That's geo-speak for.........."I'm not coming" :p:D:)Quote:
Originally Posted by attroll
Hope to see everyone there. I wouldn't miss it for anything, including a little rain. :rolleyes:
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That's geo-speak for.........."I'm not coming" :p:D:)Quote:
Originally Posted by attroll
Hope to see everyone there. I wouldn't miss it for anything, including a little rain. :rolleyes:
I'm loaded for bear, and for a drizzle. No biggie!! Been waiting for this one for a long time. See you all soon.
We're packed! We're ready! We don't care what the weather brings. Cabela's will be proud of us. Let it rain, so what! Don't give up on this fun event folks! Cache on!!!! We will be setting up our tent tomorrow!!:):):):):)
After hearing the weather forecast I think the little woman and I will be staying home this weekend to get caught up on some much needed housework.:mad:
Oh well maybe next year
don't be such a sally, I have a tarp that will cover you whole truck you can borrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave1976
Sorry man.... After all those things you keep saying in the Atv thread I think I should stay home:p;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiram357
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Originally Posted by dave1976
oh i see how it is... now your just tryin to be all emotional and make me look like the bad guy so that you can manufacture an excuse not to go...
cmon, it's a huge tarp, it'll cover your whole truck and tailgate so you don't get wet when going to the beer cooler.
That's too bad. I was looking forward to seeing you guys again.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave1976
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Originally Posted by eebee
You have to drive almost right by the house, stop in
Ok, Listen.....The Straton-Eustis area is in the Canada weather zone. The mountain range there works as a "heater bank" and will keep the storm to our south. The storm is a counter-clockwise event, and will use the coastline like a ladder and head for Labrador, post haste. We should get maybe a shower or two at the most.........TRUST ME!
I'll jump in the lake with all my clothes on , if I'm wrong! (if I'm wrong, I'll be soaked anyway!)
Ah, my friend - I will be watching to see if you take a swim! I have towels in the camper and a lakeside site. You are right about the weather - a totally different picture up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mapachi
We are nearly packed and ready. Hey, it rained for part of the 2008 Tread Lightly but we all had a great time.
Dave1976 - come on and earn your wings - more than one Rain event in 2008! Maybe we should create a patch or something LOL!
See you all there!
***cough*** Pathtag! ***cough***Quote:
Originally Posted by hollora
:D
Here's the 5:30 AM update from the Dubord household. We've completely packed. I couldn't get another jar of olives in my truck if I tried. We're heading out within the hour and have developed Plan B, which involves staying at a camp in the Valley. I was up at 4:00 looking at weather maps and listening to weather guys on TV. We're headed north for sure, just not sure if tenting out this weekend is the smartest choice. Dianne is like a little kid on Christmas morning about tenting out but she's never done it in the rain so we'll see where we end up.
Hope the weather isn't as bad as they predict. We will have a great time regardless of what Mother Nature has in store for us all. If Patrick is right about the weather then HE needs to be on TV! Watch out Kevin Mannix!:)
I completely understand about the weather forecast, but there's something that some of you guys aren't getting--really.... Mapachi hit the nail on the head. When you live on the border you rely on the Canadian weather forecasts. The radars and programs in Maine just don't cover us accurately, we're too far on the fringe. Maine forecasts will never be accurate for us because we're not the large population base that they try to cover for their forecasts. For us down here, the most accurate forecast comes out of Saint John, New Brunswick--45 miles away. Their radar actually includes us. I've never been to Eustis, but I'm willing to bet that the best forecast for that area is not generated out of Portland.
Same here :(. . . well actually Heidi and I will most likely be putting in our new engineered wood floor rather than doing housework:) . . . and of course, I don't do events . . . usually.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave1976
Well my son and I are planning on camping in the back of the van if the weather is really bad but we will be there. Should we bring the kayak or will the storm stir up the lake too much to go out?
And call it...." NANCY stayed home " :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Cache Maine
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Originally Posted by balinda
Not much wind forecast, SE, maybe 5 mph. Bring the kayak, someone has to go out and rescue Mapachi if he has to jump in! :eek:
This sounds like a great time...bad weather or not. I'd really like to try out the new kayak I just got at the Old Town Canoe fall sale but one of my children has a school function that day. Maybe next year...
Dubord just ran through, waving his new Garmin Oregon, followed after a bit by Lois-Ann and Becka. My husband tried to go for a walk, came back, saying it was too hot! Sun is shining... so far...
Drop everything and come on up! Maybe next year I'll make this a week long event....
Hi folks......I'll be thinking of you all on Saturday. I'd love to be there but I'm giving away a house on Saturday afternoon at 1:30. Have fun!!!
I'm still not sure when I will arrive. Either late Friday night or 8:00 on Saturday morning. I will have my bike, kayak, and hiking gear with me. Oh yeah, I might add a GPS (or a few, since I am still trying to return some).
I'm headed to Eustis Friday morning rain or shine. I have two kayaks on board plus my bike and hiking gear. See everyone there.
Are you dragging the birthday girl along? Yes Cheryl, Happy Happy!! I did notice.. See you tomorrow night Vic..
