Josh & Craig Explore Uranus! (Missouri)

Ever wondered what happens when two location-based gaming enthusiasts walk into a town called Uranus? This episode takes you on a journey to one of Route 66's most memorable roadside attractions—Uranus, Missouri—a place built entirely on juvenile humor and unexpected charm.

Discover the fascinating backstory of how this quirky destination came to be when businessman Louis Keene pivoted from adult entertainment venues to family-friendly (technically) attractions after pushback from the nearby town of St. Roberts. The result? A roadside stop that leans heavily into innuendo while remaining just appropriate enough for all ages.

From the moment staff members enthusiastically shout "Welcome to Uranus!" as you enter the Fudge Factory (where "the best fudge comes from Uranus"), to exploring the bizarre Sideshow Museum with its sword-swallowing performer and peculiar taxidermy, every corner of this place is designed to both make you laugh and shake your head in disbelief. We share our experiences playing the Pirate Mini Golf course, visiting the former world's largest belt buckle, and taking photos with the "Mayor of Uranus"—a muffler man statue with its own tornado survival story.

As Munzee and geocaching enthusiasts, we also dive into the gaming opportunities available in and around Uranus, including the Saturday Munzee event that brought players from across the country. We explore the differences between these location-based games and how they create unique social experiences for players.

Whether you're planning your next Route 66 adventure or just love hearing about America's quirkiest destinations, this episode captures the essence of what makes roadside attractions such a beloved part of American travel culture. So join us as we prove once again that sometimes the most memorable travel experiences come from the places that make you giggle like a 14-year-old.

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Transcript

Welcome to Treasures of Our Town

Speaker 1 0:03

Warning this episode contains 14-year-old schoolboy humor about Uranus.

Speaker 2 0:08

Listener, discretion is advised. Do you love to travel?

Speaker 1 0:21

Do you love road trips?

Speaker 2 0:22

Do you love finding hidden treasures in towns all over the USA? Hi, I'm Joshua.

Speaker 1 0:26

And I'm Craig. Welcome to Treasures of Our Town. It's the podcast that explores unique and charming towns scattered throughout the United States.

Speaker 2 0:31

Guided by our love for location-based games like geocaching, join us as we venture to some of the country's most intriguing destinations, uncovering hidden gems and local secrets along the way.

Speaker 1 0:46

On today's episode, josh. We went to Uranus together in Missouri. We visited Fudge Factory. We did so much there. We played some Munze, we did some geocaching. You've got a video out as well. The Munzees got a video out too. So mate, mate, mate, this episode is all about. You call it Uranus in your video.

Speaker 2 0:58

Uranus yes, I published my video today and there were some people who were like thank you so much. Josh for pronouncing it the correct way.

Speaker 1 1:06

No, no, no, no, not some people. There was one. There was one person and it was Bell on the Move. I did read the comments, josh, there was more than one.

Speaker 2 1:14

There was more than one, there was another one.

Speaker 1 1:17

There were two oh two.

Speaker 2 1:18

Anyway, yes, I call it the sophisticated way of Uranus. Welcome to Uranus.

Speaker 1 1:25

No, no, it's always been Uranus.

Speaker 2 1:27

But not nearly as fun. No, even when we were in Uranus, when I said it, when we were in the Sideshow Museum, the lady was like kind of irritable with me.

Speaker 1 1:37

She was like it's Uranus. Yes, exactly, and we're going to talk about the reason why it's actually Uranus as well. Coming up Because you did some research, Josh. You got some history about it as well.

Speaker 2 1:48

Yeah, and I asked some of the locals and then I wanted to confirm it and it actually was confirmed, wow.

Speaker 1 1:57

What the reason why Uranus Missouri exists. You actually had to try and pronounce it Uranus, because you're so used to Uranus. I even saw your mouth move differently. Anyway, josh, in between then and now, what have you been up?

Speaker 2 2:08

to mate. What's your upgrades and delays? Well, this week was a short week of work for me because I went down to Bowling Green, kentucky.

Speaker 1 2:15

We've spoken about Bowling Green before.

Speaker 2 2:17

I know Rhys had an episode about Bowling Green because that's where Rhys, my oldest, and my son, jonah, both went to college and Jonah graduated from Western Kentucky University this week, so we went down there to celebrate.

Speaker 1 2:31

Congratulations, jonah, mate. Well done, well done. I did see a couple of photos, josh, on your Instagram page as well, so a big congratulations to him. But I will say this, jonah, if you're listening, because he doesn't maybe not do a little. Uh, you know, muscle off with your younger brother, because your younger brother has got you covered big time. So hayden is looking jacked mate, he's looking really yeah, he is looking.

Speaker 2 2:53

Jacked really worked out pretty strong yeah, yes, for sure yeah he might go into exercise science for college that's really kind of cool, he's got a passion for building the muscle so he's nothing like his father?

Speaker 1 3:05

if that's the case, then because? But anyway, uh, what's been your delays? Any delays apart from that, then? Delays sometimes it's too many actually, yeah not too many actually.

Speaker 2 3:17

Um, I don't have any, I'm gonna say zero. Oh, life is good wow, there you go.

Speaker 1 3:22

Don't jinx it, though, I know right, I know. Anyway, meanwhile, josh, I've been my upgrade. I'm going to start with my upgrade first as well. I went to Mingo Madness last weekend. Mingo Madness, was it mad? Was it mad? Not really. There wasn't as many people there as I was hoping for. There really wasn't. I mean, you think about it, though, josh. There is the Mingo Madness is a block party this last weekend. This weekend coming up is another block party, the ASP Geobash as well in Western New York, and then the weekend after that is the Big Giga. So three weekends in a row, three big geocaching events in a row as well, and I'll say, yeah, mingo Madness, it was an upgrade for me. I really did enjoy it.

Speaker 1 4:05

I spent three or four days in colby in kansas, and I will say that oddy, oddy olsen, I think his name, is the geocacher. There. He places some really cool gadget caches and, josh, these ones, these gadget caches, they stand the test of time as well. Some of them have been there five, six, seven, eight years and they're not as still you, you know, the paint's faded, you know what I mean, but they still work really, really well, you know, and I did a couple. I took a leaf out of your book, josh. I did a few TikToks and a few short videos and a few Instagram reels as well.

Speaker 2 4:38

Yeah, a couple of them that you featured I had found last time I was there, last time they had Mingo Madness five years ago, so I recognize some of them. And yeah, adi Olson, great hider, yes, and a lot of his stuff is, yeah, stands the test of time. So you got to love that Exactly and shout out to Ryan Semel, yes, who not only put this event together, mingo Madness but a couple weeks ago he put together MOGA.

Speaker 2 5:03

So he he did two block parties in the matter of two mega events, slash block parties in the matter of just a month, which is crazy.

