Sunny, 85-90°F. I had a choice of events this evening. I decided to go to the geocaching one because it was a sunny day. Given the recent weather, I figured I ought to make full use of a day when it isn't raining heavily! The geocaching event was O WOW DOG in Wrightstown, PA. I didn't go there directly though. I started with a set of geocaches at ( Read more... )

Sunny, 50-55°F. Woke up very late but that was okay because all the geocaches I had planned were within the county. Although I didn't do that many geocaches, there were some significant challenges today. "Joe the Plumber Puzzle cache" was a puzzle that I solved on paper just before heading out. "Redux(ed), YUCK!!" was a walk across a swamp. " ( Read more... )

Sunny, 45-50°F. It was another day when I wasn't really able to get out for an extended period of time because of a busy morning. However, I did bag a bunch of geocaches in a few towns near the Philadelphia border since that area is only 30 miles from home. Of those, "who turned out the lights?" turned out to be the most physically challenging. ( Read more... )

Sunny, 50°F. After last night, I woke up late this morning, so I figured it would be a short day out. Luckily, there were some new local geocaches. First, I went to Santa Claus is Caching in Town in Delcastle Recreation Area near Marshallton. The cache site looked rather familiar, so I wondered if there used to be another cache, maybe even in the ( Read more... )

Sunny, 60-65°F. This afternoon, I returned to the south side of the C&D Canal to continue what I was doing two days ago. This time, I accessed the canal road from St. Georges, near the US-13 bridge. Then I drove for a few miles on the road at the edge of the canal. I actually caught up with this ship, which was probably going at a mere few miles ( Read more... )

Cloudy, 55-60°F. It was a morning when attempts to get out were interrupted by phone calls. Then, when I did head out, the highway was closed because a truck was hanging off an overpass. I still was able to do two hikes of moderate length and a bunch of geocaches. First, I went to Indian Orchard Park in Middletown and found 3 geocaches along the ( Read more... )

Sunny, 75-80°F. This is the 3rd geocaching trip to South Jersey in a week, but I figured it isn't a long drive and there are enough new geocaches to justify the bridge toll. This time, I started in Logan/Swedesboro/Woolwich and continued to East Greenwich, Woodbury, Mantua, and Deptford. There were a few parks with two or three geocaches in the ( Read more... )

The seed for today's shopping excursion was planted a few days ago when I wondered if there was a better tool for weeding. I figured there had to be long-arm weeders out there so one wouldn't have to bend over to pull weeds. It was a rainy day today so I couldn't actually do any yardwork outside, so I might as well look for this gadget ( Read more... )

My family doesn't really celebrate Christmas so it's a quiet day of rest. Nevertheless, a few things did happen. Shortly after 1am, I scored some Random Cr*p on Woot. I haven't managed to do that before because the Woot server usually gets bogged down whenever they post this sale. This time, however, they added a new twist by putting up a fake sale ( Read more... )

I've been packing. There are boxes on every table now and some on the floor too. Funny thing is this place looks a lot better with nearly everything packed away in boxes. Maybe I shouldn't bother unpacking once I've moved the stuff over ( Read more... )