1 Jan 24
Happy New Year!!
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May 2024 be full of travel miles and smileys!
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25 Dec 23
I am just dropping in to wish you a very Merry Christmas! Here’s hoping that 2024 is full of travel and adventures!! -JMW ?X Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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17 Dec 23
I am dropping you off in this cache in Mansfield, Texas at a Rage Room. But I was thinking that we have had some fun adventures the past few weeks. What as your favorite place that we visited together??? Wishing you the best on your future journeys.
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8 Dec 23
I love when two of my favorite hobbies of visiting local breweries and geocaching commingle together. Stopped at the Funky Picnic Brewery in Fort Worth, Texas for a beer and a cool ammo can cache! Cheers everyone!! ?? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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5 Dec 23
Now that I am back in Texas, it is time to start looking for a good place to drop this travel bug in the weeks to come. But for now, enjoy this cattle drive in Fort Worth at the historic Stockyards. Anyone want to buy a longhorn???? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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29 Nov 23
Welcome to Texas!!!! ?? Eye see you Dallas!!
The piece is called simply “Eye”, and was created by artist Tony Tasset in 2007. It stands 30 feet tall, and is modeled after Tasset’s own baby blues. This enormous, hyper-realistic eyeball with streaky red veins and all can be found outside of the swanky Joule Hotel in Downtown Dallas off Main Street. Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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28 Nov 23
Had a great Thanksgiving last week with family and I hope all that celebrate did too! One last cache to highlight in Arizona before going back to Dallas, Texas. Found this cache on a mountain trail in a box, the Millennium Falcon. A true find for any Star Wars fan. Ironically, I dropped a Captain Kirk trackable. ????
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21 Nov 23
Welcome to my Alma Mater, Arizona State University. Phoenix Municipal Stadium is a baseball stadium, located in Phoenix, Arizona. It is often referred in short as Phoenix Muni. The stadium was built in 1964 and holds 8,775 people. It is currently the home to the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball program. Founded in 1885, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the United States. Go Devils! ?????? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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20 Nov 23
Camelback Ranch–Glendale is a baseball complex located in Phoenix, Arizona and owned by the city of Glendale. It is operated by Camelback Spring Training LLC. It is the spring training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox. The main stadium holds 13,000 people. ????? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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20 Nov 23
Stopping by an old warehouse in downtown Phoenix where the entire surface is covered with highway signs. Signs like “Do Not Pass,” “Reduced Speed Ahead,” and “Keep Right Except to Pass.” There are more than 500 of them. You will notice that integrated into the signs are the numbers 1912 and 2012, denoting Arizona’s 100 years of statehood. ???? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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19 Nov 23
Show Low was named by the turn of card. Two early settlers, Corydon Cooley and Marion Clark, decided there wasn’t enough room for both of them in the community and agreed to let a game of cards decide who was to get the 100,000 acre ranch and who was to move on. The card game went on through the night and according to the story, Clark said to Cooley, “If you can show low, you win.” Cooley turned up the deuce of clubs and replied, “show low it is.” ???? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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19 Nov 23
Snowflake’s history began in 1878 when five families, led by William J. Flake, settled in the Silver Creek Valley. Flake and the other families were sent by the Mormon Church President Brigham Young to establish religious colonies throughout the southwest. In September, 1878, Flake met with Mormon Apostle Erastus Snow, who was dedicating the new Mormon colonies. The two men named the new community by combining their last names, Snow and Flake. ?? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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18 Nov 23
This phone booth is from where Travis Walton called for help and was rescued after his alleged alien abduction experience on November 5, 1975. Walton wrote about his experience in a 1978 book titled Fire in the Sky, which was later made into a movie. ?? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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16 Nov 23
From its signature swimming pool to its retractable roof, Chase Field has become one of the game's most recognizable landmarks. Since the air-conditioned facility first opened its doors to a regular-season game on March 31, 1998, millions of baseball fans have enjoyed the opportunity to watch the Arizona Diamondbacks without worrying about Phoenix's summer heat or monsoon storms. ????
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15 Nov 23
Peoria Sports Complex is located in the heart of Peoria's P83 Entertainment District. The city's crown jewel facility is shared by the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners for baseball Spring Training. The stadium's burnished reputation for the best variety of food and craft beer is well-deserved and makes an afternoon at the ballpark enjoyable for fans of all ages. ?? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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15 Nov 23
The USS Arizona was a U.S. Navy battleship launched in 1915. Her namesake is the 48th state admitted to the union. The ship was part of the Pacific Fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941. 1,177 crewmembers died in the explosion. The wreck is now honored at the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii. The ship’s mast and 16,000 pound anchor were salvaged and are on display in Wesley Bolin Plaza in Phoenix. ?? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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14 Nov 23
Welcome to the Arizona State Capitol Building in Phoenix. Arizona became a state in 1912. The building is made from materials indigenous to Arizona, including malapai, granite, and the copper dome. The design is optimized for the desert climate, with thick masonry walls that insulate the interior and round bullseye clerestory windows to let heat out of the legislative chambers. On top is a weather vane similar to the Winged Victory of Samothrace. ?? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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12 Nov 23
Happy Veterans Day to all that served!! ????
Welcome to Arizona and the Anthem Veterans Memorial. This is a special memorial representing 5 pillars descending in height with each representing an arm of the U.S. military, the monument's shadows will align at precisely the right angles to form the great seal of the U.S for one minute. This isn't just any day or hour: it was designed to do this at 11:11 every November 11th, or Veteran's Day. ?? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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11 Nov 23
On my way to Salt Lake City so I had to stop at the Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. ???? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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11 Nov 23
Stopped at the Salt Flats in Utah on my way to Salt Lake City. The salt flats are a remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, which dried up. The lake was huge, filling much of the Great Basin. As the water continued to evaporate, salt deposits were left in many areas. It is an absolutely beautiful sight! ?? Log image uploaded from Geocaching® app
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