Dozens of people came up to me and asked me what she was. I told some people she is a Carolina Parakeet, "really? " Some people missed the day in biology class when they talked about extinct species..
when I was asked if they could take a picture, I sometime said sure , just 25 cents, take all the pictures you want. I loved the hesitation before they realized I was kidding.
In all the week was wonderful, not much rain, great food, and good company. The twins were on the go every day and had a great time. They finished the week at the NC aquarium and left this morning at 645. Donald and Hilary leave later this morning and the rest of the crowd in the evening. I'm saddling up Sunday morning heading home, 3 box finds short of 5000. I really hoped to reach the magic goal while everyone was here but it didn't happen. I'm sure I'll find #5000 on the road Sunday, just about 7 years since we started letterboxing. Atlasquest posts a hall of fame which shows every members finds. the site used to have brackets that separated finders who found 1000, 5000 etc. Too many people got hung up on the numbers so the thresholds were made arbitrary, e.g. 4316, 1243. I'm still happy to reach 5000 finds.
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