Geocaching and Waymarking

Villa Bianca

We waymarked and hid a geocache on Friday, we rested Saturday, and then waymarked and hid a geocache on Easter Sunday. I couldn't tell you how many total waymarks I picked up this weekend. I have a couple more items that don't have a category.

This first one might be the start of its own category when finding a way to unite it with the previous paver remnant. I'm still holding my breath on Woman's Clubs, which is still in the officer recruiting phase, so a new cat endeavor isn't really on my agenda. The potential is there, though.

This fountain is in downtown Punta Gorda. Twenty years ago, the retired residents and snowbirds would line up for blocks to fill jugs from this supposed Fountain of Youth. Let it be known that it contains a dangerous amount of radiation and should never be consumed. There are no lines now. This doesn't fit into the Fountains category, which is only for free-flowing water fountains, like those that shoot water into the air to be pretty. It's not a Converted Fountain, since at no time was it a free-flowing fountain and it is not used for an entirely different purpose. It's still functional as a spigot of radioactive water. It begs the question on whether there should be a category for attractions or features that are now found to be dangerous, like old x-ray machines that used to sit on street corners so you could wiggle your feet in and see your skeleton back in the 1950's because nobody realised how dangerous playing with an x-ray can be. That's just an example off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more out there. There has to be.

The Harvey House is an unfortunate entry because I've not been able to bring up any information on this homestead. It is very historical and just as duly notable as Villa Bianca, A.C. Freeman House, and the Trabue Law & Land Sales Office. Unfortunately, without any information to back up this little wooden sign staked out front, there's nothing I can build a waymark on. I'm going to have to call the Historical Society for help. Perhaps the information just isn't published on the internet.

Bailey must have picked up a bug from her father's house. She's sick today with a fever. She kept me up all last night vomitting. Due to getting barely any sleep, I was slow to get everything going. Michael was late and he was mad at me for it. I can't blame him, but it's not far-fetched for me to be dragging. These things happen sometimes.

Of course, Easter was Easter. The kids got their baskets and we had the nighttime egg hunt.

My goal is to get as many interesting, notable and historic waymarks out of Charlotte County and North Port as possible. I won't be doing the McDonald's, the Burger Kings, the Wendy's and so on. There are more images in my photos section of my efforts on Friday and Sunday.

One of the geocaches has been published and was found a day later. The other one is still under scrutiny, based on a terrain rating of 1 instead of 1.5 and something in the clue field that wasn't a real clue. This is the same reviewer that told me I couldn't name a cache after a business and then approved a series of Hooter # caches for another cacher. Whatever. Both caches are fire-related. The second is very difficult and I don't expect many non-firefighting cachers to get it, if/when it's published.