Dunstanburgh Castle, Embleton Bay, Northumberland
We visit family on their farm and walk the shore of Embleton Bay towards Dunstanburgh Castle on a beautiful Northumberland day during our UK June 2013 vacation.
From Farm to Castle
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Weetwood Bridge
Weetwood Bridge
Weetwood Bridge is an historic Northumberland landmark, a Grade I listed building, an important span over the River Till serving the village of Chatton, and on the day we were there, an interesting place to observe seagulls. Continue reading
A Circular Walk Around Cheese Gate Nab
a nab we saw while on our way back from Broadstone Reservoir
We enjoy some panoramic views of West Yorkshire’s Holme Valley by taking a circular walk around Cheese Gate Nab. Along the way we find some geocaches and take a wrong turn which brings unexpected gifts.
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Three Edges in South Yorkshire
a view east from the northern edge of Broadstone Reservoir, 10 June
On yet another sunny day during our UK vacation we find some geocaches during our stroll along the three edges of Broadstone Reservoir. We also meet “3 Edges,” the geocache owner who placed most of them, and her dogs Millie and Becks.
“Daddy, Why Is the Sun Shining in Manchester?”
We overheard this perfectly reasonable question as our flight landed in the UK on June 7th, the first of many unusually dry geocaching days for us in West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Northumberland in England and Berwickshire in Scotland.
Pond Eddy Historic Bridge
The view north from the PA side
We walk south from the Delaware River’s New York shore on the historic Pond Eddy Bridge to Shohola Township, Pennsylvania. This 113 year-old span, the only way to reach this part of PA by car and one of the last of its kind along the Delaware, may not be around much longer. Continue reading
An Accidental Pilgrimage to Dog Mountain
Stephen Huneck’s Dog Mountain
We’d just left an amazing view of an amazing landscape on an amazingly beautiful Vermont day in June. Wait, dagdvm said as I drove us east on Route 2 towards our next geocache. I just saw a sign for Dog Mountain. It’s supposed to be a very special place. We should go have a look. Continue reading
Geocaching Beaverdam Reservoir’s Northeastern Shore
Distant reservoir view from Edward Tillet Memorial Park
We enjoyed clear blue sky and February daffodils on the shores of the Beaverdam Reservoir. Continue reading
Hemlock Overlook in Winter Snow and Summer Sun
On the trail at Hemlock Overlook Regional Park, 1/22/2012
Geocaching in Hemlock Overlook Regional Park during two outings months apart gave us more ways to appreciate the same beautiful place.
A Geocacher’s View of Camel’s Hump Mountain
Under the trees at “36 Views of Camels Hump XVIII”
A geocache placed to bring searchers to a distant view of a famous Vermont landmark gives us some beautiful moments on our way east through New England. Continue reading
Landlubbers Paddle the Potomac, Part 3
On the southern shore of Heater’s Island
We go from a pirate’s gathering at the extreme eastern end of Heater’s Island to the extremes of endurance on our paddle back to Virginia, our first self-propelled aquatic return voyage ever. In between we meet some very particular beauties, come upon a buzzards’ bungalow, and enjoy a picnic on the Potomac.
Landlubbers Paddle the Potomac, Part 2
On the southern shore of Heater’s Island
With every paddle stroke in the downstream flow of the upper Potomac we move our canoe past our inexperience on the water and towards our geocaching adventure. We land on Heater’s Island. We step up into a young forest, walk deer trail and no trail, sometimes the two of us, sometimes five, sometimes more.
Landlubbers Paddle the Potomac, Part 1
On the southern shore of Heater’s Island
Come along as two dry-land enthusiasts who’ve never rowed or paddled anywhere in anything choose an outing together on the upper Potomac River for their joint maiden voyage. Watch as we drift downstream to Heater’s Island, Maryland in pursuit of fun and adventure.
The Lure of Harpers Ferry
The Harpers Ferry Bandstand, ready for the 4th of July
The land we call Harpers Ferry, West Virginia is a focal point of nature, gathering force and resources at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers. Harpers Ferry is also one of the most significant of all our special places, important as both inspiration for and site of some of the most pivotal movements and moments in our nation’s history.
That’s not why apc9296 and I went to Harpers Ferry on the eve of our nation’s birthday celebration. As Virginia geocachers we were looking forward to finding our first West Virginia geocaches; Harpers Ferry extended itself into our part of Virginia and beckoned us to come on across, so we did. Once there we each found more geocaches than either of us had ever found in a day and in doing so we discovered many historic and beautiful places in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
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