Have Not Done too Much..

Well I promised I was going to write more so here I am writing some stuff. I have not done too much caching, but I have done a couple. My wife AKA Scrappy she makes card and stuff. She had a craft fair in Menominee Falls at the high school so I planned on doing some caching while she was there. Well first I have to say I just started a new job at Wisconsin’s largest beer distributers. Funny thing is I don’t drink. But I work in the warehouse picking cases of beer. I work from 2:30 p.m. until lord knows when. So I have basically have become a vampire up all night with little sleep. Now back to our story well the craft fair was on Sunday and Saturday I did the worst thing I could have done I took a nap. So here I was sitting there at 4:30 in the morning and wide awake. We had to be at the craft fair early to set up and get everything ready. So here I was totally exhausted and sleepy as all get up. So after I helped set everything up I went out caching. Oh by the way I got a new GPS for my birthday I got a Garmin Oregon 450T. So far I love it and I love being completely paperless. we used to have a palm pilot for paperless caching but for some reason we always left the palm in the truck. so we were truly paperless when we got to the GZ we had no hints or anything to help us if we were having trouble. But again back to the story so my wife was all set up so I headed out and the day started out awesome I was  finding every cache I went for so far I was at about 7 caches when all of a sudden. BAMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!! no sleep hit me like a ton of bricks. Some of the caches the last person to look for it they couldn’t find it. So I was feeling good but when the lake of sleep hit me the next cache was a DNF then the next one then the next one so after about 4 DNF’s in a row. So I decided to call it quits. So I went back to the craft fair and the Packer game was on so I grabbed a chair and checked my eyelids for pin holes. All in all it was a great day. But I will post more again soon and keep you updated on what’s going on in Scrappy Scouts caching adventures.

It Really Has been a Long Time

Well it really has been a long time. But we have been out caching since the last time I have posted something. Last time we were at about 330 caches and now we are up to 423 caches now. But a lot has changed since my last post. I have a new job working for a beer distributer her in Wisconsin. I have also given birth to a full grown person. I started a diet on January 7^th of this year and since then I have lost a total of 130 lbs. so I basically have given birth to a full grown person. (Lol I think that is funny).

Back to the geo caching Meg and I have been caching in a couple areas one of the most recent places was High cliff State Park. We didn’t get many caches but we did do our first letter box cache. So that is cool. We have never done one before and this one was the first the caches is GC1Qvy6 Art See Park See Giuseppe. Very nicely done and we had a blast doing it. We did 7 caches and found 5 we had 2 DNF’s which bummed us a little but we had a really nice day at the park. Since I lost the weight I have been trying to do different things and since I am VERY scarred of heights I had to try and climb to the top of the tower there. I made it to the second platform when some kids about 6 or 8 came running up the stairs and the tower started to shake so that was it for me I had to do the walk of shame and climb back down. I got a nice picture of Scrappy while on the platform. Other than that it was an uneventful trip.

This is this is the tower at high cliff

There is Scrappy from where I am.

Just recently we went up to the Lefeber Boy Scout Camp in Crandon Wisconsin. We could only spend a weekend up there but if was a very good weekend. First we went up there on Friday stopped at the camp and unloaded all our stuff lucky for the fish it was windy or we would have been out there fishing. Not really because we had to meet up with some good friends who live in Mountain. Lucky people they are really living the Sweetlife there house is located in a wonderful area and is so pretty. Wish we could live there and everything. Oh by the way there geo caching name is Sweetlife. Ok so back onto the trip we went out for a nice dinner and sat there and talked and got to know each other better.

The next morning we got up to go out for breakfast and grab a few caches in the area since the last time we where here the cache population has grown and so have we. Last time we were here we would have spent most of the day sleeping and being lazy this year we had a packed weekend we didn’t nap at all we kept moving and doing something. But we went out for breakfast and a new cache popped up by our friends Sweetlife and it was only 4 miles to the location so we said hell on breakfast lets grab it how many times you get an FTF in the Northwood’s of Wisconsin. As we pull up there is construction they are building a new cell tower or something it was kind of neat to see it so we pulled back the barricades and parked and went in for the grab. We made the find and low and behold blank log so we signed it and left the area. This was on GC35E23 Sugar Bush Fire Tower. So pretty I can’t stop saying that. Pictures to follow soon have to get them off Scrappy's camera lol. We then went to breakfast and it was oh so yummy. Wish we could find a place like this in Milwaukee. But we went out and cached the rest of the morning and found 12 caches.

