Saturday 08/30/08

Acworth GA to Masssanutten, VA

605 Miles

We intended to get on the road by 4 AM but didn’t leave until 5:15 AM. So we never made it to the event in Damascus, VA.

At lunch we saw this neat burger drive thru building in Bristol TN.
( click on any picture to see larger size)

Just as we crossed into VA Kathy saw this huge Cross at a Church. She got this shot as we speed past.

We did cache along the way and did make it to Damascus and did 2 virtuals there. We walked on the Appalachian Trail for a bit and looked around town. We met one of the proprietors of the famous Mt. Rogers Outfitter store in Damascus. 17 years ago started hiking the AT at Springer Mt in GA. He got to Damascus and met the owner of the store which was brand new. He liked the town and stayed, then he joined in on the store and as he told Kathy today “has had a long run of zero days on the trail since then.” Hiker speak for a day camped on the trail that you rest and get “zero” miles that day..

People can purchase memorial pavers to have placed in the sidewalk in front of the store. They cost $50 and are drawn and glazed by a local artist Nacy Lamb. "In the town of Damascus, there's an outdoor gallery where anyone any time can view Nancy Lamb's art work. It's the sidewalk on the street in front of the outdoor supply shop. It's called the "Friendship Path". The town of Damascus contracted with Lamb to do a fundraiser to brick the sidewalk, at the same time creating a historical record for their town and a tribute to the hikers who regularly stop by on their way along the Appalachian Trail.

Then we headed north to the resort. Here are a few pix of our room.

Tomorrow off to see the Skyline Drive and Luray Caverns.

Labour Day Week Trip

Kathy and I will be leaving this Saturday the 30Th very early in the AM. We will be heading to Massanutten Resort in the Shenandoah Valley of VA. We hope to make a Breakfast Event Cachin' on the Creeper

The event will be a good start.

We will be at the resort all week and hope to make many day trips. Some areas that we are looking at are, two cavern excursions, maybe a winery tour, a day in D.C. a ride along the Skyline Highway of the National park. Some Civil War Battlefields, Presidential Homes and doing some caching on the way!

We will post daily to show where we go!!!!

Hope you can come along for the ride!!

Saturday July 5th Breakfast with friends

Well both Kathy and I had to work July 4th, 5th and 6th but we did have time to have a breakfast event.
Corey - Team PEZ returned form his Down Under trip and shared stories about the trip.

We enjoyed followship and of course food with about 20 of our Geocaching friends.

Thanks to Ken for the picture that I stole from his blog!

Here is the link to the event page with peoples comments and more pictures.

Sat May 24th.

On a personal note this is the anniversary of my Mom's birth, in 1915. SHe would have been 93 today. Miss you Mom.

Now today is a work day noon to nine, gotta love retail! We were able to get to a breakfast event to see the Crew from the Lost Satellite Reception: Tales from the Mountain

Hope they have fun and grab a lot of caches. We have tosettle for one smiley today.

I did get another Waymark done. It is a Sit By Me Statue. Discussing world issues with Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hope you like it!

DNF Today

Well met the G&OArmyChicks with one of their Moms today to find this new cache.
Well spent 25 minutes and no luck.
Cleared DNF to Found 5/28
Ginger and Nutmeg went to but they couldn't sniff it out either. Click on their names to see their Dogster page, like My Space for dogs.

Time to start.

Well it's about time to start this blog. Watch for things to come!