Geocaching Challenge - The Top 10 Favorites In PA

GC3T620 - CTJ: PA 'Favorites' Challenge Adventure 


The challenge with this cache is that the favorites change from week to week.  :-)  "The list changes from week to week as more cachers award their 'favorite' points. Find and log the 10 most 'favorite' caches in PA and you are ready to snag this bonus smiley."



You have found 5 of the top 10
Missing caches are in red

The checkers can only check the current toplist.
If you were fulfilled it when you logged it in the past you might get a does not today.
Your log may have been correct but it cant be checked by this checker
On some challenges you when you accept it make a list and compare to that list. If you have done it you might fulfill the logging requirements right now but the checker can´t know that.
It is like if you make a new list right now. That is accepted on most challenges.
Please check the cache listing for the rules.

#gccodeVisitdateName
1GC2HN2H5082015-07-05Raiders of the Lost Cache
2GC184355State Game Lands #109
3GCJ8M8348Auto Art
4GC424129850 State Traveler
5GC14YRW284The Devil's Den
6GC59AF280Thousand Steps Cache
7GCA2502482006-09-14Peace at Gettysburg
8GCKA5M2212006-09-14Unsettled Spirit
9GC88082212006-09-14High On Longstreet
10GC161PZ210Little Round Top

We Need To Find:

State Game Lands 109 is near Erie Pa, 4 hours away

Auto Art - 
    We've been to this cache, I have photos of it and remember our kids loved it...  not sure why it is not logged by us.  Need to fix this!

50 State Traveler - This is a traveling cache.  Ugh.
    This little buggy (bugger?) Is on a whirlwind tour of the 50 states. Along the way he would like to pick up some souvenirs. Please help him on his way from state to state & allow him to hold onto his trophies. Cache is a White PVC section w/a TB Tag # engraved on the outside. Here is my combo Travel Bug/Traveling Cache. Please go to:this link - the TB.

The Devils Den - Gettysburg
     Check, we pobably already did this one. I'm terrible at logging earthcaches

Thousand Steps Cache- 2 hours southwest of us
      Be sure to get a cache in Mifflin County for the counties challenge on the way through

Little Round Top - Gettysburg


Bumped from the list - 
Centralia, The Burning Town 190 Favorites

Finding The Final - 

Looking at a map, the final will be about an hour and 45 minutes away from us, and is located slightly northwest of Reading PA.

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On The Grill This Summer


I decided to concentrate on new recipe for the grill this summer.  So far, these are our favorites:

Main Dishes:
  Best Pork Chops
Marinade:
 1/3 c soy sauce
 1/4 oil
 3 T Lemon Pepper seasoning
 A little garlic 
 1/2 cup of water

Mix together, add pork chops.  Let marinate, then grill. 
  


Bacon, Chicken, Pineapple Kabobs
  



Sides:


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My Day In Pictures


#mydayinpics 9am 6159 steps so far. #fitbit


#farmlife Push mower is broken, so I'm mowing the backyard like the Amish.  Loaded Betsy up to go to auction.   #mydayinpics 10am 8417 #fitbit steps 4th load of laundry


Laundry. Finished the hand mowing. Laundry. Finished the detergent. laundry. Started weed whacking. Laundry. #mydayinpics 11th 9919 #fitbit steps

#mydayinpics 12pm. Cleaned the car. Wow. It was bad. 10808 #fitbit steps

#mydayinpics errands.


#mydayinpics #farmlife livestock auction, bought a goat. Introduced him to the others. Took pics of Maggies babies.


#mydayinpics 9pm.  Fed the boys when they came in from baling hay.  Sorted ALL of those socks.  Ironed the spots out of the table.  Watched the sunset. Folded more laundry.

My Solar Light Obsession.  I like to sit out here at night and read a bit before bed.




