South Holston River 14.75 miles 4:24 duration 3 geocaches found It had been seven weeks since I last paddled Huck. Far too long! I had talked with Porknbeans (Jane) earlier in the week about rectifying that this weekend. Then, LakeBum (Rob) also asked if I wanted to paddle the Watauga River with him, Richard and …
July 22-25, 2018
New York City 2 great plays 2 virtual caches 1 traditional cache 1 puzzle cache 1 geocaching fail My brother Chip dreamed last year of seeing Bette Midler starring in Hello Dolly. He was extremely disappointed that her stint ended without him having the chance to see her. When she announced she would return to …
July 28, 2018
Watauga River 9.08 miles 4:21 duration LakeBum (Rob) texted me on Friday to ask if I wanted to paddle on the Watauga River on Saturday. I told him I would love to, but needed to be home by 3:00. Deban and I had plans to meet friends in Abingdon that night for dinner and to …
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 …
August 11, 2018
North Toe River, NC 3.89 miles 2:27 duration 4 geocaches found before 5 geocaches found after (1 multi cache, 1 virtual, 1 FTF) 1 DNF (did not find) This day filled with adventure took us to a river I've never paddled, the North Toe River in western North Carolina. LakeBum (Rob) picked me up at …
August 15, 2018
Little River Trail - Cucumber Gap - Jake's Creek Trail 8.3 miles 4:28 duration 1058 ft elevation gain 2 virtual geocaches found While hiking today, I was reminded by my dear sisters that I am very much delinquent in posting to my blog. I promised to write this post quickly, and then to work on …
June 30, 2018
Clinch River - Burton's Ford to Miller's Yard 9.09 miles 5:32 duration 3 geocaches found on the river 3 geocaches found before and after the river 1 geocache hidden When my geopal LakeBum (Rob) invited me to join in on a paddle trip on the Clinch River, I jumped at the chance, despite the fact …
June 24, 2018
Boone Pond 6.29 miles 5:00 duration 8 geocaches found - 2 FTFs Cache maintenance on 1 geocache After a great day on moving water the day before, porknbeans (Jane) and I decided to extend the fun another day. When discussing what we might want to do, LakeBum (Rob) reminded us that there were still a …
June 23, 2018
Watauga River 6.97 miles 4:56 duration 1 geocache replaced 1 geocache hidden I met up with LakeBum (Rob), porknbeans (Jane), Coach_L42 (Thomas), Beauxeault (Jeff) and skyguy777 (Britt) to paddle the Watauga River. Poor Rob was the only canoeist, while the rest of us were paddling kayaks. We were a colorful bunch with red, blue, green, …
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