Netherlands-Norway Trip Part Six At Sea Day, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Flying Home 562 miles sailed 5134 miles flown 3 miles biked 3 geocaches found Our last day of the cruise was another at-sea day. After a rough night of sailing through a storm, we had much calmer seas. We slept late, and then went to have …
Netherlands-Norway Trip Part 5 Bergen, Norway 189 miles sailed 1 virtual cache found 1 EarthCache found 3 traditional caches found Up until this stop, we had enjoyed atypical weather for Norway. Most of our days had been mild and either partly cloudy or sunny. Today that all changed. Today we had “real” Norwegian weather. Cool …
Netherlands-Norway Trip Part 4 Ålesund, Norway 62 miles sailed 184 steps climbed 6 traditional caches found 3 caches not found (DNF) 1 epic birthday Happy Birthday to me! When I awoke this morning, I looked at my fitness band to see what time it was. At first I thought that it had malfunctioned during the …
Netherlands-Norway Trip Part 3 Geiranger, Norway 349 miles sailed 11 miles bicycled 327 steps climbed 5 traditional geocaches found 1 EarthCache logged Tuesday was the best day of our cruise - packed with beautiful sights and adventures. We started the day enjoying the beautiful scenery along the Geirangerfjord. Everywhere we looked were beautiful waterfalls, including …
Netherlands-Norway Trip Part Two Eidfjord, Norway 1 traditional geocache found 1 EarthCache logged 1 really foggy day Our ship arrived in the small town of Eidfjord, Norway at 7:00 am. After breakfast onboard, we ventured out to explore the town. Of course, my first priority was to find a geocache, so we walked to the …
Netherlands-Norway Trip Part 1 Amsterdam, Rotterdam, First Day at Sea 4689 miles flown 585 miles sailed 2 geocaches found Signal the Frog, Deban and I traveled to Norway aboard the MS Rotterdam, a Holland America ship. This was an eight day cruise beginning and ending in Rotterdam, Netherlands. We left Tri-Cities airport two days before …
GeoWoodstock XVI ~ Cincinnati, OH 774 miles traveled 27 traditional geocaches 1 virtual geocache 2 EarthCaches 1 Mega event 1 Giga event ..first held in 2003 by JoGPS as a way to bring “geocachers from all over” together. JoGPS says it started as “all about the numbers” but continues as “all about the number of new …
Watauga River 6.09 miles 2:38 duration My friend Berta organized our first paddling adventure of the year on moving water. I had kayaked on flat water three times this spring, but was happy to finally take Huck on our favorite river, the Watauga. Several in our group had other obligations later in the day, so …
South Holston Lake 4.6 miles 3:24 duration 8 caches found (4 during paddle, 2 before and 2 after) 3 DNFs (did not find) The weather forecast for this May Saturday was perfect for some time on the water, so I contacted geocaching pal porknbeans (Jane) to see if she was interested in paddling. We came …
Boone Pond 2.68 miles 2:55 duration 3 geocaches found 3 geocaches visited (previously found) 1 DNF (did not find) After spending several nights at the hospital sitting with a loved one, I was ready for some fresh air and exercise. RudeKoolaid (Angela) mentioned that she was planning to kayak on Boone Pond (formerly Boone Lake) …
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