fearthefish

Do we have to physically find and log the cache, or just find the title on Geocaching.com? If we have to find the cache first, can it be one that we found before? Are we limited to Geocaching.com, or can we use other sites (e.g. Geocaching Australia)?

I think that you could combine options 1 and 2. My idea is that you announce the ten coin winners now, and then surprise two of them by including the poetry mangets in the package.

I think that you could combine options 1 and 2. My idea is that you announce the ten coin winners now, and then surprise two of them by including the poetry mangets in the package.

I think that you could combine options 1 and 2. My idea is that you announce the ten coin winners now, and then surprise two of them by including the poetry mangets in the package.

Email for Stage One on its way. Thanks for setting up this fun contest.

Yes, love. ou! ou (pronounced ow) is no turned upside-down. This is me replying sarcastically to my wife and then getting smacked accordingly. It would have been much better if the word "dear" was available.

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Team Snorkasaurus, Thanks for your detailed response to my comment, and I envy you for having the free time to go to such detail. I have yet to get any offers to take Purple Devil Ducky at GeoWoodstock VI, but am in the process of adding some pictures to his page so everyone can see how irresistible he is. Feel free to add any or all of the pics to this Photo Album as you see fit. Keep on Quackin'! Fearthefish

Team Snorkasaurus, Thanks for your detailed response to my comment, and I envy you for having the free time to go to such detail. I have yet to get any offers to take Purple Devil Ducky at GeoWoodstock VI, but am in the process of adding some pictures to his page so everyone can see how irresistible he is. Feel free to add any or all of the pics to this Photo Album as you see fit. Keep on Quackin'! Fearthefish

Talk about getting hosed!?! I send Orange Ducky to abuddy of mine stationed on the Arabian peninsula. He drops him off in a cache, and some random guy who picks him up gets credit for the mileage and takes over the sponsorship. I call fowl!! I guess I'll have to get some more miles on the Purple Ducky. Stay tuned!!!

This message is for those of you interested in getting to see a Devil Ducky in the flesh (OK, more like plastic). I have been lucky enough to move two of these guys, and currently have Purple Devil Ducky. I live about 20 miles away from GeoWoodstock VI and intend to bring him to the event, as Purple Ducky has yet to win an award. If any of you are going to be at the event and want to take him from me, I am more than willing to hand him off to you. It'll have to be first quack, first served, but I'll do my best to make sure the rest of you get a chance to discover him before I hand him off. Just leave a reply on this thread if you're interested, and good luck finding these Devil Duckies. They are a lot of fun!

Fearthefish evolved from playing fantasy football years ago. My team name was The Joefish, and when I sent emails to guys in the league, I would sign off with FEAR THE FISH. Soon after I set up a separate email account so my wife wouldn't have to put up with all the smack we sent to each other. I stuck with the tag line and named my email account: fearthefish@yahoo.com. Now, I haven't played fantasy football in years, but I have kept the email account and the name. I'm also a big San Jose Sharks hockey fan, so the name works for that as well. Thanks for setting up this thread. I have enjoyed reading about the history behind the handles. Joe - Fearthefish

My advice is start with something simple. Last December, I hosted an event two days after Christmas. I found a local pizza place that offers an all-you-can-eat buffet on Wednesday evenings. I put up the listing about a month in advance and let people know what time the buffet was and how much it would cost. Being mid-week, right after the holiday, and a good chance of bad weather (which it was), I expected no more than a dozen local people to show up. Instead, I received about 50 logs from people saying that they would come. I am glad that so many people logged in advance, as I was able to reserve more space at the restaurant. About 75 people came to the even, with some coming from over 100 miles away. I'd say that the average person drove 25-30 miles to get there (and probably cached along the way). A few local cachers placed new hides around the restaurant and posted them the day of the event, which helped a lot. Printouts of the new listings were available at the event. Some people left during the event to find them, and then came back. Others stopped and found them on the way home. I wasn't looking to spend a lot to host the event, but wanted to be able to offer people something. So, everyone got a raffle ticket when they showed up and we raffled off a few prized during the event. I gave away two unactivated Travel Bug tags, a couple of $2 bills (a common FTF prize around here), and some ready-to-go caches made by my kids. People enjoyed those the most, as the kids painted the containers and included swag and hand-made logs in each one. Set up and clean up were pretty easy. I had one table with name tags and the log book, and another table for Travel Bugs. The restaurant took care of the rest. It went so well that I will probably host another one at the beginning of the summer. Also, by doing a smaller event first, I now know people in the area that I can ask for help should I decide to do something larger in the future. Good luck with your event, and have fun!