Interactive Geocaching Treasure Hunt Showing 651-700 of 1,958

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks for the update Meg!

[Jan, Moderator]

Finished Latitude 1 and can take Longitude 3 with I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia Series #3

[Barb]

Finished longitude 2, another seat-of-your-pants thriller by David Baldacci :)

The 6:20 Man, by David Baldacci, finished 6/28 ★★★★

[Barb]

I can take Latitude 7, with Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdom, 276 pages

[Meg, Contributor]

I can take latitude 5 with Marshmallow Malice, #5 in series

[Book Concierge]

Book Concierge wrote: "I'll take LONGitude #8 with The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket - 278 pg..."

FINISHED ✔ - 30June22

[Andrea]

Finished Small-Town Bachelor, 224 pages.


I'll take Longitude 8 with The Finder of Forgotten Things, 384 pages.

[Book Concierge]

I'll take LONGitude 8 - 288 pg - One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

[Jan, Moderator]

Everyone is updated. But BC, Andrea beat you to the 8. Sorry!!

[Book Concierge]

Book Concierge wrote: "I'll take LONGitude 8 - 288 pg - One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School"

Same book LONGitude 7 - 1st published 1977

[Jan, Moderator]

Perfect!!

[Meg, Contributor]

Meg wrote: "I can take latitude 5 with Marshmallow Malice, #5 in series"

Oops, so sorry, posted wrong book! I'll be reading Read on Arrival which has 252 pages.

[Jan, Moderator]

No worries Meg! I will get it updated :)

[Karen ♐]

Karen ♐ wrote: "I’ll take Longitude 2 - - #2 in series"

Finished 7/2 - 3 stars

[Karen ♐]

I'll take Latitude 5 with Dazzled by Silver - 158 pgs

[Jan, Moderator]

Great Karen!

[Meg, Contributor]

Latitude 5 is done with Read on Arrival.

[Barb]

Finished latitude 7 / 276 pages. It wasn't what I was expecting, but it was still good enough to keep me listening. Jan, it looks like you marked this one done instead of The 6:20 Man :)

Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America’s Fast-Food Kingdom, by Adam Chandler, finished 7/2 ★★★.5

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks for the update Meg!

[Jan, Moderator]

Barb wrote: "Finished latitude 7 / 276 pages. It wasn't what I was expecting, but it was still good enough to keep me listening. Jan, it looks like you marked this one done instead of The 6:20 Man :)"

I'm getting old Barb!! I'll get you updated.

[Karen ♐]

Karen ♐ wrote: "I'll take Latitude 5 with Dazzled by Silver - 158 pgs"

Finished 7/6 - 5 stars

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Karen!

[Barb]

I can take the lonely 9 (longitude) with The Body in the Castle Well, published in 2019. My library hold came in today, so I plan to read it over the weekend, then turn it back in so others in our book group have a chance to read it before our meeting later this month :)

[Jan, Moderator]

Great Barb! Thanks!

[Book Concierge]

Book Concierge wrote: "Book Concierge wrote: "I'll take LONGitude 8 - 288 pg - One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School"

Same book LONGitude 7 - 1st published 1977"

✔ FINISHED - 08July22

[Jan, Moderator]

Appreciate the update BC!

[Barb]

Finished longitude 9, published in 2019. I really don't like reading series books out of order, but this was chosen for my F2F book group this month. It was good, but I felt like I was missing things -- mostly references to previous cases and the people involved in them, and personal relationships not relevant to the murder. I intend to start with book 1, and by the time I get back up to this book, I will probably have forgotten everything!

The Body in the Castle Well (Bruno, Chief of Police #12), by Martin Walker, finished 7/11/22 ★★★★

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks for the update Barb! It's strange that your group chose a series book to read. Especially if people aren't caught up on the series. I wouldn't have liked to read something out of order either.

[Book Concierge]

Jan wrote: "Thanks for the update Barb! It's strange that your group chose a series book to read. Especially if people aren't caught up on the series. I wouldn't have liked to read something out of order either."

My F2F book group just had a member recommend a book # 10 in a series .... We don't vote, we just allow members to recommend whatever books they want to lead the discussions on.

[Jan, Moderator]

I'd find that frustrating BC!!

[Barb]

Book Concierge wrote: "My F2F book group just had a member recommend a book # 10 in a series .... We don't vote, we just allow members to recommend whatever books they want to lead the discussions on."

