I received an email notification about a new geocache published at 3:00pm on 5/7, it was just 6 miles from home. Luckily, J was working from home, so I IM her and asked if she would go find it. 3:30pm, J called and said she got the FTF (First to find)! If she had arrived 5 minutes later, she would be the 3rd to find. Thanks to Albert&Friends for the cache and the prize!

 Why do I like geocaching so much?

 It's just like fishing. The joy that you have when you catch a fish. In geocaching, you never know what you are looking for, how you will find it, and where the cache will be. It's really amazing how creative people can be.

 I like urban caches. Though they are micro caches, they can be so interesting. You can be standing at ground zero, the cache is within 5 feet of where you are standing, but you still have to spend 30 minutes looking for it. Sometimes, you are looking right at the cache (in plain sight), but don't even know you are looking at it.

 My favorite cache is the Day Street Detour. After doing some homework, I learned how 2 locations can share one coordinate and how to get to the "right" place, then the GPS led me to a bicycle tunnel. A tunnel that cyclists ride through everyday. How can a cache be hidden inside a bare tunnel, with people passing by daily yet don't know it existed? You have to really really think out of the box to find the joy.

 So many times, after I find a cache, I just can't help but smile and wonder "how can people come up with that?" and "how did they do it..."

 right, wuster?

It was 4:55pm, 5 minutes until I got off work, I received an email about a newly published geocache, right on Beacon Hill. As I tried to get my first First-to-Find, I got to ground zero at 5:25pm. I saw someone searching in the area. It took me about 5 minutes to find the cache, but guess what, I was already the 4th to find.

 

 

In another attempt, on one weekday afternoon, I got a notification of a cache published nearby. When I take off from where I was, still no one found it. I got there in 10 minutes, no one was there searching, so I thought this would be it. I was the second to find.

 

 

On the same day, after my dental appointment, another cache popped up (it was weird that 2 caches published that were so nearby on the same day). I decided to give it another try. 15 minutes later, I got to the spot. This time, I was the 3rd to find.

 

 

I guess people are pretty crazy here about geocaching...

We went to this event on Nov. 10. This was our first event geocache, and it was pretty cool!

 

DATE : Saturday, November 10, 2007
TIME: 9:00 AM to 9:15 AM (only 15 minutes!)
WHERE: Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, Under The Needle

This Flash Mob Gathering of Geocachers will be only 15 minutes long. You MUST be present and sign the log sheet DURING this time to claim this event. After 15 minutes… we're gone and you were too late!

This event will be one small part of the WWFM (world-wide flash mob event). This event (and all others around the globe in their respective time zone) will begin precisely at 9:00 AM on Saturday, November 10th. At exactly 9:00 AM (as determined by your GPS clock) a bag for log sheets will be placed near the coordinates. As you arrive, you’ll be handed a "log sheet." Participants will sign the log sheets (which will later become the log book). To qualify for attendance, drop them in the designated bag. Bring your own pen! Names will be drawn from the bucket of log sheets for the FTF, 2TF and 3TF prizes. At a designated time, we will have a “banquet” and will take a group photo. At exactly 9:15 AM, the log sheets will be packed up and sealed away. The event area will be evacuated without a trace. Only those participants whose names appear on the log sheets may log THIS event.

ITINERARY:

8:45 - 8:59 AM - Participants: Wait patiently near the area or have a stroll around admiring the work of art. STAY AWAY from ground zero until the signal is given. As much as you can, act like a muggle, pretend not to know each other or give any indication that something is about to happen. At 8:59 AM intolerable will reach ground zero with the bag, announce the time. This is the signal for the Flash Mob Event to begin. Everyone now makes their way to GZ.

9:00 AM - Log sheets will be handed out for those who did not bring their own. Bring your own writing instrument. Sign individual log sheets and drop them in the collection box. Mingle. Trade travel bugs and coins. Swap geocaching stories and tales. Brag. and Take photos. Make arrangements to meet elsewhere, or to find the various caches in the nearby area.

9:08 AM - The event “banquet” will be served! (Candy, because, you know, its breakfast time!)

9:11 AM - Prize draws

9:13 AM - Assemble for a group photo, and assemble FAST. Listen to the photographer for directions. Group photo is taken.

9:14 AM - One minute warning is called "It is now 9:14!" Prepare to leave and CITO the area of wrappers.

9:15 AM EXACTLY - Wait for it ... then LEAVE the area (right at 9:15 AM)!

They actually videotape the event and put it on youtube.

 

 

If you have good eyes, you can spot me at the 5:16 mark

Jing and I walked right across the screen at 8:46

and the stupid kid holding the sign at the very end......

no, not that kid...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clues for the Emerald City Search

Rise from muddy pond

Float on surface of water

Near to salty berth

Precious cargo under boards

Cresting waves on bounded sea

On fan-shaped island

In Nagasaki Harbor

Dutch traders were benched

Seattle isle once took prize

Now Port of Kobe claims it