Nuthatch#26

06/22/2019 By Majiq
First cache in CO! Honored to be here for a wedding, occurring at Fireside Cabins TODAY - right on the river we rafted yesterday! Congrats Sean and Ashley (almost) Millard! Happy to celebrate both the wedding and fantastic company, as well as caching and, not to mention, the scenery. Slightly different than our home of Los Angeles (which is beautiful in it’s own way). TFTC! Czech you later!

06/12/2019 By HTBob
The wifey (dfay1165) and I came up here with friends from Florida for a little sightseeing. They headed back to the condos and we spent some time at my favorite mountain pass in the world and found a few caches on our way back to our vacation condo. We stopped by here on our way back to town and since I had found several of the Nuthatch series, I had a pretty good idea of what to look for and after a minute or so, I found a cache that I was kind of expecting to find. All is well with this cache and log.

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 RED ROSE DAY
Each year on June 12, people in the United States observe National Red Rose Day. It honors the flower that is a symbol of love and romance, the red rose.

The June birth flower is the rose.

Red roses were used in many early cultures as decorations in wedding ceremonies and wedding attire. It was through this practice that, over the years, the red rose became known as a symbol of love and romance. The tradition of giving red roses as the strongest message of love is still practiced today.

In June, red roses are in bloom in flower gardens across the United States, and their beauty and sweet scent fill the air with happiness.

HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL RED ROSE DAY

Enjoy the pleasant scent of a rose.

TODAY IS ALSO ....

NATIONAL JERKY DAY
National Jerky Day is observed annually on June 12th. National Jerky Day was created to celebrate the rich history, immense popularity and nutritional benefits of dried meat snacks.

“In many ways, jerky is an ideal snack. Naturally packed with protein, jerky will keep you satiated between meals; but since it’s low in fat, calories and carbs, it won’t sabotage a healthy diet,” said Jeff LeFever, director of marketing for Jack Link’s® Beef Jerky, the No. 1 U.S. meat snack brand.

This nutrient-dense meat has been made lightweight by drying. A pound of meat or poultry will weigh only about four ounces once it is made into jerky, and it can be stored for months without refrigeration because most of the moisture has been removed. Salt is added to the meat before it is dried, to prevent bacteria from developing.

“Jerky” is a word derived from the Spanish word charqui, which came from the Quechua (a Native South American language) word ch’arki, which means to burn (meat).

Traditional jerky is readily available in nearly every convenience store, gas station, supermarket, and variety shop in the United States.

Due to its light weight and high level of nutrition, since 1996, jerky has been selected by astronauts as space food several times for space flights.

HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL JERKY DAY

Snack on your favorite jerky. If you make your own, give a shout out. The process is satisfying and the results often bring friends and family clamoring for more.

HISTORY OF NATIONAL JERKY DAY

National Jerky Day was created by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky in 2012.

06/12/2019 By dfay1165
Found this one while out and about on a gorgeous Colorado day. I love this area so much! Third find of the day thanks to the hubby, HTBob. Tftc

05/24/2019 By dugeagle
Here visiting Pagosa Springs from Colorado Springs. It is great to be able to find this cache and we are really enjoying the scenery. Thanks to 4WardHunters for the cache.

05/24/2019 By Liz and Bruce
We are staying in Pagosa Springs for a week at a timeshare with friends Dugeagle. Today we went geocaching around town and enjoyed finding this cache. There is certainly a great selection of hides and some creative and difficult to find ones had us going. Thanks to 4WardHunters for hiding this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

10/08/2018 By wesser26
came here to stay for a week, all the way from wash. state. sorry for the cut and paste but have no time, if the cache needs extra details i will tell more. thanks to all the C.O. 's for placing these caches.

09/13/2018 By dlochnurse
Super creative!!
Log Suffers from ...
damp. ??
TFTC on way back to Texas from Vallecito, CO.

08/27/2018 By TwoElkers
Another great one

08/27/2018 By travelinduo
Look out for glass!!!! Log is not in great shape! TFTCSL

08/18/2018 By Biscuit53
Found easily with nuthatcher MO in mind. Tftc! Happy international geocaching day!