I AM WORKING ON GETTING A BENCHMARK SET AND HAVING IT ADDED TO THE NGS DATA BASE.
I HAVE BEEN GEOCACHING AND BENCHMARKING SINCE ABOUT 2002 AND HAVE HAD THE OPORTUNITY TO DO MANY THINGS I NEVER THOUGH POSSIBLE OR IMAGINABLE.
TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE NGS "NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY" IS A GREAT HONOR. NGS
FORMERLY THE U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY FOUNDED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON ON THE RETURN OF LEWIS AND CLARK.
WE HAD BEEN DISCUSSING IN THE BENCHMARK FORUMS AT GEOCACHING ABOUT GETTING OUR OWN BENCHMARK FOR OUR CONTRIBUTIONS OF RECOVERIES TO THEM.
I MET THE HEAD GEODISIST (DAVE DOYLE - DAVED) FOR THE NGS AND MANY OTHERS,WHILE DOING THE LEWIS AND CLARK EVENTS ON THEIR 200TH ANNIVERSARY.HE HAD ASKED ME TO BE THE GO BETWEEN FOR GEOCACHING AND THE NGS AND DO SOME SIGNATURE EVENTS I EXCITEDLY AND WITH HONOR SAID YES SIR.
I DID AND HAD THE THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME.
WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS 200 YEARS LATER AS THOSE GREAT PIONEERS LEWIS AND CLARK.
ANYWAY WE HAD AN EVENT LAST YEART AT MEADES RANCH KANSAS OUR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NOW NGS 200TH ANNIVERSARY.
MEADES RANCH IS THE NAD 27 "NORTH AMERICAN DATUM OF 1927" CENTER AND IS ALSO THE GEODETIC CENTER OF THE CONTIGUIOS UNITED STATES AND ALSO NEAR THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER AS WELL THE MECCA OF BENCHMARKS. I ALSO MET A FELLOW BENCHMARKER /GEOCACHER (ERNIE CANTU - CANTULAND)WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A LAND SURVEYOR.
WELL NOW MY BRAIN STARTED CLICKING AND I THOUGHT FOR THIS YEARS EVENT TO MECCA WE COULD SEE IF WE COULD GET A BENCHMARK SET.SO WE START THE PROCESS AND I CALL THE PEOPLE I HAVE MET OVER THE YEARS AND MR. DOYLE TO SEE IF IT WERE POSSIBLE TO DO THIS.
WITH A YES I BEGAN THE ADVENTURE AND WAS GIVEN A NUMBER TO BERNTSEN
I CALLED TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE A BENCHMARK MADE FOR GEOCACHING OUR OFFICIAL DESIGNATION IS GEOCAC.
I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT AND ALSO LEARNED THEY HAVE A NEW WEBSITE AND ARE INTO GEOCACHING AND BENCHMARKING AS WELL AND HAVE CREATED CACHING NOW
I HAVE BEEN DESIGNING A FEW GEOCOINS AND ASKED IF I COULD SUBMIT THE ART WORK FOR IT,RHONDA SAID YES AND WE BEGAN THE PROCESS.
I RECIEVED THE BENCHMARK THIS WEEK AND IT IS AWESOME AND WE WILL CHRISTEN IT AT THE MEADES RANCH 2008 MECCA EVENT
STAY TUNED FOR THE SETTING OF THE BENCHMARK.
