"Stick a Fork in it!" (GC9P4VT) Virtual 3.0 March 1, 2022

I was given an opportunity to create a Virtual on March 1, 2022.  I love Virtuals.  I will go miles out of my way to find Virtual(s).  My Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals to be created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023.  Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache.  

The World's Tallest Fork is more than just an art piece. It marks and celebrates one of the newest businesses opening in the community. Opened in April 2022, the Fairview Food Plaza will eventually have 16 food carts surrounding a central covered dining hall, with two pop-up vendors and a beer garden inside. Some of the cuisines will include Thai, Mexican, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and Argentinean, as well as an American.  There are restrooms on the east side of the building. Plenty of parking.

Amtrak Train to Seattle w/o Me ; (

On Saturday, August 20, I had planned to take Amtrak, City Bus and then Monorail to Seattle Center to attend Groundspeak's Geocaching Event. I got a rather confusing voice message from Amtrak Friday afternoon.. I was told that Amtrak Train 500 northbound to Seattle had problems. The Train station agent did not know what the problem was so I canceled my Amtrak trip. It turned out it involved Portland,, OR and not Vancouver, WA. So I purchased books instead at the FVRL Library Book Sale. It is what it is. 

It's A Small Geocaching World

I attended a Breakfast Event in Portland this morning where I met several Geocachers including Soccertoa, the owner of one of my favorite Adventure Labs - Chelsea the Church Mouse visits Cambridge (Maryland).  I was absolutely blown away!  It is definitely a small Geocaching World.

Brownsville "Stand By Me" Geocoin Challenge August 2022

On Friday evening,  August 12,  Christopher and I watched the movie  "Stand by Me".   We left Vancouver/Portland about 8:00AM the next day for Brownsville, Oregon.  This was at least my third visit to Brownsville. This was my 63 Geocoin Contests/Challenge.  I thought the Traditional Caches were very creative.  Especially the cache with the Leeches.

 It would have been great to have coordinates for each Adventure Lab location especially on the driving tour as well as the walking tour so I could plug them into my car GPS.  I have a Garmin Drive Smart 65 & Traffic GPS w/Built-in WI-FI sitting on a beanbag on the car dash.  

My favorite Lab Caches are Chelsea the Church Mouse Visits Cambridge completed 4/30/2022 and Historic Houses of Alexandria, Virginia completed in 2021, and The One-Eyed Willy Treasure Hunt and Astoria Brewery Tour completed in 2015. 

We completed the Brownsville  "Stand by Me" Geocoin challenge at 19:45.  We had an enjoyable time going to the fantastic Albany Carousel, Thompson's Mills, Never Cease to Maze-1, Water by Me and finding the Traditional Caches.