Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Black Rose celebrates her BD a bit late
We combined Geo-Caching with a day at a local beach and a weekend stay.
With everyone's schedules it was difficult to get 4 teens
together all at once.
With everyone's schedules it was difficult to get 4 teens
together all at once.
Happy Birthday late my dear girl. Love you.
Duck Pond
Duck Pond too. :)
Below we are at a Graveyard getting the clues
for a puzzle cache.
Wahooo they solved it.
Boys vs. Girls to solve and find first.
Friday, August 12, 2011
A GeoCaching Event - Geocachers from across Atlantic Canada expected to compete in Metro event
Geocachers from across Atlantic Canada expected to compete in Metro event
This article is featured in a local paper:
Geocache enthusiasts will navigate their way to Moncton Saturday for the 4th Annual 'Amazing Race' for Cache.
(photo contributed) These racers took part in the 2010 Amazing Race for Cache; even more are expected this year. photo contributedRacers pick up a clue in downtown Moncton during the 2010 Amazing Race for Cache. This year's event is expected to keep participants on the move for about four hours. Participants will head out from Moncton's Bore Park armed with their partners, vehicles, and GPS units in a hunt for hidden clues within the city.
This year's high-tech treasure hunt will feature participants from across Atlantic Canada. Competitorsl work in teams to find clues by cracking codes and performing tasks. Tasks from previous years have included shooting as many baskets as possible in under five minutes, finding a specific CD or comic book from a local store, taking a go-kart for a spin, or drinking an unpleasant concoction.
The event is inspired by the popular reality TV show The Amazing Race, in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams.
Matthew Klem has been the Moncton event's organizer since its inception. Aside from a passion for geocaching, he has a more personal reason behind his desire to spearhead the Metro event.
"It's how I proposed to my wife," he says. "I sent her on 13 stops around the city. I'd done the 'Amazing Race' type of thing for her, so I decided I could probably do it for geocaching."
Past participants have come from Moncton, Saint John, Nova Scotia, P.E.I., Quebec and Newfoundland in past years. Matt says numbers have increased every year.
"We started with seven teams, and last year we had 28, so that would be around 100 racers," says Matt. "We're guaranteed to beat our numbers from last year. I'm guessing 120 to 130 people."
Matt says he believes that the biggest appeal to Moncton's Race for Cache for Atlantic Canada's geocachers is the fact it's a unique event.
"There is no other geocaching event in our region that does this kind of thing. It's unique and very family friendly," says Matt. "It's something different. You can spend your entire Saturday doing something you enjoy."
Matt says that it helps for participants to have some prior geocaching experience, but it is not required
"Both experienced geocachers and newbies will be there," says Matt. "I've had teams before who do the Race for Cache as their first geocaching experience."
Ken Arsenault of Moncton has participated in every one of the Race for Cache events in Moncton over the past three years. This year, he decided to take a shot at helping to organize the event. He says that the competitive nature of the race was what drew him to it.
"Geocaching is not competitive naturally, so this added a competitive side to the activity," he says.
Ken says that geocaching combines the outdoors with technology. "It gets computer geeks out into the woods," he says Ken, confesssing that he is a computer geek himself.
Matt says that it's important for participants to have a sense of adventure and an open mind. It also helps to be at least a little familiar with Metro Moncton, as teams will be visiting Moncton, Riverview and Dieppe on their hunt for clues.
Several area businesses are involved in this year's event, and clues may be hidden on their premises.
Matt says this year's event will feature a variety of new and old challenges.
"Competitors should expect some of the familiar and some of the not so familiar things from previous years," he says. "There will be more creative ways of finding the clues."
Some clues are in plain sight, while others provide a greater challenge for participants. One of last year's clues included an advertisement in the Times & Transcript.
"You need to be able to seek out what the clues are asking you to find. In most cases, it's very easy to find the things that you're looking for but you do need to have an open mind and keen observation skills," says Matt, who adds that participants also need to be willing to try some new things.
"Last year's teams had to drink a cocktail that had a raw egg in it."
If teams are not comfortable with a certain task, other options are available.
The event lasts four hours, but most participants are expected to finish in less than three hours
This article is featured in a local paper:
Geocache enthusiasts will navigate their way to Moncton Saturday for the 4th Annual 'Amazing Race' for Cache.
(photo contributed) These racers took part in the 2010 Amazing Race for Cache; even more are expected this year. photo contributedRacers pick up a clue in downtown Moncton during the 2010 Amazing Race for Cache. This year's event is expected to keep participants on the move for about four hours. Participants will head out from Moncton's Bore Park armed with their partners, vehicles, and GPS units in a hunt for hidden clues within the city.
