Geocaching at Fairview Resource Management Area

Today Joanne and I went geocaching at FRMA. This is a hugantic preservation area with many trails for people and horses. The area is located in NorthEastern Maryland, near the intersection of MD, DE, and PA. There are about a dozen caches in this area, making it a hot spot for geocachers.


We started the day hitting an easy cache - Francancone. In it we found The Politician, a Travel Bug on a missing, TP is trying to get to Washington DC to secure some pork barrel spending for his buddies. Here is Joanne with TP - he was very pleasant and amiable.

Our intent was to start our FRMA hunting with the FairField MultiCache, but I forgot to put the coordinates in our GPS. :-( Instead we went for the Ruined Chicken MultiCache, which is 6 caches hidden across FRMA.


Around the Fair Hill Multicache is a pond were many turtles live. According to a sign at the pond, this huge female turtle is over 30 years old. Happy mother's day, turtle!

Here I am with the first cache of Ruined Chicken.


Around the first cache was an abandoned house (there are many in this area). This is the pic of the chimney in the house - there were also some old appliances in there.

Joanne found the second cache.

A little further down the trail, we searched for the Ampitheater cache. Joanne found it in the roots of this tree, on the top of a very steep hill.

On our way to the third cache, we found this memorial just over a concrete bridge. To the left of the cross is a note left to the deceased.

And the third cache...

On our way to the fourth cache of six, we started hearing frequent thunder coming towards us. The decision was made to hike back to the car. We've got to go back another time to finish it up. Our overall hike was about 6 miles.

The Da Vinci Code Quest is Over

Joanne and I did not get past the first round. I had a lunch meeting to go to, so Joanne completed the last puzzle. She had some Flash problems and was distracted by work.

By 1:30-ish PM, there were already over 10000 people chosen to be finalists.

It would have been fun to win all of the excellent prizes. Maybe next time.

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The Daily Times - www.delmarvanow.com - Salisbury, Md.

In Monday's edition of the Daily Times, I received recognition for tying with the most BNI referrals for the month of March.

I got many "Seen ya's" for this one. Free press is always a good thing.

The Daily Times - www.delmarvanow.com - Salisbury, Md.

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Bach to the Future

After our day of Geocaching, Joanne and I went to see some friends perform in St Michaels, MD. Sarah was singing soprano, and Kevin was the guest conductor.

Upon arrival in St Michaels, we ate at the Town Dock Restaurant. We had a great meal overlooking the Marina in the quaint, historic town. I had the New England Striped Bass - it had a sundried tomato crust and garlic mashed potatoes. Joanne at some tasty grouper dish topped with pesto and accompanied with baby artichokes.

Next, we drove a few blocks to Christ Church St Michaels. This is an extremly beautiful, historic church - very neat. They had a lot of artifacts inside, including a gift from Queen Elizabeth from the 1700's and stuff from many long forgotten churches of convenience. The stained glass was awesome.

Joanne and I sent an hour or so ushering, or handing out programs. I counted about 100 attendees. Then we got to enjoy the choir music. It was awesome - 17 amazing singers, who performed arrangements of poems and the like.

We finished our evening with a trip to Scossa's for desert. Many of the vocalists came to join us.

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Geocaching at Tuckahoe State Park

Yesterday Joanne and I began our new hobby - geocaching. For those unfamiliar with the sport, it's a sort of modern day treasure hunting. There are caches placed all over earth, and you are given the coordinates of the goodies. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to use the information made available to you to find the cache. Inside the cache, which is usually tupperware or an ammo container, you'll find all sorts of trinkets and a log book. Trade a trinket, sign the log, and rehide the cache.

We went to Tuckahoe State Park in search of 4 caches that live there. Later in the day we were to help our friends Bach to the Future with their performance, so it was only expected that we might find two of them.

Our first hunt was for Tuckahoe Valley Trail Cache. We started at the beginning of the Tuckahoe Valley Trail near Cemetary Lane, and decided to take the Cliffside Trail to our destination. The hike started out with what I think was an Eastern Hog-nosed Snake, which scared Joanne. We went past some power lines and then along some very steep slopes that follow a creek.

We then arrived at an intersection of trails and began searching for the cache. Our hint told us to look for a large oak tree about 75 feet from the intersection. After about half an hour, I was able to find the cache. Inside were some trinkets (McDonald's Incredibles Toy, matchbox cars, etc) and a log book. I signed the book - we didn't take a trinket becase I left them in Joanne's car. I had to hide the cache quickly because there were some mountain bikers coming up to the area.

Next up was our search for Tour de Lamahoe, which was about 1/4 mile East on the Turkey Trail. We entered a floodplain and saw many trees that had been felled by beavers in an attempt to dam up the area. After searching for about an hour, we gave up on this one. While we were in the right area, we just couldn't find the stash.

Given the time constraints, we decided to make our way back to the car. Our return trip was via the Tuckahoe Valley Trail, which was an easy hike through the woods. We didn't try the other two geocaches, so there are still three in Tuckahoe that we need to find.

We had a great time experiencing the wilderness. Our overall hike for the day was about 3.5 miles. Next weekend we'll be in Salisbury, so we're going to search for Geocaches over there.

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TheHawaiiChannel - Family - 10 Traits That Make You A Great Girlfriend

I love Joanne so much - she's the bestest girlfriend ever. In case you were curios to know why, here's the scoop.

TheHawaiiChannel - Family - 10 Traits That Make You A Great Girlfriend

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TheHawaiiChannel - KITV 4 News - Men Glued To Toilet Seats At Wal-Mart, Denny's

Salisbury has been making the national news lately. Seems that somebody has been putting super glue on public toilet seats. While it would be super embarassing to be a victim to such a prank, I still think that I'd laugh about it after the humiliation wore off.

This morning I saw a story on Fox News. Here's the story running on a TV station in Hawaii.

TheHawaiiChannel - KITV 4 News - Men Glued To Toilet Seats At Wal-Mart, Denny's

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