Not a Very Good Week...

Labor Day 2012 

Today has been good.  We placed four new caches on the Arroyo Trail today with Cepheus7 - first thing we saw on the trail was a bounding Mule Deer -Doe.  Way too many bikes today! 
The Creek crossing @ Santa Margarita Bridge has been completely re-worked! As long as there are no major storms this is a really nice fix!

GC3R4WH !Got Spam? Then, Walk On Thru - Multi Cache

GC3R2M5 !A Cache Belongs HERE 

GC3R2KM !Quercus agrifolia, the Coast Live Oak 

GC3R2KV !Two "Syc" Oaks 

Waiting for approval...

Sunday -- pretty much did absolutely nothing! 

Saturday -- Foxhound & I lead the Nature Hike @ O'Neill - started that hike with the sighting of THREE Mule Deer - a Buck, a Doe and a smaller one - but, not a "fawn".  Than we were off to a Bowling Party of one of Foxhound's friends in Irvine... we tried & failed to find two geocaches near the bowling alley - then home for some BBQ Hamburgers YUM.

Friday - started out REALLLLLLY bad!!! 
I had taken Thursday & Friday off to take Foxhound to part 3 & 4 of High School Registration.   I opened an email that was sent Thursday afternoon.
It was from Karen Cressey... Kabrina's Mom... it said, "We are very sad to report that our beautiful and courageous daughter and sister, Kabrina passed away last night around 9pm PST.  We are missing her terribly, but are comforted in knowing that her pain and long suffering is over.  We smile knowing that she is with the Lord dancing and singing once again.
In His Love,
Karen, Brian, and Austin"

I was in tears @ 7:30am when I woke Foxhound up... at least the Link Crew Orientation @ THHS was Awesome for Foxhound.... a very sad day.

Thursday - was day 3 of 4 of the THHS Registration stuff - it was well planned & went very smoothly... we also went to Santiago Oaks Regional Park to meet with Ranger Steve for an upcoming Geo-Event for park professionals...  

Wed - backwards to Monday - they were just more days of the same thing... 

Better times next week... 
 
 
 

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Girl Scouts Rock the OC Fair

We went to the OC Fair on Friday ... It was OC Girl Scouts (100th Birthday Celebration) Rock the Fair!  $3 tickets $2 taste of the Fair til 4pm ..  Foxhound Bridged with over a 1,00 other girls - We sawa piglets that were just one day old.  Always amazes me how animals like that can WALK already!  Foxhound discovered Krispy Kreme Chicken Sandwiches she let me have two bites - it was surprisingly good! 
Just a short blog this time.

Cinco de Mayo 2012

Foxhound & I went to the Norman P Murray Center in Mission Viejo, CA yesterday for Breakfast with Gary & Kelly (KSBR 88.5FM radio show on Saturday mornings) It was a Live Broadcast!  Their special guest was Michael Lington - Sax-man from Denmark.  I have loved saxophone since about 5th grade!  Michael is great!  These live shows are SO fun - the artists are always so personable so real so down to earth! I took my KSBR hat that has Craig Chaquico's autograph already and had Michael add his!  


There was an event at the Center this weekend too & I just learned that we MISSEDKori Linae Carothers! The event was Arts Alive. we walked around a bit then left to do some waymarking and geocaching in Dana Point & Aliso Beach.


First we went to the Ocean Institute in Dana Point - the EarthCache there was part two of the San Onofre Breccia.  This is a formation that is 15 to 20 million years old. It is a sedimentary rock composed of angular fragments (clasts) embedded in a fine grained matrix (glue that binds the clasts together) We had to compare the two outcroppings by visiting both in one day.  


At Dana Point - Foxhound decided that we MUST visit the tide-pools too.  At least the parking HERE is FREE!


Off to Aliso Beach we go.  Here there are parking meters but, gladly plenty of parking still available!  


Two weeks ago we came to Laguna Beach on the 5th annual Record Store Day to visit The Sound Spectrum to add it to the category for Independent Music Stores. But, since we were there - we figured we would cache & waymark as well.  There was a Webcam listed as being there! Webcams are FUN because you need to have a friend at a computer to "catch you" on the webcam and then save that image for you to post on the waymark site for that camera. Sadly, we discovered that the posted coordinates were no where NEAR the actual camera. We did learn where the camera was.  AT ALISO BEACH!


Since the second part of the EarthCache was here and there were two other waymarks AND a geocache - it was well worth the $2 we feed the metered parking boxes.  We phoned our friend - Cepheus7 - and he caught us!  The thing about the webcams is usually they are far enough away that you can not REALLY tell who is in the picture. We took a sign which barely looks like a white square!   


Missions accomplished!  I let Foxhound play in the waves - and get very nearly completely soaked!  We saw a dolphin out in the breakers.  


Beautiful day!

Hail

Yesterday was St Patrick's Day - Foxhound & I went to a Geo-Event the tried and failed to find a cache nearby... Failed.  It was a rainy day and night. Then today we had hail twice. Storm breaking up so I suggest we try to find a cache or two - FAILED both.... it is windy and cold - Foxhound not liking either one...

Reggae Showcase is playing on KSBR...that's good
But, my Firefox keeps crashing... that is bad.

posted our Geocaching Fails.... someone else at the Geo-Event found the cache near there - they must be stronger than us - we found something but, just couldn't get it open...

Doggie Romeo keeps bugging me - thinks he needs treats & pets more than the computer needs me. Silly dog! 

busy week coming- Girl Scout Delegate Meeting and our Troop Meeting (we are geocaching!)

What is Traffic - How Much do I get - How do I tell?

I was doing a survey today - it asked if I had my own blog - what did I write about? - how much traffic did I get?...  I don't know - I did find something - will add it from home - but, the traffic gizmo they asked about - I have no clue - tried to find out more - closed the window before I clicked the more link - opps...

better luck next time.

Waymark Visit... Geocaching and Girl Scouts

We received a Waymark visit from  gemeloj in St-Mathias - Montreal... and thought we should update again...  We just get so busy and I forget to blog.

Anyway - this visit from the Waymarker prompted me to add this - seems the Waymarker is also a Geocacher and a "decoder" - hmmmm we wonder.... we NEED a lifeline for a new cache... it is STUMPING everyone - or - if someone has solved and found - they aren't posting... sent a lifeline request - we shall see....

Yesterday Foxhound and I grabbed a rare FTF (YEAH HAPPY DANCE) - see the cache/post here>>> http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f1adf5b9-ca68-46d9-8a98-adccfdc9c50a 

also we grabbed a cache we have just been driving by nearby - without the coordinates... We knew the general location - but, just never stopped to look - THIS time we were on foot - it was much easier!

 Girl Scout Cookie Time!  
Our troop still has several cases left and NO booth sales this year.  

Our Service Unit Meeting is this Wednesday - February 22nd - World Thinking Day - Tradition - Ceremonies -  yes - I am presenting something at the meeting. Usually, I do a "Training 20" but, this time - a World Thinking Day Ceremony - one that many others have used - Tradition! since 1926 - the Birthday of BOTH Lord and Lady Baden-Powell - the founder of Scouting (in Europe) & his wife - He was 36? years her senior.... has been celebrated as World Thinking Day - when Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the World think about their sister scouts...

Today is a holiday - Presidents' Day - I go to work - Foxhound gets to stay home.

til next time.... 
hope I get here more often.
thank-you gemeloj for reminding me that I forgot - again - about our blog!