Mobile, Alabama - a couple caches there

Finally went to Mobile, Alabama, and picked up a couple caches. First was Confederate Dead (GCJCAV). This is in a confederate cemetery which is part of a larger cemetery. Kinda neat. Then, wandered down to the USS ALABAMA for a cache of the same name (GC11Q6E) and a virtual, NIDUS (GC98D1)which is an object on display on the grounds of the park the Alabama is in. This was only a tiny portion of the caches available on an easy bike ride through Mobile. Nice flat riding of the kind my old bones and muscles appreciates. The USS Alabama is run and maintained by a private group and you can take tours on it for $10 per person. I went to the gift shop for free instead. There was an interesting looking guy who had been a POW and was selling and signing his book there. Also, went to a restaurant called the Blue Gill that is near the battleship. It was pretty good but best was the Sunday evening music they had in the back room of the Blue Gill.   Really nice.  We stayed for three nights at Berney Fly Bed and Breakfast      which is on the National Register of Historic Places and in one of the beautiful historic districts of Mobile.  The hosts were great and very interesting to talk with and the food was good. Want to go back when its closer to swimming season there and enjoy the pool and look around at all of the interesting things in the house some more.  Would also be neat to go back when there are parades in front of the house which is on Government Avenue.  There is also a Mardi Gras parade and a marathon which pass the house. There were so many neat things to see in Mobile that one could go back every year and see new and different things.  

Presidential Candidates and Geocaching

I still haven't gotten any comments on how, or if, any of the new presidential candidates could affect geocaching for good or bad.  Does anyone have any opinions without getting into the usual party policy arguments or name calling we can hear anywhere? 

Geocaching in Mobile

Going to be be heading to near Nashville and to Mobile, AL, in the next week and plan to do at least a little caching there.   I understand the USS Alabama in Mobile is the site of a virtual and a regular cache.   So,  hope to at least get that one.   Person I go with doesn't have much patience with caching. So, won't be doing a lot of it at any rate.  Anyone have good - or bad - experiences with caches in the Mobile area?

Snow slowing down my caching - how about you?

Well, I was going to try to pick up several more of those DeLorme counties tomorrow but of course now I'd need a snow plow on my jeep to do that, and a snow shovel to dig the stuff out.

Caching and Presidential Candidates

OK, I'm going to start a mess here.  I'm going to ask if anyone who reads this - does anyone read it - has an opinion about how any one of the candidates for president may affect our hobby or sport or whatever we feel like calling it.  I know some of the history of what makes geocaching possible. And, I not referring to any of that.  I mean does anyone feel like a particular candidate who is running for president now will have any effect on either geocaching, benchmarking, or even letterboxing either positively or negatively?   Please don't get into a name calling match or on a soapbox for either candidate because of the economy or defense or anything not necessarily related to our hobby.  There are plenty of places for that elsewhere.  I just want to know if anyone has an opinion on their possible effect on our hobby.  

Well, went out and got two new caches toward the Illinois DeLorme since central Illinois is no longer a deep freeze. (Ones I picked up were (GCNJJJ, and GCYY4F )And, went to the CIGA meet and greet tonight and met the owners of one of the caches.  The owner of the other was a couple of tables over.  I sure am getting tired of the micros and nanos that are not just well hid but darn near impossible  to find. I mean a micro in a pile of brush or rocks.  Geez.  I've heard of some people who don't even look for micros any more.  Anybody out there feel that way?   

I have a new cache out just Friday afternoon, GC18N52, and I noticed the FTF, who is from Wisconsin, found it and about 20 or 30 others yesterday in almost single digit weather.  Does anyone else actually LIKE caching in cold weather?  The only benefit I can see for it is that there is less brush to have to bushwack.   That's especially true for benchmarks. Makes them much easier to find a lot of the time.  Other than that,  it's too darn cold to cache right now.   Anyone disagree?