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On The Farm 6/20/2014

Monday we sold Betsy at the Dewart Livestock Auction.  I hate doing that.  But practically, I cannot keep cows as pets.  Unless they can have babies.  I came home with a little billy goat, whom our son named Norbert.  I'm not a fan of the name, but it appears to be sticking...  We plan to seperate the goats this fall, splitting the goat pen in half and moving the baby girls born here this year to the back with Norbert, keeping the older girls, who are not related to Horton, with him to be bred.


Tuesday I went to the Middleburg Livestock Auction and bought some poultry:
They are all doing really well - I'm rather amazed.  

For the first time all month, there are 3 days in the forecast with no rain.  So the plan is to bale hay on Monday..  we're fervently praying it really does NOT rain this week-end!





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C25k Training With Zombie 5k

https://www.zombiesrungame.com/

Disclaimer - I'm not a Zombie Junkie. Zombies really have no interest at all for me.  I'm not a Walking Dead Fan.  What I am is easily bored, and easily entertained.  This app makes running less boring.  It's a couch to 5k program, combining walking and running, working up to running a full 5k.  It's done to a story, but the story is intermittent - it will break into your playlist (or audiobook) to set the scene and tell you to run, or walk, or do some lunges... and then it will return to your playlist.  It's something different.

Then, once you complete this, there is a second app - Zombies Run. It's broken into seasons, with story lines you run to at your own pace.  Just like the 5k app, it breaks into your playlist at times to move the story along, but there are no cues for walking or running - merely some for speeding up if zombies are near.

Full confession - when I heard there was a Zombies Season 2 - I was excited for a new couch to 5k story line.   But most people do not redo a couch to 5k every spring and fall of every year.  Most people work up to running a 5k and then just run.  Huh.  Interesting concept.  LOL!    So  "season 2" (I missed the season 1 announcement, and now they are at season 6 I believe...) is simply a story line, not a run/walk coaching program.  

Overview  & About Me
Week One
Week Two
Week Three
Week Four
Week Five
Week Six
Week Seven
Week Eight

2019  Update - I have finished this program, at least twice.  What I have not done is finish blogging about it.  Since I appear to be addicted to couch to 5k programs, perhaps I'll do this one again this year...  It will be interesting to compare how I do at this age, versus how I did at a younger age...

About Me:
I'm a 41 (in 2014) year old farm wife in central PA.  I'm really overweight.  REALLY overweight.  
I have exercise induced asthma, and I too often forget to use my inhaler before I start out, and I never carry it with me.  I need to carry it with me.   (HA!  It wasn't asthma.  It was critically low iron. And it got so bad that I could barely walk up a hill, let alone run, for a couple of years.  All fixed now.)
I've done the C25k plan numerous times.  I've never been able to really run a 5k at the end of the program, ever.  
  I've jogged two 5ks.  I finished before they stopped timing, but just barely ahead of the walkers, both times.
Each Spring it's like completely starting over.  Last year I could jog the entire Canal path at just under 13 minutes a mile.  This year I can barely jog 10 feet when I started this program.
I use an android phone - a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (I've stuck with the brand - using a Note 9 now!) - to run this app.
I also run the Charity Miles app at the same time.  Check it out - it contributes 25 cents a mile for every mile you run or walk, and 10 cents a mile for every mile you bike, to your choice of charities.  I donate to Wounded Warriors.

I completely missed this - I found it at the end of week 2.  There is a background story, you should listen to it while going for a walk/jog before beginning this program.  

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https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/05/a-few-of-my-favorite-things-for-running.html

https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/p/health-fitness.html

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Menu Plan Monday 6/30/14



I've been trying something new for my summer menu planning, and I like the concept, but would like to find a better app for it.  This is in google keep, which works well enough for now.

Rather than planning out a strict menu, I've started making a list of recipes that I have the ingredients for here at the house.  I'm concentrating a lot on Zucchini Recipes right now, since there is more ready in the garden every day.

