New Year's Day - 01/01/2014 - I don't recall why I grabbed this one, but I just wanted to get one on a holiday.

A rest for the Good Samaritan

4th of July - 07/04/2015 - This was the last day I needed to fill in order to qualify for this challenge cache. I targeted this cache to drop off a large TB as well as because it was on my way to drive in the Lisle parade for the 4th with my kids.

Ava's Cache

Ava's Cache Celebrating 1K

Thanksgiving Day - 11/28/2013 - I convinced my wife to let me stop here on my way to Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's house. My daughter helped me with the find and we grabbed a TB.

BETTY BOOP TAKES THE TRAIN

Mother's Day - 05/11/2014 - I got lucky and this close LPC to a Home Depot I had to go to for supplies for our household Mother's Day project.

Breakfast in the Burbs" Cap'n Crunch"

Columbus Day - 10/14/2013 - This was a milestone cache for me at #100. I brought my kids out to this one to help and celebrate the milestone.

Downers Grove Cache for Kids and TBs

Veteran's Day - 11/11/2013 - This was my first cache that required some water crossing, so I saved it for a day off of work.

DuPage Ford

St. Patrick's Day - 03/17/2015 - This was a target cache now that I am working on this Holiday Challenge. I needed a puzzle cache near work, that was also work clothes friendly. This also helped with two other challenge caches and that is why a puzzle was needed for the day.

From Tzero to Hero in 52 Weeks

Valentine's Day - 02/14/2014 - No specific reason I grabbed this cache, but I did get it on Valentine's Day. 

Goodbye, Sara

Martin Luther King Jr. Day - 01/20/2014 - Another day off of work and I targeted a couple of areas to cache. I had grabbed the pieces for this puzzle and was in the area to grab this one. This was my first puzzle find for a series and I was excited to make the find.

Higher Education - Graduation 

Holiday Challenge (WI edition)

Holiday Challenge v.IL

Earth Day - 04/22/2014 - I wish I had an Earthcache or Lorax themed cache for Earth Day, but alas no.

January 6th

Father's Day - 06/15/2014 - I was supposed to be caching in Independence Grove, but that wound up being abandoned. I was able to get out and make a find here when visiting my father-in-law. 

Libertyville Trackable Exchange

Lincoln's Birthday - 02/12/2014 - Not a bank holiday here, but I happened to grab one at lunchtime and this was the lucky find.

No Access!!

Halloween - 10/31/2013 - This was to keep a streak alive.

October 29th

Groundhog Day - 02/02/2014 - I was in Chinatown for the parade with my family. I had a lot of DNFs on the day and only came up with this find. The spot was pretty interesting.

Oldest White Castle Building in Chicago

International Geocaching Day - 08/16/2014 - I took my son to the babershop for the first time and grabbed this LPC after.

Planting the Seed - JngBelz 

Memorial Day - 05/26/2014 - We wanted to spend the holiday outdoors at the Arboretum with the kids. I hustled over to grab this cache as it had a trackable inside and was a older non-traditional.



Prairie Recovery

Christmas Day - 12/25/2014 - I had to get up early for a pick up of my brother-in-law at O'Hare. I decided to leave even earlier to grab a cache for the day, as I had not covered Christmas Day on the calendar grid yet.

This cache had been on my target list before and I decided to go for it. I had more time than I thought as I rushed. Never trust Frontier Airlines.  

The Color Purple

President's Day - 02/17/2014 - This was a memorable cache for a couple of reasons. The snow was really coming down and it was very refreshing to be out. The streets were quieter than ususal and I could hear the snow falling.

I also lost my GPS unit somewhere and wound up never getting it back. 

The Gnarly Side

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