Geocaching with Geocacher Ken

Good morning everyone.  When I put together the fun fact for each blog, I don't know what it might be until almost last minute.  Sometimes it might have a connection to the blog itself, or as the case for this week, no connection at all.  Sometimes even I'm surprised by what I find as in the case for this week's fun fact.  The geocacher with the most hidden caches are: In Canada it's geowhacker with 3,415 hides and by the looks of things, all on Prince Edward Island.  Interesting side note to this, geowhacker has found zero caches.  None, Zip, Zilch.  A great big goose egg.  Across the border, top American is Team SageBrushers with 24,004 caches hidden.  Interesting side note to them, they have found 44 caches, with 14 of those being events.  With so many caches hidden, these people are probably too busy hiding and doing maintenance and no time to find caches. This week is my return to the zoo, four weeks later.  When I was there ...

Good morning everyone.  This week's fun fact plays off of a question that Cache Canada asked on their FB page  Cache Canada's FB page this week.  What is your highest elevation cache found?  The highest in Canada is Mount Temple (GC1607) in Alberta with an elevation of 11,476ft.  A DT rating of 4.5/5, it has been found 11 times since 2001 with the last find being in 2017.  My highest elevation cache found is Sulphur Mountain (GC134E), also in Alberta with an elevation of 7,215ft.  It is the 428th highest cache in Canada.  I also took to gondola up. Every year for the past nine years, there has been an event at our local zoo.  The geocaches that are hidden inside are archived to make way for new ones for the next event at the end of September.  I haven't been to a zoo event.  For one reason or another, I'm not available on the day the event is being held.  That was the case again last year.  Knowing that the caches ins...

Good morning everyone.  I want to look at the hiking attributes as the fun facts for this week.  How many of the three hiking attributes do you have?  Currently, I have 313 Short Hike (less than 1km), 73 Medium Hike (1-10km), and 6 Significant Hikes (more than 10km). This week isn't really about geocaching.  I want to share where I like to go for a walk after work and for everyone to see why this is my favorite park.  My initial plan was to make a single blog on this topic.  What I didn't realize was the amount of pictures I had taken.  I'm going to split this up into several blogs, scattered over time.  I will discuss one of the caches that can be found in the park and share a few pictures of the park itself. First, a little history of the area known as Kildonan Park.  Located in the North part of the city, the park was established in 1909 and includes 99 acres of green space along the banks of the Red River.  You will find some of ...