Speaker 1 5:16

Yeah, absolutely crazy, but he does a great job. Ryan is a really good mate as well, and if ever you see Ryan, he gives out rugs. I call them they're called Ryan hugs because he's such a big guy he gives out the biggest, squeeziest hug you'll ever have in your life. So meanwhile, my delay would be the fact is that I've actually got to travel there, like I've got to travel from Colby Kansas all the way East to the Western New York for ASB. I've only got four, four, four, five days to do it. So I'll be there this this Thursday. As you listen to this, this Thursday I'm arriving in Western New York for the ASP. Geobash. Josh, where are you parked?

Speaker 2 5:47

Where are you parked right now?

Speaker 1 5:49

Right now is Sunday night. It's the night before this is published again. It's a late one. I am actually back in St Louis, so I'm on the outskirts of St Louis, so I've made a couple of good inroads into the actual trip. I've got about, I'm gonna say, about 12, 12 hours to drive yet in the next three days. That's not too bad, not too bad, so nice. I can do the four-hour trips. They're easy, they're easy. So that's nice, that's my would you call it a delay, the fact that I have to travel?

Speaker 2 6:14

I don't know, I don't know, and it's a travel podcast. That's fun. It's a pretty, a pretty high uh delay yes, yeah, exactly.

Speaker 1 6:24

Well, at least I've got. I've given a delay, josh, I'm like you, you can't even think of one. You know what I mean. Like I had to think, I had to think long and hard what is actually my delay. And I, I will say as well, like I did, I did a three hour stint today. I did stop for for two caches, which is good. Um, and that's what geocaching does as well it does. It makes you stop to rest your legs, to to get out and walk around and sort of refresh yourself as well. Because when you're driving by yourself without sort of music or without podcasts to listen to, you do start to get a little bit dozy. So rest, revive, survive. There's my tip as well Rest, revive, survive. That's a good one, that's a good one.

Speaker 1 7:02

So, josh, are we going to move on to Uranus, yes, or should we on to Uranus?

Speaker 2 7:05

Yes, yeah. Or should we talk about Uranus?

Speaker 1 7:09

Well, I think we'll talk about let's just talk about Uranus.

Speaker 2 7:13

Okay, let's just talk about Uranus.

Speaker 1 7:14

Yeah, yeah, we'll talk about Uranus. Okay, no, yours. What's the? You want to do the backstory first about Uranus, why it is actually named Uranus, or do you want to tell everyone else how you came to Uranus?

Speaker 2 7:27

Well, I think we should start with the backstory.

Speaker 1 7:29

Yeah, backstory first, there is actually a little area.

Discovering Uranus, Missouri's Backstory

Speaker 2 7:37

I don't even think it's a town, Craig. It's an area. It's an area. It's an area called Uranus, Missouri, right outside of St Roberts, Missouri, which I believe there's a military base there.

Speaker 1 7:46

There were a lot of military people around, yeah, there was.

Speaker 2 7:49

I did notice that, and so this is the little area. It's almost just like a little rest stop outside of outside of St Roberts, and the area is owned, or was owned, by a man named Louis Keene.

Speaker 1 8:04

Louis.

Speaker 2 8:05

Louis, and in the 1990s and the early 2000s he had some ownership of some gentlemen clubs with the ladies in the polls.

Speaker 1 8:18

That's the one we were talking about. Those are the clubs.

Speaker 2 8:20

Yes, yes, yes yes, right on Route 66. And the city, the city of St Roberts, did not, did not like that.

Speaker 1 8:28

No, they didn't want to become the next Vegas sort of thing, sort of style.

Speaker 2 8:33

Yes, so in response to that Keene, he pivoted away from adult clubs and leaned into humor, novelty, suggestiveness, without crossing over the line of adult territory.

Speaker 1 8:47

Well, no, because it's a teenage territory. It's a teenage territory. Yeah, that's true.

Speaker 2 8:52

Yes, and thus Uranus was born.

Speaker 1 8:58

So is it an official town called Uranus? Is it actually officially called Uranus a town? No, no, it's literally his block of land that he owns. He classes as Uranus. He's put up the signs. It's more like the. It's one of those like really a roadside attraction for Route 66. It really is. It's become a real big roadside attraction for it too.

Speaker 2 9:18

It was sort of his response to the city officials about his businesses that he was owning. So he decided to do something a little bit more family friendly technically family friendly. Technically it is, there's nothing but the signage. The signage, there was some not.

Speaker 1 9:36

So yeah, family friendly signage there really was and, uh, merchandise as well, like t-shirts and stickers and magnets, etc. As well. So, um yeah, a lot of innuendo. We found j Josh when we went inside the building, inside the fudge factory, because apparently they say the best fudge is from Uranus. So things like that we're talking about is the innuendo we're discussing, more so than anything else.

Speaker 2 9:57

It was pretty good fudge. Yeah, I tried it. You guys bought some and I ate some. It was good for fudge from Uranus.

Speaker 1 10:04

It was, it was, and there was a different, very different flavors of fudge too, from Uranus. Oh yeah, so you know, we had the cookies and cream, we had the salted caramel, like oh, that was good too. Now, and here's another tip. Josh, Did you like the fudge out of the fridge or the fudge from room temperature? There's two different consistencies from them.

Speaker 2 10:23

Yeah, I like room temperature.

Speaker 1 10:24

Yeah, you like the smooth fuck out of Uranus.

Speaker 2 10:27

I like it a little smoother.

Speaker 1 10:29

You don't like it too hard and rocky.

Speaker 2 10:31

No, not too hard. Not too hard, that's fair.

Speaker 1 10:35

We can't go there already. We're getting too deep in Uranus already.

Speaker 2 10:39

Yeah, and I'll just say this, as we continue on, and I'll just say this, as we continue on, we're going to lean in, we're going to lean into the poop humor.

Speaker 1 10:45

Yes, yeah, not the other kind of humor. No, no, no, no. Well, we'll do our best and see what happens from there. We'll see what happens. That's right, that's right.

Speaker 2 10:54

So here's the deal. This was a last minute decision for me to join you and Rob in Uranus because I had been hearing for months and months on the official Munzee podcast, which you were a co-host of, about this event, and it just got, craig. It worked. It just got burned into my brain, yeah, and I was having FOMO before I could even have FOMO. So I knew I needed to make it to Uranus or Uranus, and so I booked a Sun Country, sun country airlines not sponsored, but sun country, if you're listening a 138 round trip flight. What a 138 round trip flight, wow. Sun country airlines to from minneapolis to st louis. So I couldn't, I couldn't turn that up. I had the weekend free and so I was like I got to have big fun in Uranus, yes.

Speaker 1 11:52

Because that's actually what the event was called. The event was called Big Fun in Uranus.

Speaker 2 11:54

Yeah, yeah, and if you have searched Uranus and you're all wondering about it and our podcast came up, you might be wondering what in the world is Munzee? What are they talking about? Oh, yes, we were came up. You might be wondering what in the world is munzee what are they talking about?

Speaker 1 12:10

oh yes, we were at a munzee event. Craig, you are a great ambassador for munzee. Could you just give a little bit of a? I'm gonna sentence.

