Chilliwack

Had lunch at Matt's and swapped stories about Disneyland and the ET Highway. The house is sure well decorated for Halloween, Took the scenic route to Chilliwack to see all the leaves. I am staying at the Best Western on points. Tomorrow is the 31st and I need to get my count up. There aren't enough 31st in the year. Good dinner at Mr. Mike's.

Kitty's Memorial

Went out this morning to find a new cache near 37th & Oak.  Ran into biker44 and his wife.  Took a while to find even though it was right where our GPS units took us.  Had a good visit.

Kitty's memorial was at Moberly this afternoon.  The gym was full.  Saw many old friends I hadn't seen for a long time. 

A memorial website has been established for those wishing to share comments and photos at Respectance.com/kitty_ocalIaghan/ 

Finally organized my photos:

Quiet day

Slept in today and then just spent the day reading the newpapers and watching TV. 

Enjoyed the last 2 games of the World Series.

My hand is still quite painful and weak.  I just got the notice of an appointment with the rheumatologist in December.  Still no word from Mary Pack.

Finished logging

Met Lori and Pam at COSTCO off Lougheed this morning and we went up to SFU to find the final of a pyramid challenge we've completed.  Found a handicapped parking spot fairly close.

Did some shopping at COSTCO and then took my Purdy's order to Rum at Weir.  Stayed and visited through the lunch hour.

Spent the rest of the day logging finds and finally finished.  I now have 4,674!

Logging

Spent the morning catching up on the back newspapers - so much easier when I read them online.  

Watched a bunch of shows on my PVR and logged caches all day.  500 to go!

Home

Up early and spent some time donating more money to the local economy.

Took our rental van back and the woman didn't bat an eye at the condition.  The desert dirt wasn't kind to it.

Our flight was just after 1 and we made good time to Bellingham.  Didn't get Penny to the ferry in time so she went back home with Lori until the next one.  Picked up Chinese food and was home by 7.

The next few days will be full of logging all those caches.

Tropicana

Found a few caches around Tonopah and then headed for Vegas.  It was a long drive.  Mostly a straight road through nothing.

Checked into the Tropicana and then took a walk up the strip to find a few caches and do a bit of shopping.

Had dinner in the hotel and gambled for a few hours.  I am not any good at it.

Finished!!

We completed the power trail well before sunset.  There were 1500 plus 3 extras.  We also found the oldest cache in Nevada and another old one at an abandoned mine way out in the desert.

We saw scorpions, big beetles, little scurrying ground squirrels, antelope, cows, wild horses, lots of birds and dirt.  Our car was sooo dirty since we didn't close the sliding door.  We were beyond dirty.

Lori & Penny cleaned the van and Pam went to the laundromat.  I dozed.  My hand is sore, my nose aches and I am a bit short of breath.  No wonder with all the dirt.

Good Mexican food for dinner.

Another hot day

We found over 500 caches again today. Most were on highways but we began the section that is on dirt roads. Not as dirty as yesterday.

Saw lots of birds and little scurrying critters.


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Location:Tonopah, NV

Dust

We were up at 7 this morning. I slept in so needed a knock on the door. We found over 500 caches today! I did most of the driving. Lot of it was on a dirt track next to the highway.

We backtracked to Rachel and the Little Alien Inn. We are in a large trailer. The shower didn't work in the first one so we had to move. Definitely needed a shower - we are beyond filthy!


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Location:Rachel, NV

On our way

Lori picked us up at 7:30 and we got off the freeway at the Bellingham Airport an hour later. Ate breakfast at Jack in the Box and then went to check in. Went smoothly. The terminal is a big improvement.

The flight was smooth and we landed early. Takes a long time to take a train to the luggage pickup and a shuttle to Hertz.

Stopped for groceries in North Vegas and then hit the road for Alamo. Logged 7 caches before dark. Our motel, the Alamo Inn is a relic. We missed it at first because there is no sign. Could be why it cost $100 for 2 rooms.

