Morton Fox's journal

In this lazy summer, if it were not for geocaching, I wouldn't have gone out anywhere this evening. Shopping would be left undone. Local economies would languish. (Well, not really.) A new geocache provided the perfect excuse. I went to Mills Reservation in Montclair for Old Entrance to Mills. The old entrance is a walk-in entrance flanked by stone walls and stone pillars. It's no longer in use because there is now a new entrance 400 feet down the road with a parking area. The park must cater to the motoring public, after all. Anyway, this was an easy cache with a minimal amount of climbing. (This cache hider is notorious for placing geocaches that require either rock or tree climbing.) I got FTF and signed the first page in the log.

On my way back, I stopped at Micro Center in Paterson. I've been looking for two accessories for the netbook. It doesn't have a built-in CD drive so it would be nice to have an external USB DVD/CD drive. Also, the netbook has bluetooth capability so it would be good to have a bluetooth mouse to free up one of the USB ports. Well, I found both items on sale today. There was a special on the external drive and I came across a bluetooth mouse while rummaging through a pile of mice on the clearance rack. Spent a little more than I'd planned but those were good finds.

I was running a little late after that, so I settled for a spicy Italian footlong dinner from Subway in Paramus Park Mall. The food court was shutting down for the night at the time so I took what I could get.

Another fine day. Sunny and around 60°F in the evening. So I went to Mills Reservation in Cedar Grove to hit another two geocaches: The View and The Walk. What made it possible for me to get both geocaches in the evening was I found out about the southern entrance to the park. If I had come in from the usual northern entrance, it'd have been a 2-mile round trip walk, not impossible to do in the evening but I'd have to hurry. Anyway, I found both caches and then took a look at the cliffside view on the way out. After that, I went to Paramus Park Mall for another Subway footlong. (Yes, still $5.)

Tomorrow is the Doo Dah Parade in Ocean City but I won't be going. It'll be my 3rd year of boycotting Ocean City since that December evening when the town police drove up onto the boardwalk to tell me to leave. They should understand that if they tell me to leave a public area for no good reason, the town goes on my blacklist and I may never bring my business there again.

( Friday Five )