You want to toot around Eastern Lake Ontario in a pontoon boat in late October? I'll watch from shore ... :-) Cheers, .....G On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 09:50, Graeme Watson wrote: > Remote Sensor and Greenleaf (my son) are game, looking good so far for > the end of Oct. I will ask Bluelamb and Greyelf this weekend. > That's four, pontoon boat territory. > Barbara Monk wrote: > > >I have some neat stuff to stash in that cache. I am not likely to be able > >to participate either. > >mebarb > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <Lucas.DG@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <kag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Cc: <Lucas.DG@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:15 AM > >Subject: [kag] Re: Thousand Islands caches > > > > > > > > > >>Every fall the "Penman" and I complete the "Frontenac Challenge" - this is > >>our fifth year, the year we get our names on a BRASS plaque, so I know we > >>can't make it in Sept / Oct (even when we're not hiking, he is XO with > >> > >> > >Navy > > > > > >>Reserve unit, and I'm CSM with Army Reserve unit, so out weekends are > >> > >> > >booked > > > > > >>full). > >> > >>Don't let that stop you. I have an ammo box (nice big one) I'd like to > >>donate to the cause. > >> > >>Let me know how to get it to you. > >> > >>Dave "Choo Choo Boy" Lucas > >> > >>====== > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Hoover [mailto:mlehotay@xxxxxxx] > >>Sent: Wednesday, 8, September, 2004 15:02 PM > >>To: kag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>Subject: [kag] Re: Thousand Islands caches > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hoover wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>So here's an idea. What if we organize an event cache for some weekend > >>>>before the weather gets too cold. Then everybody who shows up splits > >>>>the cost of a boat rental, and we go out to find all those island > >>>>geocaches. Maybe we could even hide one of our own, too. Anybody up for > >>>>it? > >>>> > >>>> > >>It sounds like there is a bit of support for this idea, so I'll get > >>started on writing up the cache description. I'd like to ask for some > >>opinions. What would be a good date to go? Which caches should we attempt? > >>Where should we meet? > >> > >>I think we should try for at least The Islands - Part III, Pirates of the > >>St. Lawrence, Merlin's Quest, and The Islands - Part Deux since they are > >>all so close together. This would suggest meeting up somewhere in > >>Gananoque. At the rental place? At a comfortable park bench? Any > >>suggestions? > >> > >>Other island caches which are not so close to Gananoque are Something > >>About Mary (in the States), The Islands - Part 1, NAMSOIL (probably MIA), > >>and Cedar Surprise. I think that's all of them. Anybody want to go for > >>some of these too? How far would be too far away? I read that Team > >>Kuebbing once ran out of gas in their rental boat, and we don't want to do > >>that! > >> > >>As for the date, it will have to be on a weekend, but not Thanksgiving. > >>Cast yer votes. > >> > >>Hoover > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > >>Kingston Area Geocachers mailing list > >>//www.freelists.org/webpage/kag > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > >>Kingston Area Geocachers mailing list > >>//www.freelists.org/webpage/kag > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------ > >Kingston Area Geocachers mailing list > >//www.freelists.org/webpage/kag > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Kingston Area Geocachers mailing list > //www.freelists.org/webpage/kag -- Gordon Campbell <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx> ------------------------------------------------------------ Kingston Area Geocachers mailing list //www.freelists.org/webpage/kag