Hippychick1620
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For anyone looking for a last minute hotel, I booked at the Quality Inn for about $55/night, 4.5 stars. I used my AAA discount though, but worth looking into!
Good for you! I would have preferred a Choice hotel, but couldn't find one at that rate (including the Quality Inn with AAA) when I wass booking.
I looked at my reservation today and saw the hotel was located in Umatilla & with the taxes/fees it would actually be a few dollars more than staying at the Motel 6 across the street from the Saturday dinner, so I changed my reservation.
Kidvegas19 and I are also now booked at the Motel 6. They said coffee is set out at 6am... wonder if we can convince them to put it out earlier...
I bet if all us cachers requested it we could get them to put it out at 5:30
I'll put in the request & will ask my teammates to do the same (they are also staying there) -
For anyone looking for a last minute hotel, I booked at the Quality Inn for about $55/night, 4.5 stars. I used my AAA discount though, but worth looking into!
Good for you! I would have preferred a Choice hotel, but couldn't find one at that rate (including the Quality Inn with AAA) when I wass booking.
I looked at my reservation today and saw the hotel was located in Umatilla & with the taxes/fees it would actually be a few dollars more than staying at the Motel 6 across the street from the Saturday dinner, so I changed my reservation.
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For anyone looking for a last minute hotel, I booked at the Quality Inn for about $55/night, 4.5 stars. I used my AAA discount though, but worth looking into!
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I am a member (as well as treasurer) of the Washington State Geocaching Association (WSGA). Last year we rolled out a statewide State Parks Geotour, in conjunction with the State Park Rangers & land managers. As part of them allowing us to do the Geotour we had to promise to help them clean up caches that were illegally placed (in WA you have to fill out a permit & get approval). As we placed our 103 caches we never once asked someone to archive their already existing cache, as both our group & the park Rangers want all the caches to be brought into compliance rather than be archived. Since I am on the opposite coast I can't speak directly to the matter, just want to show that many states are starting to implement the permit system. That being said, and looking at the history of WSGA I definitely think this situation stinks of hidden agenda. I honestly feel that if this was for the greater good of geocaching the land manager would work to keep the current caches (or finding a way to incorporate them in).
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Other than JHolly's always helpful bookmark review, and a pre-event dinner suggestion from BoringGirl (details soon), I've gotten no route feedback. As much as I'd like to think it's because I got it perfect the first time, I expect it's more likely that very few of the event attendees are familiar with the area.
I'll have the final route posted on Monday. Expect the unexpected. If a cache seems like it's going to take an hour to complete, well, it's up to you. On this machine, your auto-routing may do better than my route.
Remember: cliffs, ticks, and poison oak. If you fall, get bit, or get itchified, don't blame me. You know your capabilities far better than I do. A wise cacher is fond of pointing out your assumption of risk thusly: "May also encounter HOT coffee (which may be HOT) while driving to and from this cache." Yep.
I grew up in this area, I went to college in The Dalles and learned to windsurf as a kid in Hood River. Although I have not yet reviewed the entire route cache for cache (done about half so far), I looked at the overall route course and it appears to be fine. Jholly pointed out the "bad" caches that you will probably want to remove. I highly recommend that everyone bring along medical supplies (baking soda/water mix & calamine/cotton balls store easily) to combat poison oak should they get into it (is recognizable by its bright red leaves, will be small this time of year). The snakes will probably still be hibernating but it's always best to be on watch for them. If you have any questions at all please feel free to hit me up, I'm more than happy to answer anything for you. Sorry for the delay in this too, I should have offered my services earlier.
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I see that #93 "CONWAY PARK" is ... "not suitable for large groups via a cache machine."
Good catch. I'll make this a last minute change to the route. It should be on the Do Not Hunt list.
Stop #100, also by the same CO, has the same notation on it, "not suitable for large groups via a cache machine."
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Sunnyside Country Inn was a better overall deal all around, so I've booked a room there. I'm still hanging on to my old reservation until I check with a (local) friend about it being a safe area. When last I checked with her, she told me to avoid staying in Toppenish (sorry Lookout Lisa) - lots of gang activity.
Lizzy - It depends on where you stay in Toppenish. I can tell you it's going to be better than most areas in Yakima (sorry to people who booked there, I hope you're not in the bad parts of the city!). I think we'll be just fine where you booked us
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My biggest travel worry is Sunday afternoon. My hope is to get the seven Delorme pages in NE Washington that morning and early afternoon, but due to snow, the road wasn't even visible on the Sherman Pass WSDOT webcam today. If it's not passable in a car, I'll end up leaving page 22 uncollected, a vacant page that's a four hour roundtrip from the nearest point I have any chance of visiting in the next decade.
(I had no idea where Sherman Pass even was, and had to look it up.)
After the Yakima CM II on March 29, 2008, the passes were bad enough that I drove home from Yakima to Tacoma by way of Goldendale and Portland. It was a nice drive, but a lot longer than I'd planned.
Be prepared.
I spoke with my cousin the other day who is stuck in Sandpoint, ID right now, apparently the roads in and out of Republic (at the time) were completely flooded, shutting off the town. Apparently it isn't only the passes in that area you need to worry about. If you want a more detailed report I can get one firsthand from her for you since I will be seeing her and can let you know what the roads are like.
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Probably a bit early, but I'm looking to ride with someone, or alternately someone can ride with me. Not looking for a ride out to or back from Coeur d'Alene.
My teammate & I are looking for 1-2ppl still to run the route with, are you still looking? If so, let me know and we can exchange info.
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This unit was a few very small scratches on the screen (very close to bottom edge). Nothing that would hamper use.
GPS MAP60CSx
Extras:
64mb SDmicro card
MapSource - Trip & Waypoint Manager (1CD)
US Topo ver 3.02 1:100,000 scale (3 CDs)
City Navigator -North America ver 8 (1 CD)
Car window suction mount
USB Cable
Belt Clip
This is over a $600 when it was brad new. This is a great unit for geocaching, gets me to GZ every time.
Will sell for $250 or Best Offer by August 27.
Is this still for sale? If so I'm willing to pay $200 for it. Thanks!
Spokane Valley Cache Machine
in Northwest
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Hey everyone, I just got word from my cousin that she will be home so I am giving up my hotel room at the Rodeway Inn (near the dinner). Is anyone here interested in it before I call the hotel? Let me know ASAP!