At this years Going Caching 2022 the observation skills test was a bomb because I didnt find the last puzzle piece until Sunady. Next year's theme is Vikings. I'll use the items I made for next year's test but with a different coin. I did make it out to SE Idaho in May and had a couple of first time POTA activations on some of the airstrips. On the way out there someone else was activating the rest of the airstrips for the first time. At least I had the activation as a first at Hollow Top Airstrip, the one I discovered in 2016 after visiting the Park History geocache again. I did an activation in Denver, CO and then had a picnic with Christoper and Nicki at the site's parking lot. It took over a year to get Jack's radio gear and be able to sell it at the Stone Mountain Hamfest. I still have his antennas. I sent Rita a check for the sold gear. The GWRRA is no longer an organization. A new group has started up as the Eagle Wings Motorcycle Association. We will see how this goes in the coming year?

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At this past year's Going Caching 2021 in October I tried a different observation skills test and it was successful. Sit there and they will come. I gave out 86 copper rounds so if I do it again I will set a quanity limit. Those rounds are not cheap! I attended the 2021 TAG Fall Cave In and did some contesting on the ham radio in my enclosed trailer. That was the highlight of the weekend.

An update on my friend Jack McGuire is that he passed away on September 23, 2021. The hospital people put him on a ventilator so I was thinking he was doomed. If he had not been sedated he would have told them not to put him on one of those. There is an 80% chance you will die if put on a ventilator! It looks like I may try to activate those airstips in SE Idaho maybe late May or June depending on the weather temps. We've added some more folks doing POTA stations this past year with Peter and Karen. I was contacted by Dean Harris this past week as he is interested in getting involved with POTA activations. He is currently just a hunter. I've gotten together with Larry Martin in Atlanta at the Chattahooche River Recreational Area with a POTA set up. I would operate and then he would operate. I purchased an Igloo 3 tent type of thing that is used for ice fishing as it has no floor. It is for cooler weather when doing POTA? I also purchased a Little Buddy heater to go inside. I installed a reciever hitch to my Outback so I can use a hitch mount stick antenna setup for doing POTA? This will come in handy when I go to Idaho. I have to make at least 10 contacts per POTA setup for it to count as an activation. So I would activate one location with enouugh contacts and then move to the next one with out having to break down an antenna setup. While I'm out there I'll check on the Geocache I've visited three time since 2011 to see how many people have visited it since 2019? Maybe I take a dip in the 100° spring off the highway south of Arco? My next Outback addition will be a light bar up front and a set of fog & driving lights. I want these installed on there before I drive out west. Saturday 1/1/2022 it was in the mid 70's. Then Sunday/Monday I had three inches of snow up here with freezing temps in the low 20's! I guess that's called climate change?