Burlington Chocolatefest May 22 – 25 2009

[teamhandstand]

i would be willing to join a team if anyone needs another pair of eyes.

[furfool]

They finally have the rules and application up on the festival site.

[LDove]

😀 Ah fond memories of the thrill of victory and the smell of chocolate… we had such a blast and had a great team that lead us to our victory. Each with our own strong points. I can almost taste a second year win… Poor 3Hawks… we sat munching chocolate watching them pass the final waypoint several times 😳 not that I am gloating or anything 😆 I will be unable to participate this year, at least not on a team set to win, still recuperating from back surgery, but I would be happy to be there to coax in the car or taste the spoils of the win when over??? 😉 This was a very fun thing to do, although you can’t log the finds on gc.com. I may write the event organizer a note though and see if he would be interested in setting these as permanent caches…. you can thank me in chocolate 🙄

[bluesquirtles]

We were part of the group last year. Dissapointed on many aspects we ran into. There were too many variables to the teams leaving at later times; bike ride which we couln’t get around, parking, etc; it added a longer time to our score as well. 🙁

[Decrepit]

Ok, so everyone on my team has now bailed. One found out she is pregnant so she doesn’t want to cache any more. The other two have decided that they would rather do something else on their anniversary instead of cache. What’s with that! Anyways, to get to the point. If anyone would like to be on my team please let me know. Just a heads up though… I can almost guarantee that my team will not win. I just had surgery yesterday and although I hope to be back to 100% by the time of the race, I can’t promise that I will be. So, if you want to just have fun and be on my team, let me know.

Decrepit

[Greendale4X4]

@bluesquirtles wrote:

We were part of the group last year. Dissapointed on many aspects we ran into. There were too many variables to the teams leaving at later times; bike ride which we couln’t get around, parking, etc; it added a longer time to our score as well. 🙁

I was just thinking about that last week regarding this year. 20 teams, dispersed every 15 minutes. Some poor team will have to wait 5 hours to start…8O I’ll have to inquire within.

[LDove]

😯 😯 Ok, that is really poor planning if you ask me!!! Let 3 teams go or even four at a time, what’s the difference? I did e-mail the organizer of this event and suggested he publish them on gc.com, but he does not seem to think that would be “allowed.” Not sure he completely understands the whole geocaching thing, nice guy though, but maybe unaware of how to make it more fun and doable. He could also start the teams backwards and at opposite locations to get more than 1 or two started at a time. Oh well…
@Greendale4X4 wrote:

@bluesquirtles wrote:

We were part of the group last year. Dissapointed on many aspects we ran into. There were too many variables to the teams leaving at later times; bike ride which we couln’t get around, parking, etc; it added a longer time to our score as well. 🙁

I was just thinking about that last week regarding this year. 20 teams, dispersed every 15 minutes. Some poor team will have to wait 5 hours to start…8O I’ll have to inquire within.

[Table 4 6]

I remember taking part in this last year with MosquitoMagnets. I think we had trouble with the last cache too. I also remember searching around a fire station for entirely too long. Not sure if we’ll make it again this year or not. I think it’s a working weekend for the wife.
❓

[Lostby7]

@Table 4 6 wrote:

I also remember searching around a fire station for entirely too long.

Ah the fire station…I too have memories of that fine station….

[Greendale4X4]

@Lostby7 wrote:

@Table 4 6 wrote:

I also remember searching around a fire station for entirely too long.

Ah the fire station…I too have memories of that fine station….

Didn’t it go something like “Where there’s smoke, there’s______”?

[Table 4 6]

@Greendale4X4 wrote:

@Lostby7 wrote:

@Table 4 6 wrote:

I also remember searching around a fire station for entirely too long.

Ah the fire station…I too have memories of that fine station….

Didn’t it go something like “Where there’s smoke, there’s______”?

Yep, I believe that’s it Jason ❗

[LDove]

Come on team ZigZagNuts – nobody gonna do it?? 😥 I will go if I don’t have to run for anything, that job we save for Gary… 😀 I am feeling better now (knock on wood) so I could be a navigator, driver or cheerleader:

Chocolate, chocolate
that’s the prize
find the cache with real good eyes
Rah Rah, work those butts
Move it, move it
team ZigZagNuts! 😯 😯 😯 🙄

Okay, I was never a cheerleader in high school, but at least I tried!!! 😉 😆

[LDove]

ADDENDUM: Called Larry the event organizer. He has two guys helping him who are geocachers and they are possibly going to make some of these permanent. As of right now, he only has four teams. I reiterated that if these were permanent caches, he will get a bigger turn out. The starting times also would not make someone wait for 5 hours as we feared, they will start teams out at different starting points IF they get 20 teams. Prizes he is picking up today, so he is unsure what the first place will be just yet. He asked me to call him on Friday, for an update and I will then post what he says and see if we can help him out and get more teams. Although less teams increases my chances of chocolate… 😈 hmmmm…. 😉

[Jeremy]

@LDove wrote:

Come on team ZigZagNuts – nobody gonna do it?? 😥 I will go if I don’t have to run for anything, that job we save for Gary… 😀 I am feeling better now (knock on wood) so I could be a navigator, driver or cheerleader.

I’d be in for a second attempt and would let you drive instead of me Laurell… I think I got out of the car maybe two or three times last time and did no running. 🙂

[Lostby7]

@Jeremy wrote:

@LDove wrote:

Come on team ZigZagNuts – nobody gonna do it?? 😥 I will go if I don’t have to run for anything, that job we save for Gary… 😀 I am feeling better now (knock on wood) so I could be a navigator, driver or cheerleader.

I’d be in for a second attempt and would let you drive instead of me Laurell… I think I got out of the car maybe two or three times last time and did no running. 🙂

I think I’m going to take a pass on this…I’m afraid my asthma is pretty bad at the moment. It took me almost two days to recover from a 30 mile bike ride…I need to get a new inhaler also as mine is WAY expired…and since I’m such a slacker I haven’t gotten around to calling the Dr. about it.

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