Christmas Caching

Vancouver Island Caches

Had a corporate Gig in Nanaimo, so I went over early so I could grab a few caches. Ended up just getting 2 in Parksville area, plus 1 Adventure Lab at an outside Museum.

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Skagit Valley Trip

Booked a corporate show down in the States at the Skagit Valley Casino.

I took Susan (Sansue) with me, and we grabbed several caches on the way there. A couple of the caches we got, I had already got from other trips across the border.

We did a total of 2 Adventure Labs, and 3 caches, but I only could log one of them, since I found the other two already.

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Mount Currie Trip

Booked a corporate show in Mount Currie and thought I would try and find a few caches on the way. 

Grabbed 1 cache that was a 5 Gallon Bucket hanging in a tree. It was on a rope and pulley, so you could lower it down to sign the log inside.

I also stopped in Pemberton, as I did a walkaround gig there in the summertime and I was checking out a sign board at that time, about a slide that has happened several years past which closed a roadway. I thought this would make a perfect earth cache so this time I decided to grab some more information, and pictures of the sign boards and do a little research and build a new earth cache for people coming through the area. Look for it to be published soon hopefully.

The 2010 Mount Meager landslide was a large catastrophic debris Avalanche that occurred in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on August 6 at 3:27 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

 More than 45,000,000 m³ (1.6×10⁹ ft³) of debris slid down Mount Meager, temporarily blocking Meager Creek and destroying local bridges, roads and equipment. It was one of the largest landslides in Canadian history and one of over 20 landslides to have occurred from the Mount Meager Massif in the last 10,000 years.

Last month when I was in Squamish for a gig, I noticed there was only one adventure lab here, so I decided maybe I should try and put an adventure lab in town.
I noticed there was a lot of murals in town so I thought that would be perfect so I started looking at some of the murals, but then when I went near to where I was doing my gig at it was a cool new park that it just opened with lots of artwork and interesting things so I decided to do the adventure lab there all five and one little area nice little walking tour of the park I got all the information. I built an adventure lab when I got home and then a few days later I noticed another adventure lab got published there in town shortly after I was gone today going through there. I stopped to do the adventure lab that is in mine and it is of the murals in town. Very funny coincidence? 
And the cool part was, I was actually the first one to log this new adventure lab!!

Another Island trip

Booked a Corporate show in Victoria the week before Christmas. Went over to the island on the first sailing so I could also grab some caches. I ended up getting 16 stages of  9 different Adventure Labs, and 5 Virtual Caches. 

I like when you can go to one spot and there is a cache or virtual and also a stage of an AL. "Mile 0" was one of these spots.

One of the Virtuals was the "Terry Fox Marathon of Hope" Statue.

Below is an excerpt from the Caching page:

Terry began his Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980 to raise money for cancer research. The journey started near St. John's, Newfoundland with the intent of running the equivalent of one full marathon (42 kilometers) a day until he reached Victoria, British Columbia. The Marathon started off with little fanfare but Terry’s journey soon grabbed the public’s attention and soon events were scheduled to greet Terry along the way. Terry quite frequently provided speeches, media interviews, and attended sporting events – anything he could do to raise awareness of cancer research. On September 1, 1980 near Thunder Bay, Ontario, Terry fell ill and was admitted to hospital. The following day, after running for 143 days and 5,373 kilometers, Terry announced that his cancer had returned and had spread to his lungs. Terry underwent months of chemotherapy and other treatments before eventually passing away on June 28, 1981 at the age of 22.

Terry had raised $1.7 million during the Marathon of Hope and another $10 million was raised in the weeks after the run ended. The first annual Terry Fox Run was held on September 13, 1981 and has been organized in over 60 countries, and attracts more than three million people annually. The Terry Fox Run is the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research, and has raised over $850 million dollars.

Next Month will be the start of a New Year...2026, with lots of cool things to come, lots of shows, and of course lots of caching trips....But, more about that Next Month. Until then stay safe, cache often, and have an awesome New Year!!!

Well that's it for this month!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Keep on caching!!

Chris Yuill

Magicman65