Had fun playing in a Rogue River Viaduct today - STF!
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Oldest Active Caches
I'm heading to the Chicago area soon and am really geeked that we're stopping at Beverly GC28 while there. It has 580 favorite points! I asked my favorite Facebook group, Southeastern Michigan Geocachers, if anyone knew how Beverly ranked in age.
One of them, Brad Carlson (YellowJeeperman) sent me this cool link I wanted to share with you! Here's a snapshot of the top 10.
One of them, Brad Carlson (YellowJeeperman) sent me this cool link I wanted to share with you! Here's a snapshot of the top 10.
Beverly is #3! Can't wait to have my picture taken there!
Monday, April 7, 2014
Maker Madness: We're Not Fooling Aound GC4ZGTH - SUCCESS!
We had around 75 Cachers from as far as North Oakland to Ann Arbor to Windsor in attendance!
People were rolling in well before the 7pm start time. Larry (Puzzler26) and Bob (Commander Overlord) pulled out their new and existing puzzles for everyone to play with. SO much fun seeing everyone grouped around the table, struggling and plotting and laughing and eating cookies. I loved seeing Clatmandu's puzzle passed around, and Larry & Bob swapping stories.
After playing for about an hour (with everyone getting involved), it took a crowbar to get everyone to settle in for the presentations. After a few words of introduction from me, Doug (DougPeterson), Bob and then Larry took the floor.
Thank you to the presenters for bringing your toys and sharing your experiences with us. From them I learned:
~DougPeterson: Planning is the key to a good series. DougPeterson has several excellent series including the I-275 Bike trail, Hines Drive Connectors and the Crazy Eights Series. Doug's discussion included: planning for a series, selecting weather-proof containers, and maintaining a series of caches.
~Commander Overlord: Anything can be made into a cache. With over 300 caches hidden, Commander Overlord excels at creative puzzles and finding that perfect hide spot. Commander Overlord brought several of his onsite puzzles for attendees to play with.
~Puzzler26: Don’t create a cache – create an experience. Puzzler26's 25 caches in the Presidential Series have garnered almost 790 Favorite points! Puzzler26 has been working all Winter on new containers & locations, and he displayed a few of his creations for us! He even donated some handmade puzzles as door prizes!
Afterwards, we had door prize drawings (congrats to the winners including Commander Overlord - he won one of TaGeez's FTF caches). Then attendees grabbed their certificates and coordinates for the event FTF and headed into the night.
Thank you to WikidKriket for the beautiful certificates – they were outstanding!
Of course, you cannot forget the help of some talented friends:
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| Just as the event started, the rain stopped and a rainbow appeared - good sign! |
I loved how everyone just jumped right in and got into the spirit of the event. We need more puzzle parties in the future! I loved how everyone mingled - CitoCacher puzzling with A2QueenCacher and Mrs Grundalow and Mr Holland-daze. Groupings I've never seen before.
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| Caching Fire is making new friends |
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| oOAMYOo and Chastie from Windsor |
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| Starting to pull out the toys |
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| LincolnsAunt, A2Queen, ACL, CitoCacher, Scook and Puzzler26 |
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| DarrylW4 trying out the bottle in front of JLieb and TaGeez |
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| You've got this, Mibbs! |
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| Puzzler26, DarrylW4, June17, MPMcGill and Holland-daze |
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| GeoTrekTrio hanging with Fire |
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| Solving two puzzles at a time! |
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| That birdhouse really was fascinating! Can't wait to try it in the field! |
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| A2Queen, Puzzler and June17 trying to solve a CO puzzle |
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| Speakers from left to right: Puzzler26, Commander Overlord, and DougPeterson |
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| Speakers from left to right: Puzzler26, Commander Overlord, and DougPeterson |
~DougPeterson: Planning is the key to a good series. DougPeterson has several excellent series including the I-275 Bike trail, Hines Drive Connectors and the Crazy Eights Series. Doug's discussion included: planning for a series, selecting weather-proof containers, and maintaining a series of caches.
~Commander Overlord: Anything can be made into a cache. With over 300 caches hidden, Commander Overlord excels at creative puzzles and finding that perfect hide spot. Commander Overlord brought several of his onsite puzzles for attendees to play with.
~Puzzler26: Don’t create a cache – create an experience. Puzzler26's 25 caches in the Presidential Series have garnered almost 790 Favorite points! Puzzler26 has been working all Winter on new containers & locations, and he displayed a few of his creations for us! He even donated some handmade puzzles as door prizes!
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| Caching Fire was dressed for creativity! |
Thank you to WikidKriket for the beautiful certificates – they were outstanding!
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| Kriket's Steampunk certificate |
- Thank you to June17 to archiving a cache to accommodate the event caches!
- Thank you to Mibbs and PaRaDiZ for the fabulous cookies!
- Thank you to the staff of Panera for allowing us to take over the restaurant and taking good care of us. Manager Steve Porter said we set the record for the “best hour of business” in their 5-month history.
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| Our Maker tags arrived the night before! |
It has been an absolute thrill reading the Attended logs! Plus Alona-Spiegel did a super write-up in her new blog, What's In A Cache?
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Sunset on Belle Isle
I had such a fabulous time Saturday evening with Steve (TaGeez). After meeting my father for dinner in Hamtramck, we decided to enjoy the first warm, sunny evening and drive down to Belle Isle. We had such a successful adventure taking pictures and grabbing Geocaches.
Just a few weeks away from the annual Belle Isle event. 45 new caches are released. For one day only the new year and the prior year's caches reside simultaneously. Several hundred cachers roaming the Isle, laughing and grabbing caches. I can't wait!
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| Ren Cen Center and Ambassador Bridge |
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| MacArthur Bridge - Detroit River still has some residual ice |
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| Livingstone Lighthouse at the East End Designed by famed Albert Kahn, this Art Deco lighthouse is the only all-marble lighthouse in the U.S. |
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| Sun setting over the site of the DIA geocache |
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| Livingstone Lighthouse in silhouette |
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| Beach at Belle Isle near the water slide |
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| Dotted lights are from the MacArthur Bridge |
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| Steve snapped this one of me |
Just a few weeks away from the annual Belle Isle event. 45 new caches are released. For one day only the new year and the prior year's caches reside simultaneously. Several hundred cachers roaming the Isle, laughing and grabbing caches. I can't wait!
Friday, April 4, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Ducks Swimming Amuck!
I love GXProxy.com I like to order their trackable Trek Tags and Steampunk tags – you can even get them personalized and they're pretty reasonable. I contacted them this week about two missing tags – cache CO's marked both of them missing – and for a nominal fee they've replaced them! Both my yellow duckies will swim again shortly.
Someone from there discovered both tags while shipping. Their log for Drake-O Malfoy and Moby Duck? "is on the loose again. He just swam out of the GxProxy warehouse and is on his merry way to more adventures. Good luck and stay safe little guy!"
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