Fee Fum Foe Phi -3/27/23

I've got a few things going on this week, so I'm letting my guest puzzle-picker Ol'Fogie take the reins for today's post. He writes:

Probably everyone reading this blog is somewhat a fan of Pi. I hide a cache every Pi Day in celebration and even have a couple of Pi shirts! BUT, most of us forget that other Greek symbols have their proper place in mathematics. Not just another pretty face, Phi is also irrational and has no repeating pattern of decimal digits. Which leads us to…

Fee Fum Foe Phi

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Not a Sudoku! - 3/26/23

Today's Minnesota puzzle was first featured here 8 years ago today.  Despite what it looks like, it's:

Not a Sudoku!

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Griffin of Absence - 3/25/23

I featured today's California 10 years ago today, and it was nearly 10 years old then! Try your luck with:

Griffin of Absence

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Go Figure 3 - 3/24/23

I've featured a couple of the other puzzles in this Minnesota series, but not:

Go Figure: 3

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Spring! - 3/23/23

Today's puzzle takes us to Maryland.  With the equinox behind us and the days getting longer I'm really looking forward to the arrival of warmer days of:

Spring - SP#11

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Enoch's Wife - 3/22/23

Today we head to a well-favorited Masachusetts cache:

Enoch's Wife (NCMCS #4)

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Backgammon - 3/21/23

Let's head to California for a little game of:

Celtic POTD-#16: Backgammon

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On Top of the World - 3/20/23

Today's local puzzle left me feeling:

'23 Winter.10: On Top Of The World

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An Odd Puzzle - 3/19/23

Today's Denmark puzzle is one I featured 12 years ago today.  I realize it's archived now, but it can still be solved and enjoyed. It's:

An odd puzzle

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Snip! - 3/18/23

Today's Norwegian puzzle is one I featured 12 years ago today.  It inspired the creation of a similar puzzle in New York's Central Park which I was able to find myself years later.  But in a really cool twist, the CO of the original puzzle was actually able to find that one too.  It all started with:

Snipp, snapp, snute

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St. Paddy's Codebreaker Puzzle - 3/17/23

I've been holding on to today's Oklahoma puzzle for a while.  It's finally time for a:

St. Paddy's Codebreaker Puzzle

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The Cat Who Stole My Heart - 3/16/23

Today's puzzle takes us to Maryland.  I am admittedly more of a dog person, but I can certainly relate to the story behind:

The Cat Who Stole My Heart

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One last piece of pi - 3/15/23

I had tested today's Tennessee puzzle, so I knew it was coming. I hope everyone had a:

π Happy Pi Day, 2023! π

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Happy Pi Day! - 3/14/23

Happy pi day! Hope you can enjoy some pie and some pi.  Here's a New Jersey puzzle which features both:

Those pi are square!

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Pi est un beau nombre - 3/13/23

Today's Virginia puzzle was passed along to me by a friend.  Tomorrow is the day that we'll all be celebrating because:

Pi est un beau nombre

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Read the Fine Print - 3/12/23

Today's South Dakota puzzle was featured here 7 years ago today.  Be sure to:

Read the Fine Print

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Let's Play a Game - 3/11/23

Today's puzzle was featured here on this date 2 years ago.  Even though it's a pretty recent one, I still had fun replaying:

Let's Play A Game: BB-Tan Edition

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I'm Listening - 3/10/23

Today's Texas puzzle is from a series called "TMTᵥ" for "Too Much TV," which seems appropriate for me lately:

TMTᵥ: I'm Listening

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Pie - 3/9/23

Today's puzzle takes us all the way to China.  The calendar is telling me that I should be getting ready to indulge in some:

Pie

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Wine Talk Can Be Cryptic - 3/8/23

Today we travel a bit north of me into Canaday's Ontario province.  This puzzle reminded me of Cornell's wine-tasting class that used to be very popular.  I have no idea what happened to it during Covid, or if it has kept going the whole time.  I'm not much of a wine drinker myself, and I'm sure I would've learned a lot:

NOTL Wine Glass #5 Wine Talk Can Be Cryptic 🍷 

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Blackjack - 3/7/23

Today we head to California for some:

Celtic POTD-#13: Blackjack

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State of the Art - 3/6/23

Today's California puzzle was passed along to me recently.  It's:

State of the Art

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Pioneers Gate - 3/5/23

Today we revisit a puzzle I first shared here 10 years ago today.  If you haven't tried this Central Park series, I can highly recommend it:

It Begins at the Pioneers Gate

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An Easy Puzzle - 3/4/23

Today's Canadian puzzle is one I featured here 9 years ago today.  Sometimes after a long week, you just want to do:

An Easy Puzzle

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How about a bushi variation? - 3/3/23

Today's new Missouri puzzle was passed along to me and I enjoyed it:

How about a bushi variation?

