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Froggie Went A-Courtin' LbNA #19120

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Nov 1, 2005
Location:
City:Nashville
County:Brown
State:Indiana
Boxes:1
Planted by:Tiptoe & Tonto
Found by: Mr and Mrs Chickadee
Last found:Jul 4, 2007
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFa
Last edited:Mar 31, 2016
***As of 11/1/2015 - This was replanted in a new location and with a bonus box, BUT, clues have been lost and need to be checked...Sorry. For those that know us...this is where Tiptoe fell and fractured her cheek while re-hiding..things were a bit discombobulated to say the least...we WILL check on these new clues asap

“A Froggie Went A-Courtin”
**As of 8/8/08, we have received notice that the box is in place, but the stamp and logbook are missing. (Appears to have been a victim of a geocache swap!) We are not in the area to easily replace, however, a new box is ready as soon as we get down that way and will notify on this link.

Distance 1.5 mile loop
Moderate terrain

With the romance generated from a day of hiking surrounded by the indescribable autumn beauty at Brown County State Park, we couldn’t resist planting a box to commemorate our 25th wedding anniversary.

The famous British and American folksong, “A Frog Went A-Courtin” has been around for a much longer time. Its earliest appearance was in Wedderburn’s “Complaynt of Scotland” (1549) where it is called “The frog cam to the myl dur.” (We aren’t sure where the myl dur is!) But, another account surrounds the rumor that Queen Elizabeth nicknamed her suitors and her most favorite being the Frenchman, Alencon de Medici, whom she nicknamed “Grenouille” or “Froggie.” The political heat this romance generated caused Elizabeth to call the whole thing off and subsequently never marry. In London on November 21, 1580, to offer a spin on this affair, a ballad titled, “A Most Strange Wedding of the Frogge and the Mouse” was licensed to one Edward White. While the real origin is lost to history, we are pleased that heat of any sort didn’t prevent us from saying our “I do’s,” and we can sing our own successful version of the ballad 450 years later! UH HUH! UH HUH!

CLUES:
25 years of marriage has forged in us some unexpected wisdom that we would be remiss if we didn’t attempt to pass it on through this journey!
Upon entering Brown County State Park, procure a park map to find the parking area by our trail – that would be the seventh heaven trail! Ah yes, newly weds! They all start with those “amorous eyes,” provocatively inviting each other to begin their journey, promising each other to “shelter” one another from harms way. But, all too fast, the honeymoon is over and the real journey begins. Leaving the shelter and following one’s dreams of “seventh” heaven will lead to greater rewards.

Love is like a quiet lake that’s always there but it sometimes is hidden by the twists and turns that traverse the shore. When the first argument comes along, don’t despair. A “bridge” will be provided in the form of understanding to get you over this first small valley. Soon life will present a decision to be made, don’t waste time worrying, although the choices offer different scenery, they end up at the same spot.

Difficulties will arise that call for extra help, and a bridge with handrails is needed for extra support from family and friends. Soon smaller issues pop up that together you can bridge without the extra help. Don’t pride yourself too much on being self-sufficient, because disappointments may creep in that once again will require a bridge with assistance. For us, this bridge comes with the handrails of answered prayers.

Anniversaries lead you to new destinations that allow you to rest awhile and give you pause to reflect on some of the strategies for creating an even better marriage. Those strategies would include “overlooking” each others faults and seeing the beauty beyond.

Reflection leads to action and time calls to continue on down the path of wedded bliss. Don’t get discouraged if you run into low, muddy areas, encouragement serendipitously will show up like a plank thrown down to bridge the worst of it.

Crossroads will spring up and appealing options will tempt you to follow their call. But look for a sign that will keep you on track to follow your true love, your seventh heaven.

Thus far you have experienced the pitfalls and the pleasantries of many years together. At the prime of your life, you deserve a long leisurely bridge offering kindness, humor, honesty, humility, and more humor to negotiate over the years of juggling children, jobs, family, finances, and health. Enjoy this busy, but level time. For soon will come some not so easy ups and downs – teenage drivers, job challenges, elderly parents, taxes and tuitions, arthritis! UH HUH! UH HUH!

But this murky time lasts for a very short time and in what seems like minutes since the level long bridge in the past you will be approaching your 25th Anniversary. Off to your left, you will see that other lovers have gone this way before, faced the same “hill” and left their marks. Looking up the hill on your left, you will see a large beech trunk where the initials of lovers W.S + S.H. are encircled for eternity in a heart. “Wayne loves Barb” is further up the hill on the left also etched on a stately debranched beech trunk. Between them lies the large fallen timber of one of their tops.

Show your strength and determination to keep your love alive by scrambling approximately 20 steps up the hill to “Wayne and Barb”. (Be careful, especially if wet, as it is a fairly steep incline) Stand together and face the lake. Looking to your left in the fallen timber you will see a large hole facing you with bark and a rock hiding our Froggie! UH HUH! UH HUH!

After wishing us a Happy 25th Anniversary and covering Froggie with the rock for safe keeping from critters, continue on the path to see what the next 25 years will bring. No doubt more ups and downs, twists and turns, bridges and places to rest all within sight of our love. But you will notice that the second half of marriage has an added perspective. All along you can see across to where you’ve been. Your memories will pull you back more often to the past when the journey seemed more exciting due to the anticipation of what lay ahead.

Don’t get trapped by self pity due to loss of youth, keep forging forward experiencing a deeper love, a mature and comfortable love with one another, and did we mention to practice humor often? You might move a little more slowly, but you will catch and relish the details of the future with greater appreciation. Continue to enjoy the journey!
As the trail comes to an end, walk northward across the straight trace on the dam. Take time to stop midway and look out across the water and soak in the beauty of the whole view. The beauty of a lifetime filled with love for one another! Froggie went a-courtin and he did ride with Miss Mousie by his side…and what a ride! UH HUH! UH HUH!
Lovingly submitted for your pleasure.....Tiptoe & Tonto