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 September 23, 2009 by Cache Across America (0 found)
The puzzle on the cache page has been modified to reflect the actual codes in the caches across the country. Big thanks to ZSteve and RogFel for providing reliable ground intel.  The puzzle should work for all seekers now but I would still recommend confirming your findings with either BPR or one of the previous finders. Thanks!
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 September 22, 2009 by RogFel (4481 found)
Congrats to Jim&Sal! You now are the oldest to do this cache. At least you took that honor from us! Thank You! What took you so long? We were done on July 17th! What happened to you guys? We started this quest on the same day!  Again, congratulations to Jim&Sal for a job well done! What a trip - huh? Georgia Counties next? [This entry was edited by RogFel on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 1:21:30 PM.] [This entry was edited by RogFel on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 3:29:13 PM.]
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September 22, 2009 by jim&sal (1607 found)
How true it is that it isn't the cache find as much as it is the journey to the cache. We are now the oldest finders at 68! Some of our friends said frankly "Y'all are crazy, you know", and one of our sons stated "Seek help! Immediately"!! But doing this series is crazy in a good way, and we encourage all of the seekers out there who are considering doing this to jump right in - the feeling of accomplishment you get will be ample reward.There are so many special memories that it's impossible to list them all here. Our first cache, our introduction to the series, was CAA Florida. That was a bit of a hike, but we enjoyed the terrain changes and the four different stages showed four different types of Florida environments. Montana was a standout for many reasons - the view of the canyon, the white pelicans at the dam site, and the trek to the cache. The scenery there is magnificent. We also find we are constantly citing the Missouri cache - Walt Disney's barn and the Dreaming Tree, the Michigan cache in the fascinating "most haunted park in the US", the Wyoming cache with the marrying tree and its amazing view of the Tetons, the Wisconsin cache - Sal wears her GB Packers tee shirt often, the pride we felt when we finished the New Hampshire cache.........the hard way, the walk to the Hawaii cache with the, for us, exotic trees all around, well, the list goes on and on. Thank you to everyone who has placed and/or maintained these caches, and special thanks to BluePowerRanger for organizing this series. Meeting people along the way is also an important part of the picture for us. We loved staying overnight in Augusta, Maine and meeting the new cache owner. When we were at the Idaho cache the man who owned the surrounding 5,000 acres of farmland happened to come along and we spent a happy half hour talking to him about the collapsed dam, explaining geocaching, and letting his very young grandson choose a piece of swag from the cache. The lady behind the counter at the iditirod museum store was friendly and pointed us to a good restaurant to eat lunch. In fact, all along the way we always asked locally for the best spot to have lunch. We highly recommend you do the same. For us, the series ended on a high note - the Louisiana cache brings you to Natchitoches (Nak-i-toosh) which is older than New Oleans, has the same charm, but in a tiny package. We spent a delightful afternoon there taking the horse and buggy tour, admiring the lacy French iron work, eating a meat pie at Mama's Oyster House, and checking out the stores on the short main street along the river/lake . And it seems our daughter in law had once lived there and adores the place. A fine way to finish up the road trip. This was the journey of a lifetime for us. Thank you to everyone who made it possible.
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 September 22, 2009 by jim&sal (1607 found)
Finished!!We flew to Washington, DC from Orlando this morning, arriving around noon. We spent most of the one hour drive to the Orlando airport trying to rent a car - and we are here to tell you there are no cars available to rent in the DC area today. We should have done it a couple weeks ago, obviously. So, after checking into our hotel (complimentary airport shuttle van) we walked a couple blocks to the Metro station in Virginia near our hotel and with the assistance of the helpful attendant purchased passes and learned how to use the turnstiles. Rode to the station we needed, got out and went to the bus stop there and got on the bus. A very nice local fellow, originally from Louisiana, told us when to get off. Plus the friendly bus driver took less money for our fare because we didn't have exact change. Getting off the bus, we walked the two or three blocks to the area where GZ is located. It was starting to rain lightly. Now what.............???? The cache was still quite a distance away and we had been up and going since five am. We were tired. Then along came a wonderful fellow who was a volunteer there, riding on a motor bike. He heard our tale of woe, and advised us to go in to an administration building and plead for a ride. Which we did. The nice man behind the desk was unmoved, but did very helpfully call us a cab. Which arrived in a dead heat with the two ladies the volunteer on the motor bike had found to drive us to ground zero. Solution? Dana, one of the ladies, came with us in the cab, and we filled her in on geocaching in general and our mission in particular. Our wonderful cab driver, Ike, was also very interested in our quest. And when we found the cache we had a cheering section! Plus, on the way back, Dana wanted some of the employees out working nearby to hear our tale, and they too, got into the spirit of the moment and we snapped a victory picture. *** This is the second time this log has been edited. That's because we don't want to totally give away the location of the final cache, yet we want to acknowledge the efforts of the wonderful people we met there, and the fascinating sights you will want to plan to stay and see after you locate the final. However, if you have finished the series, then you know where the final is located...........So our advice is 1) Have a car available to you when you get to the Washington, DC area. 2) Plan to stay and tour the area where the final cache is located. It is gorgeous. 3) The volunteers and staff are friendly, kind people and we are grateful to them for their help. [This entry was edited by jim&sal on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 1:49:19 PM.] [This entry was edited by jim&sal on Thursday, October 01, 2009 at 11:33:54 AM.]
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September 5, 2009 by addisonbr (600 found)
LCSM (and others) - not to worry, there is another cache that fits the description of what you're on your way towards accomplishing - try Found 50 States, I'm Going to Disneyland! (GCRFNN). Good luck!
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