Speaker 1 12:12

I'm gonna refer to joshua, the geocaching vloggers uh, version of munzee, and that is because everyone knows pretty much. They know geocaching and geocaching is a location-based game where you find hidden things in the, in the bushes, in the, in car parks or whatever else as well. Everyone also knows Pokemon Go. The Pokemon Go is very much the electronic version of a location-based game where you get little creatures on the screen and, josh, you said this yourself and it's being used now prolifically throughout the Munzee world and that is geocaching.

Speaker 1 12:39

Pokemon Go. They have a love child. That love child is Munzee, so that's how it was. They have a love child that love child is Munzee, so that's how it was. So that's what Munzee basically is. So, yeah, there's QR code stickers that you can go and physical ones which you can actually cap or take a photo of, basically through the app, or there's a lot of virtual ones, and the virtual ones Josh they're virtual ones can be placed from anyone all over the world. You don't have to actually physically be there to place it. So I had friends in australia, josh, placing virtual monsies and cards and everything else as well, all over the top of uranus, so I hope you weren't too, uh, you know, worried about that.

Speaker 2 13:13

That was so nice of them. Yeah, to do that. Yeah, yeah, I'm the one I think I'm the one that took that, came up with that description. I'm gonna claim it.

Speaker 1 13:22

Yeah, you did yeah, I just, I just said that before, that's right.

Speaker 2 13:26

Yeah, thank you for the credit I told you I gave you credit for it I know and you know what it must work, because I have the most referrals in the world including josh, including.

Speaker 1 13:36

You have your biggest referral. Your number one referral is is you me, and now I work for munzee, as well, so one of your referrals is actually a staff member now, wow.

Speaker 2 13:47

You know some people think with my 1,500 referrals they don't think they're quality referrals. But come on. I've got somebody that works for them. So I think that's a quality referral.

Speaker 1 13:58

I mean, don't worry about the other 1,499, but that's okay. But we want to hear if you are one of Josh's referrals as well. Let us know, send us an email, tell me, tell me, tell me who else is Josh's referrals? I'd love to know, and so would you, josh too, I dare say.

Speaker 2 14:15

And if you want to become one of my referrals, if you want to be a part of the 1500 Club, you can just go to my youtube video that I just posted. Yes, as this as this published monday, it was published yesterday and my little referral code, little code is right on there, you can capture it and join the club or or, josh.

Speaker 1 14:34

It'll be in the show notes as well, so I'll put it in the show notes as well.

Speaker 2 14:37

So there you go, you can put yours and people could choose which one they want no, no, I'll put yours in.

Speaker 1 14:41

I'll put yours in. You are the number one. You'll stay number one for that. There's no way I'm catching that number.

Speaker 2 14:45

I don't think anybody's catching it, maybe no no, exactly.

Speaker 1 14:49

All right, josh. So you're talking about the 138 round trip to the sun country airlines, did? It was only the weekend, so you didn't have to pack much at all, did you?

Speaker 2 14:57

no, you know, the thing with sun country airlines is that they have cheap fares but they kind of nickel and dime you with the baggage, oh so everything else is extra yeah, so an overhead is like 30 bucks, a check bag is 30 bucks, but it was only a three-day weekend so I had a awesome backpack that I could just put underneath my seat and the backpacks are free. So that's a good tip for you. If you travel Spirit Airlines, sun Country, these airlines that nickel and dime you If you can pack everything really tight then, you can do it cheap on the cheap, which I did.

Speaker 1 15:37

And, josh, I do believe that backpack that you used as well. You did have that, or display that on one of your recent videos on your YouTube channel as well, didn't you?

Speaker 2 15:44

Yeah, we should put it in the show notes yeah, I will. It is a really cool. Yeah, it can fit a lot. Yeah, and it's TSA approved for under the seat.

Speaker 1 15:54

Yeah, yeah, that's ideal. It's a good one, that's ideal. Yep Link again for that one in the show notes as well too. That's pretty cool.

Speaker 2 16:04

So, Josh, yeah, how long did it take you on the flight? It's like an hour and 15 minutes.

Speaker 1 16:06

So it's like you go up and you come back down again.

Speaker 2 16:08

That's nice Pretty much. And then I got a rental car and it was about a two-hour drive. The drive was longer than the flight. A two-hour drive from St Louis right into Uranus.

Speaker 1 16:20

Yeah, and we felt you coming as well. So, yeah, we heard you, we saw the Munzees. You know that you're capping along the way, because Munzees like that as well. If you put a Munzee out, you get notifications when people cap that Munzee as well. So that's what I mean, josh we're feeling you coming through, because you were capping my Munzees that I placed all the way through too, which is really awesome.

Speaker 2 16:36

So, yes, and when I drove into Uranus, you guys were already in there. Correct, you were already there having fun.

Speaker 1 16:44

We'd been there for two hours already.

Speaker 1 16:46

So we did like a. We did this is on the Saturday because the Sunday was. No, sorry, this is on the Friday because the Saturday was the events and I said to Rob at the time I said let's do Uranus now, let's go in there, let's really soak up Uranus, you know like, really get in there, really sort of enjoy everything that there is to be about Uranus without anyone else you know, talking munzee stuff as well and so we did. We went in there on the Friday, uh, just before lunchtime, and as soon as we walk in, josh, what happens? Everyone screams out welcome to Uranus. You know the whole. Every single time someone walks in, they all scream out the same thing.

Adventure Begins: The Route 66 Diner

Speaker 1 17:21

You go in there, and then Rob and I, josh, spent two hours soaking up Uranus. So inside, looking at everything, we read every little t-shirt that was there, every stick that was there, and we listened, josh, listened to all the staff members, because all the staff members had very good innuendo puns to everyone, every single person. I mean there was hundreds of different puns they were talking about and I just couldn't stop, you know. So we bought our fudge as well, and he even asked us, you know, would you like your fudge packed, you know, in a nice hard, solid box, or would you like it loose as a goose in a bag? You know that sort of thing. So we both got it in a box and then we went and had and that's when you turned up after that, josh, so we'd been there for two hours wow yeah it's amazing that there's enough stuff to do.

Speaker 2 18:18

Oh yeah, uranus, you know for to take up two hours of fun.

Speaker 1 18:24

Yeah, and we didn't even do everything, Josh, because you and I we'll talk about it very soon. You and I did something that we didn't on the Saturday. We didn't do on the Friday either, so that was. That was awesome and, to be honest with you, josh, we were going to do it, but I said, no, we have to wait for.

Speaker 2 18:39

Josh.

Speaker 1 18:40

Thank you, because I know what you like with these things.

Speaker 2 18:42

I know what you like, mate I know I want to be a part of it yeah, to be part of things, exactly. So the first thing we did when I got there yeah, as I saw the mini golf, oh, I was like, oh, we're gonna do the pirate mini golf place. What's it called? It was called uh, pirate something pirates, pirates, pirates and I am ashamed to say that craig dominated again, again, just like remember golf.

