The Lost Clan

We are planning to visit Tarryall on July 1st, on our way from San Diego via Durango. Looks like we may be too early for the festivities, but I'd be really grateful for an update on the construction. I'm not sure our vehicle will be able to handle the washboard road!

I am seeing the same too. At first I was being redirected to status.geocaching.com which indicated it was down, and now I am not even getting redirected. Same here. Just as I was about to log some caches! No indication it was planned.

Sorry to hear about your loss, guys. She was a cool dog, and will be greatly missed.

Hey, Harmon, that's my neighborhood! Great pictures of the Brig! Did you go to Ayr to see the view you put on my Yrium card? Yes indeed, we had a very good time looking Ayrshire over. I asked around to find out which pub you might be found in. Everybody answered the same way, "Ahney wahn ahf 'um," or something like that. Tried for a couple of hides, one near the Robert Burns Museum and one at his cottage. Struck out both time due to limited time because I was so anxious to get photos at Brig' o' Doon. Having Scottish blood in my veins, so I've been told, made for an especially rewarding experience. I'm left with a mystery about Brig o' Doon, how th' heck could shoed horses make it up and over that brig with those huge, rounded, slippery cobble-stones? I found the one at the cottage a year ago. You should have called me for a lifeline! As for the pubs, back in my youth they were a bit rough (even the lounge bars which allowed ladies), so I did some of my drinking at The Burns Monument Hotel, which wasn't nearly as ritzy in those days. (Don't ask what age I was!) As for the poem, that conjures up quite a picture, doesn't it? But I guess there was a supernatural aspect to it all, so that might explain it. My favorite part of the poem is (of course!) "Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonnie lasses". Maybe we should have been The Thirsty Lasses! I realized too late that there was a hide at the cottage and so was under pressure to head for the museum. Same thing happened at the mouse statue, I looked as long as I dared without causing me to miss out on shots of Brig o' Doon that I was quite determined to have. It surely surprised me to find that photographing Brig o' Doon was so challenging. Private property and a huge wedding reception stood in my way but so did Cuyamaca Challenge. It seems that 2012 is going to be a banner year for me. Seemed unusual to visit Ayr after doing your Yrium Card. Felt like I had been there before. I suppose that you have this book. Not sure about The Thirsty Lasses ... that's got a pitfall or two with regard to rhyming. I don't have that book, but I do have a couple of others, as well as one my history teacher wrote about my old school, Ayr Academy, on its 750th anniversary back in 1983! Not sure I can find much that rhymes with Ladies.....which may be a good thing!

Hey, Harmon, that's my neighborhood! Great pictures of the Brig! Did you go to Ayr to see the view you put on my Yrium card? Yes indeed, we had a very good time looking Ayrshire over. I asked around to find out which pub you might be found in. Everybody answered the same way, "Ahney wahn ahf 'um," or something like that. Tried for a couple of hides, one near the Robert Burns Museum and one at his cottage. Struck out both time due to limited time because I was so anxious to get photos at Brig' o' Doon. Having Scottish blood in my veins, so I've been told, made for an especially rewarding experience. I'm left with a mystery about Brig o' Doon, how th' heck could shoed horses make it up and over that brig with those huge, rounded, slippery cobble-stones? I found the one at the cottage a year ago. You should have called me for a lifeline! As for the pubs, back in my youth they were a bit rough (even the lounge bars which allowed ladies), so I did some of my drinking at The Burns Monument Hotel, which wasn't nearly as ritzy in those days. (Don't ask what age I was!) As for the poem, that conjures up quite a picture, doesn't it? But I guess there was a supernatural aspect to it all, so that might explain it. My favorite part of the poem is (of course!) "Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonnie lasses". Maybe we should have been The Thirsty Lasses!

Hey, Harmon, that's my neighborhood! Great pictures of the Brig! Did you go to Ayr to see the view you put on my Yrium card?

WoooHoooooo!!!! Congrats to all of you! That's quite an achievement!

See what you're missing, Harmon! :D Come on over to the Dark Side! :ph34r: Several of The Thirsty Ladies are keen photographers (among other things!) And we do hope to get out to some of your new hides soon, once a couple of the Ladies have recovered from various injuries, and once I've figured out how to chop those caches into 5 mile loops! TLC (Oh, but just think of all the photographic ammunition FB would give him!)

Thanks pal, How coincidental ... I was rooting around through my photo galleries today and came across some shots I took of Linda and a small herd of The Thirsty Ladies that I encountered one day while up on Woodbridge Road. There's a couple of shots in that set that really make me smile. So I get to smile two of my favorite smiles for Linda today. Congratulations Linda, well done and thanks for the smiles. I love you too-oo, Sweet ol' Harmon We are sooo excited for you Linda! Congrats and welcome to the 10,000 Club! Thank you all for the wonderful messages and comments, here and on FB (sorry, Harmon!) The last 6 years have been quite a trip, and I have definitely found my bliss (as Oprah would say) in geocaching. Unfortunately it doesn't pay anything, but then it doesn't cost much either! Here's hoping I get to the next milestone of 20,000! A big congrats to Duncan! who just did that! I want to be like him when I grow up! :D

Happy! Happy! ... another year above ground indeed. :wub: Happy Birthday, Harmon! And many, many, many happy returns! :wub:

Sue, I'm so very happy for you ... on Thanksgiving Day no less, aren't you clever! (I caught a rash just waiting on this.) Working with you on Yrium cards has been a delight just as it was with FlagMan only you are better looking than he is. FisnJack well deserves this honor ... but just wait until his pals see the related misprint card. Ha-ha-ha-ha! Snark! Notice that Teddie upstaged him in the layout ... of course, Teddie is better looking than he is. Ha-ha-ha-ha! Snark! Harmon SD Rowdies Anybody wanna see my rash? AWESOME!!!!! LOVE it!!!! Noticed the nuances right away. Great job all the way around!!! Picked up one for me and one for lulu at Max's... Great job with the card, Sue! And a very deserving recipient! :D I made a quick run to Max's this morning and grabbed one for myself, one for Silver Horde and one for zeber. Now back to the kitchen!

