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I’m a bit late getting this posted, but two weeks ago, while we were in Seattle, I snagged my 500th geocache!!!! It’s a big time milestone - either that or yet another example of my extremely geekiness.
Based on a suggestion from my buddy Scott, Peter and I decided to do the 500th via kayak. So, […]

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This afternoon, The Ski Boy and I headed down to the Qwest Field parking lot and then over to Chinatown to snag a few geocaches. Guess who was also at Qwest Field? Yup, His Holiness The Dalai Lama. Of course, His Holiness wasn’t geocaching. He was speaking to a crowd of 50,000 people as part […]

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Saturday was glorious. So, Peter, Tyge and myself decided to celebrate the first anniversary of the Slat Rat-Ski Boy nuptials by doing an epic hike-geocaching expedition up Arctic Valley and Mt. Gordon Lyon.
We were rewarded with one of our best outings ever. Although, it was sooooo hot. And I did not bring enough water. The […]

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And now, just for Frankie: Tyge!
This picture was taken on a sunny evening a few weeks ago when Tygey and I were Geocaching at Earthquake Park. What you don’t see in the picture are the 10,000 blood sucking mosquitoes that were moments away from attacking us.
Tyge really does hate to have his picture taken. Hence […]

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The Ski Boy, Tyge, and I had a relaxing day - although I was definitely further out on the relaxed spectrum than Tyge and Peter. They rolled out of bed at 8:00 AM to head off with their buddies on an early Independence Day run. I routed out in time for coffee at 10:30 AM.
This […]

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Wow! It doesn’t get much better than today. Especially for us sun and summer starved Alaskans. The official high was 73 degrees - which may not sound like much to folks elsewhere, but for us it’s a really big deal. Summer, sun, warmth, everything. Downtown Anchorage was packed: Summer Solstice Festival, Juneteenth, three cruise ships […]

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It was a gorgeous day here in Sarasota: 84 degrees and not at all muggy. A vast improvement over Anchorage’s high of 19 degrees. And definitely quite a bit warmer than the sub-zero temperatures along the Yukon stretch of the Iditarod.
This afternoon, Peter and I drove Alix up to the Tampa airport for her flight […]

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