During FIFA World Sup, Munzee is doing a special icon of the FIFA soccer (futbol) called COPA DO MUNZA, 704 of them are bouncing in "existing" "active" regular Munzees on six hour "timers", They remain on one Munzee until they are captured (or the timer runs out) then they bounce off to another. When captured, a total of 23 points are split randomly between the one who owns the Munzee and the one who captures it.
So far I have captured six. Never getting more than 10 points. I have also had issues with half of the FIFA balls that are near me being on Munzees that are actually unscannable or completely missing. Frustrating to say the least. OH! the 704 and the 23 are supposed to be significant of something but, I am not sure what. 23 is the number of players on each team roster.
Today, one pops up rather close to my house. It happened to be in an area that I KNOW most of the Munzee are either gone or removed. My daughter tells me to go for it anyway. It turns out that it is in the set that are on the TRAIL not the streets so there was hope. Still, these Munzee were deployed at least two years ago and I didn't have much hope.
The easiest, fastest way to this part of the trail is to park in a residential neighborhood and go up a slope (or the concrete downdrains). I drove over and parked. Tried the Downdrain. It is extra wide and rather slick so, I opt for the dirt slope. Soon enough I was on the Bell View Trail within feet of the first of five Munzees that I figured I would try to find as they were near the one with the FIFA ball. First one was to have been on the trail sign... um, NOPE! That's great. Following my phone's target for the one I need to get... Small tree At the center there is nothing. I widen my search after all, I am also a Geocacher and seldom are the coordinates "DEAD ON". AH-HA - there it is. Fingers crossed that weather has not damaged it beyond scanning. Click the scan button. "DING!" The happy sound of a successful scan AND 9 points for the FIFA ball too. Actually the message was something like "GOOOOOOOOOOAAL!!!! you captured 9 points on the Copa Do Munzo.... " something like that. My phone was reading a bit off for the center of the location circle but, I GOT IT! I proceed on up the trail.
Ah the sound of Phainopepla in the trees. It is Summertime in the Chaparral. What IS a phainopepla? Follow that link to know more. But, in short, the male is a shiny black bird with a crest on its head. Like a cardinal but, black! The female is charcoal grey. Both have red eyes. They eat insects and Mistletoe berries. They live HERE during the summer. They are one of my favorite birds. I continued to hear them the entire time I was on the trail.
Next, is a Munzee called "Tree again" I search in a wide circle and find nothing. I add (deploy) a Munzee A bigger tree, between that and the one where I scored the GOOOOOOAAL. There are little biting flies everywhere today. Annoying! Still, I want to find another Munzee out here. Tree trail - Again the target circle must be off. I found nothing. I try for one more. There was room to deploy another new one "baby oak" between it and "Tree trail". Bell trail tree gave me nothing. I wonder if any of the four that I DID not find are really there. They shouldn't be difficult if they were like "Small tree".
I head back down the trail confirming that my new ones show up where they should. (on my phone anyway). Enjoying the breeze and the sounds of the phainopepla and the other birds. Happy that at least the one Munzee that I actually came for WAS there and scannable.
GOOOOOOOAAL!!!!
These specials will continue through July 13th, the end of World Cup.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
School is nearly Over for the 2013-2014 Year
The days fly by and once again it has been far too long since I have added anything here. I have a new follower! She discovered me one morning while I was trying to be stealthy while hunting a Munzee. She sees me and says "Are you Geocaching?" Um, well, no, not exactly and what was it that gave me away? the GPS? Me walking along a Cart Return rack with my hand gliding along the bottom edge as if I was searching for "a container"? What ever it was she had me. I explained to her that I was doing something similar, Munzee. Another Munzer and her kids had just FILLED the Target parking lot with a ton of new Munzees and I was trying to find one. Turns out this lady is not only a Geocacher but, also neighbor to my Girl Scout friend! TOO funny and such a small world. I went to my friend's house the next day and see the very same vehicle that had "muggled" me at Target. (Thanks for following me, we need to get together and geocache/munzee all together - three of us).
Ah, school and the title of this entry.
True it is nearly over for one more year. I am looking forward to another Summer with my daughter. But, I fear this year she will be much more busy with Drivers Ed and friends. This year went very fast!
I found a few new sites to follow and to participate in. one is BzzAgent . I was searching for a coupon for a NEW, WONKA product called "Peel-A-Pop". Absolutely, "WONKA" ~you can even eat the peel~ Little Ice-Cream pops of vanilla wrapped in either banana or grape flavored gummy "peels" that are of course, edible!
I did not find the coupon but, found BzzAgent instead.
