Team JOYSON

My solution was to jump on Amazon.com & buy a 60C I guess this is common on all E-trex's.

That would be Kyle S. I haven't heard anything from him for a while , but I believe he's still around Here's a link to his Profile

I'm not sure if anyone else was curious about Mr. Helsing's tag line, but here's the translation that www.freetranslation.com was able to come up w/ "Die Schmerz und das Leiden regnen unten von den Himmeln; einem Prozess als Nebenklaeger beitreten Sie jetzt oder leiden Sie!" Translation: The pains and the suffering rain below of the skies; you join a process as a next to complainant now or suffer you! in other words... "I will FONG you!"

Yeah, with the smoke, ash, heat, and fires, our caching this weekend was much less than expected. When we arrived at LAX, our friendly car rental attendant cheerfully informed us that "This is your lucky day! We're upgrading you to a convertable!". Such was the rest of our weekend. Needless to say much time was enjoyed inside our air conditioned hotel room. Our concern and sympathy goes out to anyone who may have lost homes or at the very least caches to those fires. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

So we've established that there are no good caches in Huntington Beach Are there any good caches in the LA area that we should hit? "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

We'll be attending a wedding this weekend in Huntington Beach from Oregon. Can anyone recommend any MUST DO caches between LAX & Huntington Beach (or a little out of the way?). Thanks! "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

sweet pictures Kiwi! I'm glad you got some shots of everyone putting the Cube together. Did anyone get some pictures of the Pumpkin & some of the hunts? "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

quote:Originally posted by familyO'foxes:So how many caches did you find on the cache machine? I didn't get a running total from everyone, but here's the details of what happened. We created a puzzle before hand which we dubbed "The Cube". This 3" wood cube was made up of 27 1"x1"x1" cubes which, when assembled, had different images from the Geocaching.com logo and encripted coordinates painted on the sides. There were a total of 41 caches from the Beaverton area that were available. Of those we had hidden puzzle pieces in 26 "mandatory" caches, with the remaining caches being optional. We gave them the 27th (center) piece of the puzzle at the beginning so everyone knew what they were looking for. It was also the only piece that was painted the same as the entire puzzle. They were given roughly 2.5 hours to complete all 26+ caches, so they decided to split in to 3 or 4 teams (I lost track), and tackle different areas of Beaverton. I think each team wound up with around 8-10 finds after everything was said and done. Meanwhile Fractal, Sparky, Miraren and I ran around and logged a few finds of our own. Eventually winding up at the final cache location in Greenway Park (where the coordinates from the puzzle led). At this final location we placed a traveling cache and a pumpkin that I had carved for the event. Hidden inside the pumpkin were instructions to join up at Red Robin for food and fun, with the first to arrive receiving one of Geonap's highly coveted coins. The coin went to Phildonnia from Sacramento, The Puzzle went to Kiwimonster, The Spike and Spoon went to Fractal, The Royal Red Robin Burger went to my belly, and the Pumpkin proudly sits upon our doorstep. Great fun was had by all (except Bazzle who was apparently duped into going after a cache which had been removed due to some suspicious kids). "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination." [This message was edited by Team JOYSON on October 20, 2003 at 11:07 AM.]

It looks like some of you already found the Hide & Seek page, but for those of you that haven't, it is waypoint GC33E7. Thank you again everyone for your kind words. We look forward to seeing all of you again soon. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

Thank you so much to everyone that showed up yesterday. It was great getting to meet many of the locals, and pleanty of people that traveled in from Washington and California. We couldn't have hoped for a better turn out. With so many variables (puzzle pieces, final caches, weather, time frames, and dinner reservations), I was concerned that if even one thing went wrong that it would throw off the entire afternoon, but you guys executed it flawlessly... well almost. Bazzle, as much as we'd love to take credit for the events that led to you falling behind at the end, our involvement in it was minimal/non-exhistant. Thank you so much to PDXMarathonman, Fractal, Sparky, and Miraren for volunteering to help. I had this grand vision that I could pull everything off by myself, but I'm realizing now how naïve that would have been. It truely couldn't have gone as smoothly as it did without you guys. We'll look forward to seeing all of you again soon. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination." [This message was edited by Team JOYSON on October 20, 2003 at 09:31 AM.]

