On To Kim and Seans For Christmas

We left early Sat. to drive to Kim and Sean's to meet the rest of the family there for Christmas. We stopped at SU and did a virtual cache first and it was nice as all the students were off on vacation so it was deserted and we were able to dive right to the location. Tried to do a few more caches in NY and PA on the way but again "accessible in winter" doesn't mean the same to the people here as it does to us. We did get a few in NJ after we got out of snow country and did a neat cache in Gladstone/Peapack called The Limestone Kiln. Here is a brief history of the site: The limestone kilns were active from 1794 to 1945. Before the year 1800 the farmers began to notice that crops in many of there fields were not growing well. This was because the soil had not been used for so many years that the soil had a high level of acid. When powered lime is spread on the ground it dissolves in rain water and is absorbed by the soil. That neutralizes some of the acid in the soil and produces better growing conditions. So to sum it up these kilns were used to burn limestone into powders which helped grow crops by lowering the levels of acid. We got to Sean's about 1:30 and had lunch, Scott's family arrived shortly after that and right now dinner is on and Chris will be here about 8:00. See you all soon and we love you all.