Erin the Irish Bear's Blog

Erin Meets Bernie

2008-03-16T17:59:00.001-04:00

Talley Valley Farm Clan's 1st hosted boxing buddy BERNIE attends his first event (Another Crappie Day in Greenwood, SC) and meets Erin the Irish Bear for an exchange.

On the Road Again

2007-11-25T13:20:00.001-05:00

OK, Erin will be heading out tomorrow (Black Friday)! She went with us and two other visiting BBs to enjoy the fall color and log some caches at BeamonPark, west of Nashville!

3 Boxing Buddies at Beamon Park

2007-11-21T00:40:00.000-05:00

It was a lovely mild fall day last Sunday, so Erin, Little Blue Bunny and Diva Bear went with us to hike the lovely trails in Beamon Park and log and stamp the MT-Red and MT-White series of boxes. Great camraderie and fall colors!
Team Bear-Cat

Tennessee

2007-07-20T19:39:00.000-04:00

Erin was waiting here when we returned from vacation (July 12th); she went along with us and Dan to get the two new LBs in Brentwood. We went to get the new pair of boxes placed in a lovely little park (reclaimed water treatment plant!) right here in Brentwood.

Team Bear-Cat

Update sent on July 3rd

2007-07-05T16:57:00.000-04:00

In Erin's visit to Louisville, we maintenanced Teepsman's 8 "Friends" series and discovered half of them gone. Oddly enough, Janice is missing with Joey, Ross and Chandler, while Gunther is still around hanging out near Rachel, Phoebe and Monica.

We also checked on Kellybean's "The Cardinal" that she donated for the Winter BBQ 2006 gathering; Penguin Patrol's "Flowers: Violets," "Sur Les Pointes," "Steggie and Me" and 3 of the 4 Zoo boxes.

Erin took the wheel, squeaking out the desire to head toward Cincinnati, OH, collecting a variety of letterboxes hidden at rest stops, gorgeous parks, and some nifty urban placings. Some of these boxes have been in place since 2001!

There was only one problem with Erin - counting paces! After our third or fifth discussion of Erin steps vs. MoWizLiz steps, we adopted a standard conversion factor. That seemed to work better!

Erin checks in

2007-07-02T22:36:00.000-04:00

After a long day of boxing, Erin really wanted a good plate of Bangers and Mash or Scotch eggs, but alas, no Irish food was anywhere to be found, so we settled at Olive Garden. Erin ordered a plate big enough to swim in, but reconsidered the request when the food arrived.

Sitting high atop one of the many overlooks in Eden Park in Cincinnati, OH, looking for one of Franzsolo's newer boxes, planted in 2003. Calling for clue help. Erin checking one more time that a pace equals two steps before heading downhill in Cincinatti.

A report from the road

2007-06-27T15:43:00.000-04:00

MoWizLiz reports:
Erin is having a great time in Louisville, KY, helping with box maintenance. Yesterday, we checked on the Friends series and pulled the Zoo Boxes, The Cardinal, and Violets out of the park, bringing them home to clean stamps, update or add logbooks, change boxes and such. With 94+ degree heat and way too much humidity, maintenance onsite was a no. Not saying which one of us fell to heat issues, but sugar and liquids were applied pronto.

Erin Arrives!

2007-06-25T20:18:00.000-04:00

A note from her host MoWizLiz:
Just to let y'all know that Erin is here on my desk as of this morning (it may have come in over the weekend). We'll be boxing soon!

Swinging One Last Time

2007-06-18T15:25:00.001-04:00

The 3 bears swing together one last time before they all set off to travel and letterbox all over the world.

Getting Ready to Travel

2007-06-18T14:01:00.000-04:00

This Erin the Irish Bear and she is a boxing buddy. She will be ready very soon to find a host family.