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So I had called around to see if, in fact, the old inn I mentioned two posts ago was still existing. I'd hate to drive miles out of the way, after all, to see absolutely nothing. Ne ( Read more... )

So Jamie, Mark and I next week will be taking a trip to southern Illinois. Though we originally planned a three-day weekend thing, work kept us from doing that. A shame, really, as there's a lot I'd love to explore ( Read more... )

Yesterday I did geocaching with Jamie, Mark and David geocached in the area, and several caches were put in our new Bass Pro Shop (yes, this was a huge event and, since this was the opening weekend, everyone in the area was there for some reason). While one cache was quite easy. another ... well, it requires climbing into the sewer and finding the ( Read more... )

So this past weekend was our geocaching group's first attempt to mix ghost town exploring and geocaching. The two activities seemed, at least in our minds, to go hand in hand. And they did, sort of kind of.

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Next week seems to be one of competing events for me, and BOTH of them are local (as amazing as that seems ( Read more... )

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