Geocaching with Geocacher Ken

 Good morning everyone.  Today we stop in Louisiana for the oldest and most favorite geocaches.  The first geocache placed was 'Wilson' GC27D.  It was placed in February, 2001 and found 29 times.  It was confiscated (you read that right) by National Park Services in August, 2002 and archived shortly thereafter.  The oldest active geocache is 'Wild Azalea Cache' GC763.  Hidden in April, 2001, found 509 times with 200 favorite points. The most favorite geocache is 'View Carre' GCE02C.  Hidden in March 2003, it was found 2,366 times before being archived in 2017.  It had 928 favorite points.  As for active geocaches, 'Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen' GCGFHX has 519 favorite points.  This virtual was placed in the French Quarter of New Orleans in July, 2003 and has 3,268 found logs. Back in September, Angie (Geo-Jangie), started a photo contest on her blog, with a winner chosen at random.  I liked the idea since I'm always taking pictur...

 Good morning everyone.  Today we'll be stopping in Arkansas, home of former President, Bill Clinton.  The most favorite cache and the oldest is 'Gorilla Stash' GC1B.  Hidden in June, 2000, it has 669 favorite points and 2,134 found logs.  This cache can be found in the city of Mountain Home, close to the Arkansas/Missouri border.   Last week I did one of two (at that time) Adventure Labs located in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba.  The final stage that I did for that one is just a short walk away from the starting point of the the second Adventure Lab.  The second Adventure Lab takes you to some Roadside Attractions that can be found around Portage La Prairie.  If you've been following me long enough, then you know how much I love roadside attractions.  I do have to admit that I have been to a few of the attractions that this particular Lab cache will take us, but there was a couple that I didn't know about until now. 'Exploring Porta...

 Good morning everyone.  This week we continue down the Old Man River, better known as the Mississippi, and stop in the State of Missouri.  The oldest geocache is 'Missouri's First - Watts Mill' - GC37.  Hidden in June, 2000, it has been found 3,820 times with 1,016 favorite points.  The geocache with the most favorite points is 'St. Louis Arch Virtual Cache'  GC7ED.  This virtual was published in April, 2001.  It has 5,442 found logs and 1,148 favorite points. I have had an opportunity to do a couple of Adventure Labs in the past month or two.  Both are located about an hour West of Winnipeg in the city of Portage La Prairie.  Both are uniquely different.  That's what I love about Adventure Labs.  They can take you to interesting places.  No container to look for.  This type of geocache is ideal for those who are traveling.  It can take you somewhere that's historical.  It can take you to statues and monume...

 Good morning everyone.  Today we are headed to the Hawkeye State.  The oldest geocache in Iowa is 'Observatory Cache' - GCC0.  Hidden in November, 2000, it was found just once before going missing.  There is no official log saying it's been archived, but it was archived in 2008.  The oldest active geocache is 'Maltese Goldfinch (Re-resurrected) - GC162.  Hidden in January, 2001, this cache has been found 920 times and has 384 favorite points.  The most favorite geocache in Iowa is '49 AND HOLDING THE CACHE A GOLD MINER'S DELIGHT' - GC202RG.  Hidden in October, 2009, this geocache has been found 1,189 times and has received 585 favorite points. Before I open the latest cache crate, there's one thing that I need to follow up on from last week.  One of the pictures from last week's Spooky Caches blog was a glass skull.  I couldn't remember the GC code and I didn't want to spend a great deal of time going through my found caches since ...

 Good morning everyone.  Today we'll look at my other neighbor to the South, Minnesota.  The most favorite geocache is 'The Sword In The Stone' GC27N0W.  Hidden in May, 2010, this geocache has been found 1,314 times and has picked up 813 favorite points.  The oldest geocache is 'Alvin's Phone Line'  GC9FF.  Hidden in November, 2000, this geocache has been found 914 times and has 390 favorite points. One of the fun aspects of geocaching is the creative containers that some owners place.  Since yesterday was Halloween, I went digging through some older geocaching pictures that I have and came up with some spooky or Halloween themed geocaches that I have found. Imagine if you will, searching for a geocache that takes you under a bridge.  You've found many geocaches under bridges before, so what's another one?  You begin checking the usual hiding places when you come across the largest spider you have ever seen.  This particular geocach...