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Photographic Memory - 3/2/23

I had a suggestion to look at caches by the CO's of today's Isle of Man puzzle, and saw some I had featured before, along with several I'm interested in checking out.  This one caught my eye, as I surely wish I had a:

Photographic Memory

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Meme This - 3/1/23

Today I'm sharing a brand new Ithaca area puzzle that I haven't had a chance to go and find yet.  I need a little better weather and probably a friend to hike with me out to:

 '23 Winter.08: Never Gonna Give You Up

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Warming up for Pi Day - 2/28/23

Pi Day is too much fun to restrict sharing the theme on just one day a year. Let's start getting ready with this puzzle from Japan celebrating:

Pi day 2022 / I ❤️ Pi

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Hexa-Flexa-Cache - 2/27/23

Today we have another UK cache that was passed along to me recently.  Have some fun with this:

Hexa-Flexa-Cache

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Deer Tracks - 2/26/23

Today's Utah puzzle was featured here 10 years ago today:

Deer Tracks

(note that the required photo is on the cache page, despite what was indicated in the log upon archival)

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Greek Tree - 2/25/23

Today I'm resharing a puzzle I featured 12 years ago here today:

Imitos Tree

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Wonderfully Vibrant Happy Cow - 2/24/23

I'm not sure how I stumbled across this California puzzle, but how could I not share one about a:

Wonderfully Vibrant Happy Cow

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Klondike Solitaire - 2/23/23

I stumbled across this California series recently and had fun with them.  Try your luck with:

Celtic POTD-#12: Klondike Solitaire

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Wander Apace - 2/22/23

Today's London puzzle dropped into my in-box recently.  Have fun as you:

Wander Apace

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Follow These Directions - 2/21/23

Today we pay our final visit to this UK series which I have thoroughly enjoyed (there's one more, but it requires actually visiting the caches).  I'm so glad someone let me know about it.  If you've come across a puzzle (or a whole series) you think others would enjoy, I hope you'll pass it along.  For today:

W3W #15 - Follow These Directions

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Presidential Style - 2/20/23

I spotted this Oklahoma puzzle a while back and immediately queued it up for today, because I thought it was a hoot.  Check out this:

Presidential Style

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A Puzzle A Day - 2/19/23

Today I'm inviting you to revisit one of my own caches that was featured here 8 years ago today:

A Puzzle a Day

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Presidents Day - 2/18/23

It's Presidents Day weekend, so let's revisit a Colorado cache I featured back ten years ago today on:

Presidents Day

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Pai Gow Poker - 2/17/23

Today's puzzle takes us to California.  I was recently talking to a friend about a poker game I was unfamiliar with.  It was fun to find a puzzle cache where I could practice my strategy:

Celtic POTD-#14: Pai Gow Poker

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Night Moves - 2/16/23

Today's New York puzzle is one that I had hoped to go and find by now, but the days have gotten away from me:

'23 Winter.06: Night Moves

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Lost in Translation - 2/15/23

Today we're back in the UK, and we're nearing the end of this series I have thoroughly enjoyed.  This is definitely one of my favorites:

W3W #14 - Lost in Translation

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Let's Celebrate - Valentine's Day - 2/14/23

Today we head up to Canada's Ontario province for a cache in honor of the holiday:

Let's Celebrate - Valentine's Day

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Super Bowl Monday - 2/13/23

The Super Bowl is behind us now.  Since our team got knocked out a while back, I was mostly an interested bystander.  I did go to the Super Bowl themed movie "80 for Brady" with my neighbor on Saturday.  We were the only 2 in the theater, which is a pretty good indication of why we're going to lose that movie theater soon.  Here's a puzzle from the UK featuring the man himself:

LV

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Peggin' - 2/12/23

Today's puzzle is a rerun first shared on this date back in 2011.  We recently were gifted the game "CrossCrib" which involves trying to build the best cribbage hands while simultaneously preventing your opponent from doing so. It's kind of an interesting twist on the game I've enjoyed since I was a kid.  Try your luck with:

Peggin' 121 - Cribbage

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Doggerel & a PSA - 2/11/23

Today we travel downstate to a puzzle I first featured on this date back in 2016.

Doggerel Eat Doggerel

and I also wanted to share this Public Service Announcement video which first popped up here on this date back in 2011.

It's almost Valentine's Day, so if you've spotted any thematic puzzles it would be fun to share here, I hope you'll send them along.

