6 posts tagged “geocaching”
I got my butt moving today and did something. I went out and found a geocache. I hunted two. The micro outsmarted me. I found the ammo box and got Paddy the Bear TB moving. I walked a little around north of downtown, taking pictures of the library, power plant and Hal Gray Park, which has a gazebo built in memorial to the original school house that stood on those grounds. I would've known this sooner had I thought to move the trash barrel to discover the dedication tablet before today!
Tomorrow I'll be able to get my boys back and get moving back down to Florida, starting in the afternoon. It's a long road but I'm looking forward to it! Time to go home!
Siiiiick. Yesterday was just full of sick and sleep.
I did venture out in the evening and I can tell you, without any doubt, that there is nothing Scenic At Night in Rensselaer. I am happy that I get to wear my red suede parka and my white suede boots.
On Day 4, I've had my caramel latte and I'm fixing to gather myself up to go photograph something. My fever will not have me attending the Lafayette event but I can still move around town and get some shots.
I am really looking forward to starting back home on Sunday!
I'm writing Rensselaer Day 1 post this morning instead of last night because I went to bed early last night. I didn't do much yesterday. I'm still resting off this cold. I'm doing it with the help of all the OTC feel goods featured above, including some orajel to help with the tooth pain caused by the sinus pressure.
I had to go out in search of a CF card reader and when I did, I photographed the new historical marker downtown and took the shots I needed for the crap haunted story about the cemetery across from my hotel. The claim is that the statue moves. It obviously doesn't and there's a spotlight on it all night so you can see it doesn't move ever. What's more disturbing is that Shadowlands has this thing described as a statue of a saint when it's a statue of Jesus. Shadowlands never updates the website to remove places that aren't haunted and the stories are just bogus. I can't begin to tell you how many places have inaccurate or outdated information about their history and use. The statue was vandalised. The right hand was broken off and stolen. This just proves that the living are more dangerous than the dead.
Most people are celebrating Thanksgiving today so, if you are, Happy Thanksgiving. My family celebrated last Sunday so today is just an odd day where barely anything is open. I think I'll go geocaching.
The residents of Punta Gorda's historic district not only believe in preserving history. They also believe in making it.
I voted via Early Voting today at the North Port City Hall. Then I photographed, waymarked and hid a geocache until it was time for a meeting. After the meeting, I came home, but it was too late for Tom to go early vote. He'll have to go tomorrow. Hopefully, it won't be too crowded in the morning.
The diversity in company that I keep makes me laugh. I've blurred names to maintain people's privacy but I think this caption from Facebook says it all:
We left Cave City, KY at 8am and arrived in Rensselaer at 1pm. The time zone fluctuated between Central and Eastern so my times are all Eastern.
We had time to run back to Sayler Makeever Cemetery to get the micro geocache hidden there, run some audio and take photos. It was cold and the wind made it worse, but the road was solid and the ground was firm enough. The cemetery is amazing.
We got to McDonald's at the same time as my mother and she bought us lunch. She's also giving me $100 when she brings the boys back so I can make it home. I said I was short. I won't worry about getting home now but I look forward to losing some weight this week!
The hotel I'm staying at is a small, family-run operation that's clean and reasonably priced. I'm across from the big cemetery and a mile down the road from Rensselaer's historic district. I didn't feel like doing anything today after I'd done the Sayler Makeever Cemetery. I want to rest and I'll get to waymarking and photography tomorrow after Mass. I have until Friday.
My mother is taking Michael and Eddie to see Horton Hears a Who and she's spoiling them as usual. I told them not to take advantage of my parents since my kids tend to ask for the moon and, being proper grandparents, my parents will give it to them. Their father should pick them up tomorrow at noon and drop them back to my parents' house on Friday at noon. Here's hoping it's all uneventful.
My father-in-law is a piece of work. That's all I'll really say about that since his huffing and puffing doesn't change anything, but it's just irritating. I'm thankful that Tom is handling all that now.
The totals for this leg of the trip:
Yesterday's total of hotel, food and fuel: $187
Today's expenses: food - $8, fuel - $25; Total travel expenses for today: $33
Total northbound trip: $220
My six-day hotel stay cost $285 and food will average $25. I've already eaten today at 0 cost, thanks to my mother.
Due to lack of internet access, this post was written off-line and is being posted late. I hope Quality Inn is proud of themselves!
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We started the day by grabbing a quick geocache by the interstate, then got back on I-75. We headed into the Louisville area around 7pm and got to hang with Tracey and Kevin for an hour, who were kind enough to bring a Christmas present and treats for the kids, as well as buying us dinner. Their company was enjoyed most of all.
I brought us into the Quality Inn in Lebanon, IN, which is not too far from my destination. This means that I should be able to get back south a ways before having to stop again. I'm about seven hours ahead of schedule for my earliest predictions. [This is good.]
Their internet does not work, despite advertising "free high speed internet" and I cannot hop on the wi-fi from the Flying J station. The television remote doesn't work, either. The room is clean and the vending machines are stocked. The price is also the same as the Days Inn from Valdosta, GA. I averaged about 80mph, going 65-70 through the mountains and busier cities. Today's fuel expense was $70, which I expect will take me to Rensselaen. This would make a total one-way fuel expense of $98, hotel costs estimated at $120 and food at $30 ($40 if our dinner had not been generously bought for us). I expect the same fuel expense on the return, hotel expense in the same neighbourhood and food will be significantly less. Given what's in my pocket, this works out fine.
I'm terribly sore that the internet isn't working. I would like to upload photos and search for caches in the area that the boys and I can pick up before we're apart. They had a lot of fun climbing the palm to get to the cache this morning. Michael is definitely my rock-wall climber. I'm at the phase of the trip where I dread the next step and am already missing them.
The weather has been amiable until Indiana. Once I entered Indiana, the weather turned harsh with cold rain. Yes, I now consider rain "harsh". The Weather Channel promises more harsh weather, this time extending down into Kentucky for my travel back home. I guess we'll just have to see who can get there first, the weather or me. I do not envy your weather, yankees, but I do envy your fuel prices. $2.79 - $2.86 per gallon is incredible! Southwest Florida averages between $3.01 and $3.30 per gallon!
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