Part 6 - Annual Geocaching Trip - 2018 version

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Day 15 - June 1

Today is the day we, or more specifically, I have been waiting for!!!
IT IS MINGO DAY!!!

It is MINGO day!!!

But first - there are some caches on the way to Mingo!
There was a gadget cache right down the street from our hotel - Grain Bin.

The we traveled a few miles to a really cute cache - 
There's A Bug On The Bump On The Log!

We then toured downtown Mingo before grabbing 

Geo-General Store before driving down County Road 25!!!

Papa with Mingo in hand!

After signing our name, dropping some trackables and, of course,

paying homage to those that keep this cache alive we
continued eastward towards home - and of course,
other caches!!!

One of the surprises of this trip was "Cathedral of the Plains."
It is a  beautiful limestone cathedral was built between 1908 and 1911.

And just down the road from the Cathedral was an old
cemetery - with some really unique crosses.

Nana fell in love with not only the cathedral but all of the 
unique headstones and crosses.

Another interesting location we happened upon was the old
Wilson County Jail.  It was actually used for over 50
years and no one ever escaped!!!

We did several other caches before ending up in
Wamego Kansas - they actually have a Wizard of Oz
Museum and in the lot next to the McDonalds - 
there is an old white house - if you look carefully - 
there are a pair of legs sticking out from under the house!!!

We finally called an end to the day once we reached the
outskirts of Kansas City!!!

 Finds with the most favorite points:

GC30 - Mingo - 2492 Favorite points
GC4K4QN - There's A Bug On The Bump On The Log -
 747 Favorite points
GC5P98P - Geo-General Store - 573 Favorite points
GC598PW - United States CACHE-OPOLY - 269 Favorite points
GCYC7A - Grain Bin - 257 Favorite points
GC559M6 - Mingo the Merciless - 251 Favorite points
GC57FC - Cathedral of the Plains - 233 Favorite points
GCPGXD - Where in the World is Toto - 191 Favorite points

We awarded Favorite points to:

GC30 - Mingo

GC4K4QN - There's A Bug On The Bump On The Log

GC5P98P - Geo-General Store

GC598PW - United States CACHE-OPOLY

GCYC7A - Grain Bin

GC57FC - Cathedral of the Plains

Winner of the "COVETED" SNAP!!!

Cache of the Day Award (and a favorite point):

GC4K4QN - There's A Bug On The Bump On The Log

States Cached Day 15:
Kansas

Total Finds Day 15 = 15

Types of Finds Day 15

Traditional - 9
Virtual - 4
Webcam - 1
Unknown - 1

Total Finds for Trip - 245

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Day 16 - June 2

Our agenda for the day, other than caching, was to try to make it into Tennessee so we could spend some time with family tomorrow.

We woke up and started the day by finding our

9600th find - and it was Missouri's Oldest Geocache

& our first Missouri cache!!!

One of the geocaches on our list for today we actually found on
a Facebook page called the "Geocaching Bucket
List" - BLR - Salt Creek Church

We eventually made our way over to Missouri's First
State Capitol and found 3 separate caches in that area. 

It ended up being a relatively short day for us because of
the schedule for tomorrow.

 Finds with the most favorite points:

GC37 - Missouri's First - Watts Mill - 803 Favorite points

GCEBC8 - Firefighters Memorial - 264 Favorite points

GCB4C4 - Missouri's First State Capitol - 168 Favorite points

GC4P4XT - TB Express - A Travel Bug Resort - 137 Favorite points

We awarded Favorite points to:

GC37 - Missouri's First - Watts Mill

GC4P4XT - TB Express - A Travel Bug Resort

Winner of the "COVETED" SNAP!!!

Cache of the Day Award (and a favorite point):

GC4P4XT - TB Express - A Travel Bug Resort

States Cached Day 16:

Missouri (new state for us)

Total Finds Day 16 = 8

Types of Finds Day 16

Traditional - 4
Virtual - 4
Benchmarks - 5

Total Finds for Trip - 258

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Day 17 - June 3

The main agenda for the day was family!

But before we could hang out with family - we have to get to Tennessee!!!

So, while traveling to Tennessee, we grabbed a cache which ended
up being the only find of the day - but what a find it was!!!

A really lovely country church with a complete outdoor setting complete with the stations of the cross, an altar - everything is here!!!
Complete with an underground spring comes out of the ground, travels around the altar and disappears back into the ground!!!

Even though this was the only find of the day - it was well worth the visit!!!

Welcome to Tennessee!

 Finds with the most favorite points:

GCD672 - Schnurbusch Karst Window - 122 Favorite points

We awarded Favorite points to:

GCD672 - Schnurbusch Karst Window

Winner of the "COVETED" SNAP!!!

Cache of the Day Award (and a favorite point):

GCD672 - Schnurbusch Karst Window

States Cached Day 17:

Missouri

Total Finds Day 17 = 1

Types of Finds Day 17

Virtual - 1

Total Finds for Trip - 259

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That is all for now

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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