[GeoStL] Re: Quad Cities Cache Run, Dec. 28-30

From: john leenerts <johnnybgood1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:02:31 -0800 (PST)
Good idea Jim.  Frozen is better than wet which was part of the reasoning for 
going North.  Last time I drove through the Quad cities was the last time I saw 
Ice fishing on the Mississippi!  If a winter storm churns up we might have to 
have an alternate.  Read some of the cache descriptions and logs.  I don't 
anticipate a lot of buried in the ice caches but then again Quad cities weather 
is a whole different animal than here.

John (Gerhardus


----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Bensman <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:05:33 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Quad Cities Cache Run, Dec. 28-30

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Count me in.

I will make topo maps for the area (I already have them for Springfield, IL)

One concern with going North is weather and snow.  If caches are buried
under snow, they can be extremely difficult to find.  Or we could get a bad
storm that weekend.  So maybe there could be a Plan B to go somewhere South
if weather is a problem.

Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last" 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff the Blue Bead Man
> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 11:22 PM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Quad Cities Cache Run, Dec. 28-30
> 
> -
> At the SLAGA Christmas Party, a group of us (mainly Gerhardus, Lancelot,
> and myself but several others have expressed interest) decided that it
> was time for another caching road trip.  Perhaps other cachers from the
> St. Louis area would like to go with us in one form or another.
> Gerhardus (John) suggested caching the Quad Cities of Davenport, Iowa,
> Moline, Illinois, Rock Island, Illinois, and Bettendorf, Iowa.  The
> number of caches in the Quad Cities is exploding and we think that area
> is ripe for a good old fashioned numbers run.  The dates for this cache
> run happen to be December 28, 29 and 30, 2007.  We will be back in time
> for New Year's Eve at home.  The tentative plans call for leaving the
> St. Louis area sometime during the day on Friday, caching our way
> through Springfield, Illinois and then over to the Quad Cities area.
> Once in the Quad Cities area, we plan to stay at a hotel near our first
> Saturday cache, cache all day Saturday, stay overnight at the same
> hotel, and then cache our way back on Sunday.  I ran a pocket query for
> the area using these options:
> 
> Give info for 500 caches
> 
> Cache Types: Only Traditional, Virtual, Letterbox Hybrid, Webcam, and
> Earthcaches.  (Yes, there ARE a couple of Earthcaches!)
> 
> Caches of any container
> 
> Return info on caches that I haven't found (Which is all since I have
> not previously cached in that area.)
> 
> Terrain: less than or equal to 2.5
> Difficulty: less than or equal to 3.0
> 
> Caches centered on waypoint: GC15772  (An Earthcache!)
> 
>  Again, anybody free and wanting to go are welcome to join us for the
> fun.  I think a realistic goal of the trip would be a hundred cache
> finds or more.  Let me know if you are interested joining us.
> 
> -Jeff, the Blue Bead Man
> 
> 
> -Jeff, the Blue Bead Man
> 
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[GeoStL] Re: Quad Cities Cache Run, Dec. 28-30

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