Had a good dinner at Windmill Ridge. Early to bed tonight.


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Location:Alamo, NV

Packed to go

Up early to meet Matt for breakfast at the White Spot. Heard all about Disneyland.

Picked up pills for my eyes and then went to my mets group at the Cancer Agency. Good to hear so many others have as much trouble as me in doing housework.

Stopped at London Drugs and then home to rest and pack. Arrived at Am's at 5:30 and we found a couple of caches along the dyke.

Lori and Penny came by after dinner for final planning session. ET here we come.



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Trip prep

Last night at home until next Tuesday.  Almost packed for our big adventure on the ET Highway.

Had lunch at Pajo's on the beach in Steveston.  A big lab ran up and tried jumping in my lap as I ate on a bench.  I was able to kick him away - several times.  The owner didn't even appologize.  What a jerk!

Found an easy new cache on the way home to fill today's calendar spot.

Busy day

Up early and actually had laundry in by 8.  Did 2 big loads but not sheets as I didn't want to go up and down the stairs any more.  

Met Lori, Anni & Georgina at Tim Horton's for lunch.  Lori helped me get a nearby cache that I couldn't reach and then I helped her get 2 more in the series that I'd already logged.  Stopped for a haircut on the way home.

Met Gwen and Wanda at the Cactus Club for dinner.  The room we were supposed to have our support group in was already in use.  Luckily Sarah was still there and saw the mixup.  We didn't stay long as no one else came and we had talked at dinner.

New iTouch

Productive morning.  Started at London Drugs and then found a cache on Railway, honouring the old Interurban.  Stopped at Roots for some leather cleaner and then to COSTCO.  Finally found parking but they have stopped stocking iProducts.  Tried Future Shop but the 3rd time the idiot referred to me as a man I told them to stuff it and went next door to Staples.  Bought a basic iTouch to replace my dinosaur.

Home in time for the Lions game.  Easy to set up the iTouch and load in the programs I want.  Big improvement over the old one.

Trip prep

Worked on caches for our trip.  My iPod Touch is so old that it seems like every day a new program stops working as it needs the newer operating system.  Just lost Dropbox!  Don't want to buy a new iPhone (my battery is dying) until closer to November 2012 since Telus will charge me $15/month until then to buy a new contract.  It's a plot!

UBC hike

The owner gave us the final for the mapbook caches that we completed so we headed into the UBC bush on a mission.  Found it quickly and kept on walking to find the 2nd part of a multi.  Moved the cars and grabbed the final part of it.  Lori ran to get the final of a puzzle as we signed the log and started back.  I must have walked about 2 km!

Picked up some groceries at Granville Island on the way home.

Lily wacked her head in the hotel at Disneyland.  Hardy munchkin. 

Surrey puzzles

We met bigbopper1 and his wife at Starbucks in Surrey this morning and had a good time trading geocaching stories.  Then we found his latest puzzle - still needed to call him for a hint after Lori met a rat in a thicket.  We needed to know that we didn't need to keep looking there.

Drove all over Surrey finding puzzle caches that we had solved.

Stopped at IHOP for dinner on the way home.  Lots of traffic!

Time for heat

Finally have to turn some heat on so I guess Fall is here.

Coffee with friends cancelled as only 2 of us were able to go.  We'll try again soon.

Spent a long time updating the iPad operating system.  It was cranky and duplicated all the Easter holidays several time.  Took hours.  I won't try the iPhone for a couple of days.

Flushed

Met Pam and Lori in Tsawwassen to find a cache Lori looked for 3 hours yesterday. We looked for another hour with another cacher before Pam found it lying on the ground. We got few more and then Lori and I went to Richmond for some more. Stopped at Dave's for fish and chips.

Went to my GP and had my ears flushed and then to to Cancer Agency to have my port flushed.


