Geocaching Obsession

My geocaching obsession is now officially out of control. I'm in Big Sky, MT for a conference and took an open afternoon to do a little caching. This is the most extreme hike I've ever been on - and I didn't even make it to the cache, which is at the top of Lone Peak Mountain. I came within 100 feet of the summit, but rain and time started to work against me so I turned around. In hindsight, it was incredibly stupid of me to attempt this one without the right gear and without another person. Look at the pic - that's taken from about 1/3 up the trail. The terrain is all loose rock. I made it up past a few barrier fences to the final sheer rockface (see the small indentation at the top?) and saw some July snow along the way. It might be time for a geocaching hiatus.

Here's a great photo of Lydia and Jake. I miss 'em. (Don't worry, they're just on vacation with their mom.)

DuffyRocksOn

I've created my own geocaching identity - duffyrockson (get it?) - because when I travel for work I like to find a geocache or two. The kids aren't so excited about these finds, most of which are urban micros and it takes away their goal of getting to 100 as DuffyRocks. So, you can now follow DuffyRocksOn, too. Fun fun fun!

Here's my favorite cache so far - based on the movie Office Space. I couldn't figure it out so it is a DNF for me, but I did waste a lot of time taking the Office Space quiz.

Name TBD

We bought a boat! The current name is Blue Bird, but that's sure to change. It's docked in Maine for the summer and we had many fun rides during our stay at the houseboat. Yup, that's Andrew Jones piloting her along the Sheepscot.