+maccamob Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 G'day. We've been back home in Melbourne now for about two weeks, and have just about caught up with domestic chores, mail and so on. We'd like to convey our thanks to all those cachers in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, and several other States, whose caches we found during our three-month stay there. We found the Pacific Northwest counryside to be beautiful and so green after leaving our drought-stricken State Victoria; Alaska was spectacular with it's mountains, lakes and glaciers, while the Wyoming and Montana scenery was amazing in its own way, with the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone standing out in our memory. We were away from home for three months, and stayed with our daughter and son-in-law (Slider & Smurf, who are living in Seattle until they return to Australia) when we weren't off touring the sights of western United States and Canada. We enjoyed meeting quite a few teams while we were there, and exchanged emails with a few more. Our first granddaughter was born in Seattle on September 2nd, so we have a great incentive to return while they are still in there (until late 2007 on present indications). We already have a few caches that we started, but didn't get time to finish, on our to-do list if we do return. In all, we managed 319 caches in Washington, 36 in Canada, 21 in Oregon, 17 in Alaska and 29 in several other States during our various tours. We were also lucky enough to visit Groundspeak HQ and go to the site of the original Dave Ulmer cache near Portland. We've fathomed the mysteries of Altoids tins and bison tubes (and brought a few back home with us to inflict upon the locals), survived driving on the right hand side of the road and attended a night baseball game. We hope that any of you who ever visit our country enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed visiting yours. Thanks again for helping to make our visit so memorable. Cheers, David & Mary maccamob Quote Link to comment
+Prying Pandora Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Glad you enjoyed your visit! The next time you come to the Seattle area, you should post something here and we'll plan a get-together for you. Either a dinner or a group caching day, or both! Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Glad you had such a wonderful visit, and I enjoyed exchanging emails with you. Hope to get back to Australia at some point, and if I do, I'll be sure to look you up! Quote Link to comment
+Patudles Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Sounds like you had a marvelous trip. Kinda like we did when visiting New Zealand and Australia several years ago. Problem was when we visited your fair land geocaching wasn't a sport yet. Now I have an added desire for a return visit. Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Yeah, that's the problem. I look back on trips like that and to other countries and wish that there had been geocaching when I went there. It would just be a blast to go caching in Australia. Aahhh...incentive. Quote Link to comment
+Sugar Glider Sweatshop Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 It was great meeting you at Groundspeak! Thank you for taking our coin with you. Stop by again soon. Quote Link to comment
+schulesjoe Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 We're sure glad you were able to find our cache while you were here. Those chickens sure do hide the waypoints well! Hopefully we'll get to meet you in person next time instead of via email. Schulesjoe (Joe and Cindy) Quote Link to comment
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