Team TBSM

Well, I have actually been doing lots of Geocaching in the last several weeks. It's about time I put up a new Geocaching Blog posting. I'll tell the stories of the outings another time. For this posting, let me introduce you to Team TBSM. I have to tell you about the team members and their handle or name on Geocaching.com, before I can explain the team name.

There is 'Baloo&BD' (aka. Dave), a long time friend of mine. We were Cub Scout leaders together. Those with any history in Scouting will recognize the reference to Baloo the Bear, teacher of the young boy, from the Jungle Book story. Besides Scouting, we used to work together at Ameritech. We were in a bowling league together (that might have come first). And we are both Ham Radio operators. And Baloo was the person that introduced me to Geocaching. He has a gift for teaching.

Next there is 'TheBaers' (aka. Mike). He's tall, moves fast and he is one heck of a geocacher. He seems to love it when a cache gets challenging. I have know Baer for the shortest time within this group. But what time we have spent together has been quite enjoyable. And we do have fun comparing our high tech gadgets.

Next comes me. I am know as 'kschu' on the Geocaching.com web site and many other on-line venues. I've been using the name as a login for over 25 years now. Say it fast and it sounds like a Sneeze, hence one of my nicknames is 'Sneezy'.

And finally, there is the "Cobbler Guy" (another aka. Dave). The Cobbler was also involved in Scouts when I met him several years ago. I think he was also introduced to Geocaching by Baloo.

So the team is made up of Two Bears, a Sneezy and a Meal. Hence the acronym TBSM. I don't know which one of the guys came up with that (it was not me). It is much simpler than writing out all of our names. And caching is a whole lot more fun when I am out doing it with these guys.

The next posts will describe the March and April TBSM outings and my own little outing in between. Milestones and/or record breakers in each.