Last updates:
January 1 - Bookmark lists linked.
December 31 - Final route posted! Any further changes will be
announced at dinner Friday.
December 27 - Pre-event dinner will be at the Westfield Vancouver
Mall food court
December 18 - Draft 3 posted - last draft until the final on
December 31.
December 17 - Fixed forum link, reminder about safe, legal
driving.
December 10 - Draft 2 posted. Start location changed again. Added
FAQ about route being too long.
November 28 - First draft posted, start location changed, minor
edits
November 23 - New page. Draft 1 to be posted soon.
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Link |
Klossner's bookmark list. |
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Klossner |
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Link |
Tomison's bookmark list. |
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Tomison |
| VCM.pdf |
The route. You'll want this. |
2.7MB |
Dec. 31 |
TravisL |
| VCMDraft3.pdf |
Third draft of the route. Feedback encouraged. |
2.8MB |
Dec. 17 |
TravisL |
| VCMDraft2.pdf |
Second draft of the route. Feedback encouraged. |
2.8MB |
Dec. 10 |
TravisL |
| VCMDraft1.pdf |
First draft of the route. Feedback encouraged. |
2.3MB |
Nov. 28 |
TravisL |
| Link |
The Groundspeak forum discussion about the event |
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Frequent |
Y'all |
The 'Couve's motto is "A colorful past. A bright
future." And a lot of caches. It's the Vancouver (WA) Cache
Machine.
Fill up the tank, toss down some breakfast at way-too-early
o'clock, and meet at N 45° 38.529 W 122° 33.431 ("Meet
up safely") at sunrise on Saturday, January 5, at 7:15 a.m.
Then, there will be about 70 caches to get, although I don't
expect anyone will get all of them. Follow all traffic laws, and
drive safely. This is not a race; there are no winners. The
only loser will be someone who gets hurt.
If you're still out on the road at dinner time (5:30 p.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).
As with all cache machines, 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 "VCM" 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 Vancouver Cache Machine FAQ:
When is it?
7:15 a.m., January 5, 2008. Latecomers can track us down en
route.
Will it be one large group, will we be split into teams, or
what?
We start the 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?
- Friday, January 4, at 7:00 p.m., last minute changes will be
announced at a pre-event dinner at the Westfield Vancouver Mall
food court, N 45° 39.490, W 122° 34.940.
- Saturday, January 5, at 5:30 p.m., dinner will be 5:30 p.m. at
Sweet
Tomatoes (a buffet restaurant), 12601 SE 2nd Circle, Vancouver,
(N 45° 37.224, W 122° 32.507).
- Sunday, you're on your own. Go get the ones you missed :-)
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: You should probably 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.
You goofed - your route shows caching continuing into
Sunday!
That's a buffer, in case you're so good that you run out of caches
before you run out of daylight (it happened in Tri-Cities!). I
don't expect to hit all of them, and designed the route so that the
last third of the caches are near the evening dinner spot. Of
course, if you wanted to hit them after dinner, or on Sunday, I'm
sure you'll be able to find folks to join you.
More questions?
Check or ask in the
forum discussion.