Last updates:
June 17 - Posted links to MrGigabytes checklist and DJ Calamari's gpx, and pdb files. See y'all tonight!
June 14 - Posted final draft. Dinner locations finalized. Posted MapPoint file.
June 6 - Posted second draft. Dinner locations listed.
May 15 - Posted first draft.
May 3 - New page. Draft 1 to be posted soon.
| Link | Description | Size | Last Updated | By |
| BCM2.pdf | The route. You'll need this. | 1.2 MB | 6/14/05 | TravisL |
| BCM2.ptm | MS MapPoint file of the route. Only useful if you've got MapPoint. | 525 K | 6/14/05 | TravisL |
| bcm.php | Route checklist. Useful to take with you for quick reference, and for logging caches after the event. | Tiny | 6/15/05 | MrGigabyte |
| Web page | Links to a zipped GPX file (yay, GPXSonar!) and a PDB (Cachemate) file. | Linked | 6/16/05 | DJ Calamari |
Bremerton is nationally renowned as one of America's most livable cities and one of the top five places to raise a family, featuring spectacular water and mountain settings. In 1891, William Bremer, a German immigrant and shrewd businessman, encouraged the U.S. Navy to buy 190 acres of his land for a shipyard. Over a century later, Bremerton's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard continues to service U.S. Navy ships and its yard employs 8,000 civilians and as many active duty military work aboard ships or for the yard's attendant commands. (City of Bremerton's web page). There's also more than a hundred caches within a few minutes drive of the city's core.
So fill up the tank, toss down some breakfast at way-too-early o'clock, and meet at the above coordinates (GCHX8Q Schold Farm - Things That Go Bump In The Night) before sunrise on Saturday, June 18, at 4:00 a.m. Yup. It's a night cache to start the day!
Then, there's more than a hundred caches to get, although I don't expect anyone to get all of them. If you're still out on the road at dinner time (8:30p.m.), skip the rest of the route and come on in. Socializing at dinner is one of the best parts of machine events (and that's coming from me -- someone who usually hates socializing). DOORS FOR DINNER CLOSE AT EXACTLY 9:00, so don't be late.
As before, if you find the cache, you'll be the one who has to re-hide it. Hide it as well as you found it.
If it's a micro cache, one "Bremerton Cache Machine II'' log entry should suffice for the group. We tend to fill up log books too quickly, and our stickers tend to make micro log books hard to re-stash. For normal-sized caches, or even large micros, everyone should sign in.
Bring FRS radios if you’ve got them. We’ll use Channel 2 to communicate among caching vehicles and to say 'Howdy' to listening locals. Suggestions and ''Count me ins'' are welcome below. If you’ve already found a couple of these caches, that’s fine - give us a chance to find the cache, and then we may turn to you for a hint.
The Bremerton Cache Machine FAQ:
When is it?
4:00 a.m., June 18, 2005. Latecomers can track us down en route.
Will it be one large group, will we be split into teams, or what?
We start each day as one giant group, which means we'll hopefully find each cache quickly. Then it's on to the next one. The group tends to fragment after the first few caches, though. The longer we can keep the big group together, the more fun it is!
Is anything going on before, during, or after?
- There will be a pre-CM dinner at 7:00 on Friday, June 17 at Round Table Pizza, 3276 NW Plaza Rd, Silverdale.
- Dinner on Saturday will be at Angel's Homestyle Buffet,
4111 Wheaton Way. BE THERE BY 8:30, because the doors close at 9:00.
A cache on your map shows the wrong place to park.
Let me know, and I'll incorporate it into the route.
It sounds fun, but I've already found some of them.
Then come laugh at us, or guess when we'll be at the caches you haven't hit yet. Monitor FRS channel 2.
You don't have X cache on the route. Why aren't we getting that one?
I'll be avoiding longer multicaches, complex puzzle caches, caches that appear to be overly time consuming, and caches that the owner has asked us to avoid.
You have X cache on the route, but it's disabled/archived.
Let me know, and I'll remove it from the route (if archived) or will check with the owner (if disabled).
X cache is in an environmentally sensitive area.
By all means, let me know. I'll work with the cache owner to minimize our impact, or skip the cache altogether.
I disagree with the whole idea of cache machines. I don't want you finding my cache.
Sorry to hear that. It's too bad you've got a neat place to show us that we won't be able to see. Let me know, and I'll remove it from the route.
What's this gonna cost me?
Nothing for the caching. Or, at least, nothing more than it would cost than if you did the trip solo (e.g., paying for your own gas, hotel,and dinner). I'm not collecting any money for this.
Lunch? Breaks? Bathrooms?
Lunch: Bring a sack lunch to eat on the road.
Breaks and Bathrooms: There's no breaks in cache machines! Just hold it. :-P Or find something on the way.