+Quantum Mechanic Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Jeremy posted this in the general forum. It is on a Tuesday. Any takers or any ideas on which park or place in the Portland area needs some serious clean up? -Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital dying of nothing.- Quote Link to comment
+pdxmarathonman Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 KyleS had talked about doing a cleanup of all the metal plates in the park that holds This Cache and 1 or two others. Maybe I should email him Quote Link to comment
+oregone Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 1)Mary S Young State Park needs ivy removal. 2)Kyle at THPRD would probably dig it if we helped out that park up by the intersection of 217 and 26. You know--that one with all the weird metal disks strewn about. 3)My side of the esplanade is always in need of a little lovin'. 4)I could park my CRX in Makaio's cul-de-sac, invite all the pdx cachers over and tell them to bring paint. Then, the lot of us could paint the whole thing up like a nouveau hippie-mobile. After it dried, we could go from park to park removing graffitti and beer cans. That way, we could improve both the area parks AND my drab sun-bleached honda. all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed Quote Link to comment
+Team JOYSON Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 But all those metal disks have been such a great topic of conversation... if they're all gone, then I'll need to come up w/ some new material for all the caching get togethers... Whatever happens, we're good for it as long as it's after 5:00pm... yeah right. We'll keep an eye on the developments. Hard work often pays off after time, but procrastination always pays off now. Quote Link to comment
+Kyle S Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Hi all, First off, I wanna thank all of you who have kept in contact and alerted us to various 'unique' situations found near Geocaches in the THPRD parks (homeless encampments, the zillion metal plates in one of our parks, etc.) I've also put in a plea to my boss to do an Earth Day-ish clean-up in the park with the metal plates (Ridgewood View, near the intersection of Hwy 217 and Hwy 26). I should get the thumbs up or down in the next week or so. There are LOTS of things happening in the Portland Metro region on Earth Day (April 26)and THPRD has an Earth Day celebration going on at the Nature Park on the Saturday before Earth Day (April 19). I suggest we do a clean-up on the Saturday following the regional Earth Day celebration. That is, I and other Geocaching people could do the clean-up on May 3 (thus the characterization of this as an 'Earth Day-ish event). This would also coincide with the brand new No Ivy Day in Portland. I figure with just a few people and a few hours we can get the majority of the trash outta there. We can provide the garbage bags and I'll look into a dumpster for the site. And if we get enough people we can also work on the ivy crawling up the trees in the SW corner of the park. I'd do advertising to the neighborhood and the school, but would also post an ad on this forum. I'd like to hear how many of you would be intersted in such a project. Might I bribe you with bagels, coffee, juice, etc. ? Thanks, Kyle S (THPRD Guy) Quote Link to comment
+oregone Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Kyle S: I'd like to hear how many of you would be intersted in such a project. Count me in. By 'bagels' do you mean 'PBR?' all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed Quote Link to comment
my sister Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 count me in too. i think "etc." takes into account PBR. being good (within reason, of course) Quote Link to comment
+pdxmarathonman Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I hope I can convince my oldest kid to join in too. It sure is more fun when a daunting task is tackled by an even more daunting group of geocachers! Quote Link to comment
+Gloom Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 There's going to be Professional Bull Riders there? That'd be cool! Anyway, I'll try to make it if I'm not tied up working on my race car. ---- Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together. [This message was edited by Gloom on March 05, 2003 at 04:03 PM.] Quote Link to comment
ketchupandmustard Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I would love to get in on something like this in Salem area if there is PBR involved. I haven't had that in a long time. Quote Link to comment
+Team JOYSON Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 we'll be there. Wow... those little metal disks would make a pretty cool signature item... hmmmmm. Hard work often pays off after time, but procrastination always pays off now. Quote Link to comment
+Gloom Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 don't ya hate it when you hit the wrong button, then it won't let you delete it. Quote Link to comment
+Quantum Mechanic Posted March 5, 2003 Author Share Posted March 5, 2003 are bad for me. Unless we do this after 5 or so. Must get my beauty sleep in. Not sure if I work that night or not yet, but I'll still need the day to recover from working Friday night. -Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital dying of nothing.- Quote Link to comment
+Boojum Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Darn, I'll be out of town that weekend... to a state park no less. Quote Link to comment
+Grandpa Rocks & Grouchy Gramma Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 I think one or both of us will make it as we have a bit of a connection to that park and my collection of metal plates is starting to get a little low . I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here. Quote Link to comment
+kiwimonster Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 We're likely attendees. Our timing, and availability, will depend on our spring soccer schedule but we won't have that until late March. Of course, even if the humans have a game, we could send the canine to be of assistance. Quote Link to comment
+Grandpa Rocks & Grouchy Gramma Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Yes I believe the canine knows where at least one cache is in that park . I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here. Quote Link to comment
+Seattle Seekers Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Is somebody planning an Earth Day Cleanup Event for the Seattle area? Quote Link to comment
+Wander Lost Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 It's been kicked around at the WSGA and the geocachingwa group. But to my knowledge nothing has been finalized yet. We're all here, because we're not 'all there'. Quote Link to comment
+Maps-R-Us Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 So was a date, time, and/or place ever decided for this event? Hard to tell from all the logs what is really happening. Are we going to actually pull ivy? Everyone needs to get in some practice for Champoeg II!! [This message was edited by Maps-R-Us on March 23, 2003 at 10:37 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+oregone Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 I'm still all up for the ivy removal at mary s young state park. my willingness to get up that early on a saturday morning proves my dedication to this, doesn't it? I figure that if we don't hear from kyle in the next week or so, it's mary young all the way, since they are one of the few state parks openly asking for volunteers. all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed Quote Link to comment
+Byron & Anne Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by oregone:I'm still all up for the ivy removal at mary s young state park. my willingness to get up that early on a saturday morning proves my dedication to this, doesn't it? I figure that if we don't hear from kyle in the next week or so, it's mary young all the way, since they are one of the few state parks openly asking for volunteers. all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed With a little more information, We just might be able to do this one. Byron Quote Link to comment
+oregone Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Byron & Anne:With a little more information, We just might be able to do this one. Byron Here ya go: IVY PULL! all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed Quote Link to comment
+Team JOYSON Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Wow! Old avatars are back in style! We'll see if we can make it out there w/ all y'all. "And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination." Quote Link to comment
+flir~girl Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 quote: Wow! Old avatars are back in style! Thank goodness it appears curable, StrongBad (seems to "correct" once you log in). Anyone in the Eugene-area up for something on Earth Day? f~g "Forty-two!" yelled Loonquawl. "Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years' work?" Quote Link to comment
+pdxmarathonman Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 I sent Kyle an email requesting an update. Also, this post is just a bump... Quote Link to comment
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