my nephew

Hi Guys --yesterday I was in the city with Rhonda while she gave a course at the teachers work shop --I made arrangements to meet my nephew for breakfast around 10 am in Halifax --- he is from Antigonish and is 22 and is in the city getting radiation treatment on a tumor in his head --he also has  NF2 ... as does his 24 year old brother -  Andrew also has the tumors on his spine and his legs --- he is a great guy -- he was very interested in my CI as u can imagine . He has a colledge degree but he told me he plants trees all summer for a living as he loves the outside so much ...so I said did u ever hear of "geocaching" ... No he says so after breakfast out we go -- found first one then 2nd one was mia but from the logs we saw exactly what had happened --then on way home I showed him a cache that he walked by every morning ---- when he got out of the car he was soooooo excited .. said headed right in to register on geo com --- he said wait till i show Kevin --his brother and his dad ... he thanked me not for info on CI or breakfast but for telling him and showing him geo caching ----- thing I added a new cacher to NS ---
have a great weekend -- chris  

This week

Well it has been a while since I posted a blog --- that is not a good thing when toooo busy to go caching LOL !!
Woke up Monday am to rain a dentist appointment at 11 am and 12 new caches published close to home ---
DELI MA !!!! hahahhahahhah
Sent Rick 7 Ken a note saying I had afternoon free and rain suppose to stop and lets go caching .... Unfortunatly Ken was tied up but Rick was free -- we got away around 1 30 pm -- dentist was slow .....
First 2 caches easy FTF !!!!!then a snag  on next one -- could not find it -- dam I was standing right where it should be but could not find it -- remember this statement for wednesday trip hahhahahhah
then onto service road caches but a bridge cache along the way that we had not done --trolls did not get us so on we go -- be dammed if next cache  was not another DNF --- wtf .... I was not happy ... next  1 Great FTF ..
next one -- 2nd to find ??? where did this cacher come from --it is middle of series ?? next 2nd to find .. next 2nd ...next another DNF ......coming out on road along comes cacher -- GWT Peter ... think that is right -- one cache left at end of road --he went there but did not have coords --- off we go together --- very tough climb down but we all go ... WE COULD NOT FIND THAT LITTLE SUCKER ----
back on road  Peter tells us he did find one of the ones we could not get --he said very well camoed --- he could not find one we found so we told him where ---- home now with 9 out 13 but 4 DNF ..... only 1/2 happy ...lol .............
Tuesday ..work at hospital and one more cache is published on the service road --- checked Tuesday night and that Peter found all the caches so I mailed Rick and said tomorrow I am going back for the DNF --all but the last one --I am not crawling down that bank again ,,,,,Rick said --"I will be ready" LOL ......
Left at 9 and stopped at out first  DNF --- quick look where we thought then I went back to original spot --- thought for a minute -- moved the one rick I had moved on Monday then I moved the 2nd rock and Yahooo there it was---- how stupid of me ..... the next 2  DNF we walked right up to --grabbed the new cache that was there  and home cutting lawns by 11 am .... Monday I did beat the 1800 mark --
Tomorrow I am going with my sister to B water for a medical test and have a few quick P&G I hope to get --
Looking forward to the bike ride next week .... talk alter Chris

Just Amoung Cachers

I think i mentioned that i was invited to do the cache Just Amoung Cachers with Hirtle & Ieatcrayons. My part of the cache was in the Rossignol District. i decided to do it while staying at Keji last week. I drove to the gate on the road and then biked in the rest of the way. I know it's not possible but it seemed like it was uphill on the way in and on the way out. LOL.
Nice area to explore but i quickly found out that Hirtle had given me wrong co-rds. Luckily there was cell service so i could text Blackrattle who had previously found the cache. So off i went with corrected co-rds only to discover the log the cache was hidden in had been torn apart, probably by a bear. I took pics and emailed them to Blackrattle and he confirmed i had the right location and he also gave me the W co-rds that i was seeking at the time. We sent all the info including pics to the CO and we were given permission to log the find.
Quite an experience, but fun.

Bridgewater Caching

Rick and I had a good day in Bridgewater yesterday.