Sunday was filled with fishing. As the weather was still a bit windy and warm it was 75 or 80 all weekend very unusual for Wisconsin this time of year normal highs are 50 to 60 degrees. So the fish were not biting that much even the pan fish were not hungry and those little piranhas usually eat all the time. But we relaxed and had a wonderful day together as we tried to fish we saw an eagle and heard lots of birds. Oh and there were 2 loons on the lake (and I don’t mean Scrappy and I lol). That night before the packer game we ran into Laona for some soda to watch the game. We used the Nuvi which we call Bobert to get us there and since we were up in the great Northwood’s all the roads were fire roads. So we get to the gas station and we got our soda and headed back. And on our way back we turn a corner and this big black bear is running into the woods. This is the first black bear Scrappy has seen up here. So she got to see her first wild black bear here.

So Monday comes along and of course the lake looks like a sheet of glass and everything is still and quite all you hear are the loons singing on the lake. As we head out to go fishing we are looking at the shore lines and there were 3 deer a doe and 2 yearlings drinking in the lake. Everything was so pretty and relaxing. So we are fishing and then we come around a corner Scrappy see something with a white butt and tail go flying into the woods. And a short time later I hear this grunt and snort and a weird yell. I think it was an elk because I don’t think a deer makes that kind of sound. But after awhile we had to start packing up to head home. Sad time for us, because we both wanted to stay there forever live in the cabin on that lake and we would be living the Sweetlife lol. But we loaded up the truck and started our drive, we had one cache we had to get that our other friends put out before we left we left at 11:30 A.M... But as we were driving we noticed that just off the road there were a couple caches so of course we parked the truck on a hunters trail and started off to go grab them. As we marked the truck I noticed we forgot the camera and no blaze orange so no pictures, sad but maybe next time. As we walked down the trail the original cache kept getting further and further away and a different was closer so we basically kept walking we finally hit the trail we decide due to time we go 2 caches down one way the 2 caches back the other way out of the 4 we got 3 not bad there are a total of 35 caches on this particular trail. We then get back to the truck and notice the time it was 12:30 we walked for a whole hour and didn’t notice. So now we get back to driving home and we kept looking and sure enough a cache is close lets grab it. We didn’t get really started on our way home until 2:30 when we both said that’s it turn off all GPS’S and lets get headed home. 

Just a slight breeze when were leaving to go home.

 

We then hit Osh Kosh and holy crap bumper to bumper stopped traffic due to construction when will people learn when it says 2 right lanes closed move over why wait to the last minute long story short we made it home by 6:30P.M. So a 3 and half hour trip took us 7 hours. Not too bad. Lucky for me I now work 2^nd shift so I could sleep in a bit bad thing for Scrappy she had to get up early the next morning for work. But what a wonderful trip I would do it all over again in a heart beat. Well that’s it for now more to come I will be updating this blog more. Keep on caching and have fun.

Scout

Clowning Around lol

It has been a long time.

Well it has been a long time but a lot has changed in my life. First off I am still looking for a good job which is kind of bumming me out. I do have a part time job working for goodwill industries but it is part time and I need full time. But I have other news too. We finally hit 300 caches so that exciting. The other big news is I started a diet plan (just in case people didn’t know I am over weight). We started the diet on January 7^th this was the first day of it. It is called HMR and you basically drink at least 3 shakes a day and have at least 2 of there meals but more is better. And so far since I started I have lost 81 lbs on it. It feels so awesome to have a bunch of energy to do things and not be so lazy. I am hoping to buy a bike sometime soon and go biking to get even more exercise in. so I will keep everyone updated on what’s happening. Well this is a short post for now will add more later.

Scout

This WAS the Plan..

Well this was the plan. My wife does a lot of scrapbook type stuff cards, gift boxes, ETC. Well when she has a craft fair I am usually the muscle for her and her sister. I load up my truck and then drop everything off for them and then they set up the way the want and I take boxes back to the truck and then leave and do something else. Well this weekend she has a craft fair in Mukwonago and the plan was that I go help them unload and then I was going to go caching while the craft fair is going on. There is not enough room for me to sit there all day. My brother in law was going to be there so I thought I could take him out caching and see if he likes it. He has been out once before with me but it was a real simple one and he did not know what to look for or what to do. He was nervous about sticking his hand into the bushes and moving stuff around (I kind of was laughing at him about that). Well I though this would be a good time. Then life hit me I have got this awful sinus cold that is kicking my but and then to top it off we are supposed to get anywhere from 3-8inches of snow. Don’t get me wrong I love caching in the snow but when I am this sick I don’t want to do a dang thing. So now I have to come up with a plan so I can do something with him that we both like and something that won’t get me sicker. So that WAS the plan what to do now? Well wish me luck.

It has been a long time.

