Caching Searcy

Today I took off for Searcy, Arkansas. I heard there were a lot of good caches up there. The best caching was the bluffs overlooking the Little Red River. Great woods and great views.

We're at Lee's tonight to see the new year in. Scott and Laura came out and we had some great food. Enjoyable evening.

Today's Stats:
12 Geocaches.
8656 Steps Today - 4.78 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
470 Calories Burned.

Caching Little Rock

I'm still trying to clean up all the caches around Little Rock. We had hamburgers and brots at Scott's this evening. Another great meal.

Today's Stats:
12 Geocaches.
11427 Steps Today - 6.31 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
668 Calories Burned.

Caching Redfield

Today I had a great time caching in around Redfield, Arkansas. We had chicken on Laura's new George Foreman Grill. It was a great meal.

Today's Stats:
11 Geocaches.
11044 Steps Today - 6.10 miles.
3152 Aerobic Steps.
613 Calories Burned.

Caching Little Rock

I think I'm about to get caught up caching around Little Rock. Today I made it to Jacksonville and Sherwood. It was a real privilege to meet Calicomo from Fulton, Missouri and her daughter today. I enjoyed finding several caches with them this afternoon.

Today's Stats:
16 Geocaches.
7766 Steps Today - 4.28 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
398 Calories Burned.

Caching Little Rock

The family turned me loose today to go caching. I cached around Little Rock all day.

Today's Stats:
16 Geocaches.
6763 Steps Today - 3.73 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
387 Calories Burned.

Caching Little Rock with Scott

Today I got to go caching with Scott around Little Rock. We had a great time together.

Today's Stats:
18 Geocaches.
11124 Steps Today - 0 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
625 Calories Burned.

Christmas Morning at Lee's House

This morning about 6:00 a.m. Preston and Drew woke us up and said Santa Claus had come. We had to get up. The kids had a great time opening their presents. They played all day long.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
1460 Steps Today - .80 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
34 Calories Burned.

Christmas at Lee and Angela's house

This evening we all met at Lee's house for a huge meal together and we enjoyed Christmas with our family and the grandkids. Very nice evening.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
3004 Steps Today - 1.65 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
107 Calories Burned.

Finished up our Christmas Shopping

We finished up our Christmas shopping today and took Bradley and Ashley back home. We spent the night at Scott and Laura's tonight.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
2609 Steps Today - 1.44 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
79 Calories Burned.

Bradley and Ashley at Lee's House

Mary picked up Bradley and Ashley after church last night and we had all the grandkids at Lee's house today.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
1887 Steps Today - 1.04 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
57 Calories Burned.

Christmas Cantata

Mary went to the Christmas Cantata at Crystal Hill with Lee and Angela. I'm still not feeling well.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
4317 Steps Today - 2.38 miles.
2184 Aerobic Steps.
218 Calories Burned.

Sick at Lee's House

We spent the night at Lee and Angela's house last night. This afternoon I had several attacks that made me somewhat sick at my stomach. I felt very strange when theses attacks came over me. It reminded me of when I had the dye test for my heart a couple years ago. I felt like I might pass out any time but never did. I think I need to walk more and eat better.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
1147 Steps Today - .63 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
44 Calories Burned.

Brown Christmas

This evening we met with my brothers and sister at Daddy's house for our annual Christmas get together. We enjoyed so great food and great fellowship.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
2745 Steps Today - 1.51 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
116 Calories Burned.

Christmas Service at Temple Baptist

This morning we attended the Christmas Service at Temple Baptist with Scott & Laura. We thought it was one of the best that we had see in many years. We really enjoyed our time there.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
1344 Steps Today - .74 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
36 Calories Burned.

Dryer Repair & Cookie Decoration

First thing this morning Laura announced that thed dryer had quit. Scott spent most of the morning taking it apart and going to get a new motor.

This afternoon was a time to decorate cookies.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
1413 Steps Today - .78 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
33 Calories Burned.

Cache Repair in Little Rock

This morning we went to the Arkansas State Capital to hear Ashley Play her bell. Ashley is the girl to the far left.We had a few broken or missing caches in the Little Rock area. We took today to repair or replace them. They're all back in service as of this evening.

We also visited my Dad for the first time in the nursing home. I think this is the third day for him at the Benton Healthcare Center. He seems to be accepting his new surroundings.

Today's Stats:
1 Geocaches.
5763 Steps Today - 3.18 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
326 Calories Burned.