I hope it is like something that I used to participate in.
Long ago, I was part of something called WOM or Word Of Mouth. It was a fun community of people who wrote little reviews on everything from music to restaurants to places to take the family and pretty much everything in between. We were awarded in random monthly drawings. It was fun but, sadly came to an end. Seems that some discovered ways to stack the points in their favor.
My daughter and I have been monitoring our 11 Bluebird Nesting boxes since March. We have had four successful boxes with each fledging three or four chicks apiece. One box near group areas 2 and 3 in O'Neill had a group of outdoor/home schoolers watching the entire process. From the nest just after Easter, to the eggs, to the newly hatched chicks to bigger chicks, to watching them ready to fledge (popping their heads out of the box) to the empty nest. It was fun to watch the little kids faces as they came up one by one each week to see the nesting box and its progress. Two of our boxes have Ash-Throat Fly Catchers. They are later in nesting than the Bluebirds and each box has four eggs as of last Monday.
Our Geocaching is going very slowly. Too much homework and not enough free time. I do find time to deploy and cap (capture) at least one Munzee a day. Even if it is alone.
Right now during World Cup, there are special Munzee icons (FIFA Balls) bouncing from Munzee to Munzee (704 balls world-wide). They have a timed life of 6 hours at each location so, if noone captures them in that time they bounce off to another Munzee. At least THREE of them have been near us but, the Munzee that they were to have been "on" is actually GONE! I have been able to grab 5 of the FIFA icons and from two I earned 10 points! Each one has 23 points to be randomly split between the capturer and the owner of the Munzee!
Supposedly, 704 and 23 MEAN something significant if the world of FIFA World Cup. I think I get the 23. There are 23 players on each squad or team roster. There are 32 Counties. If you take the 32 and multiply it by 23, you get 736. If you subtract 32 from that, you get 704. But, why??
That's it for now,
Random wanderings from tissa1020
oh, and RIP Casey Kasem
“Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.” Casey Kasem
April 27, 1932-June 15. 2014
Ah, school and the title of this entry.
True it is nearly over for one more year. I am looking forward to another Summer with my daughter. But, I fear this year she will be much more busy with Drivers Ed and friends. This year went very fast!
I found a few new sites to follow and to participate in. one is BzzAgent . I was searching for a coupon for a NEW, WONKA product called "Peel-A-Pop". Absolutely, "WONKA" ~you can even eat the peel~ Little Ice-Cream pops of vanilla wrapped in either banana or grape flavored gummy "peels" that are of course, edible!
I did not find the coupon but, found BzzAgent instead.
I hope it is like something that I used to participate in.
Long ago, I was part of something called WOM or Word Of Mouth. It was a fun community of people who wrote little reviews on everything from music to restaurants to places to take the family and pretty much everything in between. We were awarded in random monthly drawings. It was fun but, sadly came to an end. Seems that some discovered ways to stack the points in their favor.
My daughter and I have been monitoring our 11 Bluebird Nesting boxes since March. We have had four successful boxes with each fledging three or four chicks apiece. One box near group areas 2 and 3 in O'Neill had a group of outdoor/home schoolers watching the entire process. From the nest just after Easter, to the eggs, to the newly hatched chicks to bigger chicks, to watching them ready to fledge (popping their heads out of the box) to the empty nest. It was fun to watch the little kids faces as they came up one by one each week to see the nesting box and its progress. Two of our boxes have Ash-Throat Fly Catchers. They are later in nesting than the Bluebirds and each box has four eggs as of last Monday.
Our Geocaching is going very slowly. Too much homework and not enough free time. I do find time to deploy and cap (capture) at least one Munzee a day. Even if it is alone.
Right now during World Cup, there are special Munzee icons (FIFA Balls) bouncing from Munzee to Munzee (704 balls world-wide). They have a timed life of 6 hours at each location so, if noone captures them in that time they bounce off to another Munzee. At least THREE of them have been near us but, the Munzee that they were to have been "on" is actually GONE! I have been able to grab 5 of the FIFA icons and from two I earned 10 points! Each one has 23 points to be randomly split between the capturer and the owner of the Munzee!
Supposedly, 704 and 23 MEAN something significant if the world of FIFA World Cup. I think I get the 23. There are 23 players on each squad or team roster. There are 32 Counties. If you take the 32 and multiply it by 23, you get 736. If you subtract 32 from that, you get 704. But, why??
That's it for now,
Random wanderings from tissa1020
oh, and RIP Casey Kasem
“Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.” Casey Kasem
April 27, 1932-June 15. 2014
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