For local readers of this blog I have some news for you.
The South Central Minnesota Chapter of the American Red Cross will be holding it's Third Annual Bag Toss event on Saturday, August 20th.
We are limiting the event to 128 teams and registrations are now being accepted.
You can register several ways. You may call the Red Cross office at 507-387-6664...or you can follow this link to find a registration form.
Besides great fun, food, hundreds and hundreds of dollars in prizes. we will be having a silent auction.
The event will be held at Ray Erlandson Park near Victory and Main in Mankato.
Here is a link to the Facebook page that gets updated on a regular basis...in fact, almost daily.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Monday, May 18, 2009
Geocaching In Perfect Weather
We decided to take a few hours off Sunday and hike in the woods looking for treasures....geocaches.
We looked for three and found all of them.
The first was located in Seven Mile Creek Park in Nicollet County Minnesota. It is located about half way between Mankato and St.Peter.
As you can see from the pictures, it is a beautiful hilly area.
If you would like to see a larger image, click the picture.
We took a wrong turn somewhere while following the GPS unit. We ended up way off the trail climbing up a muddy hillside. Sue kept going, but I chickened out. About a half hour later here comes Sue walking down the trail after locating the cache.
As you can see from the pictures,it was well hidden off the trail.
Our next adventure took us back into town to Spring Lake Park where a nice short stroll took us to the right spot.
After I opened up the treasure box I picked through the toys and left with a really nice "transformer" car. Kids will be kids!
Now it was off to our third and final hunt for the day. The GPS coordinates led us to a small park where there is a memorial for children who have died.
The coordinates were off as the location was out in the middle of a big open field with no place to hide anything.
Our son Ben and his wife Anna had found the cache earlier so I called her for a hint. She said the coordinates were off so just look around for obvious hiding spots. That was the clue we needed. Sue found the small container in a bush about 55 feet from where it should have been.
As you can see from the next picture...it was a very small item we were looking for...it was a camouflaged film canister.
Three for three...a very good day.
Of course it wasn't all play that day. A trip to the home center, Menards, found us walking out with more grass seed, fertilizer, weed killer, paint brushes and M&M's. Honest Sue, I don't know how those got into the cart!
Tune in again real soon for another edition of "Now What Are They Doing?"
We looked for three and found all of them.
The first was located in Seven Mile Creek Park in Nicollet County Minnesota. It is located about half way between Mankato and St.Peter.
As you can see from the pictures, it is a beautiful hilly area.
If you would like to see a larger image, click the picture.
We took a wrong turn somewhere while following the GPS unit. We ended up way off the trail climbing up a muddy hillside. Sue kept going, but I chickened out. About a half hour later here comes Sue walking down the trail after locating the cache.
As you can see from the pictures,it was well hidden off the trail.
Our next adventure took us back into town to Spring Lake Park where a nice short stroll took us to the right spot.
After I opened up the treasure box I picked through the toys and left with a really nice "transformer" car. Kids will be kids!
Now it was off to our third and final hunt for the day. The GPS coordinates led us to a small park where there is a memorial for children who have died.
The coordinates were off as the location was out in the middle of a big open field with no place to hide anything.
Our son Ben and his wife Anna had found the cache earlier so I called her for a hint. She said the coordinates were off so just look around for obvious hiding spots. That was the clue we needed. Sue found the small container in a bush about 55 feet from where it should have been.
As you can see from the next picture...it was a very small item we were looking for...it was a camouflaged film canister.
Three for three...a very good day.
Of course it wasn't all play that day. A trip to the home center, Menards, found us walking out with more grass seed, fertilizer, weed killer, paint brushes and M&M's. Honest Sue, I don't know how those got into the cart!
Tune in again real soon for another edition of "Now What Are They Doing?"
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