Caching to Little Rock

Today we traveled to Little Rock to be with the family for Christmas. On our way we grabbed 6 more caches in our 100 mile circle. We still got to Little Rock by about 8:00 p.m. We encountered this beautiful sunset when coming into Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Today's Stats:
6 Geocaches.
5829 Steps Today - 3.21 miles.
2446 Aerobic Steps.
312 Calories Burned.

Hard Day of Caching in Our 100 Mile Circle

Today we put in a hard day of caching in our 100 mile circle. We spent an excessive amount of at The Link cache. We ended the day traveling several hundred miles and missing a cache east of Sedalia. The biggest disappointment was not finding The Link after getting help from three different people.

Today's Stats:
11 Geocaches.
7699 Steps Today - 4.25 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
431 Calories Burned.

Last Day at Sprint For A While

I am off for the rest of the year. I hope I don't have to think about work for two whole weeks. We plan to go to Arkansas in a couple days.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
7479 Steps Today - 4.13 miles.
5966 Aerobic Steps.
497 Calories Burned.

Dinner at Ruby Tuesday's

I guess the most excitment we could stir up this evening was dinner at Ruby Tuesday's. We really enjoyed a nice meal together there in Olathe.

Mary got me a new battery for my pedometer this evening.

Caching with Expert Geocachers

Today I had the oportunity to go caching with three expert geocachers from the Kansas City Area. Last weekend I had to DNF a hard cache in St. Joe and was very pleased to go back today with Brian, Jim and Steve to hunt for it again. Today we found it. I think we covered about 300 miles with our route today.

Today's Stats:
6 Geocaches.
Still no battery for my pedometer.

Bluffwoods Orienteering Control Flags

Today I went with Dick Neuburger on a 4-5km walk in the Bluffwoods Conservation Area south of St. Joe to pick up control flags left in the woods from the Possum Trot IX event last weekend. There was still lots of snow on the ground and it made for some hard walking up and down the hills.

Still don't have a battery for my pedometer.

Start/Finish Line Program Coding

This evening I spend a lot of hours writting some code to improve the Start/Finish Scoring program I use at the orienteering events. After three years it's beginning to mature into what I've been wanting. The only problem is that everytime I use it I think of more improvements I want to make to it.

Still not battery for my pedometer.

Biggest Snow Storm of the Year

I think last night we had the biggest snow storm of the year. At Steve's offical snow measuring station I measured almost 11 1/2 inches of snow. I've not seen this much snow very many times in my life. It is a beautiful snow.

Still don't have a battery for my pedometer.

Big Snow Storm

I went home from work early this afternoon because it was snowing so hard. The weatherman says it is going to snow a lot more tonight. The roads are begining to get slick this evening.

I still don't have a battery for my pedometer.

IBM Christmas Party

This evening I went to the IBM Christmas Party. I had a great time but my team did not win. we did win a lot of tickets playing games. Two team memebers won 2000 tickets.

My pedrometer battery is dead.

Crash and Burn

After a hard weekend we just kind of crashed and burned this evening. I did some coding on the score.pl program this evening.

My pedrometer battery is dead.

Orienteering at Bluffwoods CA

This morning we got up at 5:20 a.m. and headed to Bluffwoods Conservation Area. This conservation area is a few miles south of St. Joe, Missouri. Mary and I served as Start/Finish Manager. I used my newly modified score.pl program which preformed well.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
0 Steps Today - 0 miles. Battery still dead in pedometer.
0 Aerobic Steps.
0 Calories Burned.

Orienteering at Shawnee Mission

This morning I did the Kansas Champs course at Shawnee Mission. I didn't place very welToday's Stats:

0 Geocaches.
0 Steps Today - 0 miles. Battery went dead during the orienteering course.
0 Aerobic Steps.
0 Calories Burned.l but I enjoyed the course.

Finish Line Coding

I think I spent about 10 hours today coding on my Score.pl program that I will use to score the finish at the Possum Trot IX this weekend. We have over thirty people coming for all over the US to compete in the Possum Trot at Bluffwoods Conservation area. Mary and I will run the Start/Finish Line for the event.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
942 Steps Today - .50 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
35 Calories Burned.

Dinner with Robby and Rachael

Robby and Rachael fixed us a very nice dinner this evening. We enjoyed a very nice visit with them. I went to see Dr. Johnson this afternoon. He said all was well.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
1580 Steps Today - .84 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
52 Calories Burned.