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Jun
21
1:00 PM
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22 attended (est.) –
5.005
The fun starts at 1 pm, chow line will open up at 3 pm. Event ends when the fire is out. N 32° 47.382 W 117° 13.981 The earth spins around the axis which is an imaginary line going through the planet between the north and south poles. The axis is tilted at 23.5 degrees; because of this tilt, we enjoy the four seasons. For a few months of the year, one half of the earth receives more direct rays of the sun than the other half. When the axis tilts towards the sun, as it does between June and September, it is summer in the northern hemisphere. June 21st is called the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. On June 21st there are 24 hours of daylight north of the Arctic Circle (66.5° north of the equator). The sun's rays are directly overhead along the Tropic of Cancer (the latitude line at 23.5° north, passing through Mexico, Saharan Africa, and India) on June 21. So, on June 21 the sun rises at 5:41 a.m. and sets at 8:07 p.m. Southern California's earliest sunrise is the same as the solstice and lasts from June 4-21 but the sunset is one minute later, 8:08 p.m. from June 28-July 1st. The longest (technically) day of the year! What better reason to have a geocaching event? A day of caching, culminated with a beach party. Bring your chairs, your puzzle hints, favorite beverage and a dish to share. This will be a pot luck beach bash party complete with fun things to do and prizes! Again, The fun starts at 1 pm, chow line will open up at 3 pm. BTW, Sunset is at 8:07 p.m. Event ends when the fire is out. Please see the Geocaching.com event page and also indicate you plan to attend there. Things to do at this event: 1. Geocaching Olympics competition
2. What I Like About San Diego Contest
3. Creative Container Contest
4. Habu! style Time Trials
5. Human Compass Competition
6. Raffle
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No location was chosen for this Meetup
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19 Yes
14 Maybe
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May
2
10:00 AM
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16 attended (est.) –
5.008
WWFM V - World Wide Flash Mob - San Diego's Old Town
Be a part of geocaching history! This is a Flash Mob Gathering of Geocachers
Only 15 minutes long! You MUST be present and sign a log sheet DURING this time to claim the event.
Please BYOP! (Bring your own pen) -------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ Summary: The Basic Idea This event is part of the WWFM IV - World Wide Flash Mob coordinated events (see growing bookmark list)
Thousands of geocachers at dozens of events all around the globe, gathering at the same time Flash Mob I - May 2007 - Balboa Park (video) - almost 200 local geocachers; 20 world-wide events
WWFM II - Nov 2007 - Belmont Park in Mission Beach (video) - 4400 attendees / 83 events / 9 countries
WWFM III - May 2008 - Coronado near the Ferry Landing - 8000 attendees / 163 events / 15 countries
WWFM IV - Nov 2008 - San Diego Bay at the U.S.S. Midway - 7400 attendees / 154 events / 20 countries THIS TIME, join us at San Diego's Historic Old Town for fun, food, prizes and more - all in 15 minutes. Stick around afterwards to enjoy the shops, restaurants, museums and caching!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Plan The event will begin precisely at 10:00am on Saturday, May 2nd.
An Orange Bucket full of Nice Swag placed on ground zero will signal the start of the event!!!
The event will be facilitated by volunteers. If you'd like to be a WWFM volunteer, please contact us (podcacher@gmail.com) and let us know. Prior to the start time, mosey and wander about non-challantly ... Then when the bucket is set down ... converge on the Ground Zero! N 32° 45.272 W 117° 11.830 If any muggles are curious about the event we will have a volunteer hand out fliers that explain geocaching. More plans to come, so add this event to your watchlist!
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No location was chosen for this Meetup
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13 Yes
5 Maybe
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Apr
25
6:00 PM
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20 attended (est.) –
5.006
Link to event detail page: Amnesty Event It has come to my attention that large numbers of cachers have been misspelling the common exclamation of excitement, “WoooooHoooooooo,” which frequently appears in cache logs primarily in connection with a FTF. It appears that these miscreants believe there to be an aitch after the dubya, i.e., WhoooooHoooooooo. This misperception has risen to a state of epidemic and it must be stopped. You all know who you are. And, frankly, I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!! Consider the pronunciation of the following words, noting that there is no aitch following the dubya: Wood
Wool
Woman
Woof Each of the above words shares the proper pronunciation of the WooooooHooooooooo exclamation. Contrast the pronunciation of the following words, each of which employs an aitch following the dubya: Who
Whole
Whom
Whose In each of these cases, the dubya is silent and the aitch is pronounced. I rest my case. So, to remedy this outrage, I have reserved the familiar Giovanni’s Italian Restaurant on April 25th at 6 pm. Amnesty will be granted to any and all who attend, provided that each bows before the altar of the Verbivore and swears to forever abstain from following the dubya with an aitch. But pity the fool who dares to employ the offending aitch from and after the date of this event. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, there will be a severe price to pay for such frivolous indiscretions!!! Sgt. Argyle will be re-deployed with a new mission and a vengeance!! No prisoners will be taken!!! So come one, come all, and may the offenders repent and be saved from the wrath of Sgt. Argyle!!
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Giovannis Restaurant
San Diego,
CA, 92123
32.831360,-117.127655
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19 Yes
6 Maybe
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Apr
18
12:00 PM
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17 attended (est.) –
5.007
See the GC site for more info and to note your attendance there also. Spring Camp Out Ocotillo Style at N 33° 07.904 W 116° 08.162 That time of the year again.
