+GATOULIS Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) I have just seen that the adventure is almost over! I hope you had a great time! Hmm... any left over coins or banknotes? cheap ones that I do not have?? :laughing: I am kiding! Hey, I hope you will visit Greece too in your next trip.... I do not know if you visited my country now... Edited September 11, 2011 by GATOULIS Quote
+SgtMikal Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 I guess since this hasn't been closed out yet, we may still guess? 121 caches in 11 countries. Quote
+kini_ont Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 97 caches 14 countries must be still sleeping after a long trip Quote
+NOSNOW Posted September 12, 2011 Author Posted September 12, 2011 We are home! The adventure is over and work will start again. No more guesses. I will need a couple of days to figure out the number of caches that we did. We will have to go over fields notes, paper notes and notes in the netbook that we made. As for the number of countries, we cached in a total of 13 countries (That in includes the USA, Sunday Sept 11 we got a cache in London, UK and in St. Paul, USA ~4012 miles apart). We will announce the winner as soon as we figure the number of caches that we found. Now it's off to cut the lawn, vacations are much funner when your on them. Thanks for all your guesses. Quote
Flying Spaghetti Monster Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 Title updated for the OP. Quote
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 So glad to hear you're both home safe and sound, I hope Shadow and the birds weren't too disgusted with the pair of you! We were delighted to be able to see you on this side of the pond, and hope you have recovered from your quick march around our village! LOL We did that distance caching in a day thing last year, one at home and one when we arrived at the GCF hotel you laid on for us! It totalled 3976 miles, cos as you know, our home is a little west of London. This time we'll try harder Quote
+SgtMikal Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Still logging, huh? LOL! That's one of my least favorite parts of coming home after a big caching trip...catching up on all of the logs! Glad you're safe, and had a great time! Quote
+GATOULIS Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 I do not think they are done logging..... if I did it well.... so far they have 95 finds in 8 countries.... as Nosnow said.... they went geocaching in 13 countries.. so...... Quote
+ElliPirelli Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Still logging, huh? LOL! That's one of my least favorite parts of coming home after a big caching trip...catching up on all of the logs! I'm so glad there is something like GSAK. Cause with fieldnotes and offline GSAK on my laptop I can log my finds offline each evening, while my memories are fresh. At home after a long trip I merely have to upload my fieldnotes, check for spelling errors and remember a great trip. (I really do miss not having had a summervacation this year. But Geocoinfest was more important.) I guess NoSnow and Shadow's Friend had a fabulous trip and time, it is great to be part of it. Quote
+NOSNOW Posted September 15, 2011 Author Posted September 15, 2011 Yes, We are still logging, I am on Aug 29, only 13 more day to log. I hope to be done by Saturday. Sorry for the delay. Quote
+GeoCharmer81 Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 WELCOME HOME--WORLD TRAVELERS!!! I suspect you have many, many stories to tell or not reveal!!! Try to relax a bit before returning to the whirlwind that is "real" life!!! I can't wait till you finish logging so all of us can check out all your countries visited and caches found!!! Quote
+NOSNOW Posted September 20, 2011 Author Posted September 20, 2011 We have winners!! We had a very good time in our tour of Europe. We seen alot and have 1445 pictures to remember our trip, lots of doors and sidewalks. We meet a lot of nice cachers and traded/talked with a lot of friends from the forum. We experienced some different type of caches, that is the fun of caching outside your normal area. We ate and drank very well. It was just a very FUN time and geocaching did add alot to the enjoyment of the trip. With geocaching it's like having friends where ever you go, recommending places for you to see and visit. There would of been noway we would have found the 2nd oldest pub in London, walked around the country side in so many countries and go to the site of an underwater sculpture. Well now on to the details: We were gone for 24 days. We visited 12 European countries and found 177 caches/event/challenges. (That number may go up or down depending on if I remember any I forgot to log, or if any of the earth caches/virtuals get deleted). But those are the numbers we are using for this cointest. I did not specified whether the number could go over, just the closest. So we are having two winners; one closest under and one closest over. We are also going to award the first person to guess the correct number of countries. The over winner is Quetzall1234 with a guess of 184 in post #400 only 7 finds away. The under winner is Mamoreb with a guess of 167 in post #346 only 10 finds away. The first person with a guess of 12 counties was Serchnsoul in post #326 . Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all who put in a guess. Quote
Flying Spaghetti Monster Posted September 20, 2011 Posted September 20, 2011 Title updated for the OP. Quote