I picked up 2 cards on the way home from the event last night - one for me and one to place in another cache. Nice card!

Way to go, waterlassie!!! Not only did waterlassie finish the Hall of Fame, but she visited most of the caches twice (sometimes three times!) What a good friend she is! I'm glad I was with you for many of them, Laurie! Congratulations! :grin:

Here's a picture of the group that did a tour of the Sandy Creek Cowboy caches last Sunday. What a wonderful time we had - lots of laughs and giggles! I think the three new cachers that joined us were very impressed. Of course, we had to explain to them that not all caches are as exciting and well thought-out as the ones in this series!

If anyone is planning to look for these caches tomorrow, please note that Team Reid and Team Fatman will not be coming. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif However Robyn of Team Reid kindly made a plan for the rest of us, so we are going ahead with the trip. We'll meet at GCJNEJ (Sandy Creek Cowboys #3) at 9am. This should be fun!http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif

Robyn, You have been such a faithful follower of the Sandy Creek Cowboy caches. Through you so many others have had the fun and pleasure of those crazy hides. Good to mention that the dirt roads are suitable for a Buick Roadmaster ... planed and sanded dirt in good condition. Of course this torrential rain we've been having might well rut the roads a bit but what else might one expect of cowboy country? Keep in mind ... no hints from previous finders are allowed. Watching a new crop of finders make the needed discoveries is icing on th' cowboy cake. Might need a few replacement logsheets due to the recent heavy rain, or at least a battery-operated blow dryer. One thang f'r shore ... when wind, rain, and snow come to Sandy Creek Ranch they do come in good measure. Y'all have fun y' hear, Harmon SD Rowdies & Sandy Creek Cowboys Hey, Harmon, a few of The Thirsty Ladies are going too! After meeting up with you on the trail and chatting about the series, we just had to get Robyn to organize this! Maybe that will persuade you to come along?

:D Woo hoo! Congrats, everybody! Those are some BIG numbers! :D

You know, someone has to make that costume for him before the next fall camp out. Calling for costumes are we? ... and you, the Lollypop Kid! Sounds like another FlagMan-event to me. Just image this gang of desperados as Munchkins! LOL! I've been called many things, but never a Munchkin! Hey everybody ... did she just ask for it or what? Lost Munchkin Clan No, wait, there ain't no "everybody" on th' Forum any more is there?. Kinda like "Where's Waldo"! Don't worry, Harmon - everybody is still here, waiting to see what you'll come up with next! (But I won't give up my FB. I love to follow what all my caching buddies are up to!)

You know, someone has to make that costume for him before the next fall camp out. Calling for costumes are we? ... and you, the Lollypop Kid! Sounds like another FlagMan-event to me. Just image this gang of desperados as Munchkins! LOL! I've been called many things, but never a Munchkin!

Great job. No wonder you had such a magnificent lunch with all the ladies! Thanks for the congrats! My achievement was very short-lived as I see a new cache popped up in the Canyon this morning! Oh well, it was nice while it lasted! I guess I'll be making another trip down there again soon!

Baked or boiled or in a stew! What a crock! Those ladies are all smiling 'cause Harmon paid them! Twenty bucks apiece and a fiver for th' dawg. What's your price Jodi dear? If y' want I'll 'shop y' into the photo. Time t' change their nickname from "Thirsty Ladies" to "Tasteful Ladies." I just hope they all knew not to go wanderin' off to any bushes for the purpose of ... uh ... ya know, with Harmon around! He always keeps that camera of his handy in hopes for that memorable photo op! Yes, Harmon, you are definitely an HTL! I had a feeling those pictures might end up on here. But I was really hoping you would Photoshop us thinner! (Good thing he doesn't do FB - there is SO much ammunition on there!)

WoooooHoooooooooo!!!! AWESOME!!! Congrats to you both!

Everyone have a good one Merry Christmas everyone!!! :santa: Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas and happy caching! :santa:

Guess you missed FlagMan's comments about Marko, then... WooooHoooooo!!! I think I was finally successful in getting that Pinko Commie fired!!! O please, say it isn't so ... that Commie Pinko Reviewer guy would never give up without a fight.Noooooo! San Diego is so lucky to have two such dedicated reviewers... This new person has a lot to live up to!!! I'm betting the new guy is no better than the old guys... Who said it's a guy? It's probably a good thing we have another reviewer if it is in fact a third one. San Diego cachers keep the ones we have really busy, and I'm sure they could use a break! I just hope he/she isn't replacing either of the ones we have right now, but is an extra pair of hands!

Right Back Atcha!!! That goes for me too!