Revisiting Tunica, MS

Last spring, my wife attended a charity auction and won two nights at the Goldstrike Casino.  We traveled to the casino in Mississippi.  While there, we did some limited caching, I selected interesting caches and did work on caching a county in Mississippi and Arkansas.

On the return trip, we went through Helena, Arkansas and I drove through the town of Marianna, Arkansas.  As a child, I stayed two summers in the early 1970's and hadn't been back to the town since then.  As we drove through and headed to a skirt lifter cache, I saw the church that I attended during those two summers.  On the way out of town, I saw the neighborhood of where my relatives lived and we made a drive through it.  It was nice to reflect on those days of long ago.

Kayak event

I saw this kayak event appear and decided to attend this event.  I think I was the only cacher from West Tennessee to attend and this was my first opportunity this year to get the kayak out on the water.  I am limited in Weakley County of where to kayak and not need others to assist to go kayaking other than Garrett Lake and technically, it's a fishing only lake.

I met many cachers that I didn't know and enjoyed the float.  I generally stayed around ones who have floated the Duck river and used their experiences.

This was my type of power trail, however my awareness of my age and abilities come forth and don't know if I can continue to do this type of caching.

Clarksville Meet & Greet

Clarksville being located next to Ft. Campbell, KY has a unique geocaching community many with a military background or currently serving.  Due to movement of military families, the geocachers come and go.  Recently, a new group arrived with the ambition to hosting an event each month.  I really like the idea and hope the events go well.  However, Clarksville is just outside of my range to go every month.  We did attend an event  at a city park.

We geocaching along the way and return, mostly concentrating on the Purple Heart trail.  We did have a police encounter while on the power trail.

A Cool Event

Last spring, the geocaching commuity lost an icon of the game, JoGPS.  The Nashville geocaching community set up an event to honor who many consider the godfather of geocaching.

The event had a large gathering and we didn't cache much on the way or return.  While the event was cool, the summer heat was not and this may have been the hottest summer day.

It was nice to be apart of the event and very much enjoyed conversation with several cachers.