Welcome! I will Ditto what Russ and Shawn have already said. Events are a great way to meet others in the obsess...er hobby ;) In fact I am hosting one in a...
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J Crozier
mrscaptainpi...
Jan 15, 2013 2:14 am
Hi Joe! This group assimilates new cachers like no other, so don't feel shy about coming to your first event. If you've found a geocache, we have something in...
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bushman_family
Jan 15, 2013 2:03 pm
I vote for Bastrop too! I plan to actually come in 2014. I would like to help in some way. Are there activities for those who don't want to participate in...
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kooskoos72
Jan 15, 2013 2:09 pm
The thanks for this find belongs to Moosiegirl since she posted it on Facebook this morning, but this sounds like a perfect spot for the challenge: ...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Jan 15, 2013 2:55 pm
Just a reminder (echoing kooskoos' reminder)... The Texas Challenge involves in excess of 500, and these days up to and exceeding 1000 (yes, one thousand)...
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electric_water_boy
electric_wat...
Jan 15, 2013 3:40 pm
I love the idea of having the Challenge in Bastrop, but no so much the state park - or at least not completely. Julie (MCP) introduced the Challenge to urban...
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electric_water_boy
electric_wat...
Jan 15, 2013 3:42 pm
I don't know that I've even heard of Krause Springs. A much smaller event there would be cool in my opinion (hint hint). EWB - Tom...
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Greg Jewett
jewettg
Jan 15, 2013 3:45 pm
Welcome Joe! I too am in Pflugerville and love to geocache as well. I start March 2011 and have not stopped - loving it! Maybe we can meet up sometime and do...
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Gary Eckhardt
dcigary
Jan 15, 2013 3:58 pm
Just tossing this out there: Marble Falls I have no great compelling reason for this other than it's free room & board for ME! (Family Lakehouse on LBJ) The...
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grnberet2b
Jan 15, 2013 5:09 pm
Wait, what? Where did the 1000 traipsing through the woods come from? The highest logged attendance for a Challenge has been 502 (last year) and I seem to...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Jan 15, 2013 5:15 pm
Brain fart...but 500 is still huge-BarbJ =bad brain!bad brain!= Tygress ... From: GrnBeret2B <grn.beret.2b@...> To:...
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Gary Eckhardt
dcigary
Jan 15, 2013 6:33 pm
500 people = ~1000 feet * *estimate depending on average feet/person As far as 2013, I personally wouldn't criticize it until it happens, IMHO......
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electric_water_boy
electric_wat...
Jan 15, 2013 8:27 pm
One place we'll definitely need more help this year is with loading the GPSrs. The Foods tell me they will be there if everything aligns right. Cheryl -...
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austin_joe1
Jan 15, 2013 9:35 pm
Thanks for the warm welcome. My wife, son and I have started together. My wife's handle is pvilledani. We live between 1825 and grand ave in Windermere. We r...
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austin_joe1
Jan 15, 2013 9:36 pm
Thanks for the welcome. Yea, we are clueless on how the events work. We found one of your wooden tokens in the cache me if you can cache in pflugerville. Is...
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austin_joe1
Jan 15, 2013 9:37 pm
Thanks :)...
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austin_joe1
Jan 15, 2013 9:39 pm
Thanks for the welcome. How exactly does the event work and yours in particular? We are clueless. Joe...
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austin_joe1
Jan 15, 2013 9:40 pm
Thanks Julie!!...
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Russ Jernigan
russwaterweasel
Jan 16, 2013 2:15 am
Yep, Tygress is my wife. And also the artist for the wooden nickle, many of the local pathtags, and some geocoins. Best, Russ the Waterweasel -----Original...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Jan 16, 2013 3:21 am
You show up, sign the log book if there is one, discover travellers, eat and visit and even get some phone-a-friends.Then you log "Attended"; instead of "Found...
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Jay Bingham
binggtx
Jan 16, 2013 1:49 pm
Barb, Your message has left me confused, you say that you have to be a premium member to get the weekly newsie (I assume you mean the one from groundspeak like...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Jan 16, 2013 6:28 pm
Ah, then I am mistaken.I should look things up before I type, shouldn't I?A friend of mine who is not a premium member doesn't get the newsie, so I lept to a...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Jan 16, 2013 7:21 pm
Tom -- GC1THKXKrause Springs Garden Cache will introduce you nicely.-B/Tygress ... From: "electric_water_boy" <electric_water_boy@...> To:...
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electric_water_boy
electric_wat...
Jan 16, 2013 7:25 pm
Plan on a full day in Austin on February 9: GC447AK "War Time" Flash Mob GC447AX TXGA Meet and Greet Breakfast Event GC44EX4 Can you Teach an Old Cacher...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Jan 16, 2013 10:51 pm
I have no problem with Bastrop. Except that it lacks an iconic image for the coin (I'm sure I can overcome that)Share the love! BarbJ/Tygress ... From:...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Jan 17, 2013 12:12 am
And finish up the evening at Way Off Broadway Community Players (wobpc.org) and see Tygress (moi) in the staged reading of Love, Loss, & What I Wore... there...
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Jay Bingham
binggtx
Jan 17, 2013 12:28 am
Barb, Now that I think about it some more there is a dusty old memory way back in the corner of a long forgotten shelf that seems to be saying something about ...
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bushman_family
Jan 17, 2013 1:41 am
There has to be a techie out there somewhere who can help. Wish databaseexpert was closer....
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electric_water_boy
electric_wat...
Jan 17, 2013 3:30 am
Bastrop - Lost Pines and feral chickens. Yep, look up feral chickens. There's you something to work with....
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Jan 17, 2013 3:08 pm
Chickens are beautiful and mighty predators.I definitely can work with that.[Lost Pines, how could I forget THAT?!?! Frozen my buns there many times...]Thank...
