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Geocaching and the Cache Advance February Cache Crate.

Good morning everyone.  Today I'll be looking at the furthest Virtual caches in Manitoba.  The most Northerly and most Easterly virtual is "Adventures in Churchill" GC7B6JX.  It has a Latitude of N58 46.391 and a Longitude of W094 10.235  Published in 2018 and was part of the Virtual 1.0 rewards.  Most Westerly virtual is "The Stack" GC88ZA0.  Published in 2019, it has a Longitude of W101 52.788.  The virtual that's the furthest South is actually in the city of Winnipeg (not extremely far South).  "Great Coaches In Blue Bomber History" GC88ZEE.  This can be found at Investors Group Field, home of the Canadian Football League and defending Grey Cup Champions, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.  Lastly, the oldest virtual is also in Winnipeg.  "First Post- Winnipeg" GC6C18.  Published in July, 2002 and can be found in the downtown area.

It's that time of month where I get to open the latest Cache Advance Cache Crate.  Lots of smiles all around as I unbox this latest edition.  As you can see, I'm using the Geocaching map as a background for the pictures.  Plenty of caches found in the Winnipeg area.



The first thing I see sticking out of the packaging is an arm.  What the heck could this be?  I pull it out and find this bendable heart character with a bracelet.  A Valentine's themed box.  What other Valentine's related goodies are in here?  For the map, I zoomed in closer to the area I'm usually found in.


Another bendable Valentine's character.  It wouldn't be Valentine's unless you have a couple.  I've scrolled the map down to show the Southern part of the city.  Not as many smiles down there, but I have my fair share.


A third bendable Valentine's character?  How many are in here?  I think the whole family is here.  LOL.  This is the geo-art that's Southwest of Winnipeg.  I've completed the fox and apple.  Just recently I did the very top of the top hat.


A sticker that says I love geocaching.  I do love geocaching and it fits with the Valentine's theme.  I've scrolled the map over to the East part of the city.  I've been busy in that area too, going back to what I call my old stomping grounds (I lived on the very right side of the picture in my younger days, before the invention of the world wide web)


Frogs.  A box of frogs.  No, not the English rock band that formed in 1983, or as the Urban Dictionary says "Mad as a box of frogs", meaning crazy or eccentric.  I have to admit that I didn't catch on to the significance of the frogs as I was still in a Valentine's unboxing mindset.  


A little rubber ducky being supported by a couple of frogs.  On the map, I zoomed in on my simple geo-art in the North part of Winnipeg.  Two of the puzzles have gone missing and thusly archived.  I'm thinking of hiding again and expanding this "X".  There are plans on rebooting the two archived caches.


A frog trackable for Leap Day.  Now I get why there was three frogs in the box.  Leap Day.  DOH!!  It was a long day at work.  LOL.


This is the flip side of the trackable.  A very cool looking coin.  I needed the assistance of one of the frogs to cover up the tracking code.


A cachekinz trackable.  The saying does apply to many of us.  We do eat, sleep, cache and repeat.


That was the February Valentine's and Leap Day themed Cache Crate.  What will be in next month's crate?  Pie day is in a couple of weeks.  So is St. Patrick's Day (Shamrock shakes from McD's, minty).  Could the crate have one of those themes?  We'll have to wait and see.  Speaking of Leap Day, that was yesterday.  Who went out caching on February 29th?  Tune in next week to find out what I did for Leap Day.  Until then, be safe, be happy, be kind to others, hug your geo-pets, enjoy life, and most of all, have fun.  Peace out.

(Where do big dogs sleep?  Where ever they want to)

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