Another Snowy ASCO

Back at work today for the first time in 5 days and boy did I not miss it. It was cold enough overnight such that any snow left when it quit yesterday was still on the ground this morning. Which is when I walked out towards the street and snapped this picture of The Valve Store™. Good thing too because by lunch time the snow was nearly all gone.

Tomorrow’s photo will be of what the snow looked like outside the window of my cube. Which reminds me, you still haven’t received that promised panoramic view of my new digs. I guess I better get cracking on that.

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George L. Smith II State Park


A photo of the lake at George L. Smith II State Park near Twin City, Georgia taken Wednesday the 22nd on our way south.

Aiken’s second snow of 2010, and hopefully the last, turned out to be a major bust compared to the February snowfall of almost a 1/2 foot. It snowed most of the morning and on and off during the afternoon, but we ended up with near zero accumulation (not that I’m complaining mind you.)

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White Day After Christmas?

The red star is My Home Town™ and the blue stuff is the white stuff. Everything is moving northeast and the weather folks say, 1 to 3″ by tomorrow evening, photo evidence to follow.

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Way Down Upon The Suwannee River

Two more GA State Parks and nine more caches today. One of the caches was placed right near the Suwannee River and its water level is way down giving the exposed roots of the trees a very otherworldly look.

My Santa Claus, GA cache did get published and someone has already found it. I wonder if someone will log it on Christmas Day?

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Wednesday

$3.29 a gallon gas
226 miles
9 geocaches found
4 Georgia counties
3 GA State Parks
2 GA Delorme pages
1 tick bite

I was wrong about people mailing Christmas cards from Santa Claus, Georgia, it can’t be done, there is no Post Office. I think people mailed it to City Hall where they used a special postmark, then carried the cards up to Lyons for actual mailing. The city hall building was locked up at 2:00 o’clock on a Wednesday, so we couldn’t get a definitive answer on how it worked.

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Santa Claus, GA

Tomorrow morning we start a small trip to meet up with the Florida wing of the Morrison Clan. Aiken to St. Augustine is about 300 miles and in typical Bogardus fashion we will be taking 2 days to get there while geocaching through five Georgia State Parks on a slightly zigzagy route. Our path will take us right through the small town of Santa Claus, GA.

I have known about this place almost since we have lived here, because some people would drive there to have their Christmas cards postmarked there. Always thought that would be a cool thing to do, but it is 100 miles away and who looks at the postmark anyway? We’ll find out who, because Donna is finishing up a couple of late Christmas cards tonight which we plan on mailing from there tomorrow.

I would have thought that there would already be a geocache in town, but nope there’s not. We have a small bison tube lying around the house that is perfect for hiding somewhere, so I’ve attached a couple of little super-strong magnets to it and if we spot a suitable location, there will be one there tomorrow.

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