Speaker 1 19:12

remember, josh, back in florida. This is a couple of years ago now, the time, the time, josh, we, we birthed this podcast in a hot tub. That time, that time, I'm talking about you and I and rob as well, and Carson, buckeye Cacher as well, the young guy we played putt-putt golf in Florida, and it was golf and gator. We played at that too, and again, I dominated all three of you there and the domination kept on going in putt pirates as well. So I will say the best thing about putt pirates, josh, is you can actually pick your different colored balls. Rob picked green because green's for Munzee, I think you had yellow and I had to have blue balls, josh, but anyway.

Speaker 2 19:48

Yeah, you had to.

Speaker 1 19:49

Yeah.

Speaker 2 19:50

You know, it made sense.

Speaker 1 19:51

Yeah, 15-year-old Craig made sense. So mini golf, josh, what did you like about the mini golf? I actually really liked the course.

Speaker 2 20:09

I thought it was a clever course. They had water hazards there as well, which you thought they were a hazard, but they were actually a help. You know? Yes, that was the best hole.

Speaker 1 20:11

Yeah, you could like hit it into the river and the river would take it straight into the hole. Well, close enough to the hole anyway. Pretty close, pretty darn close.

Speaker 2 20:15

Yeah, yeah, yep so but yeah, now it's kind of becoming a tradition if, if you and I and rob are together and we see mini golf, we have to do it, we have to stop.

Speaker 1 20:23

Yeah, it's a thing now, and I like that thing because I'm good at it compared to you two, so I like it more than axe throwing, for instance.

Speaker 2 20:33

You did have some other competitions that we'll talk about, we did, we did.

Speaker 1 20:36

But next time, josh, when we have Tim around as well, our good friend Tim Minnesota boy, we need to do some mini golf. He hasn't played mini golf with us yet, he might be really good. He might be really good. He's done some axe throwing, which he wasn't good at Neither was I and some other things as well, but yeah, he might be really good at it too. I need some competition, josh.

Speaker 2 21:01

So then, after the mini golf, what else do we do after that, josh? Well, I visited the big virtual. There's a virtual geocache there yeah. Word is there used to be several geocaches in Uranus, but I think they got removed. Yeah, because we'll say it a little bit later. They weren't too pleased when they found out there was a Munzee event happening the next day, and that surprised me.

Speaker 1 21:22

That surprised me.

Speaker 2 21:23

It's a bummer.

Speaker 1 21:24

It is, it is, it is.

Speaker 2 21:26

But the first Munzee event was not in Uranus, it was in St Roberts and it was at the coolest place, craig. It was so cool. I loved it. It was the Route 66 Diner, I think that's what it was called, right.

Speaker 1 21:39

Yeah, that's exactly what it was called the Route 66 Diner in St Roberts. And if you, if you close your eyes, you're listening to us right now close your eyes and you picture the words Route 66 Diner, what you see in your head is exactly what it looked like. It was like a silver, bright, silver, caboosey thing with neon lights and Route 66 on it and the arrow with the neon and the old school, the doors open up when you go in and you can sit at the bar itself or you can. The black and white checker floor as well. Like it was exactly exactly like the movies.

Speaker 2 22:11

so yeah, yeah, and there was like a bar and there was a jukebox yes yes, I had an old-fashioned breakfast there you were talking so much that you didn't even eat.

Speaker 1 22:21

I don't think no, I, I tried to eat some, some salad, because I was a bit hungry. But yeah, I, I was talking. That's what happens, josh, when you work for the company, is that you have to start to talk to people.

Speaker 2 22:32

You are so famous now in the Munzee world because you're in the game. You're in the game.

Speaker 1 22:38

Yes, I've got badges.

Speaker 2 22:39

You have your own.

Speaker 1 22:40

Munzees badges. Yeah yeah, the Flat Aussie as well.

Speaker 2 22:52

The Flat Aussie Munzee is out there too, and it has flat aussie events as well, which is really cool.

Speaker 1 22:54

So, yeah, yeah, I'm part of the game.

Speaker 2 22:55

Part of the game, I'm kind of part of the game, but I'm more munzee adjacent, yes, yeah, yeah, you're munzee friendly, like I'm munzee friendly because you, because I had a badge too.

Speaker 1 22:59

Yeah, you had a badge, coexist badge, which is awesome. It was cool, yep, yep. So that was the route 66 diner. Again, a wonderful place to stop the food was. I only had a little bit of a salad, but everyone looked like it was enjoying their food as well. But it's just iconic, josh. You know the photos you can get from out the front, the video you can get from out the front. You know the selfies you take.

Speaker 2 23:34

If you go across the US and you're going through route 66, you've got to stop at these sort of places. Um, just to make everyone else have fomo, or from your instagram page, I'll say that. So, yeah, I love route 66. You know, I love the roadside attractions. So this is just the the tip of the iceberg. Yeah, because we found out after we left that there is right in St Roberts, there's a new neon sign.

Speaker 1 23:47

Yeah, I was going to leave that to the end. We missed it by a week, that's all right. We missed it by a week, we missed it. Yeah, do you want to?

Speaker 2 23:54

talk about it now. Then Talk about it now. Yeah, it looks really cool. It's just like a park filled with neon signs, right?

Speaker 1 24:02

Yeah, yeah, exactly with an actual footpath as well, like a concrete footpath that goes around, and all the neon signs are freestanding and they've all been bolted into the concrete as well and into Rio. So they're not going anywhere. And I'm not sure if they turn on at night or not. I'm hoping they do, but I'm not 100% sure on that. So it's a possibility they might, because another one in Vegas Josh, the ones in vegas as well that's like a uh, that's a really cool neon. So and they, they turn on at night, so I'm hoping these ones do too oh, I'm sure they do.

Speaker 2 24:33

Yeah, I'm sure they do. I mean, I don't know how late they're up yeah they're on. But yeah, yeah, I saw the pictures from our, our friend from silly america. Yes, yes, she was invited.

Speaker 1 24:45

Yes, she got invited. Of all things, she got invited. That was awesome. I loved it. I loved it. Um, so, yeah, that's the route 66 and the neon signs. Um then, josh, after that, what did we do after that, after the roots? We went back to the back to the airbnb, had triscuits and cheese and and fudge miller highlife and miller highlife triscuits cheese, the cracked cracked pepper, yeah, once and yeah before I even got there.

Speaker 2 25:09

Craig, yes, oh man, he knows me so well, he got my favorite triscuits I did pepper, crack pepper.

Speaker 1 25:16

I know, I know you're and you were blown away. Josh see, the last episode we film, we recorded. You were blown away because I know, I know what your your living room looks like and I know your record player that you have and I know how you hold your vinyls up on the wall as you're playing the records. And now you're blown away because I know your taste buds when it comes to Triscuits, et cetera. I see, sir, I like it. Mate, I love that, I like it.

Speaker 2 25:39

I love that. So yeah, we were pretty tired.

Speaker 1 25:53

I mean tired, I mean there was, yeah, it was a, it was a big day.

Speaker 2 25:54

We did a lot, for, you know, I got there late afternoon so it was time for bed, but then, yep, we woke up and the next morning was a big day. It was this was the big day, the big day in uranus. This was the big day. So there were two munzee events that day. One was in a park in saint roberts. Yep, and I just love, I love munzee events.

