Adopted Highway

Our first cleanup of our section of adopted highway for CITO (Earth) day went very well. The Mid Island Geocachers group recently joined the Adopt-a-Highway program, and four times a year will help to clean up litter on the section of Old Island Highway between Millard Road and Marine Drive in Royston. Saturday’s cleanup of this 2.5-kilometre section of road yielded 16 large garbage bags of litter in addition to many larger items that were picked up and carted away by the Ministry of Transport.

Only one day left!

Only one day left before the spring "Event" cache. Looks like the weather will be cloudy/sunny/with a chance of showers. So... remember to bring your rain jacket, boots, etc. as you will be outdoors for at least 5 hours. We will have a nice bonfire to cheer things up if it is dreary, but the weather does look promising. Also try to remember to bring a clipboard and pen. Lots of stamping to do and not many flat surfaces out there!
Looking forward to seeing you all there.

GeoEvent news for visitors

For you folks coming to the Comox Valley from afar here is a list of quick and interesting caches in our valley.
This list is courtesy of Go Play Outside.

New addition to the "Useful Stuff" link

Added a "Trade Up, Trade Equal, or Don't Trade" graphic.

Spring GeoEvent

The spring geo event is going to be on April 1st 2006. The plans are coming along nicely and it will be a real blast. You probably have not done a cache like this before!
The location will be at Airforce Beach, the same place as always. Please be there at 10:30 AM sharp as we head out to the caches at EXACTLY 11:00 AM. This will be a timed event so don't be late. The cost will be $10.00 per team, please send it off to Tom (Coast2Coast2Coast) as soon as you know for sure you can come. We are also asking participants to bring a prize, preferrably relating to Geocaching, that we will draw for later. Other businesses are also donating some prizes so there will be lots to go around. We are also asking each team to bring something for out usual potluck. Since the event is a month later than in the past it should be a little warmer but we will still have a campfire.
This event is open to cachers everywhere.
I think we have about 40 teams registered so far.
For more information see GCT57W on geocaching.com. If you plan to attend please click the "Log your visit" link then the "Will Attend" note type.

2nd Annual Powell River Event

It looks like the 2nd annual Powell River Event cache will be taking place in July 2006. Stay tuned for more information and exact dates. It was great fun last year!

Event cache a success

Well, I think the event "Fall Meet and Greet" cache was a big success. We filled 4 large Rubbemaid containers for the Comox Valley Food Bank, and the going away surprise for Mr GoPlayOutside completely blindsided him. It was great to put faces to the names of folks we had not yet met. Even the weather cooperated as it was sunny and warm.
It looks as if our major Geo-Event of the year will be a bit later this year but at the usual place. Probably the last Sunday in March. So pencil this date on your 2006 calendar. There will be lots of folks to visit and cahes to find.

Fall Meet 'n Greet Event

Well, we're all ready to go. Mother nature is cooperating and it looks like a good day. Don't forget that this is a donation event for the Comox Valley food bank so bring at least one item of non-perishable food stuff for each of four stages. We will also be having a Travel Bug exchange so be sure to log one in to tha cache page before you come if interested.
See you there!