Lone Oak Trail 5.5 distance4:37 duration2,146 foot elevation gain5 geocaches found1 blister Our geocaching pal BackWoodsAng has been at it again. He has been busy in the first months of 2020 hiding caches and LakeBum (Rob) and I have been following in his footsteps to find them. We have logged quite a few miles, encountered …
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February 9, 2020
Margarette Falls 3:00 miles2:26 minutes796 foot elevation gain I headed out on Sunday morning to Greene County, TN for a return hike to beautiful Margarette Falls. I was accompanied by 2/3 of the Mandalorian Steelers geocaching team, Larry and Melissa. Melissa and I have teamed up for several hikes recently, but it has been a …

March 16, 2019
Cozumel, Mexico 2.09 miles 2 hours 33 foot elevation gain 81° F high/75° F low 83% humidity 3 traditional geocaches found 1 letterbox hybrid found As mentioned in my previous post, I participated in a PAUMCS continuing education event at sea aboard the Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas. The first full day of the …

August 4, 2018
Geocaching in Western North Carolina 15 geocaches found 3 geocaches not found (DNF) Deban and Chip decided to make a spur of the moment trip to Cherokee, NC one Friday evening, so I tagged along. I knew that I could do some geocaching while they slept in the next morning, and that if I was …
August 5, 2018
Boone Pond 4.19 miles 3:38 duration 5 geocaches found 1 geocache hidden by PorkNBeans New caches had recently published on Boone Pond, and PorkNBeans (Jane) and I had tried to make plans to be First to Find them. However, work (that nasty four letter word) interfered with our plans, so we were beaten to the …
July 7 – 17 Part Three
English/Basketball Camp Deban and I traveled to the Czech Republic for a mission trip in early July. We were part of a four person team that traveled to Slaný to lead an English/Basketball Camp. This was our first time in this location, but our team leader, Amy Blumberg, has been coming here for many years. …
July 7 – 17 Part Two
Sightseeing in Czech Republic and Brussels Deban and I traveled to the Czech Republic for a mission trip in early July. We were part of a four person team that traveled to Slaný to lead an English/Basketball Camp. This was our first time in this location, but our team leader, Amy Blumberg, has been coming …
June 12, 2017
Sunburst Falls and Graveyard Fields My sister Alice aided and abetted me in playing hooky from the Monday afternoon session of Annual Conference. She had invited me to hike with her and sister Mary Lou on Tuesday (my birthday) but it was going to be a full day of volunteering with the Rise Against Hunger …