Speaker 1 26:09

Craig they're different.

Speaker 2 26:11

They're different than geocache events, very, very different because geocache events tend to be a little bit more social. These are social and you actually get to play the game you want. You know you want to play. So there were so many, uh, virtual munzees, as you said before, but then there's like a nice little trail so you can walk around with people and shoot the crap with people and catch up with people.

Speaker 1 26:35

And I feel, josh, as well. When you do that as well, you tend to learn how other people play Munzee, because Munzee can be played in several different ways and people focus on different things. Some people focus on the virtual, some people focus on the physical, some people focus on bounces, et cetera as well. And we were walking around with a really good player and a good friend of mine too, sue. Her name is known as Munrose and her husband, munrose too. We were walking around with those two. You know we had the boosters going, so that means we're getting double points upon double points and double physical points and double virtual points and points and and yeah, so we had a really good time walking around and it's.

Big Fun in Uranus

Speaker 1 27:10

You can still remain social, but you can still play the game. You see, you can't. You can't do that with geocaching events, because there's no, you can't. And if you find a geocache, then you find the geocache. That's it. Like munsies, every 50 foot is a physical munsie that can be placed every 50 foot, so that's how close they are, and it's a physical Munzee that can be placed every 50 foot, so that's how close they are and it's a really nice walk. You know, it is a really nice walk in most cases, so I enjoy them.

Speaker 2 27:32

So that was a lot of fun. Yeah, and we spent probably three hours there. I'd say, yeah, probably three hours.

Speaker 1 27:40

Well, that includes a good hour walk as well, and fitness-wise. You know, you start the walk because you're doing 50-odd pins and you start the walk and you do it on your watch, your app, and you walk a few miles and you don't even realize it, josh, that you're actually exercising, exercise with purpose. I love that.

Speaker 2 28:01

Exercise with purpose kind of national events, the ones that you guys publicize on their podcast. Like everybody who's at those events, you know they're going to be the top 15, 20 players in the world that day. So it's really fun to watch everybody on the leaderboard because you're like, oh my gosh, all these people are here at this event. So that's kind of fun too. It's like it's kind of like a who's who of munzee and the number one player in the world's there, which is, uh, bob whalen, yep, w helen, some people call him um. So it's fun. It's fun to rub shoulders with the number one players. And well, we didn't even say it, craig what. What yours truly was number one on friday oh, that's true too.

Speaker 1 28:40

That's true as well. Yeah, only because everyone was holding back. Uh, because the the official month, uh, munzee month starts on the 3rd, so that was on a Saturday. So, josh, you went ahead and you went a little wild on the Friday and got number one player in the world on that day.

Speaker 2 28:56

Hey, why not? Why not?

Speaker 1 28:58

And I will say Munzee again, it brings out that competitive nature in people too. It is very much a heavily points-based game and so, yeah, you can have fun, but also, at the same time, you're watching leaderboards and you see someone, like you know, sue, for instance, who's slightly in competition with someone else, and you know they're literally going above and beyond from each other, trying to cap more and more and more to get ahead with each other as well. So, just like myself and Rob currently at the moment I'm chasing Rob down for overall points, so we'll see how that goes.

Speaker 2 29:27

But yeah, you don't know who Rob is. Rob is the president of Munzee.

Speaker 1 29:29

The president, the numero uno. He's always been the number one staff member of Munzee. So the big cheese, the big cheese. I'm going to overtake him in points sometime this year. I'm giving myself a year, so that's exciting. So after the the munzee event, josh, we had to wet our whistle and have a bite to eat, and we, of course we seek out what a mexican restaurant, because we've got to have those margaritas, josh yeah, this is the tradition.

Speaker 2 29:54

You know, like every small, I feel like every small town in america has a good, authentic mexican restaurant, so we have to stop at to at least one, at least one meal in a mexican restaurant. Yep, and we had some margaritas and um, so it was, yeah, it was good fun, it was good food, good times, yeah, and uh, yeah, that's, that's another tip for you. Small towns often have a really good, at least mexican, really good mexican restaurant.

Speaker 1 30:23

Stop, support those local businesses and they're really easy to find too, with a google search or yelp reviews, you know, and you'll find the number one there, uh, and you also if you drive past. If there's no one in there, then it's probably not the best, but if there's people in their locals, then that's the best one to do yeah yeah, that's a good tip.

Speaker 1 30:40

So, after that we've consumed our food, we went to the big event in uranus itself, finally Finally Having big fun in Uranus. And this is the time, though, that we got our cameras out now, josh, and we started to film. Oh yeah, you know, the Friday was more relaxed, no cameras. The Saturday was filming time as well. Oh, yeah. What was your? Here's a question for you, off the cuff. What was your favorite, your number one favorite from Uran, from uranus or should I, should I?

Speaker 1 31:06

leave that question to the end my favorite thing about uranus that's tough because the whole thing is just.

Speaker 2 31:15

The whole thing is just one big experience. But okay, this is the thing I think I liked about it the most. That's root 66. It's like the epitome of root 66. I loved all the neon signs, like they were really high quality. Speaking of neon, that's why I'm really bummed.

Speaker 2 31:32

I missed the neon the neon signs are really cool. They had the one by the putt-putt golf, they had one on the building of the fudge factory and then they had the, the iconic one. Yeah, it was like out on road and I think when I see those neon signs it just speaks to me. This is Route 66. I think that was my favorite part. Yeah, maybe my second favorite part was something that wasn't so great, but it was so fun to just get your reaction to it.

Speaker 1 32:02

We're going to get to it a little bit later. I'm thinking that's my number one too, to be honest with you, josh, okay. Why we're going to get to it a little bit later. I'm thinking that's my number one too. To be honest with you, Josh. Okay, why don't we get to it now? Why don't we just get to it now?

Speaker 2 32:13

Sure, but you know I mentioned the mayor of Uranus is a giant statue, so I forgot to say this. There's one geocache on the site. It's a virtual geocache, so that makes sense, so the people won't get upset because there's no container hidden there. Yeah, but you have to get a sign with this giant statue and it's. It's an old um muffler man statue, yeah, so I think there's muffler men all over, but you, they take these muffler men and they like paint them and change them and make them look different. So this guy it was a kind of cowboy hat and he had like red, white, blue vest and he was apparently the mayor.

Speaker 1 32:47

Yeah, he even had a golf uh golf stick in his hand and a golf ball as well. Because of the yes, so yeah yeah, fun fact, he lost his head in a tornado well, josh, fun fact for you, I was there exactly 12 months prior to and he didn't have his head. That's when he lost his head. So I have a selfie with him with no head and then another selfie with him in a head.

Speaker 2 33:08

So there you go, 12 months to the day, 12 months to the day. You said that they found the head like pretty far away because it torn.

Speaker 1 33:14

It was almost two miles away. The head itself was almost two miles away. Apparently it got the cowboy hat, was what like got the. Got it sort of ripped off from the neck and it was literally from his neck was gone. Got it sort of ripped off from the neck and it was literally from his neck was gone, just his head and his cowboy hat combined still together. And they were found like two miles away and they knew exactly where it was from. They called up the insurance company and then they went and picked it up and then put it back on. So yeah, there you go, there you go. Don't lose your head in Uranus. Josh.

