TaGeez and I attended the Poker Run GCAFX5Q (leading up to the HNY24 Event). Find 6 caches and grab a poker card from each - cards to be opened at the HNY25 event in Warren. Best 10 hands win extra raffle tickets at the breakfast event.  Look at the logbook at caches #1! Always read the logbook ..read more

  ShelleyJean and I received our coins and t-shirts for completing the 23 geocaches and 11 adventure lab stops of the Belmont County Bigfoot GeoTour GT4DD! It was a good adventure in October - our second time doing a Belmont County tour - even if the weather was a little trying. Mansfield Mickey Mouse Our three-day trip was bookended with several Roadside America-like stops, which lent an air of adventure to our journey. After grabbing a few new Ohio counties (lots of Amish riding bikes up and down the hills), we reached Mansfield and the famous Mickey Mouse! We found him! The ..read more

Did you see your postcards under the Adventure Labs app?  You can share completed adventure labs on social media!  Go to Adventure Lab App > Profile to see your postcard collection!  ..read more

Working on and off for 7 years, TaGeez and I finished the honeybee and honeycomb today! We enjoyed every adventure we took ..read more

Day 7 - Saturday: Heading Home to Detroit Thank you, all, who followed our Colorado adventures last week! It was an amazing experience, and we are grateful we had the ability to go DIA has a subway! Signal ready to head home again This frog gets around! Signal and his two companions had quite the Colorado adventure! 2,240 miles in the air, 1,239 miles in the car, averaging over 10,000 steps a day, and earning 4 new state souvenirs! Signal's Colorado Adventure ..read more

 Day 6 - Friday: Cheyenne and Denver. After five very full days of sunshine and fresh air, we decided we needed a road trip day. So we packed our bags in Estes Park and left the bugling elk (who bugled all night long) behind for Cheyenne, Wyoming. Estes Park Heading out of town we stopped at The Ark, just a few hundred feet from our hotel. What a kooky place! The Ark GC6AVHF And, as TaGeez was signing the log, guess who ambled out of the nearby bushes, announcing himself?!? Wow, are they loud! They sound like pressure steam coming out of a hot water heater. We took the ..read more

Day 5 - Thursday: Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park Let me state outright that I’m terrified of heights. TERRIFIED! So, of course, we go to one of the highest National Parks in the country. I believe we calculated I made it up to 9,475 feet on Thursday! How can you go to Colorado and not visit one of the National Parks? We planned this visit to Rocky Mountain National Park for later in our trip so we could be acclimated to the altitude to avoid altitude sickness. Unfortunately, by the time we decided to go, it was too late to get timed passes for the RMNP Bear Lake Corridor, the ..read more

 Day 4 - Wednesday: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Boulder It's Wednesday morning and time to leave Colorado Springs. Let's take one last look at our morning view. Pike's Peak What was awesome about this trip was flexibility. We didn’t go strictly to schedule. We decided last night to go to the zoo today, and this was one of the best parts of the trip! I’ve been to zoos from Toronto to San Diego, and this little non-profit on the side of a mountain is one of my favorites! Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Colorado Springs We checked out of our hotel and headed up-up-up to the Zoo. The gro ..read more

Day 3 - Tuesday: Canon City and Royal Gorge How can you not stare at the view? The Rocky Mountains and Pike's Peak are visible from our hotel room bed! Someone asked, "How can you go to Colorado Springs and not climb Pike's Peak?" Easy. Watch me. Big fear of heights here, and I can easily see the peak from down here! It was pointed out that we visited Colorado during the best weather of the year. It was truly gorgeous, and this day this was the only inclement weather the entire week. Luckily, the Royal Gorge Route Railroad let us bump our reservations up to avoid the bulk of the incoming s ..read more

 Day 2 - Monday: Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs Our first full day in Colorado, and we woke to perfect weather in a hotel with a beautiful view of Pike’s Peak and the Rockies! Yes! Driving into town really late the night before, and we missed the entire Rocky Mountain Range! This was the view from our hotel room ? Staybridge Suites Colorado Springs North We fulfilled one bucket list item today: visiting the breathtaking (literally and figuratively) Garden of the Gods. From the Visitor's Center Garden of the Gods Earthcache GCND0E We spent hours walk ..read more