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Signs I'm Getting Old - 2/10/23

Today's puzzle takes us to Virginia.  If you've solved any puzzles with the certitude checker in the last few days, you've undoubtedly noticed the new format.  I kind of wish it had been left alone, but I guess it's just one of the many:

Signs I'm Getting Old

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Lost City of Babylon - 2/9/23

I featured a puzzle from this series back in 2015, but hadn't returned to it until I was recently reminded about it both by someone who had fun going to find some of them and by another puzzler who was enjoying them.  Try your luck with:

Lost City of Babylon

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Rotadraw - 2/8/23

It's been a while since I've shared one of these.  Let's head to Ohio for:

Hilliardpalooza: Rota-draw

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Unusual Shopping List 2/7/23

Today we find ourselves back in the U.K. for another in this series I've really enjoyed:

W3W #13 - Unusual Shopping List

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Alice's Restaurant - 2/6/23

Today we head to a brand new cache just down the road from me. It was a cold, cold morning when I visited:

'23 Winter.05: Alice's Restaurant

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Sheepdog - 2/5/23

Scrolling through my previous posts on this date in past years brought back a lot of memorable puzzles, but I settled on this nicely done one that I shared back in 2015:

Sheepdog

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Oops - 2/4/23

Sorry for the late posting.  As I was lying in bed this wondering what made me agree to get up and go for a joint FTF later this morning (current temperature is -8 degrees and wind chill even worse), I suddenly realized I hadn't queued up a blog post before going to bed last night.  I said out loud, "Oops!" and rushed out to find a suitable rerun from this date in a previous year. Imagine my surprise to find this one from Canada's Alberta province, featured back in 2011:

Oops, I _@@)*((((###+_&&&^+_%%%##$+

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Wine Glass #9 - 2/3/23

Today we head north of the border up to Ontario for:

NOTL Wine Glass #9 A Bacus Wine 🍷

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Groundhog day (again!) - 2/2/23

Today we travel to the UK.  If this puzzle seems familiar, that only seems right. After all, its:

Groundhog Day (again!)

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'23 Winter.04: New Year's Resolution - 2/1/23

Today's cache popped up just down the road from me at the end of last week.  We're a month into the new year, I wonder how we're all doing with those resolutions:

'23 Winter.04: New Year's Resolution

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Fiendish Word Grid - 1/31/23

Today we're back in the UK for a:

W3W #12 - Fiendish Word Grid

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National Puzzle Day - 1/30/23

Today's puzzle takes us to Utah.  Since the holiday was yesterday I'm a little late with this one, but I stuck with my idea of a weekend rerun and took the extra time to finish up:

National Puzzle Day 2022

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Just the Facts, Ma'am - 1/29/23

Happy National Puzzle Day!  Let's celebrate with a return to a Pennsylvania puzzle I first featured here 8 years ago today:

Just the Facts, Ma'am

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Operation - 1/28/23

Today we travel to the UK for a puzzle that appeared here 9 years ago today:

Operation

Tomorrow we'll celebrate National Puzzle Day

Let it snow! - 1/27/23

I know many folks have already seen today's California puzzle, but I enjoyed it since I've been contemplating making a similar one myself.  Not to mention that for the last few days around here it's like someone all of the sudden decided:

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (KPC2023)

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Year of the Rabbit - 1/26/23

With today's New York puzzle I wish everyone a healthy and prosperous:

Year of the Rabbit

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Sky Watch Redo - 1/25/23

Today's New York cache is a reboot of the very first puzzle cache I ever found.  It was fun to be able to have a:

Sky Watch Redo

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Ordnance Survey Symbols - 1/24/23

We're back in the UK today for our 11th visit to an interesting series I've been enjoying.  This one was quite a challenge, and I learned a lot about:

W3W #11 - Ordnance Survey Symbols

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The A to Z of Global Burgers - 1/23/23

Today's Nevada puzzle was passed along to me, and I immediately recognized the CO as one whose work has been featured here before.  Try your luck with:

The A to Z of Global Burgers

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Welcome (again) to Walton - 1/22/23

When I worked on today's West Virginia cache (now archived, but featured here 11 years ago today) I thought it was such a hoot that it inspired one of my own puzzles.  Enjoy:

Welcome to Walton 

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Great Moments in Time - 1/21/23

Today's California puzzle appeared here 10 years ago today.  How time flies!  Enjoy these:

Great Moments in Time

Tomorrow we'll have another weekend rerun.