Speaker 2 33:43

Yeah, before we get to the thing that we want to talk about. Yeah, a couple other things over there there's the uranus, uranus jail. Yep, yep, wasn't much in there other than a photo opportunity, although there was a little box that said baby rattlers I did like caution and you looked in there was like actually like rattle rattle, like baby rattles like rattles.

Speaker 1 34:03

Yeah, that was kind of funny.

Speaker 2 34:06

And then I did go into the fudge factory. The fudge fact, that's like probably the yes, the main thing, the busiest place, yeah, and you're right, just like you could stay in there forever. Just look at all the puns and all the shirts. I got a. I got a magnet, yeah, on my fridge right now. Yeah, that's another tip, that's another. Here's another travel tip for you if you want a souvenir, get a magnet, get a. They're they're affordable. And then it's all about remembering, right yes you want to remember the experience.

Speaker 2 34:32

So when I look at my fridge I was like, oh, I remember when I was at that place, so I I tend to always get a magnet and magnets are good just because they're not permanent like stickers.

Speaker 1 34:39

I mean, I do the sticker thing because my walls are actual, uh, wood, so I do the sticker thing. I can't do magnets, otherwise we would do magnets. But yeah, uh yeah, magnets are removable as well. So if you're you know, if your fridge cocks it and you know you have to get a new fridge, you don't have to peel the stickers off. You can actually just take the magnets off and put on your new fridge. So perfect.

Speaker 2 34:59

Yeah, that's perfect.

Speaker 1 35:01

Um another thing that was there was formerly the former world's largest belt buckle the former, yes, the former former, and it even had a certificate there as well from, uh, the guinness world records. So it was the holder of the guinness world records, but, josh, it is now in aberdeen campus, campus abilene, abilene abilene abilene, abilene in kansas, and I've been to that one.

Speaker 1 35:25

A couple of weeks prior, I was in abilene, kansas, for the moga event. That's where I sprained my ankle, um, and but that one, the belt buckle in abilene as well. Josh, there's got a spiral staircase behind it and it's all up in the upper up on on stilts and you can actually walk up behind it and get a photo from above it, and so it's a really, really cool, it's brand new, and going to say, josh, it's about one and a half times the size of the one in Uranus.

Speaker 2 35:51

So it's much bigger than Uranus. It's actually a part of the GeoTour in Abilene too, I heard. Yes, it is, it's one of the locations.

Speaker 1 36:00

Exactly right, and there's a really good geocache under it as well. It's a really good magnetized container under the staircase it as well. It's a really good magnetized uh uh container under the staircase.

Speaker 2 36:10

So spoiler alert all right, let's talk about the pièce de résistance.

Speaker 1 36:13

Oh yes, oh yes I, you wouldn't, I wouldn't think it was, I wouldn't think it was by looking at it, but I, I beg to differ, I look back now and go. That's, my most memorable part of uranus was the museum.

The Sideshow Museum Experience

Speaker 2 36:30

The sideshow museum. And Craig, what do I always say about a museum?

Speaker 1 36:33

You got to do it, you got to go. You never skip. You never skip a museum, you never skip.

Speaker 2 36:39

Even if you're not really even interested in the thing that it's about.

Speaker 1 36:42

Yeah.

Speaker 2 36:42

Because you learn so much. Because, craig, I was in Bowling Green, kentucky, this weekend and I've been there so many times.

Speaker 1 36:48

But the National Corvette Museum, I was going to say the car museum, the Corvette Museum. Yes, yes, yes.

Speaker 2 36:53

The Corvette Museum and I actually paid the $25 to go in and I'm so glad I did because it was awesome. Really it was really cool. Yeah, if you get by there again, craig, you got to stop at the corvette museum. Um, sorry, but we're not talking about bowling green, no talking about. So the sideshow museum is a nod to the old sideshow from you know, sideshow circus, circus would come to town you know the short people bearded ladies.

Speaker 1 37:20

You know two-headed things and, uh, those, they call them the freaks. They did call them the freaks, they did call them freak show. It was a freak show.

Speaker 2 37:27

Yeah, and one of the highlights of this one was there's a sword swallower.

Speaker 1 37:33

And slash magician. Josh, she's also magic. She did magic, remember. You cut that out. You didn't show any of her magic in the video. I don't know why. I felt a little bit sorry, josh. I mean, mean, there was you and I and there was a family of four there watching her, so there was six people watching her and it was you could hear a pin drop it like it was so quiet, deadly definitely quiet, and even in your video. When I watched your video today, josh as well, uh, when she swallowed the swords, you you kind of looked around and you you clapped her yourself, and that was you were the one clapping, because I felt bad.

Speaker 2 38:07

nobody was clapping for her. This is her craft, yeah yeah. You know, because, yeah, the magic. Now here's the thing the lady, the people in Uranus that work there, they might search for stuff. So, if you're listening, lady, if you're listening, sword-swallowing lady, I'm impressed with the sword swallowing yes, like that's, it's a it's real it's real, that's a real sword, that's legit, it was yeah, and she had.

Speaker 2 38:34

Just like she had, like it was leopard tattoos all over the face craig and down her shoulders and her arm and you know you gotta love, I mean craig. You gotta love when somebody fully commits fully, she's like fully. She's like I'm in the Sideshow Museum, I'm the sword swallower.

Speaker 1 38:49

I'm going to leopard tattoos all over my face, that's right, you got to appreciate that It'd be like you or I, josh, getting an attractable tattoo on us. Yeah, we're fully committed to our geocaching. Oh, she's committed.

Speaker 2 38:59

So yeah, everybody was just staring at her. Like you know, it was a smattering of applause. I'm just like that's what it sounded like. Yay, could I just look at each other and we're like, huh, this wasn't what I expected.

Speaker 1 39:17

But it was a real. You're right, it was a real sword, josh. But not only that, what I was actually impressed by a little bit as well she swallows the sword all the way down and it's a good length of sword. I'm gonna say it's a what's a good boy?

Speaker 1 39:27

three foot sword do you think three, three feet, three, yeah, three feet, three down, or dull it yeah, right down into a stomach itself, um, and it goes all the way down and she, she stands correctly, so it's a straight line, um, obviously. But then she leans forward and the tip of it, the tip of the sword, is like an old school handle. So when I say old school, I'm talking about the handle and I'm talking about the sides that come out as well to to stop your hand from going to the blade, um. And so she had that in her mouth and it was at the side, and then she'd lean forward and it was one of those. It was one of those electrodes. You know those little, those electrodes. There was one of those there and she put it. She put the sword tip close enough to the to make sparks between the sword sticking out of her mouth and the electrode too. So that, to me, added that little bit of flair. That was a little bit of flair.

Speaker 2 40:16

How did she not have a gag reflex like that? I mean like really seriously Training, josh, training it has to be training, I know, but it's amazing and here's a fun fact we did that. And then I went back in the fudge factory and there's a painting on the wall of the lady of her, of her, exactly, yeah, yeah, that was really cool.

