I, for one, will be at GeoWoodStock that weekend. I'd love to meet him, but he just picked a bad weekend. *--Steve* *It's not only the destination but the path you take and the friends you make along the way* On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Tom Wolpert <tom_wolpert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > See, you're famous for happy hours already! No real idea about holiday > weekends. We usually avoid them because we assume that folks have something > else to do. And this is Geowoodstock weekend, so you know where all the > hard-core SLAGA cachers are going to be. Bottom line, I'd guess no more > than your average happy hour and maybe less. > > No suggestions for pizza. Maybe Duffy's again for burgers? > > Guess she's never met Glenn, huh? > > Tom > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Susan Ring <susanmring@xxxxxxx> > *To:* geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Thu, May 3, 2012 8:01:26 AM > *Subject:* [GeoStL] Fwd: [GEO] From Wizard of Ooze (WA State Reviewer) > > - > Hey everybody, > > This showed up in my inbox Monday. I don't know where she gets this > "mover and shaker" idea, 'cause I could use a little help with this. > > Anybody have an idea for a place? Also, what kind of turnout to expect on > Saturday night of the holiday weekend? > > Help!!! (I've barely recovered from MOGA) Thanks, Susan > > > Hi Susan, > > I was just doing a little geo-snooping around your area to see who the > local event people might be, and it looks like you are one of the movers > and shakers to get events rolling! > > > > I'm a geo-reviewer from Washington state, and will be in St. Louis for a > conference over the Memorial Day weekend. I'm going to be free for dinner > on Saturday night, May 26 and I thought I'd see if a pizza event or > something like that might be a possibility so I can meet some of the local > cachers, swap pathtags, and trade caching stories. I'd also be game to > answer questions about getting caches published or other reviewer stuff if > anyone had questions for a live, in-person reviewer :-) > > > > I could probably pick out a location for the event myself, but without > the always helpful local knowledge I don't have a good sense of how many > people might show up, and I'd hate to seriously over or under estimate > turnout to the restaurant management. I'm staying just east of St. Louis > in Mascoutah, but I'll have my geomobile with me and can travel anywhere in > the greater St. Louis area for an event! > > > > I'd be happy to list the event under my reviewer account, or if you'd > prefer you could list it yourself. If that weekend isn't convenient for > you, please let me know. If you aren't available on that date, it would be > great if you could give me a suggestion or two for a pizza or burger type > location that has room for the size of group you'd estimate might attend, > and I can take it from there. > > > > Thanks in advance for your help with this! I'm really looking forward > to visiting your area, and while the conference I'm attending is the > primary reason for my trip, I'm also looking forward to checking out some > of the great sounding caches I've bookmarked along my 5,000 mile round trip! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Laurie > > "Wizard of Ooze" > > > > > > > > User's Profile: > > http://coord.info/PR3WHTX > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Forward abuse complaints to: contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > **************************************** > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes to your account, including > unsubscribing from this > list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw > Missouri Geocaching land policies --> http://tinyurl.com/lgyy84 > Missouri Geocachers Forums --> http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php > Missouri Geocachers Calendar ---> > http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php?app=calendar >