I put the list, and a few photos, in a note in google keep, with links to the recipes if needed, and then each morning I try to figure out a head count (Seriously - I cook for 8, and it's just Dh & I.  I cook for Dh & I, and 6 extras show up... this season of life with teenagers is more chaotic than when we had toddlers!) and decide which meal to make.

The List Currently:

This is the menu/Shopping homescreen on my phone
KeyChain for all those loyalty cards
Out of Milk for My Shopping List
And Google Keep for my Menu List

And this is the post where I'm working my way through a list of Zucchini Recipes:
http://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2014/06/tried-true-zucchini-recipes.html


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Tried & True Zucchini Recipes



The other day I tossed some extra zucchinis into the pig pen, and the pigs looked at me as if to say "No thank you, we've had enough zucchini for one year."  They did eat it later, but I could relate to their initial response!  I only planted two zucchini plants this year.  Two.  And we could eat zucchini every night for dinner and still have extra for the pigs.

 Thankfully, I have a few recipes that I really love!  I will also shred and freeze some for in vegetable soups this fall, and some to make zucchini bread too.

 Zucchini Nachos
This is definitely one of my favorite new recipes!  It's so simple.  Slice the zucchini.  Grill. Add some cheese at the end, just like you would on a cheeseburger.

 (This year I am tossing the zucchini into the air fryer rather than grilling it)

Bring them in off the grill and top with nacho toppings - avacado, black beans, olives, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream.. whatever you like. The Zucchini acts as the "chips".  YUM!!

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Zucchini "Noodles"


This is soooooo  easy!  Next time I'm going to add some carrots too.  You use a julienne peeler just like a regular peeler.  It's quick and easy.  I blanched them - placing them in boiling water for just a few minutes, then draining.  

I use a Julienne peeler made by OXO - it works great for me!
https://amzn.to/31faYWu

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Peanut Chicken on Zucchini Noodles
I found this recipe here, where I first learned about using zucchini in place of pasta :
Chicken and Tangy Peanut Sauce

I adapted her peanut sauce recipe just a little:
Peanut Sauce:
1/2 c peanut butter
4 Tbsp soy sauce
3 Tbsp rice vinegar [or apple cider vinegar in a tsp of sugar]
a drizzle of sesame oil
1 tsp minced garlic 
a sprinkle of sugar
At least 1/4 cup water, add 1-2 more tablespoons depending on texture

The main difference is I used a lot more soy sauce than the original recipe  The peanut butter was just too strong for me until I added a lot more, then I really liked it.

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Zesty Zucchini Fries

My favorite thing about this recipe is adding hot sauce to the egg before dipping in the breading.  That is genius! One Zucchini made enough fries for my husband and myself.  It's a little time consuming to make - but it was REALLY good.  

Dip cut up zucchini in an egg, beaten, with some hot sauce added to the egg.
Then dip in a mixture of panko bread crumbs and italian seasoning
Bake at 425 for 10 minutes, flip gently, bake for another 10 minutes.

I have some lemon pepper panko crumbs that I think would be excellent on this as well.  And I used some regular italian bread crumbs for a few for my husband - that worked well too.

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 Zucchini Bread
When we bought the farm from my mother in law, it came with a recipe drawer.  Her recipes, recipes from aunts, friends, sister in laws, mostly in family members handwriting.  My daughter and I have been working our way through all of them, but it is taking us awhile to try them all.  This one we have used many times..  but we substitute butter for the oil.

Zucchini Bread

3 eggs
1 cup cooking oil 
2 cups sugar (I use half brown sugar)
3 cups grated zucchini
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups flower
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

Bake for 1 hour at 325
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More Recipes To Try:

 Zucchini Boats
Parmesan Garlic Zucchini Chips
Basalmic Grilled Zucchini
Zucchini Fritters
Zucchini Tots
Zucchini Noodles
      With Pesto
Beer Battered Zucchini Rings
Zucchini Pizza bites
Zucchini Crust Pizza
Stacked Summer Salad
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