Speaker 1 40:33

I saw that and again, you don't realize that was actually, uh, her, until you actually you see her in person first yeah, she's.

Speaker 2 40:40

Yeah, she was. That was fun, she was committed but josh but the museum it's like two-headed stuff.

Speaker 1 40:46

It was like two-headed goats and then two-bodied stuff as well. There was two-headed goats and there was two-bodied chickens. So in other words, there was two bodies and one head on this one chicken. So I don't know what sort of taxidermist, what sick head taxidermist would do this sort of stuff, but that's what they did. They then tried to make up different things, like mermaids. And now josh, those mermaids I have not seen mermaids. And now Josh, those mermaids I have not seen mermaids. That's not mermaids.

Speaker 2 41:07

Yeah, they were creepy, they were like demons, demon, mermaids.

Speaker 1 41:12

They even try and made a human crocodile as well, so it's human from the chest up and crocodile from the chest down. But then, josh, one was my favorite was they just got random face masks that you see in movies and stuff and put them on foam heads and then had them on display, including your friend from the Goonies.

Speaker 2 41:34

Hey you guys, Yep Sloth was there. Yeah, yeah, yep, we're like that's not a real head, that's just a sloth mask. I've got one of those in my closet.

Speaker 1 41:45

One more thing, joshua, before we move on as well, I will say and here you go, josh, I'm throwing you the football ready for this and you're doing the touchdown right now. What would you say about that woman, that leopard lady, you know? Would you think she's, you know?

Speaker 2 42:00

You know what she's proud? She's proud of Uranus. She probably was the most proud person of Uranus. She was, she was. She's proud of her town, and you know what? That's a rare thing these days. That's a damn rare thing these days. There you go.

Speaker 1 42:12

Do you like that?

Speaker 2 42:14

She loves Uranus.

Speaker 1 42:16

Yes, yes, there you go. Touchdown, josh. You're welcome From me. Craig, the quarterback, you're welcome.

Speaker 2 42:32

Thank you so much. Anyway, the shirts, the shirts have not come yet. I'm canceling. Oh really, I'm so glad that I haven't told people to buy them, because because they are they. I keep contacting. They're like we're, we're short staffed. I'm like I just bought two.

Speaker 1 42:41

You can't make two shirts in three months yeah, well, josh, I will say that we have had a couple of messages, emails, asking about the products. So there you go. Unfortunately, yeah, we definitely will not have them in time for a Jill Woodstock.

Speaker 2 42:57

Well, maybe if I put them on a different shop today.

Speaker 1 43:03

Well, we can talk about this after the episode. We won't have a meeting. We're going to have a meeting as part of the episode. Okay, because, josh, again one of my favorite things. I didn't know it was my favorite thing until we did it, and that is after we were at the Uranus. We then went back to St Paul, st Peter where is it St something?

Speaker 2 43:21

St.

Speaker 1 43:21

Robert's Paul. There's some. Where is it sent something? St robert's paul, peter robert I'll get it one day.

Speaker 2 43:31

Um, and we went to bogeys and b josh yeah, that was so cool. Tell us about bogeys, and bogeys and beers is like a golf simulator place where you can like hit golf balls into a screen and then it like actually like shows where the ball goes, or whatever. But, but, but. But, because we we got there, we had to rent golf clubs. They had other simulations. Yes, so we did. Was it like we did foot golf?

Speaker 1 43:51

yeah, which is where we like a ball a soccer ball.

Speaker 2 43:54

We kicked it into the screen and that was really fun. It was, it wasn't. It was tricky, it wasn't easy. And then we played disc golf, yeah, so we threw discs into the screen and that was really cool. It was a ton of fun. And I was surprised, because we were there on a Saturday night. We were the only people there. Only ones there, I hope bogeys and beers survive this economy.

Bogeys & Beers: Indoor Sports Simulators

Speaker 1 44:18

It's a good idea, and it had beers too. It had a fully-fledged bar as well, so we were having beers. It was yes, yes, yes, it kind of looked new, yeah it was.

Speaker 2 44:28

Yeah, maybe it was new people, maybe people didn't know, about it. Yeah, maybe it's brand new. Yeah, but also it had a touch tunes.

Speaker 1 44:35

I know how we love our touch tunes what I love the most about it, and he does listen to the show, josh and that is rob uh, the president of munzee. He was with us as well. He chose foot golf first because he's a big soccer fan. So he thought to himself oh, I'm going to beat these boys at soccer, josh, who won the foot golf you did I did.

Speaker 1 44:55

It's because it's golf, even with my bung ankle. And then Josh, who won the disc golf? I think I did, didn't know I did. Thank you very much. I won both. I won both. I won everything all weekend. So I wish we had some money on it. We didn't even have any money on it this time.

Speaker 2 45:10

I know well now that you work for munzee, you know the zeds aren't worth as much for me, but for you, they are, for you, they're true, true they're exactly worth value. Yeah, so, and that was it. That. Was it that?

Speaker 1 45:23

was your whole. We're late it's late.

Speaker 2 45:25

We got to go back to the airbnb, yeah finish off, the more cheese, cheese exactly and also, josh.

Speaker 1 45:32

You had to get up early in the. What time did you leave the next morning?

Speaker 2 45:35

I had to 7.30, 8 am flight. So crazy thing is I was home petting my trusty dog Goliath by 10.30 am Sunday morning.

Speaker 1 45:57

So you could be home for brunch. So I had all this Sunday Home for brunch. Exactly, I was home.

Speaker 2 46:07

Exactly, I was home. So, like the the Munzee morning event, because there was a Munzee event on.

Speaker 1 46:09

Sunday was still going on by the time I got home. Yeah, yeah, it was, it was, and that was a good event. That was just at the local Cracker Barrel you know how I love my Cracker Barrels, josh. So that was, that was a good buy event to anyone that was still left around Uranus as well. So again, we did a nice little 50 pin cap all around the cracker barrel, um, and I walked around with sue munro's there again as well, uh yeah, and, and bob w helen walked with me as well. So lots and lots of fun.

Speaker 1 46:33

Um, I will say there is one player and I'll give her a little shout out. She doesn't, probably doesn't listen to this show, um, and that is tofu girl. I saw her walking around and then I looked around and here she is walking around with a tree snake. I'm like, where did you get that from? And she said a tree. So you know, it takes all types, josh, in our hobbies, especially geocaching or Munzee as well. And one thing I do love about our hobbies, and that is that everyone, every single person, is welcome. You know, in our hobbies, no matter what type of person you are, you're always welcome and you're always embraced.

Speaker 2 47:09

So a big shout out People are really accepted, accepted, accepted in our hobbies. Yeah, we all have this common love for geolocation-based games. Everyone is welcome, exactly, and almost everyone's friendly yeah, almost almost.