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Tired

Slept until nearly 10 this morning.  Last night was just too much for me.

Just watched TV all day.  Watched PVR'd John A. Macdonald and then The War of 1812.  Excellent!

Happy Thanksgiving

Up early to make cranberry sauce.  Met Pam at Garry Point Park.  We walked to the tip to watch Lori & Wayne paddle to Teddy Bear Island for a cache.  Wayne & Pam then went over to the caches on Steveston Island that she needed.

Picked up Pru, Jesse & his girlfriend and drove them to John's for dinner.  Lucas did the turkey and it was really good.  Love the traditional stuff.

I am so tired right now that I am going right to bed.

Steveston Island

Sat in the sun (intermittent) on the banks of the Fraser near Steveston and read waiting for Lori and Wayne.  They called just after I left, so I went back.  They set off for Steveston Island in a borrowed canoe.  I was the shore crew.  Took some photos, finished my book, visited Starbucks and the bathroom and was waiting with my trusty little flashlight.

Lori called a couple of times as they rounded the island.  They finally returned in the dark.  It rained hard a couple of time.  Amazingly they found every cache they were looking for except one on Teddy Bear Island.

Picked up Chinese on the way home and listened to the blacked out Lions game on the radio.  What a game to miss!

Turkey

Met Moira at the White Spot for a turkey dinner.  Then stopped at Safeway.  Huge lines and not many registers open - funny at 7:45 at night.

Pam and I plotted a couple of new geocaching projects tonight.   

Still having intermittent bouts of nausea.  Nerves or the Tamoxifen?

White Rock again

Met Pam and Lori in Surrey and we headed to White Rock to clean up those pesky new caches that had appeared on our map of happy faces.  We finally found 10.  

Did a bit of shopping on the way home.  Really tired now.  Should sleep well.

Recovering

Had a pretty good sleep last night so went to my metastatic support group.  The coffee wagon women had a cup of tea and a digestive biscuit waiting for me.  

Picked up some groceries on the way home and had a bowl of chicken soup at Characters.  Didn't eat much to let my gut settle down.  Sipped Ginger Ale. Still feel a bit nauseated and really tired.

Sick today

Had a quiet day reading and watching TV.  Did some work on caches for our Nevada trip.

Something didn't set right and I've been quite sick tonight.  Hope a night's sleep will help.

Autumn weather

It was chilly today.  I found a cache in Richmond between the showers.  Bought a vest at the Mark's next door and some fresh produce at the Richmond Country Farm.  

Made bread when I got home and settled in to read and watch TV.

Starting to have hot flashes with the Tamoxifen.  At least they don't last long.

Ioco Ghost Town Day

Found a cache in Port Coquitlam.  Made a large loop to avoid the motorcycle Christmas toy run that I have been stuck in for the last 2 years.  

Met at Matt's and we all headed to the old Ioco townsite for the best little fair for small kids.  Jane was there with her son and his family.  Cuddlefish recorded seeing the geocaching decal on my car.

Dropped Andrea off near Brentwood to pick up her car.  Stopped at Safeway for a prescription and some groceries and was home by 4:30.

I am so tired that I didn't even want to stand up to go to bed.

How do you play rugby?

Amazing how I can take all day to read the Saturday newspapers.  Also found time to fix new GPS I'm giving Sadie tomorrow - GeoMate.Jr

Watched Canada play the NZ All Blacks in the World Cup of Rugby.  I've never watched a game before so had to study the rules.  They are surprisingly simple.  They scored more points than any Canadian team has ever had against a NZ team.  I really enjoyed the game.  It was like football with no stoppages.

Lions roar in rebuild stadium

Stayed home and actually got through a lot of piles of paper.  Even cleaned out my fridge.  Took out the garbage and grabbed the wrong keys.  Had to walk around the block to the front and try a few suites before someone was home and let me in.  Duh!

Enjoyed the first Lions game in the renovated BC Place.