GOF and Bacall Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 We have noticed a few different ways to enjoy events. When you attend one are you... A social butterfly? A caching hunting machine? A wall flower? Some other type of attendee? Or do you avoid events all together? Share your thoughts. We go to meet others. Events are the place we get together to talk with other cachers. We share stories, and swap ideas. We catch up on the happening and the adventures in the lives of our fellow cachers. This, it has been pointed out, is the total opposite of the way I like to cache in general, which is all by myself. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I guess I'm a social butterfly. I generally don't hunt many, if any caches at events that have caches. I like to hang around the pavilion or wherever the central gathering point is and chew the saturated fat. We had a big event last weekend where there were dozens of caches in the park and surrounding area. Cachers came and went all day long. Some were out pretty much all day, but I was a pavilion fly. I enjoyed chatting with other cachers throughout the day. Didn't hunt a cache all day until the very end and that was one that was only a few hundred feet away from the pavilion. Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Schmoozing with old friends and new ones. Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I think my favourite part of an event is meeting cachers and talking about caching. I don't want to talk about TV (which I don't watch), I don't want to talk about the Raiders or the 49ers or the Yankees or the A's or the Sharks, I just want to talk about caching. It's a lot of fun and we all have great stories to share. It's what make events worth attending. Oh, and some of the geocoins are cool, too. Quote Link to comment
+DonB Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Talking with the cachers I know and meeting the ones I don't know. Quote Link to comment
+BoMS Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 We like meeting the cachers we know and the ones we don't know yet. But we also like finding the caches placed for the event. We usually end up teaming together with some other cachers for the cache hunt, so although we go out hunting we're still social. \Mette Quote Link to comment
+The Chaos Crew Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I’ve never found a cache during an event yet, although sometimes pick up one or two on the way there or way home afterwards. I like to put faces to names and meet new people, especially locals, as it is fun to later spot their names in logbooks. And my lads like to wear their trackable t shirts and be “discovered”, and to run around the car park looking for travel bugs on cars. I wouldn’t say I really fit the social butterfly tag though as I’m pretty shy, so I do a fair bit of wallflowering. I’m hoping that will change as I get to know more people in the area, so far I have only been to a few events and still feel a tiny bit like I’m gatecrashing a private party, iykwim Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I may route past a few caches on the way to an event depending on the distance from home, and may hook up with some others to find caches after the event. But attending an event is all about hanging out with old friends and meeting new ones. Quote Link to comment
+EscapeFromFlatland Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 My favorite part of a CITO is getting back to the parking lot to find my car vandalized. No good deed goes unpunished. Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 My favorite part of a CITO is getting back to the parking lot to find my car vandalized. No good deed goes unpunished. Wow! Somehow I don't think that would make my favorites list. Hope it wasn't too bad. That kinda stuff sucks. Quote Link to comment
+roziecakes Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I love to talk shop with other cachers. It's so much fun to share caching stories, discuss guidelines and hides, etc; and also to get suggestions about good caches to find in a particular area. I also love CITO events... it feels good to give back to the community. And thirdly, we love challenge events where there's a planned activity or race because we get to know the area where the event is being held, and we get challenged at the same time! It's fun! Quote Link to comment
+EscapeFromFlatland Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 My favorite part of a CITO is getting back to the parking lot to find my car vandalized. No good deed goes unpunished. Wow! Somehow I don't think that would make my favorites list. Hope it wasn't too bad. That kinda stuff sucks. I'm making up for it by throwing all my recycling into the trash and planning to go club a baby seal in the spring. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I guess I'm a social butterfly. I generally don't hunt many, if any caches at events that have caches. I like to hang around the pavilion or wherever the central gathering point is and chew the saturated fat. We had a big event last weekend where there were dozens of caches in the park and surrounding area. Cachers came and went all day long. Some were out pretty much all day, but I was a pavilion fly. I enjoyed chatting with other cachers throughout the day. Didn't hunt a cache all day until the very end and that was one that was only a few hundred feet away from the pavilion. At the 10-10 event I attended last weekend there was a cache a few hundred feet from the central area where the event took place. It wasn't an all day event so there was pretty much a steady stream of geocachers at that cache and turned out to be a second place to meet up with other cachers. I go to events to chat with other geocachers both those I've met previously and those I meet for the first time. There were over 100 people at the event last week from distances over 3 hours away so there wasn't much time for finding caches anyway. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 The beer! And, of course, meeting other cachers. What has surprised me is the cliquishness of a lot of the cachers. I've only been caching for six years, so I'm a newbie to some of them. Quote Link to comment
+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 The beer! What beer, I'm not even old enough yet! I always enjoy the games and activities part. One of my favorites was the ammo can toss... Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 The beer! And, of course, meeting other cachers. What has surprised me is the cliquishness of a lot of the cachers. I've only been caching for six years, so I'm a newbie to some of them. What some people see as "cliquishness" is simply friendship. The "clique" in my area has people who have been caching for many years and some who have been caching for a year. It is open to anybody wants to join. There is no membership requirement other than enjoying conversation and geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+Ramona Retired Snipe Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 The beer! What beer, I'm not even old enough yet! I always enjoy the games and activities part. One of my favorites was the ammo can toss... I am so going to steal that for our next beach bash down here in San Diego. For me it's social butterfly. Although I can easily be lead astray for a close by or interesting cache. Couldn't resist the Earthcache so close to our 10 10 10 event this weekend. Quote Link to comment
+popokiiti Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I enjoy meeting up with cachers, new and not so new. I am a bit of a social butterfly (took the logbook around at a 10-10-10 event) and love putting faces to names I've only read. Someone looked familiar to me, it turned out her children were patients of ours. Neither of us knew the other was "into" geocaching! Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) ...I don't want to talk about the ...Yankees ... I just want to talk about caching. .... You don't want to talk about the Yankees? What is wrong with you...You are one sick puppy.... Anyway, back on topic. I have only been to one event, a CITO on a freezing day (literally, it was below zero centigrade). We had fun, but no one hung around much after due to the cold. Edited October 13, 2010 by Andronicus Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 For us, an event is all about socialising. (And maybe the eating ) We rarely do caches while the event is on, unless there's one literally within 100yards. We're happy just to pick up one or two on the drive to/from the event. MrsB Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 The eating and talking and the talking while eating. I like hearing other peoples stores about places they've been that I haven't. Quote Link to comment
+MontyFam Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 No favorite here yet - still hoping to get to our first event sooner than later! Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 I am social at events. I enjoy talking with old friends and newbies alike. My favorite moment is when I sign the log, like always You do have a log at your events, don't you? Quote Link to comment
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