That's the way our group works too, Tessa. It's a mystery group, and we try not to read anything by an author we've read before. The group was formed in 2003, and (except during Covid) it meets 11 months/year, so that's a lot of authors eliminated from the pool. A few years ago, it was decided that we could repeat an author if the book was from a different series, which has helped. The other sticking point is that, since we're a library-based group, we're supposed to choose books that have enough copies in our library system for most of the group to get them that way.

That's why we often end up reading one of the latest books in a series, rather than starting with book #1. There are only two of us who care about reading in order, so we're outnumbered.

[Andrea]

I finished a library audio today that has an 8 in the page count. I’ll swap that book for Forgotten Things, which I’m still several days out on finishing.

Finished: A Shelter of Hope by Tracie Peterson, 308 pages, 7/14/22.

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Andrea!

[Andrea]

Sorry for all the swaps, Jan. My reading has not gone anything like I planned this summer.

[Jan, Moderator]

No worries Andrea!

[Jennifer]

I finished Latitude 2 - The Key to Deceit by Ashley Weaver, Book 2 of the Electra McDonnell Series

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Jennifer! That completes this hunt! I will be posting the treasure shortly!

[Jan, Moderator]

Treasure Hunt #13
The Gavrinis Passage Tomb from 3,500 BC
Island of Gavrinis, France
Latitude: 47.572351
Longitude: -2.8987243


Our coordinates for this hunt take us to Gavrinis, a small uninhabited island in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, France. It is home to a passage grave which is an impressive example of a megalithic monument from the Neolithic period. Sand and plants had kept the tomb disguised for thousands of years so it wasn’t discovered and excavated until 1835, while a thorough study of the monument took place in the 1980’s.

This ancient burial ground was constructed around 3500 BC and features a stone burial chamber which is covered in a cairn, or stone mound. Although the identity of the person (or people) buried inside the chamber has been lost to history, they are believed to have been someone of very high status.

The burial chamber is reached by a low, narrow passage with giant stone slabs forming the sides. All the stones used are richly decorated which makes this one of the major treasuries of European megalithic art. The decoration is incredibly well preserved and consists of a variety of patterns which include symbols thought to be abstract depictions of familiar items, such as axes, shields and horns. There are plenty of other decorations (zigzags, circles and other line styles) which may have had meaning or were simply decorative. Of particular note, at the Winter Solstice the sun shines directly down the passage, hitting the back wall.

Analysis of the huge ceiling slab found that it was most likely cut from the same piece of stone that covers the stone burial chamber of Table des Marchand in Locmariaquer, just across the water from Gavrinis. It also matched a third stone at another tomb at Locmariaquer, and is suggested that the three pieces together once formed an enormous standing stone. This would support the theory that the island was connected to the mainland when the burial passage was constructed.

Today, the mound is a tourist attraction open between April and October by guided tour only. The site is accessed by a 15-minute boat ride from the nearby oyster-farming town of Larmor-Baden. If you are in France and can’t make the trip to see this outstanding treasure, a replica of the Passage can be visited in the museum at another megalithic site in the western commune of Bougon.

[Jan, Moderator]

The coordinates for the next treasure have been posted.

I have claimed Longitude 2 with: Jan: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Published 2012

[Jennifer]

I can take Latitude 1 with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, Series #1. I am a traditionalist and believe the Narnia stories should be read in Publication order.

I love the new treasure! Would love to visit it (or the replica). It sounds fascinating.

[Jan, Moderator]

Great Jennifer! Enjoy your book :)

[Book Concierge]

I'll take LATitude 3 - pub 2013 - The Christmas Cookie Collection

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks BC!

[Barb]

I can take latitude 1 with IQ, by Joe Ide. It's book #1 in the series.

[Karen ♐]

I’ll take Latitude 6 with - 265 pgs

[Meg, Contributor]

If it's available I'll take #3 longtitude with Undone in Uluru, third in series

[Andrea]

I’ll take Latitude 8 with Perfect Alibi by Melody Carlson, 288 pages.

[Jan, Moderator]

Everyone should be updated!! Thank you all!

[Jennifer]

I finished Latitude 1 with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, Book 1 of the series.

I can take Latitude 8 with A Test of Courage by Justina Ireland, 284 pages

[Jan, Moderator]

That was fast Jennifer!! I'll get you updated :)