Forecast keeps going from Sunny to chance of showers. Dress accordingly, we'll still be there! And just to let you know, some of the harder puzzle caches (ie: PI, Prime, Isn't it obvious) are not included as part of the BCM, but are considered "optional" for those that have already solved the puzzles. Just in case anyone was getting excited about NOT having to complete the puzzles... sorry. We're looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination." [This message was edited by Team JOYSON on October 18, 2003 at 08:12 AM.]

I just happened to notice, but I think it's funny that the 1000th post to this forum was about someone else's 200th find. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

So how many McDonalds toys is a Tungston Jihad Silver Dollar worth? "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

I remember making a comment about how cool it is to watch the salmon swimming up stream at Eagle Creek. Too bad it was too dark to see that they were right there at the time. Last summer when we went hiking out there, the water level had dropped to the point that they couldn't get any further, and there were pools with literally hundreds of 2-3 foot salmon just swimming around in circles. Kinda sad knowing that's as far as most of them were going to get. For me it was really cool doing the hike at night KNOWING what a drop off some of those cliffs were. A few times I shined my flashlight over the edge, and it just kinda faded away into the darkness. You couldn't even see the bottom of the creekbed below. For Grandpa & Sparky, you will definately have to do that hike again during the day. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

quote:Originally posted by CachinCin:I hope you don't let some of us old, suspicious types get in the way of your having a good time. Cin HEY! Who you calling OLD? I want to apologize for any enthusiasm squashing that came from us. We jumped on the pirate lynching band wagon without giving a second thought on how it might come across to someone who was honestly searching for an answer to a simple question. Please accept our apologies SoSavvy. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

So what happened to everyone? I was expecting a lot more people to be after the final this weekend. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

Navdog's right. In all the conversations that I've had with fellow cachers, I don't remember saying "Oh yeah, and at Pi I left a compass". Short of signature items, trading has become a self perpetuating thing for us. Most of what we wind up leaving is something we've pulled from another cache elsewhere. I'm actually surprised how often we TN/LN now a days. Personally I like some of the McToys & wind up trading for them. One man's junk... ah you know the rest. Enjoy the hunt! "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

quote:Originally posted by pdxmarathonman:Congratulations to all 3 of you guys. I love the fact that the cache page says that #10 can only be hunted dawn till dusk Yeah, right! At least it was daylight for the final! You guys all earned it - I'll be scraping up the dregs one of these days. Dawn till dusk?!? I read it dusk to dawn! Man... I wondered why there weren't more people around. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

And when they had completed AYTO Final, they looked at it and said "it is good". "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

quote:...me thinks I smell a pirate I would tend to agree. It's hard to enjoy hard caches when you've never found any. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

Not wanting to give anything away here, but I am concerned about people getting mad at me for possibly giving the wrong impression. Although we will be hunting Beaverton caches as a group, this is not a true "Cache Machine". I'd hate for people to travel hundreds of miles, incurring signifficant expenses, only to be disappointed when they find out it wasn't what they thought. If your goal is to have fun with fellow cachers, and log another find, or 2, or 20... then come on down! "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

quote:Originally posted by Boojum:I'm really thinking about hitting this one! The timing is just about right. Will there be a list of the caches planned soon? No planned list, No travel route, No PDF files just show up & see what happens. Disclaimer: No caches were harmed during the planning of this event. If you are the owner of a cache within Beaverton city limits, and are concerned about the well being of your cache, feel free to contact us via the site, and we will make fun of you... I mean, we will address any concerns that you may have. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination." [This message was edited by Team JOYSON on October 03, 2003 at 11:36 AM.]

quote:Originally posted by Sparrowhawk:I HOPE that the Contact cache is involved in this!!! Sorry, but Contact is in Hillsboro "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

Cache page is up! Before planning any large scale pilgrimages to the Portland area though, you should know that there are ONLY a total of 30 caches involved in this event. We’ll be adding a bit of PDX fare to this Washington pastime. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

quote:Originally posted by George501949:When is the date? After much deliberation, the date will be... Sunday, October 19th. Coordinates on the cache page. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."