Quetzal1234 Posted September 20, 2011 Posted September 20, 2011 Wow! I'm really suprised! Thanks so much! This will be my first coin. Congratulations to the other winners! Thanks!!!! Quote
+steben6 Posted September 20, 2011 Posted September 20, 2011 Congrats to the winners! and thanks for the cointest...it was fun! Quote
+LewisClan77 Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Congrats to the winners. Thanks for the fun-test Quote
+mamoreb Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Thanks a lot for the cointest, I can't believe I won a coin again! Quote
+kini_ont Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 Wow what a feat.. Oh not the 177 caches/events/challenges nor the 12 countries (though that’s big), it’s the 1445 pictures , your photo developer is going to love you Congratulations to the winners and to NOSNOW & Shadow’s Friend welcome home and thank you for the cointest. Quote
+NOSNOW Posted September 23, 2011 Author Posted September 23, 2011 Wow what a feat.. Oh not the 177 caches/events/challenges nor the 12 countries (though that’s big), it’s the 1445 pictures , your photo developer is going to love you Good thing we live in a digital age!!! Quote
+GATOULIS Posted September 23, 2011 Posted September 23, 2011 congrats to the winners!!! WOW!! 177 finds??? Cool!!!! Quote
+mamoreb Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 I received my "Still Soaring" coin yesterday! Thank you so much! Quote
+Serchnsoul Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 I received my coin last week! Great coin! Thanks for the cointest Quote
+NOSNOW Posted October 14, 2011 Author Posted October 14, 2011 GCF 2011 US – Our last Mega of the year! Since we do not have any vacation time left it’s going to be a just a long weekend. This means that we will not be caching very much, and there will be only one country. So we have decided for this cointest you need to guess the number of geocoins that we return home with (not counting any that we brought with or found in caches). In other word how many geocoins will we receive in trades, buys or find in our bag (We can always hope!!). For a tie breaker guess the weight of the carry-on luggage that we are taking to GCF. It will be loaded with coins for trading. You can have two guesses. They can be in one or two posts. Any post that has been edited is ineligible. Cointest ends October 15 at Noon EST Results will be posted October 18th So a guess would look something like: 10 coins 5 lbs Quote
+kini_ont Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Well you did trade for my LE (Moon Glow) hope you'll trade for the day version so I'll have to add 1 to my guess lets say 47 coins 8.5 lbs Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Boy you two are really soaring this year with your trips!!! I hope that Shadow's Friend is able to stay on her feet for this trip. I was getting worried there for awhile! I already have a still soaring coin from this thread so I will just say have fun!! I hope that you come home with something unexpected in your bag too!!!! Quote
+steben6 Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Sigh....I wish we were going too. 62 coins, 17 lbs Quote
+steben6 Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Can you please bring me back one of Vanelle's colored Marvelous Nature geocoins? :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote
+Serchnsoul Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 52 coins 26 pounds. Have fun at GCFest. I am still trying to convince my wife that I need to drive up from Florida! But she knows I will spend too much! Quote
+LewisClan77 Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 I am gonna guess 71 coins and 9.4 pounds. And sin ce I am leaving for the weekend to go to Yosemite VIP/CITO Indian Summer weekend Campout, I am also gonna guess 51 coins and 6.0 pounds. I hope you have a great time. Quote
+goosefraba1 Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 56 coins..... 6.5 pounds Have fun! Quote
+NOSNOW Posted October 19, 2011 Author Posted October 19, 2011 We have a Winner! We left for GCF 2011 US with our traders in a carry-on that had a weight of 33 pounds and returned with 52 coins. We had lots of fun, trading, talking and .... Congraduation to Serchnsoul for the correct guess. Here are the pictures: Quote
+ElliPirelli Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 What wonderful coins you've traded and bought. Congratulation! You obviously had fun... I recognised quite a lot, some I have as well, but what are those earth coins called, two rows on the last picture? I've never seen those! Quote
+kini_ont Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 What wonderful coins you've traded and bought. Congratulation! You obviously had fun... I recognised quite a lot, some I have as well, but what are those earth coins called, two rows on the last picture? I've never seen those! They are the Luna 2011 coins link here Quote
Pokemaster22 Posted October 21, 2011 Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) Nice contest. Edited October 21, 2011 by Pokemaster22 Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted October 21, 2011 Posted October 21, 2011 Some very nice coins there! Thanks for having all the cointests. It was fun to watch and hear about your travels! Congrats to all the winners! Quote
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