Misc Photos

Ducks On The Water

The lower lake in Barnwell State Park.

Started down, went went up, back down, still down.
Miata Top Tran?si?tions since 10/24/08: 1110

HI-SPY

At Stage 2 you?ll find a device that is meant for public use, but sounds like something the CIA might have ordered from our neighbors to the north.

🙂 BTR & D2! found [Multi-cache] Mitchellville Beach Park on Saturday, 28 January 2012

We DNF’d this one way back on October 24, 2009. I get a grin reading our log from then as we took several opportunities to make this a very hard “simple three-stage cache.”

This time we knew how to get to stage two the right way and apparently we got our math right too, as we found the final with ease.

Thanks for the cache and this time we enjoyed a nice walk on the beach for all the right reasons.

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Welcome to South Carolina

US 301, before I-95, was a pretty main north/south route, but since, not so much. But if you do decide to get off the Interstate and travel 301 through South Carolina into Georgia when you get across the Savannah River there you will find one of the last remaining state Welcome Centers not on an Interstate. Coming north from Georgia, you will be welcomed to the Palmetto State by this odd little representation of the South Carolina flag and 50 yards later our abandoned counterpart to the remaining Georgia Welcome Center.

— my favorite comment spam from the last week or so —
My brother rec?om?mended I would sim?i?lar to this web site. He was appro?pri?ate. This truly built my day. You are able to not con?sider just how much time I had spent want?ing for this.

Started down, went up, back down, up again, still up.
Miata Top Tran?si?tions since 10/24/08: 1097

Best of 2011

January

Ice Day

Tuesday the 11th

February

J. Strom Thurmond Dam

Sunday the 27th

March

Watson Mill Bridge

Saturday the 12th

April

Laurel Ridge Interpretative Trail

Saturday the 23rd

May

Quiet Savannah River

Sunday the 22nd

June

Aiken Railroad Depot

Saturday the 4th

July

I-20 Bridge Fishing

Saturday the 2nd

August

Lost Flip Flops

Sunday the 28th

September

Seattle Skyline

Monday the 5th

October

Back in the Mountains

Saturday the 1st

November

Colorful Walk

Sunday the 13th

December

Old US 301

Friday the 23rd

Mail Call!

In today’s mail:

  1. a check for $18.04 from the Foreign Currency Fee Litigation Settlement Fund. My first thought was that it was a scam, but an internet search led me to the BBB and to Reuters’ saying otherwise.
  2. a mailer from Kroger chock full of coupons.
  3. a statement from Hyundai Finance reminding me of my next Purple Whale payment, including a handy payment coupon even though they know I have it set up as an automatic payment from my bank.
  4. and a couple of Christmas cards. One of which included a bunch of old photos of Donna’s family.

The above photo, circa mid 80’s*, was taken in New Orleans. I immediately recognized Donna, but it took me a while to figure out who she was holding on to. Yikes, it’s me! Donna looks just about like she does now, but that person she is standing next to looks nothing like the old guy I see in the mirror every morning.

Try as I might, I couldn’t conclusively make out what is embroidered on the shirt, best guess is Louisiana State University.

*Photo dating clues were Donna’s big glasses, my positive amount of hair, the bicycle helmet I am holding onto and the shortness of my shorts.