Speaker 1 47:27

There is still a couple that aren't. But you know, humans, humans, I know, I know, I know. Um, all right, joshua, we're gonna get to the patrons because I'm gonna, I'm gonna say we got a brand new patron, a brand spanking new patron. I can't believe it as well. And he says he's a. He's a patron because he listens to the show now, and I think he listens to the show because I egg him on so much on his show. And it is Scott Burks from the GCPC, also known as the Geocaching Podcast. And so, scott, congratulations, mate, and welcome, as he likes to say, welcome to the inner circle. He knuckled up to the bar. Thanks, scott, knuckling up to the bar. Thanks, scott, knuckling up to the bar.

Special Thanks to Our Patrons

Speaker 2 48:06

Finally, because we've been knuckling up the bar to your podcast for years now welcome scott.

Speaker 1 48:15

Thank you, mate, we do.

Speaker 2 48:16

Thank you, scott yes, and you know, on the geocaching podcast they have like sound effects for everybody who calls them, but we don't have sound effects. So I'm going to give sc Scott a sound effect right now. Are you ready? Yeah, sweet home Chicago.

Speaker 1 48:34

Oh geez, I had no clue what that was until you said sweet home, chicago.

Speaker 2 48:40

I had no clue. He's from Chicago, yeah.

Speaker 1 48:43

Yep, yep, oh Josh, one more, one more big thank you oh my gosh, we gotta talk about this huge thank you.

Speaker 1 48:50

So, josh, this is the first time uh, because everyone knows I'm full-time on the road. I don't have an actual uh residence and so one one of our patrons I'm gonna shout out waymarker, jan, waymarker, jan josh, josh. He sent you some gifts, for you and for me as well. First and foremost, he's part of the actual official letterboxing. Letterboxing was like geocaching before geocaching. So letterboxing you got to different locations, then you had to do like a treasure hunt sort of thing.

Speaker 2 49:22

Follow clues.

Speaker 1 49:23

Not coordinates?

Speaker 2 49:24

No, no, they're clues. And then you've got an official your own stamp. A treasure hunt sort of thing, um but letterboxing follow clues, follow clues, not coordinates.

Speaker 1 49:25

No, no, they're clues, uh. And then you, you've got an official, your own stamp, and you've got to stamp your stamp in that logbook. And then they've got a stamp in the, in the cash container, and you stamp your book with their, with their stamp as well. That's the way letterboxing works. Um waymaker chan. Let me know if that's incorrect, but I think that's right, I think that sounds right I think that sounds about right.

Speaker 1 49:44

Yep, but uh, he made josh, he made yours and my stamps like he actually hand carved our logos stamps. I can't thank this guy enough they look so, so good, they are so good. But my favorite part waymaker, jan, I know you listen, mate, I know you listen really well my favorite part of all was the way it was delivered, joshua the way it was delivered.

Speaker 1 50:09

So funny, see, so funny he listens to the show and he loves, uh, the march madness. One of his favorite episodes is march madness and he goes on march madness. And so you know, think about back to march madness. This year, josh, I was for the patrons, I was for the people, always for was for the people, always for the people.

Speaker 2 50:24

You were the voice of the patrons.

Speaker 1 50:26

I was the voice of the patrons, so they say yeah. So they say they all say, every single one, including Waymark and Jed as well. Because, josh, why don't you say, firstly, how was yours presented, how was your display presented?

Speaker 2 50:49

Mine was in a the my note. Yes, because we both had notes. Yes, my letter was just a little piece of paper that said here and the envelope was like had like coffee stains ratty rat ready I'm looking at it right now spelt your name wrong yeah, and it says no postage to be paid by recipients.

Speaker 2 51:12

I love and that's a shout out to what I did my mailing for my patrons, because he's also a patron of the geocaching blogger as well. Um, I actually didn't put enough postage on it because I had all those magnets, so everything came to people with postage like they had to pay to get it delivered? No, that's a shout out to that club.

Speaker 1 51:34

So so that was yours, then I get, then I get mine. Josh, mine is in a beautiful, nice, hard, not cardboard but sort of you know, not really nice delicate paper. It was written in calligraphy, like the old school. It was beautiful, beautiful, stunning, gorgeous. It was folded in an immaculate way, like it was actually folded like an origami. And then what was the piece of resistance was it was actually sealed with an official wax seal and press. He's got his own press and a wax seal on my note, and my note read all the way down saying thank you for everything you do, craig, thank you for being a voice of the patrons. It went on a full sentence all the way down, a full paragraph all the way. So a big shout out to him. But again, josh, there was another piece of paper in there Well, not piece of paper, another envelope, and in that envelope contained a birthday card for me, again because of Voice of the Patroncy, and, josh, $25 gift card to Cracker Barrel.

Speaker 1 52:42

So wow, wow, wow, mate, I tell you next time, Waymarker Jam, when you see us at jwoodstock, mate, come up. I've got a big hug for you, mate.

Speaker 2 52:53

I'm going to remember this Waymarker Jam when I meet you, and I just want to say I also have birthday too. It wasn't anywhere around now, but I also have birthday too, it's not, it wasn't anywhere around now, and it's not 50.

Speaker 1 53:08

But I have a birthday too, and it's not 50. Mine was 5-0.

Speaker 2 53:09

Oh, that's true. So it was a big 5-0. It was a big one. There you go. Okay, we'll see what happens when I turn 50.

Speaker 1 53:16

You always get 5-0, which is only next year, but anyway next year.

Speaker 2 53:22

I'm only joking, not even close.

Speaker 1 53:24

But, josh, how can patrons, or how can people become part of that Scott Burke's inner circle? If they wish to become a patron, how do they do that?

Speaker 2 53:32

Yeah, thanks Scott, thanks Waymarker, jan Waymarker, jan super fan.

Speaker 1 53:38

He's so nice, he's so nice, so nice.

Speaker 2 53:41

We have some incredible people that support this podcast. Thank you so much. And if you've been listening to this one and you want to knuckle up to the bar, knuckle up to the bar and support us. Go to patreoncom backslash treasures of our town and we've got golden nuggets in there.

Speaker 1 53:59

Yeah, we do, you can reveal. I will say, josh as well, the last episode we did with Jeff Wag, all the patrons got the golden nugget about how Jeff actually came about to find all those hidden gems in those small towns that you thought were boring. So in the golden nugget for that he explains exactly how he did that. So if you want to know exactly how Jeff did that, then, patrons, only he knows, he knows how to do that. So if you want to know exactly how Jeff did that, then patrons, only so he knows, he knows how to do that.

Speaker 2 54:26

He knows a lot he does. He knows a lot about a lot of things.

Speaker 1 54:29

Yeah, that's right, that's for sure. But, josh, how can other people find us or reach out to us if they wish to as well?

Speaker 2 54:34

Yes, feel free to reach out to us. Treasures of Our Town podcast on Google you can do a little message right on our page on our Buzzsprout page, but also Josh.

Speaker 1 54:53

that's it for our show today. Subscribe rate and review on your favorite podcasting app.

Speaker 2 54:57

And, as always, may your travels always lead you to the most unexpected and amazing hidden gems around the world, like your Uranus, uranus, uranus. Bye everybody.