Here is the final entry for the 3IEE Mega Event weekend in Cowichan BC. Carrying on from the last story, the 3IEE Mega had drawn to a close and Mrs. GO! Team and I headed to bed exhausted from the busy day we had. While my wife had to sleep to prepare for a night shift, I however awoke the next day to write my logs and go through the discovery process for all of the trackables I discovered. I should note a handy, free, safe tool to use to log them all at once is a website called "Log Them All". This tool has come in handy many times since it was introduced to me by SoobaxM of the Cache-keteers. But doing this was not the sole reason I woke up early. No the real reason was that today was International Earthcache Day, and that there was two final satellite events from the 3IEE. What was especially nice was that this was the first year that geocaching.com actually issued a souvenir for our accounts for finding an earthcache, so you know I had to figure out what one I wanted to do. But lets go in order and tell you about the first event of the day!
After writing my logs I glanced at the clock on my PC's system tray and noticed that it was getting very close to event time down at Esquimalt Lagoon. AnnieMaroo was hosting an event called " Meet & Greet EarthCache Reviewers - GC58WXN" and that was a chance for those wanting to meet the Earthcache Reviewers that didn't do so at the mega, and to go complete two earthcaches at either end of the spit. Despite my leaving the house so late, I arrived in good time! Heck I even made a coffee stop at Tim Horton's and was in & out in two minutes When I arrived I headed to the first people I knew that I saw didn't have anyone to chat with and struck up a conversation. This lead to SoobaxM and Porchlizard coming over too, and we had a great chat. We discussed the earthcache situation, and they told me that they were going to do the new one that went live at up on the Malahat by the Moon Water Lodge/Malahat Inn. We just needed to wait for Mrs. Classictwo to get the two at the lagoon done first, which was fine with me because it meant more chatting time. As soon as they were ready, we hopped in the vehicles and drove on up!
So far the weather was holding up, but the sky was threatening to unleash the rain. I am not a fan of driving the Malahat in the rain, so it holding off was a good thing. We all arrived at GZ for "Saanich Inlet - A Coastal Fjord - GC5DJEJ" to find G-Force, A-Team and micaparamedic already on scene. We all teamed up and got read the material, discussed what we were witnessing and compiled the data to get our answers. I being super weak at math skills had to take a back seat on the mathematical part, but I did my best to pretend I knew what I was talking about. After we were done we snapped a few pictures, and in the process SoobaxM took a group selfie that I think rivals Ellen DeGeneres's red carpet selfie. A quick chat and this is when I learned about the last event of the day up at the Kinsol Trestle, north of Shawnigan Lake. We all made plans to meet there, except in my case I was heading to SoobaxM's place to hang out and chill until event time.After hanging out for a bit we headed out to the Kinsol Trestle parking lot where GZ was listed for "Jewel of the Cowichan Valley - GC5C7HG" that was being hosted by diraduck of the Cache-keteers. SoobaxM was not up for the walk, and I was feeling very run down so I carpooled and left my car at
her house! We arrived to find that many people were already there and joined in on the various conversations going on. SoobaxM and I went to diraduck to sign the log early so that we could leave, but then some of the local cachers convinced me that I should come for the walk too. So arranging a ride back to my car after the event with my pal and former ET Highway team mate JuRuu and his wife, I was set to go for the walk. By this point the weather decided to not hold out any longer, and the rain began to fall on us. Due to where we parked we were only a short walk away from the Kinsol Trestle, and we were there in no time. With this walk I am able to say I have been here during all four seasons, and fall is absolutely stunning. I hung out on the trestle for a bit talking to more of my geo-friends until JuRuu was ready to to go. We walked back, and it was fun to see small groups of people circled around my two caches that are hidden long the trail waiting to sign the log! JuRuu and his wife drove me to my car, and waving and smiling said our farewells. I jumped into my car and head home to Victoria, marking the end of this long and fun filled weekend!
Thanks to the event hosts for making these extra events happen, they truly added to the fun and excitement of the weekend. And thanks to my earthcache team, it was fun collecting the data needed to log this find with you all! SoobaxM I thank you for your hospitality by sharing your home with me while we waited for the event time.
And thank you to all my readers, I appreciate that take the time to come over and give my stories a read!
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