The month started with
Double Trouble - A Challenge Cache that was near home and requires finding two caches with the Challenge attribute. I had 55 qualifying caches!
My daughter had a high school music department trip to Orlando, Florida, where they performed at Universal Resort Florida. Near the Hard Rock Cafe is
Divided We Fall... a virtual which features a piece of the Berlin Wall. The site is almost behind the cafe, so not usually visited.
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| Wall and me |
Another virtual cache had me taking a picture with the Universal globe. The cache is called
The Globe.
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| Me and the world |
Another virtual cache,
Benchmark Hounds: Orlando, had me looking for survey markers in the sidewalks. I took a picture by the Cowfish Grill.
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| The Restaurant of Dr. Moreau |
The next day, the trip went to Disney's Magic Kingdom and
another virtual had me taking a pic by the famous castle.
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| Fancier in real life |
The final day of the trip we were in Disney Hollywood Studios with
another virtual cache. Here I am by the spot to get answers for the cache owner.
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| Rock 'n' roller coaster |
Back at home, I started picking up some mysteries to fill some days:
CCT 1/4 of the USA (finds in at least 13 states!),
Random Wiki Puzzle: Free (Kate Ryan Album) (questions on tracks!),
Crabbing with Grandpa (a virtual jigsaw puzzle), and
Don't Call Me Antonin (a cipher puzzle).
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| Crabbing |
For spring break, my family went to Virginia Beach. We stopped for lunch in Fredericksburg and found the virtual cache
Fredericksburg Battlefield Virtual Reward 4.0.
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| Spoiler-free pic at the visitor center |
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| Letter from loved ones in the military |
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| River by Mt. Trashmore |
On the Virginia Beach side, I found a bunch by the shore. First was
Haunting of Historic Cavalier Virtual 4.0 by an old and haunted hotel.
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| See the ghost in the picture? Me neither. |
Along the boardwalk are
The Sands of Virginia Beach,
Dalongestnameforacachethatwouldfitinthisspacecache,
Neptune Rocks,
Norwegian Lady, and
Led Zeppelin.
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| Famous Neptune statue |
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| Beach view |
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| Norwegian Lady |
#11 Chrysler Treasures - The Vegetable Vendor and
#12 Chrysler Treasures - James Baldwin are tributes to an art gallery in Norfolk that we didn't visit. Maybe next trip! These were out in nature.
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| Lake with caches |
We went to the local Aquarium that had an adventure lab and a virtual
Phoca vitulina.
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| Virtual by an outdoor tank |
A nearby park has
Pickleball is the New Tennis,
Lacerta, and
Washington's Treasure, a delightful mystery.
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| Duck Washington watches over the treasures! |
On the way home, we drove up the Delmarva Peninsula and I picked up
Welcome to Maryland!,
5 O'Clock somewhere (at a brewery), and
Barflies (not at a brewery!).
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| By the welcoming cache |
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| The brewery hide |
My wife had an appointment in DC, so I drove her down and did a lot of walking around the Capitol area, finding a dozen caches:
The Summer House,
Capitol View,
Not Your Granny's Garden,
Disabled Veterans We Salute You,
American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial,
Virtual Reward 4.0: Satellites of Hope,
Neighbors,
Do You Feel Stupid Yet?,
A Head and a Piece of Wood,
Banded Iron-A Record of Ancient Seas,
An Englishman in DC,
Manifest Destiny, and
Inescapable Network of Mutuality-MLK Library. Whew! Here's some photos from that day...
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| Inside the Summer House |
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| Capitol view! |
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| Botanic Gardens |
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| Street mural |
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| Guess the friend |
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| Library find spoiler |
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| Blocking the Englishman in DC, so not a spoiler |
The month ended with 63 finds and an overall total of 1820 finds.
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1820 is a lot! Matt and I are highly impressed.
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