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If anybody else gets poison oak for the next two weeks, I will officially take the blame for your mistake as well. No PO for me either... I guess T-4 and I are "favorites" among the Geo-Gods right now, and the gods decided to punish you severly. I will have a word with the gods if you buy me beer at the next event too. I usually just scratch it!!

What's the elevation gain again???

Thank you! only 1 DNF today

Looks like home!!

Cool! Congrats D!

Does anyone have an empty seat for me???

Yep, lots of bouldering. I hear the last 400 yards can take an hour or so due to bouldering up and down a steep hill. Total hike is about 6 miles averaging a mile an hour; cachers can add an hour or so for the three caches along the route - yes, more bouldering and climbing. We must be nuts - I can't wait! Chuy!, you should of told me the scoop before I volunteered to go!! I can't wait either!!! Cool if train roars through!! Im gonna miss Ginger on this one.

Thanks, Dave. I heard from them as well, and they welcome any donations that people want to make. As mentioned earlier, we will be accepting them at the Nomex vs. Ramius event on Saturday. Just wanted to follow up with a great big THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to the Luke and Laura fund by either buying raffle tickets at the Nomex vs. Ramius event or sending me donations. We raised over $700 plus a boatload of gift cards in various denominations. I met Luke at the SRHS football game last Friday, and he and Laura are blown away by the generosity of the caching community. You are all awesome!

I am thinking of buying this software on a micro sd card instead of the CD. Any pro's, con's or comments? Besides the cost!!!!

All quiet in Crest, but a hectic week for sure. Thanks Bra

Before heading into Zion take a back road and get the 2 caches in Grafton ghost town. I See Butch and Butch and Sundance. Neat area with a few buildings and a cemetary.

Very cool card!!

Sunday working. Monday maybe.

It was thundering here. I just slept in and enjoyed it. It is pretty sticky outside now. Good 1/4'' in Crest with Thunder. No watering today!!!!

OK, how about Psycho Urban Cache #13 or Psycho Urban Cache #9? Alas, these are in Maryland...but this is for a big milestone. Why not go all the way and make it really special? I like what I see so far!

OK, I will be looking for my 1000 cache find real soon Any ideas on a great one to seek out?? Thanks Superdave for your suggestions = evil, but I like that.

At that time of year prepare for all weather situations!!!!

Why I oughta ... but thanks just the same Pat. You've been a good pal all along. Harmon Lemme see now ... that's $kimmer, Splashette, and TrailGators so far. Recount please. Just to be sure!!

Harmon's back yard!!!!

Way to go ChuckB!!! Way to go Chuck! I can "Seymour"caches in your horizon.

Thanks to all for your input and education on the Yrium collection cards. I have enjoyed reading all the entries. Next time we meet bring them along for me to see. Joe

Very cool Flagman. If you have the time, (or someone else)can you give the history on Yrium and the cards. Chuy! has educated me some but would be interested in more info. Thanks again. Your best bet is to use the "Hide & Seek a Cache" tab to access and read the many, lengthy, and entertaining novella-logs for caches found by Yrium, Gromit, and Whistestick. That way you will get the flavor of what brought Yrium to the fore as a charming Geocacher. As far as the cards are concerned just read the uDesignit card description. In the beginning Yrium initiated his Yrium's Pals cards for Geocachers of his time that he was aquainted (pals) with. After Yrium passed away Team Gecko and FlagMan took steps to carry on the effort starting with the Yrium Memorial Series. I had the good fortune of being asked to prepare some, actually twelve of the YMS Photoshop layouts. One thing to know about Yrium-card layouts is that the layouts often have minor features that reveal something notable or perhaps even embarrasing about an honoree. There's even one card that offers a spoiler for a difficult puzzle cache. The hard parts of doing a decent card layout include knowing enough about an honoree, developing a concept for the card, and having access to a collection of decent photos featuring the honoree. Behind the scenes of card production there's a lot of social sleuthing and email traffic going on. Surprisingly there's a crime associated with the Yrium cards, a full set was stolen from FlagMan at the Mast Park picnic event that was held in Santee. I suppose that shows in a wrong way just how valued the collection really is. The thief is still at large but we know who it is give or take the 150 or so Geocachers that attended the event. I didn't do it by the way. The tough part is trying to collect a set of the cards. Of course there's little/no chance of collecting originals so most of us that have a lot of the cards depended on FlagMan issuing reproductions. Many a night I rushed to Max's Favorite Park to grab a new YMS release, even at midnight in one case. Twenty first-release cards seldom lasted beyond noon on the day of release. It was worse than a FTF rush, just go right away and expect to meet the other collectors at the drop point within minutes. After first-release FlagMan would drop the next batch on top of the meanest hill his pudgy old body could handle. Couple of things to add here. There IS a Yrium card: Yrium's Pals #13 Also, Gecko Dad put all the Yrium logs into a CD and left a bunch in this cache: Yrium Celebration Letterbox Cache Don't know how many of the CD's are still floating around in that cache, but I still have mine and can certainly make more. Maybe Wednesday would be a good day to release some more of those.... I too have had the pleasure of riding the magic portals back in July of 2006! I set off a door alarm on my egress and whacked a homeless guy in the head with the door because he was sleeping on the stoop. Thanks for the reminder about Yrium Pals #13 and Gecko dad's CD. Old age is a terrible thang. Also I forgot to mention the "misprint" cards. The misprints are really worth having because they portray honorees in a more up-close and personal way. You know, revealing things that only a close friend might know or at least make up. With misprints one became a victim rather than an honoree. The Flagman Yrium card has to be my favorite. I busted a gut on that one. Thanks

Thanks Harmon and TG for the info.

Very cool Flagman. If you have the time, (or someone else)can you give the history on Yrium and the cards. Chuy! has educated me some but would be interested in more info. Thanks again.

Miragee has given you some very sound advice. Her ideas have worked well for me. Thanks Karen.