A Geocaching Day!

Shy and I had a great day out geocaching with WizardNco in Nokomis, Laurel and Venice. Our first target advertised that it required a "spindly 12 year old" and Wormie fit the bill. Check Out Girlz Rule #2 cache. Dragon found Down by the bay but couldn't reach it...LOL! I had the opportunity to "multi-task" and visited and logged waymarks along the way. The "Just Ducky" amphibious vehicle was too cool to pass up! It's actually a Vietnam Era LARC-V. We found a total of 11 caches and then took time for a swim at Venice Beach.

Let's hear some eclectic music!

I finally figured out how to get music on my Blog! I'm so proud of myself! I've actually got music on my blog and both the girls' blogs. I Used Playlist.com. It's a free account and they gave me the HTML code to embed. Hell, You'd think I knew what I was doing...NOT! Now you never quite know what you might hear here. HERE! HERE!

Three More Lucky Sevens

All 3 were approved today! Gasparilla Island #2, Uncle Remus Museum and Centennial Park. This is by far one of my favorite categories and I Love the challenge of trying to find 7 waymarks in a 1/2 mile radius. My highest tally so far is 22 for the Lucky 7 at Lee Memorial Hospital. 11 waymarks in 1/10 of a mile.

Uncle Remus Museum

Uncle Remus Museum was approved as a Literary Site and has been posted as a Lucky 7! I'm so excited! I was concerned about the literary site since the group has only one active officer. At the time of the posting he hadn't signed on for 3 weeks. I've contacted him about trying to breathe some new life into this category, but have gotten no response. I'm finally caught up on all my backlog from vacation and everywhere we've been since we got home! Time to go exploring again! WooHoo!

Where's Waldo? A Lucky 7 in a tiny town.

On our way up to South Carolina, we pulled into this tiny little town in search of a park to stop at for lunch. We were pleasantly suprised to find a nice a park to with a great Veterans Memorial, A Caboose and a Lucky 7. We had a quick lunch and then visited the Memorial and the caboose and visited and created some waymarks. If you visit here mind your speed. The city has received national attention and earned the ominous distinction of being one of only two official speed traps designated by the American Automobile Association, due to the strict enforcement of the local speed limit on U.S. Route 301 as it cuts through town.

Uncle Remus Museum - Eatonton, GA

These photos were seen in the Flickr group Waymarking
- The online Scavenger Hunt.

I just posted about 10 waymarks from The Uncle Remus Museum in Eatonton, GA. We rolled past here on our way home from South Carolina. (I think I'm finally caught up on the back-log) Bill was kind and turned around to stop when he saw my excitement. When I was a little girl, about 4 or 5, my grandmother read these stories to me. She read them Over and Over, because I loved them so! After stopping here on the way home from vacation, I looked at these books through an adult readers eyes. Because of the unique use of dialect, they are difficult reading. (for me anyway.) I've always read to my kids, but never these stories. Sad, I'm not sure why...Of 4 kids we have one that reads like we do. It's time to turn her on to these stories. She won't let me read to her anymore, now we read together side by side and then talk about what we've read. Hey! Maybe I can get her to read them to me....again! I've also learned alot about the Disney movie "Song of the South" that was inspired by Joel Chandler Harris' books. Produced in 1946, the film received an Oscar for Best Song. ("Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah") The film and its songs provided the inspiration for the Splash Mountain attractions in the Disney Theme Parks.
This motion picture hasn't been seen in theaters in over 20 years, and remains unavailable for general sale in the U.S. and Canada in ANY format. The film is considered controversial and not "Politically Correct." So...I found a place to order a copy of the movie online, and it arrived yesterday. I guess I just don't see things the same way as Snopes or NAACP. For the life of me I can't see what's so not PC about it. I enjoyed the movie as a kid and still enjoy it today.

Moody Spring - Oconee County, SC

Wow! This one was a challenge! There are only 4 sites online that give only a brief mention to this little Spring. One tells a ghost story about a "rider" who is picked up along Hwy 107 and asks to be dropped off here. Another is a guide book called Scenic Driving South Carolina, that wrongly states that this is an artesian well. It also says there is a picnic area here. IT IS INCORRECT! IT IS A SPRING and there is NO PICNIC AREA. The original submission for this waymark was declined for lack of information and based on the misinformed guide book. I was frustrated because to my way of thinking, If it was a well they would have named it "Moody Well." I ended up contacting a Mr. Mitchell at the SC Dept. of Natural Resources for information. I hit the jack-pot! This gentleman has conducted a state wide Spring survey that included Moody Spring. He was more then willing to help and gave me information about the flow rate as well. Moody Spring is now an approved waymark! Thanks Mr. Mitchell! We stopped here while we were in SC on vacation. It was part of our "Caravan Tour"

Woo Hoo! I Rolled a Lucky 7 on Boca Grande

Wayne-Gordon House

I'm so excited to have been able to waymark the Wayne-Gordon House in Savannah. When we visited, "The Birthplace" was already marked in several other categories. I visited those and moved on. Then I ran into a ghost story about the property and was able to post the house and it's story in the ghosts and hauntings category. What A Thrill for this Girl Scout!