NOTE FOR
LOGGING COINS: To avoid writing multiple notes to the cache
page, first log all coins and travel bugs you are going to
log into your inventory. Then, write a single note to the
cache page and pick all the coins and travel bugs you want to
drop back into the cache at one time. You can select multiple
items from your inventory by holding down the control key and
clicking each item with the left mouse button.
Liven up your
first Monday of December with a Holiday GeoFest in the private
Creekside Dining Room at the Sourdough Mining Co. We'll dine Dutch
treat off the menu, hear an update on designs for a 2006 Alaska
Geocoin and formation of a statewide geocaching organization, and
indulge in some holiday festivities.
Bring a wrapped
inexpensive (under $10) cache swag item or cache container for
a Chinese gift
exchange. Best of all, meet geo-friends old and new in
a relaxed and mellow setting - near two of Anchorage's most
memorable caches! We've got forty seats reserved, so log your
intention to attend now... where else could you have this much
fun on a Monday night during the holidays? And of course - kids
are welcome - this is a game the whole family can
play!
A few designs for
the 2006 Alaska geocion have been developed and will be shared at
the Event. If you have thoughts about what you would like to see on
the coin, please bring them to the event or e-mail them to Northwes
or Ladybug Kids. We'll take sketches, PhotoShop files, jpegs, you
name it!!! We'd like to finalize the design soon so we can have the
coins in hand by April's CITO Event.
Also, we're
looking for a few good people to serve on an Alaska geocaching
organization steering committee. As noted in the logs of last
August's "Calling All Alaska Cachers!" Event Cache, we are creating
a loose-knit state organization that can handle land access issues
in a consistent manner and help coordinate the efforts of local
cachers on fun things like geocoin designs and event caches. No
dues, no new rules, just a little structure to help keep the game
healthy in Alaska.
Please think about
if you'd like to serve. Ideally one or two people (a primary plus a
back-up) per region like SE, Valdez/PWS, Kenai Peninsula, ANC,
Interior, MatSu, etc. are needed. If you can't attend the event,
please e-mail your interest to Northwes or Ladybug Kids. Also think
about a name. So far, "Geocache Alaska!!! (GAK!!!), Greatland
Caching Association (GLCA), Geocachers Love Caching Alaska (GLCA),
have been offered up as possibilites. The "Crazy Moose" logo of the
Alaska Cache and Dash has been proposed as the organization's
logo/mascot, but bring your ideas in as well.