Thoughts on the Slide Show Presentation

I attended the slide show presentation at The Museum of the Oregon Territory given by floods geologist and author of “On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods,” Bruce Bjornstad. I purchased an autographed copy of his book at the beginning of the evening. While the slide lecture was interesting I learned only a couple things that I did not know already. For example, the floods evidently created arches such as the Marlin Hollow Arch.

Bjornstad's book covers the 19 types of landforms the floods created and offers a guide to 70 flood-formed features. Included are 30 off-road hiking and biking trails, as well as five driving tours and two aerial tours. Published by Keokee Books of Sandpoint, Idaho, the 320-page book includes 262 illustrations, a color plate section and a comprehensive index. 

"Let's Celebrate - Geocaching Event"

This morning I attended "Let's Celebrate - Geocaching Event" at the historic Viola Red Schoolhouse not far from The Original Stash Tribute Plaque (GCGV0P). The event celebrated the 8th Anniversary of Geocaching. On May 3, 2000 Dave Ulmer placed a five gallon bucket in rural Clackamas County and posted the coordinates on-line. The cache was found by Mike Teague.

"Mission Accomplished"

Tomorrow is the 5th Anniversary of the "Mission Accomplished" banner. Now in its sixth year, the War in Iraq has claimed the lives of at least 4,100 members of the U.S. Military plus hundred and hundreds of military and civilians in Iraq. And there is no end in sight.

Monday, April 21 -- Vacation Day 11

My son and daughter-in-law dropped us off at National Airport. Catherine had a Tall Caramel Frappacino while I tried to figure out the location of a Virtual Cache. It seemed rather complicated to get to the location so I gave up. I had a lemon poppy seed muffin (my all time favorite) at Starbucks. I purchased a small box of Junior Mints at Hudson Group so I would have change to purchase our mini-lunches during the flight. We left about 9:45 AM, changed planes in Chicago, and arrived in Portland about 3:00 PM. It was cold and rainy.

Sunday, April 20 -- Vacation Day 10

I woke early and read the third book of the “Jewel in the Crown” series. I had a cup of tea as I worked a Jelly Bean puzzle. We had a delicious brunch.

We visited the Monticello Visitor Center where I found a Virtual Cache and then walked around the grounds of Monticello. We had a 3:50 PM tour of the house. Afterwards we saw the outer buildings and cemetery, and walked downhill 1/3 mile back to the car.

We ate hamburgers and fries at Five Guys in Charlottesville. We found Christmas Tree #2 Cache. We drove back to Virginia during a rain and lightning storm.