The rain held off, the colors were fantastic and we broke 200. Thanks for the Event!!
What a great spot for an event and caching. Thursday was a bonus day for sure as we came up the back side of Eustis and saw some spectacular foliage. Still having a lot of problems with my neck in spite of a month of PT so we headed home a bit earlier than planned but enjoyed meeting a lot of cachers we hadn't met and it's nice to start seeing familiar faces at these events.
Special thanks to Jean, her husband and everybody else who put this together. Hope:) we get better weather next year as Cathedral Pines really looked inviting!
Congrats on the milestone fins2right! Keep on caching! It was great to meet you on the trail and at the event. Your kids are very cute and very polite and well behaved. I think Chip wanted to adopt your son because he was so gentle and friendly. Hope to see you again soon!Quote:
Originally Posted by fins2right
Awesome event!!! Everything an event could be. Even the weather co-operated during the daylight hours. Geocaching, biking, kayaking, hiking,four wheel driving, hanging out at the camp fires, eating great food, and best of all being with all of you. Thanks so much to everyone who made this so special. Jean you are the best.
A super fun weekend even if I was too tired to enjoy the campfire on Saturday night - must have been the yellow Speedo?!?
Yes - a big thanks to Jean and team for a Go To Event - date for 2009 ASAP please - I want to book it!
Well, three of us decided to make this into a triathlon weekend. We biked, went by foot (okay guys, it WAS a long walk back to the campground) and we kayaked. Oh yeah, there was 4-wheeling too! What a hoot. This was such a nice set-up too. We had a chance to get out of the rain for meals at the community center and the hosts were the best. There were so many caches in the area that I couldn't even put a dent in the number. I had a blast this weekend.... Thanks!
I am glad everything worked out weather wise for the event. Wish I could have made it but I had to stay back and troubleshoot and repair the bad network card in the server.
What a great event. Sam and I loved caching. This is our third event and definitely the best so far. We left some caches undone in the area to do next year. We heard there is a different country nearby with caches in it too. :rolleyes:
PS
I picked up a coin in a ewe cache. It says it is in the hands of "abnah". Was abnah at the event? I'll wait a couple days to see if she has been lost in the beautiful foliage of eustis-stratton.
Seems everyone had a good time and I had a GREAT time! Packing today to go to Boston tomorrow, daughter has a hospital appointment. Will write more and to some of you privately when I get back, unpacked and have some free time. Thanks so much to everyone who came! See you next year, if not before. :D
PS I miss Amara.....
This was my favorite event. The variety of caches we could find, in some of the most beautiful places in Maine. You could paddle, hike, 4 wheel through the mud or to the top of a mountain, and as TAT showed us bike to a find as well. The food was delicious and the hall was just like home. Most of the time we hung out in the kitchen, just like home. Thanks to Jean and Stan, Dave and Holly, and the others who helped make this one event that I will be back to annually. I only hope those who didn't come, due to the forecast have learned a valuable lesson.......:rolleyes:. Listen to mapachi when he speaks about the weather in the hills of Western Maine. He was right on the money. You missed out on the best event of 2008.
We had more fun that I could have imagined. And even with the obstacles we had to overcome to complete the challenge, we had a blast. A very special thanks to Team Richards for coming to our rescue with chainsaw in hand. Without your generosity we would not have been able to finish.
I will be back again next year. Site #69.
WOW!.............and I didn't have to jump in the lake!
This was the most fun we've had in a long, long, long time! The last time I had this much fun I think I must have been doing something against the law!
I think I have an idea what you mean! I just checked the law books and you're good, and so am I! Let the good times roll!:) Wish I didn't have the neck issue, MRI now in the works to get to the bottom of this. Sounds like we missed the best parts of the even, but we still had a grand time!
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Originally Posted by Mapachi
We had such a great time. We want to thank everyone for coming up. We had so much fun we are already looking ahead to next year.
For folks wondering how much rain came down.
Holly's folks measure the rain at two sites, one in Stratton and one in Eustis. the total rain from Thursday through Sunday at 3:00 was just over an inch. Most of that came after 10pm and stopped by 6am.
I'd be interested in how many miles people traveled. I know we had folks from Quebec, Calis, Massachusetts, Vermont and many other far away places.
I am also courious how many miles were done after you got to the area in your car, boat, boots and bikes.
Looking at my tracks and just estimating, I have 100 miles on the truck, 7 miles in the kayak and 6 miles in my boots just doing caches in the area.
Dave I also had about 100 miles on the truck, but you got me in the kayak as I only had 4 miles in that, close to 20 miles on the bike, 4 miles walking when Tom and I so foolishly decided to walk back to the campsite with Karen from the potluck in the rain. Add to this miles and miles of good times.
An idea for next year - can we get a big map with NA? We could all put in push pins or little flags with where we are from! If you want to do it - I would gladly start hunting for a map.
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Originally Posted by Team Richards
What! "Foolishly" Muhahahahaha..... Okay, sometimes my ideas aren't that great, but I still enjoyed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by vicbiker