When we left New Minas at 8:00 AM it was raining a pretty good clip, but I had checked the weather radar and it looked promising.  By the time we got to Bridgewater and sat down for breakfast the sun was shining, although it stayed pretty windy all day long.

We had a possible list of 32, one of which I had done.  By the end of the day I had 11 finds and Rick had 12.  Not a big day, but it's not about the numbers!  We had fun, saw some great caches and memorable views.

Two memorable caches:
GC31Z5K - King's Labrinth - An excellent hide, really well done.  Added to my favourites.
GC1YA6F - You-Knee-Ke #5 - Really tricky.  Had to use a lifeline (thanks, Brian).  Even when I knew where and what it was I had to circle several times before spotting it.  It may be easier at a time of day when the sun angle is different, and we showed GZ as up at the edge of the upper parking lot, but enjoyed the hunt! 

A really good day!  But we missed Brian and Chris! 

Ken

Fryday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fryday of a very good week .... Monday was my sons birthday and wednesday was my sisters --Monday she was off so I went to city and took her a present and then we headed out together for son John's place to drop off a gift ---- but first we grabbed a new cache at the old St Pats high school where we both went --that was cool --- then down to Porters lake and we grabbed a few caches in the park down there ---- so that a good fun day ..my sister just loves caching .... then on wednesday after food bank took off to keji to stay at brians trailor --my first visit and I was so impressed and loved the place --- did the 5 caches in the park to earn a metal and also the caches are spread out so great chance to see different parts of park ,,,, I cannot wait to go back ... now on Sunday if weather ok Mac Nabs island which I have not been on in 45 years ---- that seems funny to say that ---- great week ......................... Have a great weekend guys --- Chris

Good Old Spurr Road

Some of the guys got back to Spurr Road yesterday. (Missed you Brian - you were often spoken of and even more often thought of!) I came away with 48 finds, a new personal day`s best, which brings me up to 1696 finds. Not too dusty!

Finally 1700

Well had that one with Rick then yesterday thanks to a text a Friend brian I got one in Bridgewater and today had my grand son all day and did manage to grab 3 in Point Pleasant park before he got too tired --  That gave me 1700 ----then he conned me to drive to Bedford to chicken burger for lunch .. fun day but I am tired -- we were together for 8 hours --we did go see my audiologist and she did change the rusty magnet but said most is the heat and band aids I have to use ---- at least I know ---- have a good long weekend -- we have company coming and they like to party so a few days of good CHEER ..... later guys 

today

Hi Guys ... worked at hospital today then a drop in to see Rick --he got new hearing aid today and wanted to go get some cache --- we went out but bugs were bad -- he got 2 and I got one ---- he is aweful keen to go back to Tancook ---- gotta jet as going out with R tonight and Rissers tomorrow -- later guys

been away from caching too long

yesterday we were taking the grand kids back to Porters lake -- we did have a lot of fun with them and they are great boys --just before we left I did a PQ for porters lake and got 19 caches so quick down load --- since Rhonda forgot her book and was not up for any caching I just grabbed 4 quick P&G  then we headed to the Flash Mob --our 1st ..... but arrived about 25 minutes early and a new cache at exit 2a so had to grab that then we did the flash mob as we pulled up in our car who pulled in right behind but Sir Ken, Mr Rick 0 and Mrs O  and Laura ... fun ...so 6 for the day and now 7 short of 1700 ........maybe over the weekend in Bridgewater --
it seems like forever since we cached --- need to get back to the weekly jaunts ----
ok guys --talk alter -- Chris