Biplanes - 1/20/23

Back in the early and middle years of this blog I often tried to post nice and juicy, tough puzzles on Fridays.  I haven't had the time to invest in solving as many of those lately, so that has slacked off in recent years.  But I tested this one recently and found it to be pretty neat so I figured I'd go ahead and share:

Biplanes

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Lasciate ogne speranza ... 1/19/23

I promise that today's North Carolina puzzle wasn't chosen as an indication of how I feel about the new semester starting ... well, maybe just a little bit:

Lasciate ogne speranza ... 

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An AI Generated Puzzle - 1/18/23

Today's puzzle takes us to Texas.  Monday was the annual wrap up of the MIT mystery hunt, which I've participated in the last several years.  Although the hunt was in person again for the first time since 2020 (I'm so glad I went to Boston for the hunt that year!) I decided to contribute remotely this year.  I was concerned about weather-related travel problems and knew from experience that I'd find the hunt itself exhausting.  Part of the theme for this year's hunt was the premise of:

An AI Generated Puzzle

My team ended up winning the hunt (I played a very small role ... there were >150 people on the team) so that means we'll be tasked with writing next year's hunt.  I'm not sure what my role in that will look like, but I do hope to be able to contribute.

I don't have my own copy yet, but this is what the coin looked like:  

  

Inside Other Caches - 1/17/23

Today we're back in the UK for the 10th in a series I've really been enjoying.  This one is:

W3W #10 - Inside Other Caches

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Apples & Oranges - 1/16/23

Today we have a Maine puzzle that was passed along to me a while back.  It's:

🍏🍏🍏 & 🍊🍊🍊

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Sign the Log, Again - 1/15/23

Today we revisit a memorable Texas puzzle I featured 10 years ago today.  I hope you'll enjoy it even though, since it's archived, we can no longer:

Sign the Log

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Zyx Revisited - 1/14/23

Today we revisit an Ohio cache I featured 9 years ago today (and subsequently found on a memorable day about 4 years after that).  This is the beginning of a fun and creative series:

Zyx the Alien – Part 1, Earth Extremes

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(Probably Not) A Final STNolan Puzzle! - 1/13/23

Today's Virginia cache is a nice tribute to a departing puzzler, whose caches (in at least 2 different states) have been featured here before, and likely will again:

A Final STNolan Puzzle!

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Minesweeper - 1/12/23

Today's puzzle takes us to Oklahoma.  I'm not going to say how many tries it took me to get through the non-handicapped version of this game ... but it was ... a lot.  And I think I had my first ever literal head-slapping moment (it's still smarting as I write this post).  See if you can beat the clock in:

Let's Play A Game: Minesweeper Edition

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On the Road... Again - 1/11/23

Today's puzzle takes us just down the road from me, to my first find of 2023:

'23 Winter.01: On The Road... Again?

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A Completely Elementary Puzzle - 1/10/23

Today we're back for #10 of the British series we've been enjoying.  It's:

W3W #09 - Completely Elementary Puzzle

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Filling the Gaps - 1/9/23

Today's puzzle takes us to Florida, where we'll be:

Filling the Gaps

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Swifties - 1/8/23

Today's clever California puzzle appeared here 7 years ago today.  See if you can sort out these:

Swifties

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Shields of the First Age - 1/7/23

Over the last few years I've considered making reruns a regular feature, and now that we're in year 13, I'm going to go ahead and do it.  Weekends have always been the most lightly read posts, so for this year on Saturdays and Sundays I'll be picking a previously featured puzzle to share again.  I expect many, if not most, of these will be new to people who are current readers.  From North Carolina, here's one I shared ten years ago today:

Shields of the First Age

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The Geometry Gauntlet - 1/6/23

Today we head to South Carolina for:

PPS - The Sixth Door (Geometry Gauntlet)

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Safari Planet - 1/5/23

Let's head to Illinois and check out this:

Safari Planet

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Perfect Together - 1/4/23

Today's New York puzzle was created for a pair of cachers who are:

Perfect Together

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Extra Cryptic Text - 1/3/23

Let's pay another visit to the UK series we've been keeping up with:

W3W #08 - Extra Cryptic Text

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Happy New Years - 1/2/23

Today we head to Kansas.  I hope everyone had very:

Happy New Years

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Happy New Year! - 1/1/23

Twelve (!) years ago today I started a little experiment called Geocaching Puzzle of the Day.  In the next few days I'll reflect a little on how it's lasted this long and my hopes for the coming year, but today I'm just kicking off 2023 with a pair of puzzles.  From Canada's Alberta province:

Happy New Year

and from my good friend in Pennsylvania (although the cache is in New Jersey):

New Year's Day: A Brief History

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