A note about the book bug

Stephanie from the Fort Walton Beach Library brought it to my attention that you have to be a member of Geocaching.com to view the map of where the book bug has been. You do not have to give personal information or pay to be a member, Nancy is a non-paid member and can view the … Read more

Day 8 – Well we made it

And I’m absolutely amazed at the technology of Google maps and GPS etc… Google maps says the route we planned on taking was 4517 miles and that it would take 3 Days plus 6 hours of driving time… 72+6 = 78 hours… With the pit stop at Mom’s, our GPS odometer got 4637 miles with … Read more

Day 7 – Almost There!

Well it appears there’s WIFI available in the Laundry room of the hotel so… here we are again.  We covered about 360 miles today.  We moved on three geocaches.  The first was in the sign forest, in Watson Lake. There are over 60,000 signs here.  The sign forest started in 1942 during the construction of … Read more

Day 6 – A Haul

We’re in Watson Lake, Yukon Territory. Yesterday was a haul, I can do 600 miles on regular roads in about 9 and a half hours… this run was longer due to road conditions.  The road to Fort Nelson, British Columbia was pretty nice; The road between Fort Nelson and Here was pretty good until you … Read more

Day 5 Arrived Safely at Dawson Creek, BC

Well, we’re here.  Got here at about 3 this afternoon.  We did some Geocaching… visited two. and went to the “0” milepost. Things are going pretty well haven’t had any problems so far with the trip… We HAVE had technical issues with one of our GPS units… It seems the Garmin eTrex Vista decides it … Read more