Well it has been a long time since I posted something. So in short life has been rough for us I got laid off again. And I am looking for a new job that is year round and full time. We have gotten out to do some caching we got our first FTF it was amazing to unroll the log book and see a completely empty log sheet. We did go to the west bend cache and bash earlier in the year but it was waaaay to hot to cache so we just hung out and meet up with friends and made new ones. Other than that we have not been doing much due to funds and stuff. But we are keeping our heads up and we keep on trying. I will post some pictures of stuff that I have taken recently. I do plan to go out fishing with my brother in law this weekend I will let you know how that turns out. It is supposed to be a high of a whole whooping 37 degrees out ya for me lol. I will keep people updated I plan on doing some caching next week in between job searching. I will let you know what happens. Until then Happy turkey day to all and see you on the trails.

Scout.

Long Time Posting

Well it has been a long time posting. I have been real busy from work to life I don’t have much time for anything. Some things that I have done are I attended an event in West Bend called the West Bend Cache and bash, where you have a chance to win money. I didn’t but there is a chance for you to win some. I also held my first ever Geo 101 class at the Ottawa Lake State park. We had a total of 64 people in attendance and we are making plans for next year. I will do more posting this week as I go from 5 days a week to 4 days. This and that I will be on more looking for a new job as I am getting laid off again soon so I have to find something. Well will post more soon later this week but for now keep on caching.

Scout

AWESOME !!!!!!!! Weekend

Well all I have to say is this weekend was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! First off Saturday, Meg and I had to go shopping for some supplies and groceries. We had to go to a Wally-Mart and a store named Sherpers. Sherpers is a store that has military clothes and other items from Boy Scout uniforms to Military gas masks, lots of outdoor items, camping items, etc. We wanted to go there because they have really good prices on hiking boots plus I saw a nice back pack for geocaching there. So we figured why not cache our way to Wally-Mart and then cache to Sherpers. We grabbed the GPSr’s and headed out the door. We had a list of 10 that we wanted to do. One was a puzzle cache that Meg figured out so we wanted to hit that one. We found 8 of our 10 and we were happy with that result. When we got home I logged all the caches and our 2 DNF’s, happy to have found the 8. Meg was happy with the new to us GPSr that we got. She was using a Lowrance I Finder h2oc, but for some reason it stopped working, we would have satellite bars but it just refused to lock on to them so I called their support desk and the guy stated that I could send it in but for 20 bucks more I could get a brand new Lowrance Endure. So I talked to my friend NoHandsgps because he told me he had a Garmin 60c he was thinking of getting rid of so we grabbed that for a really nice price. Meg now has a really good GPSr and is ready to go. She was able to use it like a pro; it was almost like they were built for each other. She loves it and wants to go caching as much as possible. Thanks to Nohands for the deal.

Update: the 2 caches we couldn’t find were muggled. We found this out after we logged them. The cache owners e-mailed us and said they did check and yes they were missing so we should watch the listing for when it is back up we can go out to grab them again.

Now it is Sunday and we have to go to Meg’s mom’s house to do some stuff up there. We decided to grab some caches on our way home. Saturday night I sat on the computer and looked at caches and found 21 and 1 puzzle cache that sounded like fun. I was thinking that if we find 15 out of the 21 then it would be a good day. Much to my surprise we found all 22 including the puzzle. Funny thing is Meg and I do finders tree, bush, pole or whatever is there, basically if one of us sees it we walk away and call out finder (fill in the blank). We then let the other keep looking until he or she finds it or gets frustrated and says ok hints then it becomes hot cold game until we both find it. The funny thing is whether it is Meg or I who find it, we get all excited and run away like little kids and call it out. What muggles must have thought of us seeing that going on lol. So we were happy and tired from doing 22 caches and had only one casualty. The casualty was our new to us palm pilot which we use for paperless caching. We don’t know exactly how or when but some time Meg put it into her coat pocket and then tied her coat around her waist. So some time from when she did that and hopping over logs and walking she bumped it just right because when we got to the car to log the caches we found into the palm, the screen was broken. That was about 7 caches in so we spent the rest of the day going blind no hints logs or anything. So, I made another phone call to another friend who I knew was getting rid of their palm and we grabbed that for a really good deal but that is another story.

Now it is Monday and I get a phone call from the Milwaukee County Parks guy telling me that our first cache is ok and gave us a permit and we are ready to go. We made up the cache page and went out to place the cache. At about 11:50 Monday night it got published. The GC number is GC28B1Y, this is our very first cache so we hope it goes good and people like it. Our stats have greatly improved and we are getting in a lot of exercise, according to our pedometer we walked 5 miles on Sunday. Meg is happy with her GPSr and I am happy to have a new palm pilot and we are EXCITED about our first cache getting published. Well, we will keep you updated on how the first cache does. Next weekend is the WGA campout, we are unable to attend but will be stopping down on Saturday for a bonfire and Sunday for the annual pancake breakfast. Happy trails, hope to see you out and about some time.

Scout