WGA Picnic — Not just for caching?

[Cheesehead Dave]

@Commander Bob wrote:

…Some people only attend for the boost in their numbers, and this is a sad but telling aspect to having such a concentration of relatively easily available caches. As far as we see it, the numbers people who will stop attending our events because of the lack of finds, will not be significantly missed. As it is now, they stop by in the morning, load up the temp coords, sign the event logbook, and disappear for the remainder of the day….

I’m just quoting this gem of a point, buried in the long post.

[LightningBugs Mum]

My random thoughts:

We met more new people on the trails at the picnic than we did socializing around base camp. And I only did about 10 of temps.

The thing I love about temps at events is that they can be very original. jthorson’s flower cache at the camp-out comes immediately to mind. The fact that they are temporary allows them to be something that would not stand up to permanent status – and that’s what makes them fun. It is those temps that make me say “Oh, cool!” that I really enjoy. I also must have my night caching fix at the camp-out (those caches ALL make me say “Oh, cool)!!!

If temps are going to be done, they must be done in high enough numbers that the whole “great bunches of people converging on one point and passing the stamp around” issue is mostly avoided. I hate that!

Would I attend an event without temps? Of course! I already have. And I really like the idea of having a pancake breakfast someplace that is already cache-dense.

[LightningBugs Mum]

Oh yeah – one more thing:

I too have gotten to the point where I am treating the temps like I do the letterboxes I find: the stamp is pretty much its own reward and I’m not bothering to log it for a smiley as well. So I liked the idea of submitting those stamps for chances at a prize. It reminded me of the Chippewa Valley thing back in June. You got a book, went out to find the caches (we only got 6 😳 ), punched the book at each one, and turned it in. Each punch equalled one entry in the drawing and those who found the most caches had the best chance to win somthing. Lots of people had fun with that!

[djwini]

since we stopped logging the temp caches at events, we found the day much more relaxing. no more pressure to do as many as we could to get our count up. but we find running into people on the trail the best way to meet them. you just naturally get to talking as you walk. i don’t think it would be as easy at the base area to just start a conversation. (i’m basically shy you know) so i vote for some temps in great containers, with varying degrees of difficulty.

[Decrepit]

OHHHHH…. Chippewa Valley…. Look at the bears! Look at the bears! Look at the bears! 😛

[Sean Connery]

@djwini wrote:

since we stopped logging the temp caches at events, we found the day much more relaxing. no more pressure to do as many as we could to get our count up. but we find running into people on the trail the best way to meet them. you just naturally get to talking as you walk. i don’t think it would be as easy at the base area to just start a conversation. (i’m basically shy you know) so i vote for some temps in great containers, with varying degrees of difficulty.

😳 After all, how else could The Bond Girl and I have seen djwini rip off her pants and do the red ant dance at the berry berry good temp cache. That alone was priceless though I suspect she didn’t find it so funny at the time.

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