End of August

It is hard to believe that August is almost over. Where did the summer go? For me the months of June, July, and August were probably the busiest ever with two trips to Norway, two to Dallas, Washinton, San Francisco, Wyoming, Zaragoza, Spain, Philadelphia, and a handfull to New York City. In spite of all this travel for speeches and board meetings, it was a really great summer. Seeing a lot of family and friends for my 60th was quite special, and I was able to get in quite a few geocaching hikes.

I began geocaching in 2003 but this summer was the most active with the addition of twenty-two caches and twelve benchmarks to the "found" list. (Total caches found stands at 37 — in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey, Arizona, Hawaii, and Norway). We also picked up eight travel bugs, put five new bugs in circulation, and placed a new cache. Geocaching is a sport that has a lot to offer, is a lot of fun, and I think it will be one of the "next big things". I have a story about geocaching in the works, but for now, I will just share a bit about one day of geocaching, our last for the summer, that took place this past week. On Friday afternoon we found three caches and one benchmark. (read more)