Mardi Gras in July!

Just returned from a fabulous time at Midwest GeoBash 2013!  Spent time with 2500+ of my closest geocaching friends in Wauseon, OH.  This year's theme was Mardi Gras and bird is the peacock.

Steve and I reached our milestones! 2,000 and 3,000!

On the way down we visited the grave of the author of.... Nancy Drew!

Met up with the Da Finns family

You never know what you will find on the road...

Fort Meig under a blue sky

Out grabbing the oldest cache in Ohio, Ancient Lake

Found at the 577 Conservancy

Hunka, hunka.... man?

Team Free Range Lobsters completing a challenge

Sisters visiting an Old Ohio Bell

Our campsite won Honorary Mention!  And then blew away in a storm!

Fields next to the fairgrounds - full of caches

We have to walk all the way over there?

Steve at the 9/11 Memorial

Space Cowboy - Gangster of Love - Maurice at the Big Easy

Doggone fabulous cache!

Team FRL waiting for the Adventure Maze

Had to bring the family back for this one!

Sunset on our last night there.....

I couldn't date a man that took himself too seriously

TaGeez on the Wabash Cannonball Trail

Having a good time on our way home

Wildflowers everywhere!

Gorgeous day out!

This is a webcam cache - see us in yellow?

Meeting friends at Tony Packo's!

Lots of historic cemeteries on our journey

Saw a double rainbow on the way home!

Thank you for sharing my adventures!

Victory is Mine! Uh... Sort Of!

Ok, so it was noted that I left off two very important pictures in my last post.   Not because I'm embarrassed but because I didn't have them yet.  I'll let my geocaching log explain:

I'm SO PROUD OF MYSELF! Attending Geobash when my sister, WikidKriket, and I decided we needed to cache in a thunderstorm. We reached this hill and I knew I had to climb it, water sloughing off the side. I kicked off my flip flops, dug my feet in with each step, and hauled my robust rump up the side of that hill! Victory! Found the cache!

Then I remembered that I'm afraid of heights (and that was a pretty sheer drop on all 3 sides of that ridge). So, less gracefully than before, I descended, barefooted, backwards, until I reached the bottom. Did I mention that my supportive sister was giggling and snapping pictures the whole time?!?

Don't you just LOVE family????

Happy Wednesday!
Elisa

Amazing Time at a Mega Event!

Yes, I've been quiet lately.  After finishing the memory quilts, I went to Ohio!  This past weekend was the Midwest Geobash at Wauseon, OH.  My family (Team Free Range Lobsters) camped, cached, ate, biked, shopped, socialized, and, if time was left over, slept at the Fulton County Fairgrounds!

Team Free Range Lobsters
3inaTree, scrapcat, Tristan39, WikidKriket, and PopLob

Corey playing Giant Jenga

Taking the time for wine tasting during the Poker Run.
A Poker Run is like a road rally visiting businesses in the local community.
Other stops included an ice cream shoppe and a bakery.

Nothing going on here.
Move along.

SUPERSTARS!
Robyn and Corey conquered the hill!

Dad at the Adventure Hunt.  Everyone "found" a
commemorative geocoin.

Corey and Robyn hamming it up!
Completing another challenge.

Elisa and Lorna posing with Signal, the Groundspeak mascot.

Theme of the weekend was Halloween in July.
Lorna felt this lil' fellah needed a hug!

Lots of great biking trails.  Out geocaching with Jeremy.

We even got a little caching done!

TOTALLY exhausted!
Team FRL completing another challenge.

One more picture before we head home!

It was a weekend I'll never forget (and I've recorded it all on my journal quilt). We had an amazing time and are already making plans for next year!

Have a great week!
Elisa