Cache Canucks Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 This subject has been discussed before (without any real consensus), but perhaps it deserves to be revisited now and then... Were a modest, low key, 3-day (Friday to Sunday) get together of GeoCachers to be held in Las Vegas (daily activities and agenda specifics pending further discussion), would you: Quote Link to comment
+Jennifer&Dean Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 We haven't been to Vegas, and would definitely consider going there for a geoevent, it would be neat. Maybe having it in an area that has less other distractions would be better though. Vegas would be enough to keep us busy for a couple of days even without an event or geocaches. -Jennifer ************************************ According to his or her personal experience, each person must decide by himself or herself where they have been. Always for me the most important thing is not where the others have gone but the experience lived through.-Reinhold Messner Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 I've always wanted to visit Vegas and there are usually cheap airfares from here. I would be interested as long as I decided my budget allowed it. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Hey! Nice photoshopping job on the Las Vegas sign. Did you know that you can take a picture in front of the sign, and log this virtual cache? Not that anybody would even *think* of photoshopping a cache find picture, mind you. Count me in, I love Vegas and on my last trip there, I started doing caches there, but I ain't finished. x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x I was formerly employed by the Department of Redundancy Department, but I don't work there anymore. Quote Link to comment
pbarr86 Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 I'll be in Vegas in a couple of weeks, when is the meeting Paul Quote Link to comment
+tirediron Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Interested, but... just out of curiosity,why Los Vegas as opposed to anywhere else? Quote Link to comment
+Harrald Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by tirediron:Interested, but... just out of curiosity,why Los Vegas as opposed to anywhere else? Because Las Angeles was booked ==================================== As always, the above statements are just MHO. ==================================== Quote Link to comment
+leatherman Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Not interested in Vegas or LA. Do not extend your expectations unto others, you will not be disappointed by the stupid things they do. Mokita! Quote Link to comment
+Breaktrack Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Man, you bet! I could use at least a three or four day vacation from the kiddos...lol. I'm sure their mother would like to see them for visitation anyway... I'M IN!!! "Trade up, trade even, or don't trade!!!" My philosophy of life. Quote Link to comment
+1911 Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 You bet! ...as long as it isn't the same weekend as the SOF 3 gun match. Quote Link to comment
+bitbrain Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by tirediron:Interested, but... just out of curiosity,why Los Vegas as opposed to anywhere else? For some reason, many airlines offer reasonably priced tickets to Vegas... Wonder if I could actually manage to justify a caching trip to Vegas? Hmmm.... Quote Link to comment
+georgeandmary Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Why Vegas? Well, it's has the facilites to host people. It's near many many wonderful and beautiful parks and canyons. It has something to do at night, it's cheap to eat, cheap to get to, and can be cheap to staythey have facilities for RV and or campingthey have a roller coaster on top of a buildingand they have all kinds of caches Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more. Quote Link to comment
+GroundClutter Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Would be interested in an international meet. No interest in Las Vegas whatsoever, but good points were made by georgeandmary as to why it was chosen. Given the exchange on the Canadian dollar, I would think Cda would be more appealing. However, may be interested depending on time/cost/other BC Islanders also going. MMmmmmm pie! Quote Link to comment
+Scook Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Vegas!!! Yuucckk! Why don't we all get together at a Tim Hortons. A non-urban tourist destination might be a better location. Of course, with no caching in National Parks that rules out Yellowstone, Yosemite and such. But how about some other park location? "Adrift in a world he never made!" Quote Link to comment
Cache Canucks Posted April 4, 2003 Author Share Posted April 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Scook:"...Vegas!!! Yuucckk!..." ...have you ever been there (in the last 10-15 years or so)? Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 You can't sum up Las Vegas in one word, especially if that word is "yuck." You probably think Pittsburgh is still a smoke-covered steel mill town. As for non-urban tourist destinations, just how would you propose to house the hundreds of geocachers who would attend an international event cache? I'm going to a Pennsylvania event cache next month, and we've filled up one-third of a State Park's campground. Vegas has thousands of hotel rooms. One of my most memorable caching days ever was spent in Red Rock Canyon, just west of Las Vegas. It took geocaching to get me away from the Strip and the Casinos, and out into a beautiful National Recreation Area. There are many other spots like this within an hour's drive of Las Vegas. I look forward to going back and visiting more challenging caches in the desert, the mountains and the canyons. After that, I'll see ya at the blackjack table and in the lounge. x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x I was formerly employed by the Department of Redundancy Department, but I don't work there anymore. Quote Link to comment
+GeoVamp Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 count me and mine in on a trip to Vegas..me and another cacher where just talking about a caching trip there "Fun is Fun, Done is Done"-Stephen King Quote Link to comment
+Team Giblert Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 We'd love to do this. We cached in Vegas a few weeks ago and loved it. Very different than Vancouver/Victoria, BC. Even met a local cacher and yacked with him in the sweltering heat. And yes, it was great to get out of the casinos and experience the outdoors. Quote Link to comment
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