Geocaching
The Geocaching Story
Along with my love of being able to see the world, I can also include geocaching as another hobby of mine. A combination of both of these together has allowed me to unearth some interesting locations around the world. This is a story of how the hobby of geocaching brought me to a famous landmark. … Continue reading
…Take These Broken Wings and Learn to Fly
The following story was written about a particular stop in NYC during my “4 Guys In A Car” trip. If you’re unfamiliar with that trip of mine, feel free to read about the details here. Short version: Me and three friends did all 48 states plus DC in two weeks. NYC was our last major … Continue reading
Thoughts on Maritime Megas
A post came up on FB about where the next Maritime Mega geocaching event would be held. I responded with a long winded FB comment which I ultimately decided not to post. Here’s what I wrote: I’ve been to all four MM events, and was on the organizing committee for two of them. The discussion … Continue reading
Forgetting Why You Enjoy Something
Today was a trial run for a much larger trip. Myself and three friends of mine will be taking a trip across the United States exactly 28 days from now. We’re doing a geocaching roadtrip across all 48 of the US states in 13 days. Today, four of us went to Truro, NS for the … Continue reading
The Amazing Race Canada: Matt Edition
Tonite I’m on a bit of a high. I’m going to take a page out of a completely different book and spend a little time being a bit “braggy”. I’m not an egocentric person and I don’t brag about much, but right now, I am feeling pretty damn good about myself. So be prepared for … Continue reading
Here and there…
As with all things, I try to keep up on things going on but it seems the blog gets left behind a lot. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that things like Facebook and Twitter have really become the place to “share” things. I have contemplated pulling the plug on … Continue reading
Vendor annoyances
I’ve been working on getting new vendors into this years race and let me tell you, I have been having more issues this year than any previous year. In the last two years of races, every vendor I went into was more than happy to be included in the race as it was no cost … Continue reading
Pilgrimage to Seattle Part II – The first day
This article is part two of a series of articles I am writing to share the story of my adventure to Seattle, WA to attend GeoWoodstock VIII and several other key geocaching locations. In part 2, I’ll tell you about my arrival in Seattle, my visit to HQ, and a couple of other events I … Continue reading
Pilgrimage to Seattle Part III – Project APE
This article is part three of a series of articles I am writing to share the story of my adventure to Seattle, WA to attend GeoWoodstock VIII and several other key geocaching locations. In this part, I’ll share the story of the trek to the last Project APE cache in North America. One of the … Continue reading
Pilgrimage to Seattle Part IV – Luau & GW8
This article is part four of a series of articles I am writing to share the story of my adventure to Seattle, WA to attend GeoWoodstock VIII and several other key geocaching locations. In this part I talk about the big Luau event and GeoWoodstock VIII. When we last left off, I had headed back … Continue reading
