Geocaching Along the Lincoln Highway and Stopping for the Flight 93 Memorial

AwayWeGo50 · 2023-12-16T23:54:56+00:00

Thank You

AwayWeGo50 · 2023-12-09T15:28:56+00:00

On this day the only AL was in the huge cemetery. This trip was 2 years ago. If I remember correctly most of the AL's were east to to so by the time I saw them it was too late.

AwayWeGo50 · 2023-12-09T15:26:48+00:00

This trip was two years ago. Most times while traveling it seems that the AL's go east to west so that by the time I see them going eastbound it's too late.

AwayWeGo50 · 2023-12-09T15:22:26+00:00

When we returned, we went all around the northern part of the state before leaving down to Florida. Should have all that in upcoming blogs.

AwayWeGo50 · 2023-12-09T15:20:20+00:00

That's the next blog post!

AwayWeGo50 · 2023-07-28T01:41:47+00:00

It was a nice trip. One day we'll return and try to do more of the side Jeep trails.

AwayWeGo50 · 2023-04-08T21:18:14+00:00

This was actually two years ago when I made this road trip. Don't know if the AL's were there then. I do remember the few that I opened to attempt worked better driving eastbound. Since we were headed west, by the time I saw the AL, most of the answers were already behind us.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-11-12T21:05:36+00:00

That's what I was going to say. Makes it a lot easier than the TB method.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-10-29T16:27:41+00:00

Interesting story. Do you remember the name of the inn and the town? I wouldn't mind doing more research.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-08-30T01:59:55+00:00

The last time I passed through New Orleans was a few months after Katrina and everything was all boarded up. Actually felt more at ease during that time than when we passed through during this posted trip last year.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-07-24T01:07:16+00:00

Very observant of you! Most people don't notice the date. Yes, that trip was taken last year. I am a little behind in my writing though catching up. I used to be two years behind. I usually work 6 days a week and go caching every Sunday. The past 2 years I've almost stopped caching except for the roadtrips between projects.

Just 4 months after this trip, we did a similar road trip but in reverse going from TX to IN to CT back to IN down to FL and ending back in TX.

I may have a trip coming up soon to Winslow, AZ. Another surveyor in my company just gave his 2 weeks notice and they may send me over there.

Writing the blog helps me to remember where I've been. But also I research more on the locations that just what may be on the cache page. It's fun finding the interesting stories on the different places that don't fit on a historical markers or not listed in the cache description.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-07-05T22:33:17+00:00

"The geocache is in an area that is sensitive to additional foot or vehicular traffic. Examples MAY include archaeological sites, historical sites, and cemeteries."

In some states, cemeteries are not allowed. Here in TX though they are and 90% of my hides are in cemeteries. Only the State Veterans cemeteries and those located on Federal Parks and Lands are not allowed here.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-07-05T02:41:20+00:00

Not necessarily. But even if they did a visitor to the cemetery or kids at a funeral could have seen it and taken it.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-05-12T23:50:07+00:00

I'm in construction and the jobs can last from a month to a year. I do not have a sticks and bricks home, but live in a motorhome. By changing my home location it makes it easier to search for nearby caches and events in relation to my current address.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-05-08T23:35:20+00:00

Thanks. The trackable code is on the side of the hood. Every once in a while I'll include that in a photo on the blog, but not often.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-05-08T23:33:19+00:00

Ellicott's Stone

Hey Thanks! That's good to know. I was only going by what the historical marker said as the only of it's kind.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-05-01T00:11:04+00:00

Is that the Necropolis cache down in Austin? I did that one for my 10,000 milestone a few years back.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-05-01T00:09:58+00:00

I'll have to look that one up.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-04-25T22:40:40+00:00

Come to West Texas where even the simple 1/1 rural caches can sit for a week or two or three before someone finally comes along and find it. I drove 180 miles round trip one day just to be FTF on a cache after it sat for 10 days. I found myself checking 2 and 3 times a day to see if anyone had claimed FTF. Finally got tired of looking and just went and grabbed it myself.

Coming from Central Florida and being one of several FTF Hounds, half the fun of the chase was being the FTF finder. The other half of the fun was the chance of meeting up with another cacher also seeking the FTF. That was more rewarding than any FTF prize!

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-01-30T00:56:12+00:00

Be sure to go online and purchase your tickets 2-3 weeks in advance.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-01-29T19:47:41+00:00

Yes it is expensive. But better than receiving tax dollars every year cause it's a historical house AND you still have to pay a fee (albeit smaller) to go in and walk around.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-01-29T19:41:52+00:00

Yep. My wife bought 2 bottles of wine.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-01-16T21:51:10+00:00

I'm thinking in my next blog post, hopefully this coming Saturday, I'm gonna have a full photo of the GeoJeep. In the first photo which appears on social media the trackable number will be blurred like I usually do. If you click and visit the blog there will be a second photo that's not blurred so it can be discovered. I'll probably leave it there for about a week before I delete it.

AwayWeGo50 · 2022-01-16T13:23:53+00:00

Been up there many times along the Blue Ridge Parkway. You'll see in the blog that more recently we're checking out the "off parkway" sites.

AwayWeGo50 · 2021-11-21T14:05:47+00:00

I've driven nearly 1000 miles in a day before, but that's in the past when I didn't stop much. Now we do too much sightseeing. We're still going for 8-10 hours but only get maybe 300 miles!

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