / Images   Upload Image

Bring it on Cupcake Premium Member 226  Attended 08/23/2014 Wow! What a group! It was nice to see everyone, and talk to other cachers we hadn't met before. Thanks for the great morning! The little cupcake is now passed out, she had fun! View Log

The4RoamingGnomes Premium Member 3166  Attended 08/23/2014 Taadaaaa!!!!! TFT event! This fulfills the last of our August souvenirs we needed! Drove in from Grayling Jellystone this morning and arrived a bit late. Mama and Flirty had to stay in the truck for a bit and Papa and Crispy went in. Finally we all got inside and enjoyed a wonderful breakfast and visited old friends and made some new ones! Thanks so very much for hosting in this great spot!!!! View Log

sherrydenny Premium Member 1565  Attended 08/23/2014 We came. We ate. View Log

birds_eye_view Premium Member 1119  Attended 08/23/2014 TFTC. Great group. View Log

ourfamluvscaching Member 2240  Attended 08/23/2014 What a great time with new friends, good food and geocaching what more could we ask for ! Thanks for putting on such a nice event in a beautiful area. View Log

4LmbrJx Premium Member 2433  Attended 08/23/2014 Great turn out, food, and conversations. Thanks for hosting an event and helping us get another smiley. View Log

ELJLYLE Premium Member 2264  Attended 08/23/2014 Popped in to the August Breakfast so complete the August Challenge. Got a very warm welcome. Thanks for helping us complete the challenge. ELJLYLE & Athrilla TheHunt View Log

Winteryknight Premium Member 58  Attended 08/23/2014 Just got out of ER. Threw up on my way up here, but I made it! Meeting a lot of new people. Wish I felt better. View Log

Vante & Sammy Pants Premium Member 4518  Attended 08/23/2014 Out for a yummy breakfast with friends! View Log

Memorial Gardens, Blair, and Max's

Started our morning by buying burial plots near Gen and Harold.  It's no fun, but it was easy and satisfying.
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We went for a walk at the Blair Township Community Park.  It has a very nice paved walking trail, a great playground for the kids, and a super terrific splash pad area.  It's a very nice place.

We had to call Max's Service again today.  Now it's the dishwasher that won't work - it's not getting any power.  Max's can't come out until next Wednesday.  Fume.

I don't want to get too graphic about what's been going in with me.  Just know there have been two TACE procedures,  a couple of MRIs,  a couple of CT scans with hydration,  four new medications, and ten (count 'em, 10)  paracenteses with ultrasound.  Right this second, I'm not being treated for anything.  Evidently the cancer is not responding well to the chemo, and the cirrhosis seems to be more worrisome!  Who knew?!

Anyway, I feel fine because I'm off the chemo, the doctors say I don't look sick (!), and they are not sure what to try next.  Perhaps some radiation mid-September, but it's not etched in stone.

Our T.C. condo is still not under construction.  Through the good graces of our buyer (Casey Cowell) we can rent our house through the end of the year.  The current plan is to pack everything up and put it in storage for the winter.  We'll live in our Florida home until the T.C. condo is ready, and then stand back!  Eventually we plan 6 months here and 6 months there, give or take.

River Reminisce Day !

Dick, Mike, Bill, Glen, John, Jeff, Gerald - some of the old Trout Drinking Crew - they came to say goodbye to the River.

Flowers from Hunch, delivered by Jeff!  Day = Made  :)

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The Doctor took me off the oral chemo, and my side effects are almost all gone - that feels wonderful. In mid-Sept. I'll have radiation - I think it's called radio ablation. I see the oncologist tomorrow so I'll have a better idea what to expect after that. But for the time being, I feel so much better with no chemo !

Whereigo

Our first (and maybe last) solo Whereigo.  Caching is easy compared to this!

08/17/2014	You found  Historic Traverse City		Visit Log
We made finding this cache into quite an adventure. From start to finish it took us two weeks. We had done a Wherigo last winter with our daughter as part of the Cacheapaloza event in Florida. This is the first one we've tried on our own. We got to stage 1 and struck out. A return trip still did not yield the required name to us. I spent a couple of days thumbing through a number of local history books in our library as well as the Visitor's Center and Horizon Books. Finally we spent an afternoon at the library reading past issues of the Record Eagle. Success at last! We got a chuckle when we realised that they are providing the material for the new Hotel Indigo and have their name plastered all over it. Today we took our information back to Stage 1 and were able to continue. When we read the CO's write up of the State Theater, we were a little disappointed that he failed to mention that it was named the #1 theater in the entire world by a film industry news site operated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Also, USA Today labeled the venue one of nation's "10 greatest places to see a movie in splendor." But we answered the questions and moved on. We got to the location of the final and were surprised by the length of the bushwhack through chest high Bracken Ferns that is involved. Thank God for Deet! Made the find, signed the log, left our card, and replaced the ammo can as we found it. TFTC