This fourth public convergence of the Royal Order
of the Sleepless Knights is different from events you may have
attended in the past, unless of course you attended the first
three, in which case it is exactly like events you have attended
before, but I digress.
First of all the posted coordinates are for a
parking area, once you arrive there you will have to follow
reflective markers to find the actual location of this event.
Secondly, the event will not commence until the
Witching Hour, Saturday night. That is right, this event begins at
one minute to midnight and goes until the rooster crows. You must
sign the logbook during this time in order to log this event.
The vaunted history of
The Loyal Royal Order of the Sleepless Knights.
The Royal Order of the Sleepless Knights are an
ancient order dedicated to the preservation of honor, justice and
property rights, sworn to defend capitalism and the free market
economy from the thieves and vandals who roam the night. For many
years I was apprenticed to a great defender of the faith, Sir Butch
of Sutton, and on this very field on a cold October night in 1992 I
was knighted and swore my oath to the order. Since then I have
defended this territory, with my fellow knights, every 3rd weekend
in October. I have often been visited by both friend and foe during
those lonely hours of the night as I watched and waited for the
enemies of freedom to appear. To this date the knights have never
lost a battle, though we suffered many indignities and injuries
while defending the borders of our land.
Sharing the Night
Watch...
Although, I have watched in secret for many
moons, this year I have decided to share my solitary watch with any
true friends of geocaching who are crazy enough to drive way out in
the country in the middle of the night. There is no program that
will be presented, there will be no comfy chairs and no good reason
for you to get out of the bed and make this journey. However, if
any choose to join me on the night watch, I will provide no Hot
Cocoa but perhaps, a hay bale for your comfort. I will then regale
you with tales of geocaching far and wide, and I will listen to
your stories as well. If you have ever had any questions that you
thought I might be able to answer I will be happy to try.
The bottom
line...
I will be here all night and if you want to come
by and spend some time talking about geocaching with me and anyone
else who shows up, come on out. There are a couple of things you
need to know if you want to join me.
There is no camping available in the area and I
can't think of any hotels within 15 miles. It is often very cold in
the middle of the night in October, sometimes it even snows, so
dress warm. If it does snow or rain, there is nowhere to get in out
of the weather, so plan accordingly.
This is not the Halloween event that Scoot and I
put on every year. There is no secret "cool" thing that is going to
happen at this event. As a matter of fact, I fully expect no one to
attend, but I will be there nonetheless. I mean what kind of person
would drive several miles out into the country to a parking lot
where they have to follow reflectors to an event that could be 500
feet from the lot or 2.38 miles from the lot, in the middle of what
will most likely be a cold night, just to meet up with a monkeyman
with delusions of grandeur and whoever else shows up. Doesn't sound
like much fun to me, but I thought I would offer something for the
insomniacs to do.
With all that said, I hope to see you
there...
