Day 1 TheBeanTeam celebrates 15 Years of Bean Teaming

On June tenth we celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary with a trip to the coast. We stayed in Port Orford where we hiked, geocached, walked the beach, visited an off beat roadside attraction and rested.

It was a glorious weekend. We left the kids with friends and took the dog heading out on Thursday after work for a vacation rental house overlooking the Oregon Coastline from a distance.

We stopped for a few brief walks on the trip over to the coast. First we stopped in at Archie Knowles Campground to allow the dog a short walk. Of course we had fired up the GPS to see it there was a geocache before we pulled in. Mrs. Bean made quick work of finding the cache and as soon as we were all refreshed and rested we headed on over to Florence where we turned south.

Mrs. Bean thought she heard something odd with the van so we pulled off to see what the sound was. I couldn't hear it but it happened that we were at the Oregon Dunes Overlook where we enjoyed our first view of the ocean during our trip along a pleasant little boardwalk. We would have liked to take off hiking but  needed to be several hours south before it got to late.

We pulled into Coos Bay and had romantic bite to eat in the parking lot of Fred Meyers. We splurged and got Arby's....hey it was an anniversary trip. Nothing but the best for TheBeanTeam. The rest of the trip was quick and uneventful and we found our home away from home without trouble where we spent the evening getting settled and unwinding.

Sacramento Saunter

On our first morning in Sacramento The Sprout woke up early. Much to early for the rest of the team so I bundled her up and took her out for a walk. I decided to head over to the California State Capitol Mall. There were a bunch of waymarks in the area I wanted to visit and a benchmark that was historic in nature that I wanted to see as well. The Sacramento Longditude-Granite Meridian Stone-1888 is one of the original survey markers for a very early survey in The West.


The park is really beautiful and The Sprout had a blast walking about and looking at the different sites. I was able to place several waymarks in the area in addition to the many that were already there. My favorite surprise of the day was a El Camino Real Bell that I didn't know was there. When I had researched them before coming down it looked like the closest would have been out of my reach to visit or waymark.


After we had wandered through the park a while I got a call from Mrs. Bean. She and The Bean Himself were up and ready for some breakfast and the day.

California in April

In early April we took a little vacation to visit Sacramento and the California State Railroad Museum that is located there in Old Town.

We left after work on Wednesday and drove until we reached the metropolis of Weed. It was around 27 degrees and it was a bit surprising getting out of the van and into the cold night air.

Origin of TheBeanTeam:
TheBeanTeam was created on a Thanksgiving day in 2002. Brother in-law RvrRnr (aka Dean) introduced Mr. Bean (aka Garbanzo Bean) to an activity called Geocaching.

We were a new family with a brand new baby boy that we were obsessed with. This little boy also has, as part of his name, the "Dean" moniker and his Aunt started calling him The Bean. In December of 2002 Mrs. Bean (Coffee Bean) produced a Christmas gift that included a GPS receiver and we signed up for a geocaching account. Thus, TheBeanTeam was born.


In April of 2006 the team added another member. The Sprout was born and transformed our home as only a little girl can.

Our original team included our greyhound, Dango Dog, who went everywhere with us and accompanied us on our wanderings. He was a retired racer who helped separate folks from their money by being a class c racing dog and not all that dependable on the track. He was dependable in our home however, we could depend on him to dig in the trash if we didn't secure it and to run off if the chance provided itself. Dango developed a limp that proved to be bone cancer and has retired once again...this time permanently. Rest in Peace Dango Dog.

Since 2002 we have added other activities as well. Mr. Bean now hunts benchmarks and creates waymarks . Both are GPS related activities.