How do you start a convention off not with a bang but with a pop? A kick-off flash mob event on Friday, August 20th in Medicine Hat, Alberta called Tiny Bubbles, GC2CJ17 by navypeople is sure to draw some stares. Geocachers will convene upon the determined location at precisely 7:15 p.m., armed with…bubble blowing devices! Frantic bubble blowing and popping will ensue and disperse precisely at 7:30 p.m.
And that’s just the beginning.
The Brass Cap Convention, GC24220 by wavector is an event cache you can bring your family and learn some history of Alberta in the process. Brass caps are markers of the surveyors and developers in this province. The Land Surveyor’s Act is also celebrating its 100th year with an exhibit on the Esplanade. All this excitement points back to the origins of the Brass Cap Cache, GC43F3 by outforthehunt. It is a roving virtual geocache where cachers can add the coordinates for the brass cap they have located or go in search of caps to be found. Currently, there are almost 11,000 entries and 6,000 photos logged!
The convention promises to enlighten those unfamiliar with brass cap geocaching with some tips in presentations from Calgary area cachers: Sleepy hollow and van der Decken. The event schedule also has a special route planned for caching with children followed up by prize draws. There is even a special geocoin to commorate the occasion. A picnic in the park on Sunday, August 22nd wraps up the weekend.
Brass Cap geocaching is a special type of cache that the proud residents of Alberta would love to share with you. Consider visiting this beautiful city in the valley for the weekend of August 20th before summer ends. Even if you don’t own a GPS, the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program at Police Point Park will let you borrow one. If you’ve been reading along, you already know that our friendly Alberta geocachers will make you feel right at home.
Carpe (the brass cap) cache!
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Ha. Fun with Geocaching. That's the strangest video I've watched in a long time. Fun, strange.
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