Nothing fancy here, just a Campout to go along with the CITO. Come on out to the CITO and spend the night. There will be a nice camp fire to enjoy at night . Sorry no porta potties, no raffle, no poker run. Just a nice day to do some Caching and then spend the night. We will fire up the big BBQ for a picnic lunch after the CITO. The hotdogs seemed to be a hit last year so we'll do it again. So, after the CITO come on over and count this EVENT also.
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No location was chosen for this Meetup
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15 Yes
0 Maybe
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Mar
15
9:00 AM
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5 attended (est.) –
5.002
I am planning a 4+ mile, 5+ cache hike to "heaven" ( My Stairway To Heaven
GC17C2K ). Start near the trailhead at Fall-Book Cache GC1JBVP. Meet at 0900. It is much more fun to hike / cache together. Bring water if you come. Dogs OK. Chime in if you are interested. Any comments or
suggestions?
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No location was chosen for this Meetup
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5 Yes
2 Maybe
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Feb
21
6:00 PM
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34 attended (est.) –
5.008
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Giovannis Restaurant
San Diego,
CA, 92123
32.831360,-117.127655
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26 Yes
7 Maybe
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Oct 08
25
2008
10:00 AM
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Mark your calendars for the next cache-a-thon. I've picked Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve. More details forthcoming! A few changes will be put into action to allow everyone a chance to locate a cache. We're going to draw numbers that will be assigned to each cache, the person who has that number gets the first opportunity to arrive at the location and two minutes to find the cache. After two minutes others are allowed to search. If we have more people than caches, then we will double up per each cache. Initial research shows that we could go as much as 10 miles RT, but I'm going to cap it around 6 - 7 miles. We will be stopping for a lunch break at mile 3ish, depending on the cache that's in the area. This is considered a "hike" and you will need to bring lunch, water (2Liters min), hats, sunscreen and comfortable hiking boots or shoes. There will not be any facilities or places to purchase food and drink. Also this area is known for poison oak, so if you're highly allergic, please use caution and stick to the trails. Please if you are a cache hound are want to find every single cache, please do not come to this event. It is intended for new members or rookie cachers to show them how fun it is to find their own first cache - this includes honing in on the location, not just looking around an area someone else has identified. I will not include puzzle caches (unless they can be easily solved), multi-caches or virtual caches this time. Hope you can make it to this event!
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Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve
San Diego,
CA, 92129
32.938390,-117.127948
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9 Yes
6 Maybe
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Sep 08
14
2008
9:00 AM
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26 attended (est.) –
4.507
Balboa Park Cache-a-Thon Okay, this should be an interesting event and it will be the first time I've tried something of this scale. There are a total of 28 Geocaches (downloaded from geocaching.com) that are spread out, in and around Balboa Park. That includes one that is apparently inside the Zoo. I don't have passes, but if anyone does, they're welcome to detour and find this one as well. I've set up the route moving in a counterclockwise direction around Balboa Park. The route (as a crow flies) is 4.6 miles, however, there will be a lot of cutting back and forth, and winding trails to reach some of these caches, so I would imagine it could be close to 8 miles when finished. This is NOT a race. This is an exploration of Balboa Park and helping newcomers find their first caches, etc. We can stick together, or we can break off into smaller groups so as to give more people a chance to find their first cache. This all depends on how many show-up. Follow this link to download the MapSource files or all the individual .loc files to load into your GPS. There's also a larger version of the satellite image overlay. For a detailed look, there is a Google Earth file you can download at the link above. It is highly recommended that you pack water, possibly some lunch (or you can buy lunch at a few places around the park). As with any geocache, there is no guarantee it still exists. I have not checked each cache so there is a risk of not finding a few. Also, be sure to bring plenty of trinkets to share in the caches you find! If you have any questions, please email me: thesunsetchaser at gmail.com Sean K.
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Hall of Champions Sports Museum
San Diego,
CA, 92101
32.727036,-117.153330
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21 Yes
22 Maybe
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Aug 08
16
2008
6:00 PM
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7 attended (est.) –
5.005
Yes, it's another geo caching event. This one is hosted by The Lost Clan & Zeber. Come one, come all! We'll have door prizes & a FTF drawing. Oh yeah, we're bringing dessert too! Hope to see you there!
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Round Table Pizza
Poway,
CA, 92064
32.956470,-117.038373
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7 Yes
1 Maybe
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Aug 08
2
2008
6:00 PM
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12 attended (est.) –
5.007
Tired of the same old humdrum, run-of-the-mill, mundane, routine cache hide-and-finds? Well, we have something NEW for you! North County Cachers invite you...no we DARE you...to be a part of a new caching challenge that many will try, but few will complete. Do you think you have what it takes to be one of those few? Will you be able to go the distance? Details of our adventure will be provided this night at Round Table Pizza in Escondido beginning at 6 p.m. A strolling magician and prestidigitator will be on hand to perform feats that will amaze the skeptical and capture the imaginations of all. Door prizes will be awarded to many of those in attendance. Prizes include unactivated geocoins, a battery recharger, an array of Homie collectibles, admission tickets to the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club race meet, and will feature a UNITED STATES FLAG, flown in the name of the winner (or designate) over one of Fuster75's helicopters in Iraq and a signed certificate with the name on it. (We can't believe we're giving this away!) We are planning a super fabulous FTF bonus for that future date when we hope someone will actually complete our challenge. Who knows? Could it be you? We look forward to seeing you and we promise you not just an event, but an experience. **** AGENDA UPDATE ****
6:00 to 7:00 PM — Meet and Greet
7:00 — Door prizes awarded
7:30 — The Challenge Begins: We throw down the deck......
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Round Table Pizza
Escondido,
CA, 92025
33.132793,-117.068500
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10 Yes
2 Maybe
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