July14, 2010

From Great Falls, MT, N47°29.386’ W111°19.942’

Day 41

Someone pointed out that I use terms in my blog that not everyone recognizes. Two examples are geocaching and travel bugs.

Information on Geocaching can be found at www.geocaching.com. This is the definition on the site; Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online. Geocaching is enjoyed by people from all age groups, with a strong sense of community and support for the environment.

Travel Bugs or trackables are a part of geocaching. They come as tags, similar to dog tags, geocoins and promotional items. These are bought and “released”, ie placed in a cache for someone else to pickup. Each one has a unique number that can be tracked on the geocaching site. Each trackable has a web page that tells who owns it, where it is currently, the trackable’s goal if there is one, pictures if available, how many miles it has traveled and where it has been. One of my travel bugs is at this site;

http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?tracker=TB3D60

I drop and retrieve this at every cache I visit, it records how many miles I have logged while caching. The number is low because it represents a straight line from one cache to the next.

I started the day on the computer and then went to see Glenna. I got there in time to watch the upper extremities work out for the group. I stayed during lunch, Glenna still isn’t eating much. She did eat all of her soup but not much else. Back in her room, she planned to rest but the therapist moved up her two o’clock work out time.

On the way back to the RV Park I did another cache off the river walk.

Earlier today I got a call from Sam’s Optical, they needed her frames before making the new lenses to replace her scratched ones. After Sam’s I took some things back to WalMart. I did another cache on the way back to the coach.

Gerri and I went back to see Glenna at about 5:30, she was still in the dining room. We visited there and back in her room. Gerri asked the nurse about getting a larger room. She got a definite maybe.

After leaving the rehab unit we went to another buffalo statue one of the CNAs told us about. It was in the back yard of a private home overlooking the Missouri River. I had to climb an embankment to get a picture that still had a chain link fence in the frame. This may be one of the more elusive buffaloes in Great Falls.  We know where one more is located, that one will make eight buffaloes we have in pictures. 

We just hung around the coach until bedtime. We plan on doing some sightseeing tomorrow which may include the Russell Museum or the shortest river in Montana.

Back in Las Vegas, Gerri’s mom is resting. Her doctor contacted the home care nurses and gave them explicit instructions for care of Neva’s incisions. Everything has to be sterile, including the water used to clean the wounds. She says she doesn’t need any help, but kids and grandkids are helping her anyway. Hopefully she will get better very soon.