Posted by mike on April 25th, 2005

Here are some photos from our recent geocaching adventure. They didn’t fit in with any of the other postings, but I liked them too much not to share.

The first is shortly after the Blue Bonneville site, and hints at a slightly easier approach to that cache.

I don’t remember exactly where the 2nd one …

Posted by mike on April 24th, 2005

As previously reported, we went out geocaching last weekend in the area north east of Kanopolis Lake. The images shown below are from the last 3 caches we visited: Aunt Leland, Humbarger Bend, and Rose Hill. Though none of the roads around these caches were as extreme as …

Posted by mike on April 20th, 2005

Last Saturday, while we were out geocaching, Sheryl took a set of great photos. Featuring a beautiful, peach colored Scissortailed Flycatcher, the set culminates with a stunning shot of the bird in flight.

scissortailed flycatcher

Click on the image above to see more images of the Scissortailed Flycatcher, …

Posted by mike on April 19th, 2005

(Thanks to my daughter Lisa for this one.)

Your combined household income is $140,000 and you can’t afford shoes for the kids.

You think anything slower than DSL is barbaric, but can’t get it in your neighborhood.

You know what DSL stands for.

You and your spouse almost come to blows deciding to hit Peet’s or Starbucks.

You think that American food includes sushi, naan, pho, pesto and pad thai.

You met your neighbors once.

When asked about your commute you answer in time, not distance.

Posted by mike on April 18th, 2005

Continuing the saga of our geocaching weekend, we next turn our attention to a cache known as the Blue Bonneville. It’s located northeast of Kanopolis on some truly wild roads.

The roads to get to this cache were amazing. The beauty of this cache was certainly the drive and the exploring required to …

Posted by mike on April 17th, 2005

We had a fine weekend, first working a bit on the yard and garden and then going out geocaching on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I like gardening, but it’s probably more interesting to share our geocaching experiences; plus, we have photos!

We had a very successful outing, finding 5 of 5 caches …

Posted by mike on April 15th, 2005

I was looking through the pictures of our recent trip, trying to select the best ones for posting and came across a beautiful sunset picture overlooking the cloud-covered Pacific Ocean near the San Mateo coast.

Though I was pretty much done with images from the northern leg of the trip, the soft golden hues, and interesting …