Wednesday

So, I'm a little behind in keeping up with my blog, but I really have been busy. Wednesday was a great day and I want to tell you about it. But before I begin, I have to give you a little background first, so here it goes!

The week of April 21st, 2006, we received an e-mail through our Geocaching account from another cacher who had solved one of our "Puzzle" caches. They wanted to verify that they did indeed have the correct coordinates before hunting for it. When responding, we noticed that this player was from GA and was an airline pilot, so we started a conversation through e-mail and found out that he had 2 Geocaching Accounts, (1) for when he cached at home and (1) for when he cached on his layovers or overnights as a Commercial Pilot. Mike of course, thought that this was really cool, and so we offered to pick him up from his hotel on the morning after his flight into GRR, and take him caching around our town until his scheduled departure later that afternoon. What soon followed was a friendship that has grown over the past 2 1/2 years into something special and unique. He has flown in several times over the years, and in January of this year, his family was gracious enough to have us stay with them for a short time while on our way to FL for vacation.

So, we were blessed when CaptRussell or KBI called us late Monday. He let us know that he would be coming in Tuesday night and wondered if we could get together for some geocaching on Wednesday. OF COURSE! DUH! It was wonderful that Mike was actually in town and not out in CA like he was supposed to be. It was glorious day with a light breeze, clear blue sky and 70+ degrees...in NOVEMBER! We had a wonderful breakfast and then went caching for a few hours before grabbing some quick lunch and returning Russell safely back to his hotel. It was a perfect morning and it went way too fast as usual!

We also had dinner plans with some friends of ours from GE that we have not seen in way too long. It was really nice to reconnect. They have a daughter who is about 2 1/2 and have another daughter on the way. Girls-now that's something we know a little bit about!

Stay tuned to find out about our fun night with fire on Thursday!!!!