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I stayed home while Dick, Laurie and Mary went back to Jonathan Dickinaon State Park to do some more caching.  From all reports they had a fine time, and I know Dick enjoyed it immensely. Read Full Story

If a geocaching event goes over 500 attendees, it qualifies as a mega-event!  This year Cacheapalooza became Mega, and so we got our first Mega icon. We went with Laurie, Chip and Dylan, and their friends Mary,  Bob and Andie.  It was a perfect day - not too hot, not too cold, bright and beautiful.  Dick and I got there early, and were signed in by our friends Sue and Gary (Sugarwar).  The first thing we did was go to a class on GSAK, which was a total waste of time.  We didn't learn a thing... Read Full Story

Met Sam and Sandy for lunch in Kissimmee - it was about a 2 hour drive for both couples.  It's always good to catch up with old friends and hear what they've been up to and what their kids are doing. It was one of those 2 hour lunches! It was very nice to see them looking so well.  While in the area, we picked up three caches before driving home, one of which was Most Unique. Purple Penguins Trippy Treasures!  We drove up this morning to meet and have lunch at the Olive Garden with some... Read Full Story

Mr. Mattingly, our landlord, told us that we would get used to the train. Oh no - far from it! It's so close to our building it actually makes the floor rumble. Sometimes it's interesting, though. I wish that there had been a car with a giraffe's heading sticking up! Can you tell how close the tracks are to our building? Rumble rumble. Read Full Story

This morning I promised myself that I would try to catch up on my blog a little bit.  So I spent the entire morning uploading pictures and updating the blog.  OK, I'm a little slow, I admit, but I'm also still struggling with the new blogspot format.  Anyway, I got quite a bit done. After lunch, we picked up Chip and Dylan (Laurie's at work) and we all went to Golf World to play miniature golf.  It's a family joke that Dylan used to call it immature golf, so sometimes we all call it that.  We... Read Full Story

DuPuis Management Area 23500 SW Kanner Highway  Canal Point , FL 33438 561-924-5310 DuPuis is a 21,875 acre multi-use natural area interspersed with numerous ponds, wet prairies, cypress domes, pine flatwoods, and remnant Everglades marsh. The area provides miles of hiking and horseback trails, an equestrian center, graded vehicle roads, backpack and group campsites, and seasonal hunting. There is no fee for camping in DuPuis, which is on a first-come, first-served basis. There also is a... Read Full Story

This park used to be called Riverbend Park. Laurie's family has used it many time for biking, canoeing and kayaking. The other day when we drove down to Ft. Lauderdale, Laurie noticed the name change, and wondered what that was all about. Today we went back down there to check it out. It was especially nice because all five of us went. There's a nice new road, and several caches. It was a great drive and we enjoyed the whole day immensely. It turns out that the name was changed to Battlefield... Read Full Story

My nephew Dan posted this picture on Facebook. It's my brother Jim and me at a reunion a couple of years ago. I really like this photo - I hadn't seen it before! Read Full Story

The Boat Show is in full swing today! Lots and lots of people are there - many have to walk three blocks from the parking area. There are some shuttles, though - buses, bicycle rickshaws, golf carts - but most people are just hoofing it. Admission is $10 per person - they must be making a bundle! Dick took the opportunity to walk on the Roosevelt Bridge and take pictures of the festivities. Even though the show is right outside out front door, it's really not a problem.  They have it all very... Read Full Story

I broke my vow never to take the Indomethacin for gout because it's a powerful nsaid, and I can't tolerate that because it causes internal bleeding which I am prone to. At 2:30 in the morning it seemed like such a good idea - I took it and woke up 5 hours later. I'm going to keep taking it until the symptoms are totally gone because I don't want the gout to linger the way it did in my foot for three weeks after Thanksgiving. There may be a price to pay, but the relief and being able to move... Read Full Story