Silverquill's Waymarking Blog - Cheonan, Korea
Posted by: silverquill
N 36° 47.816 E 127° 07.217
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Since I posted my waymark number 5,000 today, I thought it would be a good day to start a blog. Initially it will be on waymarking, reflections on how I got here, but may branch out as time goes on.
Waymark Code: WM75QH
Location: South Korea
Date Posted: 09/06/2009
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This is my initial blog entry
Today is a good day to start a WAYMARKING BLOG for silverquill.
Other than an old Xanga, created just so I could prove to my daughter that her old father could do it, this is my first real blog. I think the tools have gotten so much better, but it will take some time to explore them and come up with something worthwhile that looks good.
Today, I posted my waymark number 5,000.
I’m not much of a milestone keeper, but this has been a personal goal of mine. So, I wanted to make something special out of it. The waymark is of the Jeondong Catholic Church (
visit link) in Jeonju, Korea. This church was built in 1908-1914 on the site of the first Korea Christian Martyrs in 1781, and is designated Korean National Treasure No. 288.
Because of his leadership and guiding spirit, I asked BruceS to do the honors in approving it. Thank you, Bruce! And, I believe saopaolo1 reviewed my number 4,999 – fitting to have these two pioneers do the honors.
Since I am starting this blog so late in my waymarking experience, the first things will be some reminiscences. And, I’ll leave that for a later entry while I play around with this a little, and work on pulling together some highlights.
I did get a new photo for the blog header. It is a view from Cape Perpetua, the highest spot on the Oregon coast, looking south. It is one of the most spectacular vistas anywhere! Every summer our family would travel from the dry, northeast corner of Oregon (Pendleton and Milton-Freewater) to camp at the Cape Perpetua Forest Service Camp. That little spot of beach became very special to us. Eventually the family moved to Myrtle Point, on the southern coast, just inland from Coos Bay about 25 miles. There is nothing like a walk on an Oregon beach!