PNWWizard

Thanks, Matt & Shawn, glad you won that White Jeep Travel Bug! Thirty three cachers & newbies joined in the event, and we had hundreds of people stop at the booth to ask questions about GPS technology and geocaching. We had lots of positive feedback, and we'll be doing it again next year!

I just received a box of goodies from Groundspeak to use as prizes, including (drum roll please) TWO WHITE JEEP TRAVEL BUGS!! How's that for incentive???

On July 17 there will be a geocaching event as part of Corvallis' da Vinci Days: a festival of art, science, & technology. It cannot be listed as an official gc.com event as it's part of a larger festival. The geocaching registration booth will be located on Lower Campus (N44 33.952 W123 16.322). On Sunday, July 17 you can register at any time between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Once you register you'll have 2.5 hours to find as many caches as you can! An awards ceremony will be held at the Shady Stage at 4:30, prizes will be awarded at that time. For full details go to http://www.davinci-days.org/

It's awesome!! Thanks a ton, and tell your wife that Dobies are the greatest!!

It's awesome!! Thanks a ton, and tell your wife that Dobies are the greatest!!

It's awesome!! Thanks a ton, and tell your wife that Dobies are the greatest!!

WOW, that's cool! You even got our dog with natural ears, you must have checked out my profile... Can you make the kayak green? Thanks a ton!

I agree that going to a Star Wars movie has nothing to do with caching, but our event is about going caching. We meet at the booth, find the caches in teams, then re-group at the booth again to get prizes that Garmin sent us and discuss the event, caching, hiking, etc. Seems like it's pretty much dedicated to caching to me!

Thank you, you said it more clearly than I! No, I don't think everyone attending the festival should log a find, but those registering at the geocaching booth (which will be staffed by cachers) for the event (which is a contest of finding temp caches) should be able to log it.

Ok, but my event is being set up BY geocachers FOR geocachers! Just because there's a festival going on, why can't geocachers hold an event? I guess that's what I don't understand. Like the pizza parlor example, the pizza parlor exists for anyone to come have a pizza, and the festival is for anyone to come enjoy the festival. Why can't there be an event dedicated to geocaching organized by geocachers during the festival? If I organize the event again next year, but just don't mention the festival would it be approved? Holding a geocaching event at something like a wedding is different. We plan to have an event just for geocachers. We'll still have the event, the geocachers just won't be able to log it as a find. I understand that just any old gathering of folks, a few of which are geocachers isn't an event. But it seems to me that what we're doing is a valid event! Or am I just not getting it???

I'm organizing an event cache with the help of a half-dozen dedicated cachers in my area. The guidelines say [/i]While a music concert, a garage sale, a ham radio field day or town’s fireworks display might be of interest to a large percentage of geocachers, such events are not suitable for submission as event caches because the organizers and the primary attendees are not geocachers. I'm wondering why this rule exists. I can have an event cache at a coffee shop or pizza parlor, where the primary attendees are not cachers, but not at a festival where the primary attendees are not cachers. I'm not trying to start a flame war, or be argumentative just for the fun of it, I really want to understand! As you may have guessed, my event is part of a large community festival dedicated to art, science, & technology: a great venue for a geocaching event! In accordance with the guidelines, I was turned down by the reviewer. So, why this rule???

The class is full, so if you missed it there'll probably be another one in the fall.

I just found out that the class has been moved to the Parks & Rec Admin Building in Avery Park.

Wow, these are so creative! I love doing stuff like this, but haven't felt inspired. Would you do one for me? PNW stands for Pacific Northwest, and the Wizard part is an inside joke between DH & I. We like kayaking, our Doberman, and of course, caching! DH is Irish, and I'm Scandinavian. Thanks!!

While looking for virtual caches in Yellowstone: coyote, grizzly, elk, & bighorn sheep.

I agree that you have the right to ask that spoilers be deleted, especially if they give the "game" away!

AND, there'll be a geocaching event at da Vinci Days in Corvallis the weekend of July 16. Check out http://www.davinci-days.org/ for more info...

There's going to be a 2-part class on GPS & geocaching in Corvallis. The classes will be on 2 Saturdays: June 4 & 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Corl House. It's being sponsored by Corvallis Parks & Recreation. For more info go to www.ci.corvallis.or.us or call 766-6918. There's a fee of $10 (in city) for a group of 4. You can also email me through gc.com for more info.

Man, it's a sad day when I have to cache in rubber gloves. Seems that there's always a couple of jerks out there to screw up a perfectly good hobby!

Does that mean you have tupperware in your shorts???

I loaded my pocket query into GSAK, deleted a couple of caches, then downloaded it into my Palm Tungsten E. When I checked it with Cachemate I found that I had some complete records, and some not so much. Some records had the cache name, coords, and that 's about it. No description, hint, etc. Anyone know what went wrong?

How do you get a map of a state with the caches on it that you can zoom in on? That would help a lot!!

Soooo, I'm just a puppet of the evil REI??? Someone forgot his meds that morning!

Aha, thanks!

I was showing someone else the gc.com website. I showed him my profile (he was logged in) and the Oregon geocoin I have didn't show up. I logged it in at the Oregon geocoin tracking page. Why doesn't it show up on my profile?