August already

had to take a minute and update this blog -- my CI is awesome --really -- it has totally changed my life and also our life , Mine and Rhonda's .
This weekend saw all four of the grand kids --just short visits with all four but I was able to understand the boys when they talked and I could know when Lara talked --- wow that is so cool for me .... 
Summer has been busy , lots of company and as usual for me the one on ones are great but get everyone in the kitchen and oh man it is loud !!!
ok , here is why I am writing today cuz this was funny .... I sat at the lap top in the den for a few minutes and the window is open -- it is on my left side same as my CI --all of a sudden I am hearing this noise --some kind of motor and it loud -- I check everywhere in the house --- hahah I am turning radios on and off -- upstairs down and nothing but a loud loud noise so I go outside --- still there so I walk down the driveway and half way down the street -- what is that noise ?? All of a sudden it stops ---- quiet ...but what was it ???
No idea ---- but i was laughing at how funny I probably looked walking down the street with ear turned up listening to this sound ---
gotta laugh .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, have a great August all and Adrian , for the record I started that level 1 at 10 o'clock and now at 12 o click --sometimes when alone I turn it higher but too loud when people around but soon ... 
Cheers to all -- Chris 
PS -- I just heard "Thunder" for first time or I think it is Thunder man it is soooo dark here right now --just heard it again ---
Oh Yeah ,,, Bring on the Storm  !!!!! MORE THUNDER >>>
So Cool OMG ...that was coming in the house ..amazing and I can hear the rain ----- too cool --but gotta close some windows ,,,,

Montreal Caching 2.1

More subway riding this afternoon, with another long walk after I got off the train. I now have all the clues I should have used to solve the virtual / puzzle / multi cache but didn't need!

What a beautiful park the clues were in! And what beautiful ladies were in said park....

Jan headed out to Montreal Place and Eaton Centre for shopping while I was at the park.

Beautiful day here. A little cloudy this morning, but sunny and warm this afternoon.

Montreal Caching 2.0

Well, an interesting morning. I have been working on a multi / puzzle / virtual cache from home. Today we went out to try and find the final location. It is a particular statue in downtown Montreal, which we found with no problem at all.

The interesting part of the morning was that it was too far for Jan to walk and the taxi fare would have been excessive. So for $8.00 each I bought two "Occasional" Metro (subway) 24 hour cards. Instead of paying $3.00 per trip we can now ride the subway unlimited for the next 24 hours. Not a bad deal at all.

So we spent the morning riding the rails under the city to the points of the virtual puzzle cache.

Speaking of which, please have a look at GC619C - that's the cache I'm after. Should I be looking for a log book to sign or once I have the password to the certificate referred to at the bottom of the page am I done and eligible to log the find? I e-mailed the CO but he hasn't answered me. I would really appreciate your opinion.

Ken

Montreal Caching

Well, it's been a while since any of us posted here, so here is a quick post before I call it a night.

I went for a 3.8 km walk tonight and found a puzzle cache at University of Quebec at Montreal that I had solved before I left home! It seemed like a long walk all alone with nobody to talk with - that makes the walk go faster!

But the cache was an excellent hide and the coordinates were absolutely bang on.

Tomorrow we have a little more caching planned, which includes a trip to a local park and the Montreal Planetarium, likely some shopping and the concert tomorrow evening!

FTF Day

Interesting day for FTF's. A new cache published last night in the Sobey's parking lot in Liverpool. I put it in my GPS before i went to bed with the thought of getting it this morning. Vic and i went up and got FTF and i went to log it the cache page said it wasn't published yet. For some reason the took the listing off, i am still going to claim FTF as soon as it gets published again.
Meanwhile in the morning a few more caches published out on Hwy 8 so Vic & i went after those in the PM. We got Ftf on those 2 and went after a few more caches in the Greenfield area we didn't have yet. There was a cache that came out over a month ago GC2WNKQ that hadn't been found yet so we went after that cache. Much to my surprise i found it after only 10 min of searching and got Ftf on that also. That made 4 for today.
Will make a list for Liverpool area for you guys for Sunday and let you know when it was up. More caching tomorrow. great week so far.

Cape sable Island

Vic is off this week so we are doing a little running around. Monday we went up to Cape Sable Island for the day. Vic wanted to visit some beaches we haven't been to before and of course i wanted to get some caches. Ervin's caches along the beaches on Cape Sable Island fit the bill for us both. We had a great day, got 18 caches, walked some nice beaches and got some beach glass. At one cache on South Side Beach 2 fisheries officers stopped and i thought we were in trouble. The female officer got out and said you must be geocaching, she takes her kids caching and has found some of Ervin's before. We only got about half the caches on the island so i guess another trip back is in order.

