Pah Wah

I've been eyeballing this place, since it is nearby and will be relatively easy to maintain, so finally I got over there and planted. It is a nice little park.

Song Sparrow

Hydeez Mom and I flew over to find Song Sparrow. It was a great walk by one of our favorite ponds.

No Time to Say Hello, Goodbye

We found a fantastic little box not too far away. It is in a community park that is quite nice, nicer than most I've seen. I was pleased to see the exceptional carving. Also in this park was a fun driveby and a "buoy" from the library service. We thoroughly enjoyed the length of the walk since it was extremely hazy hot and humid! A perfect adventure for a hot summer day.

Sea Skull Mystery

Hydeez Mom came along and we headed over to the Caped Coder's newest hide. At first we missed the little marker but I knew about where it was so we retraced our steps and found it. While admiring the swans on the pond something weird seemed to surface from the water all around them. It was like all at once a huge school of fish came up for a breath of air and actually forced several inches of their bodies up above the water line then all at once they submerged. This happened over and over again. We couldn't figure out what it was. And they seemed to move too, not always coming up for the "breath" in the exact place. It couldn't be birds because they seemed to be living in the water, although they appeared to be diving down under the water like birds. Were they toads or bullfrogs of some kind? Were they just lilly pads that the wind was blowing around? It wasn't a particularly windy day and it seemed to happen even when the wind didn't seem to be blowing. I took a picture of it but the shot doesn't do it justice. It really was an odd sight. Let me know if you have any ideas what it might be.


Once we stopped gawking at this mystery, I was elected to hike up the hill off the path to retrieve the box and on my way I had to do some high stepping over a snake! Eeeeeeeek!

Small World

HydeezMom had never been to the watershed before so we headed over to find some Pacific Northwest Natives (in the Atlantic Northeast). Seems someone had been there before us that same morning - someone from the Mid-Atlantic like us. Funny that we have to go so far to follow in the path of someone from our neck of the woods. Go figure.

50 State Challenge

Back in January of 2008 I set free one of my most favorite hitch hikers. I put a twist on it, challenging finders to help it make its way to all 50 states. I released it in Pennsylvania and it quickly made its way to Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. Someone dropped me a note telling me they were taking it to Barbados. Perhaps they changed their mind when they realized that Barbados isn't one of the 50, or maybe they did take it and it quickly made its way back to the states.

After the east coast, the hitch hiker turned up in Arizona. But then I didn't hear from it for a while, until today, I got a note from Tater Sue that she found it near Yellowstone in Mammoth, Wyoming - one of my most favorite places on the earth! I am so excited that my HH has visited this beautiful! I can't wait to see where it turns up next!

Extinct Pengy

I had received a message or two that trouble was afoot at my Pengy box at Reservoir Park in York. There was a rumbling about a geocache that was close. Today I decided to get the ankle biters out of the house and enjoy the beautiful day while checking on Pengy myself. Unfortunately, it looks as if Pengy has become a victim to a very closely planted geocache. In fact, the cache is an easy 10 steps away. Cachers had logged into the Pengy box, perhaps one even took my stamp since it is now missing along with the top to the box. I have decided to pull this box, at least temporarily, until I can regroup. Pengy enjoyed his spot for about 3 years. I guess that's not too bad for the life of a penguin in the mid-atlantic region.