13 years

06/22/2019 By ebziminsky
Quick easy little jaunt

06/10/2019 By HTBob
We are out caching today while staying at Wyndham Pagosa for a few days. Thank you 4 Ward Hunters for hiding so many caches in the Pagosa Springs area. For several years, when I came here to vacation, it was hard to keep up my daily find streak because there were so few caches to find in the area, often necessitating a trip to Durango or Silverton to cache and just be touristy. Thank you for injecting a little caching life into the local Pagosa Springs area by hiding so many caches.

This particular cache was another one on my short list of ones to find while we were here. So, today we went out for a few finds and we found it after just a minute or so. This was a fairly short uneventful walk to ground zero once I got my bearings corrected lol. I found it in good shame and I signed the log and put it back where I found it the best that I could. Thanks for placing and (hopefully) maintaining.

So, I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of increasing my word count average. It seems that there are caching statistical challenges that look at the word count averages in our Found It logs.

And now for today's trivia ...

NATIONAL ICED TEA DAY
National Iced Tea Day is observed annually on June 10th. This day is set aside to celebrate one of summer’s favorite drinks. Whether it is sweetened or unsweetened, with or without lemon, it is loved by many and enjoyed by the glass full all summer long.

Iced tea can be found in many flavors including lemon, peach, raspberry, lime, passions fruit, strawberry and cherry.

An alternative to carbonated soft drinks and quite popular in the United States, iced tea makes up about eighty five percent of all tea consumed. It can be readily found in restaurants, convenience stores, vending machines, grocery stores and self - serve soda fountains.

Recipes for iced tea have been found dating back to the 1870s. The Buckeye Cookbook, published in 1876 and Housekeeping in Old Virginia, published in 1877 both contain iced tea recipes. It is believed, however, that iced tea started to appear in the United States in the 1860's and became widespread in the 1870s where it was found offered on hotel menus and was on sale at railroad stations. The popularity of refreshing iced tea drink grew rapidly after it was introduced at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.

Green tea has been suggested to be used for a variety of positive health benefits.

Reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease
Some forms of cancer
Oral health
Reduce blood pressure
Weight control
Antibacterial and antiviral activity
Protection from solar ultraviolet light
Anti-fibrotic properties
Neuroprotective power

HOW TO OBSERVE
Brew and enjoy a glass of iced tea with friends. Enjoy a drink during lunch or dinner at your favorite restaurant.

TODAY IS ALSO ....

NATIONAL BALLPOINT PEN DAY
Grab your ballpoint pen and write this on your calendar. June 10th of each year is National Ballpoint Pen Day. This particular day commemorates the ballpoint pen and marks the anniversary of the patent filing on June 10, 1943.

Before 1943, anyone who wanted to write a letter or scribble some notes on a piece of paper would have to use a fountain pen or pencil. Now the dominant writing instrument, the ballpoint pen was originally conceived and developed as a cleaner and more reliable alternative to the quill and fountain pens. Every day, millions are manufactured and sold worldwide. Lost cost and its omnipresence assure that there is always a ballpoint pen within your reach.

In earlier years, many attempts by inventors led to failed patents as their inventions did not deliver the ink evenly and also had overflow and clogging issues.

Brothers Laszlo and Gyorgy Biro are credited with the invention of the ballpoint pen and obtained a patent in June of 1943.

HOW TO OBSERVE
Grab a ballpoint pen and write a letter to someone

03/24/2019 By AutumnEB
Extremely muddy but got it! I took the earrings and left a handmade clay squid, a candle, and some other small items.

10/16/2018 By penguin907
Thanks!

10/14/2018 By BluePearl
We made the terrain into a 3 before we wised up! Left some earrings. Congratulations on staying together, and TFTC!

09/14/2018 By kebby341
Found it! Took a bit of scrambling up and down.

08/27/2018 By TwoElkers
Greetings from Tucson AZ. Thanks for placing this here for our enjoyment.

08/27/2018 By travelinduo
The gps went crazy! Still logging a find on this with the cousins! TFTCSL