This year's high-tech treasure hunt will feature participants from across Atlantic Canada. Competitorsl work in teams to find clues by cracking codes and performing tasks. Tasks from previous years have included shooting as many baskets as possible in under five minutes, finding a specific CD or comic book from a local store, taking a go-kart for a spin, or drinking an unpleasant concoction.
The event is inspired by the popular reality TV show The Amazing Race, in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams.
Matthew Klem has been the Moncton event's organizer since its inception. Aside from a passion for geocaching, he has a more personal reason behind his desire to spearhead the Metro event.
"It's how I proposed to my wife," he says. "I sent her on 13 stops around the city. I'd done the 'Amazing Race' type of thing for her, so I decided I could probably do it for geocaching."
Past participants have come from Moncton, Saint John, Nova Scotia, P.E.I., Quebec and Newfoundland in past years. Matt says numbers have increased every year.
"We started with seven teams, and last year we had 28, so that would be around 100 racers," says Matt. "We're guaranteed to beat our numbers from last year. I'm guessing 120 to 130 people."
Matt says he believes that the biggest appeal to Moncton's Race for Cache for Atlantic Canada's geocachers is the fact it's a unique event.
"There is no other geocaching event in our region that does this kind of thing. It's unique and very family friendly," says Matt. "It's something different. You can spend your entire Saturday doing something you enjoy."
Matt says that it helps for participants to have some prior geocaching experience, but it is not required
"Both experienced geocachers and newbies will be there," says Matt. "I've had teams before who do the Race for Cache as their first geocaching experience."
Ken Arsenault of Moncton has participated in every one of the Race for Cache events in Moncton over the past three years. This year, he decided to take a shot at helping to organize the event. He says that the competitive nature of the race was what drew him to it.
"Geocaching is not competitive naturally, so this added a competitive side to the activity," he says.
Ken says that geocaching combines the outdoors with technology. "It gets computer geeks out into the woods," he says Ken, confesssing that he is a computer geek himself.
Matt says that it's important for participants to have a sense of adventure and an open mind. It also helps to be at least a little familiar with Metro Moncton, as teams will be visiting Moncton, Riverview and Dieppe on their hunt for clues.
Several area businesses are involved in this year's event, and clues may be hidden on their premises.
Matt says this year's event will feature a variety of new and old challenges.
"Competitors should expect some of the familiar and some of the not so familiar things from previous years," he says. "There will be more creative ways of finding the clues."
Some clues are in plain sight, while others provide a greater challenge for participants. One of last year's clues included an advertisement in the Times & Transcript.
"You need to be able to seek out what the clues are asking you to find. In most cases, it's very easy to find the things that you're looking for but you do need to have an open mind and keen observation skills," says Matt, who adds that participants also need to be willing to try some new things.
"Last year's teams had to drink a cocktail that had a raw egg in it."
If teams are not comfortable with a certain task, other options are available.
The event lasts four hours, but most participants are expected to finish in less than three hours
Monday, August 8, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Rose Blanche NL
Come along as we visit the fully restored Rose Blanche Lighthouse , located in scenic Rose Blanche , just a 45km drive along Route 470 from Port aux Basques, NL. Built in 1871 from a nearby granite quarry, this lighthouse stands as a proud sentinel of our shores. D & T Stevenson, lighthouse engineers from Edinburgh, Scotland, designed the original apparatus. This is the family of noted author Robert Louis Stevenson.
On July 26, 1871, Neville selected the location and work began soon after. Of granite construction and built by local workers, the building operated as a lighthouse from 1873 to the 1940s. The original light was a 4th order dioptric lit from sunset to sunrise at a height of 95 feet above sea level. It could be seen for 13 miles in clear weather.
There were six keepers over the approximately 70 years of the lighthouse's existence. They were: John A. Roberts, John Cook, Bruce Cook, Philip Hatcher, James Skinner and again Philip Hatcher. Hatcher was the last keeper to serve at the lighthouse. After it was abandoned, the building fell into ruins. (The top photo)
Current Rose Blanche.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Isle aux Morts
We are on the bridge that crosses the Isle aux Morts river on route 470 NL.
The bridge used to have a wooden surface and rails, that was replaced in 2008 with a steel surface and rails.
In the winter of 2000 a Department of Highway's salt truck /plow coming from Isle aux Morts hooked a wooden plank and lost control, it went through the railing and fell 90 feet below into the river. The truck landed on it's wheels. The driver survived the fall.
If you look about 600 feet down the river you can see the remain's of another bridge that crossed the river before this one was built. It was built to replace the first bridge that crossed the river. A one lane bridge. It washed away in the winter of 1957. Two young men from Isle aux Morts were not so lucky, they died when their car went into the river.
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