Thursday, August 23, 2012

Geocaching Trackables

We won this trackable by being the first to find
a new geocache south of Kearney.
We put this out May 4, 2012 and it has gone
195 miles and is in northern Iowa.

We just got this one.  It is named:
Nebraska Youth Camp Traveler
Its mission to visit other camps

This is the back side with the tracking number
and instructions.


This is the other side of our geocoin

This is a picture of the first traveler we put out on Feb. 20, 2011
It is named:  "4 Wheel "Rockin" Travel GPS
It has traveled 910 miles and is currently north of Chicago.

This is a picture of "Nebraska Travel Ingot"
I took it to Iowa to place and lost it somewhere.


It has traveled only 102 miles since Sept. 11, 2011
and is currently in a geocache at the Bassway Strip

This is a picture of a print out of our
"Nebraska Travel Slug"
It has traveled 2,568 miles since August 18, 2011
and is somewhere in northern Nevada


This is a Geocoin we carry with us on our adventures.
It has traveled 8,900 miles since March 3, 2011.


Monday, August 20, 2012

Geocaching home from Fairbury - August 19, 2012

Our first geocache find after the reunion
and our largest container we have ever found

That is a large geocache container

The next one was the largest Ammo Box we have
found geocaching


Mary at a park in Fairbury

Water tower geocache south of Gladstone

Gilead cemetery geocache


Geocache in a picnic shelter in Hebron

Mary thinks her dad may have been here when
he was in the CCC

Mary's favorite of the day
World's Largest Porch Swing in Hebron

There was a picture with 22 adults on it at the same time

Another historical marker with a geocache near by


An Arboretum in Ruskin

An old country school house along the highway


The locals are restoring it

A pay phone in Ruskin with a geocache on top


Interesting history of this building with 12 carved faces
of famous and not so famous people



This geocache was in the woods
It was eerie because there were dozens of large
crows in the trees flying around, but none of them
made a sound.

Should have planted this in a bigger bucket

Very large creepy house we drove by
It has five large brick chimneys

There was even a large buzzard in the tree in front of the house

Long walkway from town to the cemetery


Last geocache of the day on our way home

Geocaching to Columbus - August 18, 2012

Jake at a ballfield in Central City

Jake climbing for a difficulty 5 geocache north of Columbus

Jerry in the tree

Jake laid on the ground for this shot
to make it look higher

On the way back down


Jake at a spillway on the Loup River


Schoenrock Reunion - August 19, 2012

List at Gladstone Cemetery
Mary's grandmother was Adeline A. Schoenrock.


Mary's Grandmother and Grandfather's grave stone
Gladstone church in background

Mary's grandparents' wedding picture
April 26, 1916

Mary's grandfather with parents and brothers.
Fourth from left in back row.
John A. Schoenrock

Mary with Uncle Alvin Schoenrock and cousin Maxine Schoenrock.

Mary's cousin Mark Schoenrock in charge of this
year's reunion.


Map of where family members live

Mary with cousins Mark Schoenrock and Maxine Schoenrock.