**Parking: Manke Rd. SE - N 46° 54.758 W 122° 38.870 – 0.56 mile walk. Approaching from the highway means crossing private property or a sensitive wetlands. It is also a dangerous place to leave your vehicle. Please don’t do this. **Winnie-the-Pooh, Bear of Very Little Brain, invites those who want to use very little brain to find this cache.** **Theme cache to start - Pooh related things, stuffed animals. No kid should leave empty handed.** "Christopher Robin said, “What I like doing best is Nothing.” “How do you do Nothing?” asked Pooh, after he had wondered for a long time. “Well, it’s when people call out at you just as you’re going off to do it, What are you going to do, Christopher Robin, and you say, Oh, nothing, and then you go and do it.” ”It means just going along, list
**Parking: Manke Rd. SE - N 46° 54.758 W 122° 38.870 – 0.56 mile walk. Approaching from the highway means crossing private property or a sensitive wetlands. It is also a dangerous place to leave your vehicle. Please don’t do this.
**Winnie-the-Pooh, Bear of Very Little Brain, invites those who want to use very little brain to find this cache.**
**Theme cache to start - Pooh related things, stuffed animals. No kid should leave empty handed.**
"Christopher Robin said, “What I like doing best is Nothing.”
“How do you do Nothing?” asked Pooh, after he had wondered for a long time.
“Well, it’s when people call out at you just as you’re going off to do it, What are you going to do, Christopher Robin, and you say, Oh, nothing, and then you go and do it.”
”It means just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”
So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing."
Here are some little-known facts about Winnie-the-Pooh you might enjoy:
· Christopher Robin was the real life son of A.A. Milne, author of the books in the Winnie-the-Pooh series.
· The curious name of Winnie-the-Pooh came from Christopher Robin, the result of a combination of the names of a real bear and a pet swan.
· During the 1920s there was a black bear named "Winnie" in the London Zoo who had been the mascot for the Winnipeg regiment of the Canadian army. This orphaned female bear was purchased in White River, Ontario by Captain Harry Colebourn for $20 and was named Winnipeg after his hometown. He later donated her to the London Zoo where children were allowed into the cage with her. “Winnie” was Christopher Robin’s favorite animal there.
· "Pooh" was the name Christopher Robin gave to a swan near his home and is written about in A.A. Milne’s book of poetry, “When We Were Very Young.”
· Pooh was purchased at Harrod's department store in London and given by A.A. Milne to his son Christopher Robin on his first birthday, August 21, 1921. He was called Edward (proper form of Teddy) Bear at the time.
· The other characters were all stuffed animals given to Christopher Robin between 1920 and 1928.
· The 100-Acre Wood is based on the Ashdown Forest in southern England, located near the Milne family home.
· The original Pooh and his friends are on display in the Central Children’s Room at the Connell Library Center.
· Walt Disney was inspired by his daughters’ love of the Pooh-books to bring Pooh to film in 1966. By 1996, the Bear of Very Little Brain had proven to be more popular than any other Disney character.
I discovered three websites you can explore for more information:
· For kids, I believe this one from Canada is the best with games, interactive information on the characters, and information about Pooh: http://www.geocities.com/louanne_wendy/poohhist.html
· For Pooh history and facts, maps, information on the 100 Acre Woods, and cards to send: http://www.just-pooh.com/home.html
· For a timeline and information on the original animals found in a NYC library: http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/dlc/dch/pooh/index.html
ening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing." Here are some little-known facts about Winnie-the-Pooh you might enjoy: · Christopher Robin was the real life son of A.A. Milne, author of the books in the Winnie-the-Pooh series. · The curious name of Winnie-the-Pooh came from Christopher Robin, the result of a combination of the names of a real bear and a pet swan. · During the 1920s there was a black bear named "Winnie" in the London Zoo who had been the mascot for the Winnipeg regiment of the Canadian army. This orphaned female bear was purchased in White River, Ontario by Captain Harry Colebourn for $20 and was named Winnipeg after his hometown. He later donated her to the London Zoo where children were allowed into the cage with her. “Winnie” was Christopher Robin’s favorite animal there. · "Pooh" was the name Christopher Robin gave to a swan near his home and is written about in A.A. Milne’s book of poetry, “When We Were Very Young.” · Pooh was purchased at Harrod's department store in London and given by A.A. Milne to his son Christopher Robin on his first birthday, August 21, 1921. He was called Edward (proper form of Teddy) Bear at the time. · The other characters were all stuffed animals given to Christopher Robin between 1920 and 1928. · The 100-Acre Wood is based on the Ashdown Forest in southern England, located near the Milne family home. · The original Pooh and his friends are on display in the Central Children’s Room at the Connell Library Center. · Walt Disney was inspired by his daughters’ love of the Pooh-books to bring Pooh to film in 1966. By 1996, the Bear of Very Little Brain had proven to be more popular than any other Disney character. I discovered three websites you can explore for more information: · For kids, I believe this one from Canada is the best with games, interactive information on the characters, and information about Pooh: http://www.geocities.com/louanne_wendy/poohhist.html · For Pooh history and facts, maps, information on the 100 Acre Woods, and cards to send: http://www.just-pooh.com/home.html · For a timeline and information on the original animals found in a NYC library: http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/dlc/dch/pooh/index.html