As has become a tradition in the Pacific Northwest another cache
machine is happening. Please join us for this after-cache machine
dinner to get together. There’s no need to actually spend time
during the day caching before you join us for dinner all we require
is a willingness to spend time with other geocachers.
The Pre-Event dinner will the night before the Cache Machine and
will be at Alfy's Pizza on Broadway in North Everett. 7:00PM to
9:00PM - Friday July 28.
The Event Dinner will be at The Village Restaurant in Marysville
and is scheduled to start at 7:30PM. Prices are very
reasonable.
PRELIMINARY ROUTE:
Streets
and Trips 2006
Everett Cache Machine Route (Draft PDF)
Everett Cache
Machine Route (Draft 2 - 07-14-06 (PDF)
For those of you who wish to also attend the cache machine
during the day; below you will find all the info you need. Sunrise
is at 5:39 so we’ll be starting at 5:30 AM.
Feel free to start later there’s no shame in sleeping in. 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 "Everett Cache Machine" 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.
Be sure to put this on your watch list now, so you'll be the
first to know about changes and updates as the big day
approaches!
A "will attend" note here or on the companion thread in the
Northwest forum will be greatly appreciated in order to help plan
the dinner locations for our big group!
The Everett Cache Machine FAQ:
When is it?
5:30 a.m., Saturday, July 29, 2006. Latecomers can track us down en
route.
Where's the route?
We will start in Everett; travel thru Snohomish, Lake Stevens,
Arlington, and end in Marysville. Local cachers are busy hiding new
caches in the area so the first draft route posted on this page is
very rough. Make sure you add this cache to your watchlist so you
can see when things are added. There's one in the groundspeak
forums if you want to see something now.
Will it be one large group, will we be split into teams, or
what?
We strive to 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.
Is anything going on before, during, or after? -
Friday - Pre-Event Dinner at Alfy's Pizza on Broadway in North
Everett, 7:00 to 9:00 PM - N47º 59.180 W122º 12.050. This is where
we will discuss any last minute changes or additions to the
route.
Saturday - This event: dinner on Saturday will be 7:30 p.m., at
The Village Restuarant in Marysville.
Sunday -- You're on your own to clean up the caches 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 will be a coffee stop at an as of yet
undetermined location. Probably near a cache in a park somewhere
mid-route.