Victoria, B.C. bills itself as the "City of Flowers". It's also the city of caches. From the tip of the Saanich Peninsula down to Becher Bay on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, my current count shows more than 100 caches of 3-star terrain/difficulty or less, excluding all multicaches. 
So pack up the tank, hit the ATM, toss down some breakfast at way-too-early o'clock, and meet at the above coordinates at sunrise: 4:30 a.m. Once we start the hunt, we’re not stopping until the daylight does at 10:00 p.m. Once we’re done, we’ll hit the downtown Victoria Red Robin to recap the day, quaff a few drinks, and embarrass a few waitresses.
If you're coming from Washington, there's really only five ways for most people to get here with a vehicle. Ferries from Port Angeles, Anacortes, or Vancouver, or via air on Horizon or Helijet. Cheapest is the ferry from Port Angeles, which should be $65 USD for the vehicle and driver, and $17 USD for additional passengers (roundtrip). Carpooling will really drop the per-person cost down.
In addition, if you're coming from Washington, you'll need accommodations for two nights, since we're starting before the first ferry arrives, and finishing after the last one leaves. Hotel rooms look like they're $50 USD and up.
Paul's Motor Inn is willing to give us a group rate of $89 CDN per night. Mention geocaching on check-in (I listed ''Geocaching - Victoria Cache Machine'' as my company name in the online reservatons).
As before, if you find the cache, you'll be the one who has to re-hide it.
Bring FRS radios if you’ve got them and you're a US resident. 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 latest draft of the route is in this 3.2 MB .pdf file. If you're at all familiar with any of these caches -- especially if you're an owner of any of these caches -- please let me know anything you'd change about my route.
I'm working on a solution to post a PDF of all the cache pages on the route. Until then, here's a page with links to all of the cache pages.
If you're a US resident, you'd be best advised to read Customs Information for Visitors to Canada and Seasonal Residents, in particular the sections about documentation of citizenship (passport or birth certificate), radio transmitting equipment (which includes FRS radios), pets, and children. It looks like it might be a good idea to tell the customs agent if you're bringing any big ticket items into Canada, too, such as laptops, cameras, camping equipment, and probably even your GPS, so that you don't get charged a duty on them on your way back out.
The VCM FAQ:
When is it?
4:30 a.m., July 12, 2003. Latecomers can track us down en route.
Will it be one large group, will we be split into teams, or what?
One giant group, which means we'll hopefully find each cache quickly. Then it's on to the next one. This event is all about quantity in neat places.
Is anything going on before or after?
- I plan on taking the 12:45 boat out of Port Angeles on Friday, so fire up FRS channel 2 and say howdy if you're on board.
- Definitely don't miss the Club Babaloo event cache on Friday at 5:00 to 8:00.
- As is our tradition/fate/doom, dinner on Saturday is at Red Robin, at about 10:00.
- Sunday, I plan on sleeping in late.
A cache on your map shows the wrong place to park.
By all means, let me know. Prior cache machine events wouldn't have been as successful as it was if we wouldn't have had local help plan the route. If you're a Victoria area cacher who's found or hidden some of these, I'd love to talk to you about our 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'm avoiding multicaches, and caches that appear to be overly time consuming. If you think it's quick and easy, let me know.
You have X cache on the route, but it's disabled/archived.
I'll generate a final route around July 4, with updated data. This should catch any new caches that get created in the area, too.
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.
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, ferry, and hotel). I'm not collecting any money for this.
Lunch? Breaks? Bathrooms?
Every time we do a cache machine event, I'm amazed at the generosity of the locals. Early indications are that this event will have something similar at the halfway point.
Bathroom breaks, on the other hand, you'll have to figure out on your own.