This morning i was up early (6:15) and noticed a new cache out not far from home. I threw on some clothes and was out the door before 7 and everybody else was still in bed. Got to the site and the co-rds put me right in the middle of the parking area. Searched for about 1/2 hour with no luck and heard a car coming and i knew it had to be Blackrattle. We all searched for another 1/2 hour and no luck. i logged a dnf stating the co-rds placed me at the parking area. The cache owner dissabled the cache right away stating she must have made a mistake in the co-rds, there was a wasted 2 hours. The Blackrattles and me meet quite often early mornings at cache sites. LOL

Me, Myself and I

Yes, that's right, the three of us - Me, Myself and I - all got out for a couple of hours today. I grabbed five caches between Berwick and the west end of Kentville. What a beautiful afternoon weather-wise. In fact, it was a little too warm at times. A sign of things to come with any amount of luck.

Anyway, the caches were all pretty new. I was anywhere from the second to the fourth cacher to sign the log, depending on the cache. A couple of short hikes, one God awful bushwhack and a set of stairs 74 steps long. Only one was anything near a park and grab!

Nice to be out. But it will be more fun on Wednesday with all of us together on Big Tancook! Can't wait!

Ken

June 8 /11 -- city caches

Hey my day stared much earlier then planned because Rhonda had thrown out her back so I had to drive her to school and my appointment with audio was not till 11 am. good thing I had all my city caches in my GPS before I went to bed --- I left R at school around 9 am then a bite of breakfast at A&W then into city -- Costco for propane and a few supplies then onto my appointment on Spring Garden Rd --- looking at the map of south End of city I had 10 caches with no smiles other than Point Pleasant Park caches which we should do some day --of the 10 I got 8 and would have gotten the other two but muggles standing right in front of tree where cahes were . Both cahes I made 3 different tries but people , people , people ...... that took me 2 hours then I had to go back to get Rhonda for a 3 pm appointment .... fun quick city caches and all safe to do ......looking forward to Tancook ..... Chris 

A Visit to Lunenburg

Today we wanted to get out for the day and Jan couldn't decide where she wanted go, so at 12:30 PM I told her that we would go to Lunenburg for a late lunch and a visit to the Bluenose II restoration site - and oh, by the way, I was going to pick up one cache while we were in town!

We had a great lunch overlooking the harbour, I grabbed the Fisherman's Silhouette cache and then we spent an hour learning about the Bluenose II restoration. Really neat, and a great day!

I had already searched a couple of times for Fisherman's Silhouette but found out that it had been muggled and not yet replaced both times! Today I walked right up to it without a GPSr, looked where I always thought it should be right from day 1 and there it was! It really was a quick and easy find - today!

Yes, it was very nice in Lunenburg today. We both enjoy the town of Lunenburg and are already planning our next visit - we would kind of like to take the horse-drawn carriage tour of the town if it's not outrageously expensive....

Sunny Monday

Ok it was a rainy Monday when I started out but first let me take you  back to yesterday and my decision that I had a lot to do around this house and yard so one day a week for caching and rest  of the time work, work , work ...lol
Woke up today to all these caches in my mail box so i thought ok look to see where they are --- OMG -- 2 with 15 kms of home and I know they would be fun -- call Rick and text Ken but both not available -- should I or should I do my work so I put one load of laundry in the washer --then I loaded up the GPS and I took off hahhahha.... 1st cache was in a cemetery that I have driven by 100 times and never knew it was there -- tricky micro but I got FTF then off to 2nd one --- it took me longer as GPS was jumping around but when I saw it I knew right away  2nd FTF -- so looked on my phone for one more close one grabbed it and now back home and work to do but not before my blog to my buddies --- have a good day ..I know Brian and Vicki are coming home tonight --- you were all over the island -- very cool -- later guys

Travel Bug

One of my travel bugs has been stuck on PEI for some time now. It just started moving lately and i was heading to the cache it was in to pick it up and return it to the NS. We were 10 miles away from the cache and got email notifaction that somebody had retreived it, so close. Having a great time, wish it was a little warmer though. Supposed to be nicer tomorrow.

We were at North Cape today, neat spot. Windmill farm there now.