This girl is tired. Coming off the high of the hunt, even though it was short lived, has me wanting to nestle down in warm covers and enjoy a long winter's nap.
it's been brought up a few years. I think last year Ian and mucluck had a CITO event (for the non geocachers that's Cache In Trash Out) at crosby, seems a lot of people showed up and hauled a bunch of trash out.
On a windy, semi-chilly day, several Minnesota geocachers, Winter Carnival medallion hunters and park visitors participated in an Earth Day event at Crosby Regional Park (Crosby Farm Nature Area).
Thanks to the Park Department for supplying the bags and gloves.
A lot of good work was done, and it was great to see people who were not aware of the event, asking questions, grabbing gloves and trash bags, and helping out. A visitor from Tibet, Lama Gendan Gyatso and his friend Victor Rangle were very interested in what we were doing, and filled a bag with trash during their walk along the river.
It was good to see Perrine again, after a couple years. Thanks for helping out.
It was nice to meet Mr. and Mrs. Rubber Toes, who were cachin' and trashin' most of the day.
Had a nice chat with Rickrich, gave him a minor hint on a cache. I really appreciate your comments too.
Many other 'cachers and members of the Cooler Crew attended. MrMNMikey found his first cache, without a GPSr and without trying. Hmmm I wonder where it was??
We never got his name, but "Guy on a Bicycle" was very active during the day. Had a nice chat with him.
The "parade" during the day was interesting. It seemed like some vehicles ran the route several times.
Didn't make it to the event? You missed out on the world's best campfire cakes, baked by the multi-talented mucluck. Chocolate was good, but I still have to pick the pineapple upside-down cake as the best cake I've ever eaten. Yummm
Speaking of mucluck, she did a lot of the prep work for this event, and I can't thank her enough.
Survivor producer Mark Burnett and America Online are partnering on Gold Rush!, an online competition in which clues will be covertly doled out regarding the locations of gold stashes hidden across the United States.
NEW YORK - Mark Burnett, creator of "Survivor" and "The Apprentice," agreed to produce a reality show for America Online, his first foray into Internet broadcasting.
AOL, a unit of New York-based Time Warner Inc., and Mark Burnett Productions agreed to develop a real-life treasure hunt called "Gold Rush!" to be aired on AOL.com, the companies said Monday.
AOL is adding shows to tap the $1 billion market for online audio and video advertising. The unit of New York-based Time Warner Inc. is trying to lure users with content that can differentiate it from rivals including Yahoo! Inc., which has an agreement with Burnett to show exclusive footage from "The Apprentice."
AOL last year broadcast "The Biz," where 20 candidates competed to run a new Warner Music Group label. Clues to the treasure hunt will be placed throughout AOL's Web sites, including the mapping service MapQuest and online box-office service Moviefone, AOL said.
this could suc...I'm reading it as you need to be an AOL user.
2006 may be the year the Internet becomes a true alternative "broadcast" medium, between podcasts, online radio, streaming video popping up everywhere, and now, quite significantly, the announcement that reality TV guru Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice, The Contender, Rock Star) signed a deal with AOL to produce an online series that will send viewers on a real-life treasure hunt in search of caches of gold stashed away throughout the United States.
Gold Rush will provide viewers with a regular series of short-form video clips which will contain "Extremely challenging" clues as to where stashes of gold has been buried or hidden across the country. Clues will also be placed throughout the AOL network on sites like AOL.com, Moviefone, AIM.com and Mapquest.com.
Burnett said, "I've been amazed by the volume of fans who constantly want to communicate online about each of [my] shows. They clearly want a lot more content than they can enjoy during one hour of television per week ... With the volume of people able to watch content on their computers between 9am to 5pm, it could very well become the new primetime. The immediate future will take advantage of content that utilizes television, print and the Internet in concert."
Burnett told Mediaweek that Gold Rush has been designed to tap into the audience that made hits out of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and the film National Treasure. The series will lead users to 13 different caches of real gold over a six to seven week period, with the final cache being valued at $1 million. "The hope is to create a wildfire effect," he said.
Not confining his eggs to one basket, Burnett also intends to launch another online series, The Runner, on Yahoo.com, where fans attempt to track down a fugitive across the country.
the runner sounds like the game a radio station does here, where they give you clues and you ask if they are the kdwb fugitive or whatever. I like it locally. I cant imagine having money to drive or fly around the country hoping to find this guy. I bet real life bounty hunters come out of the woodwork.
I think the odds of winning money from an online hunt are about as good as getting struck by lightning, twice, in the same spot, in a fallout shelter, 20 feet underground.
Still.. I guess I could give it a shot, but I'm not gonna kill a ton of time on it.
whew - we're about 10% moved in the new house lol.
Tons of little things to still get shifted but since we have time we're doing the move right. Everything is getting cleaned up and put where we want it.
I didn't follow the Treasure Trove hunt, but I read about it after the fact. Once one person figured out the code (which worked to find each jewel) and posted it online, the jewels were found in pretty quick succession.
In the spirit of the Winter Carnival medallion hunt, children and others can embark on a self-guided hunt for 12 beautiful and important decorations at the State Capitol building with the purchase of a $2 art treasure booklet at the Capitol's information desk. When an item pictured in the booklet is discovered, hunters place a gold star next to its photograph in the booklet. Those who complete the hunt will be awarded a gold state seal and the title "Junior Art Historian." The Capitol is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. For information, call 651-296-2881.
That reminds me of something I did this past summer. Menards had a passport contest where you had to go to ten historic places in the Twin Cities and get a stamp for your passport. Then you sent in your completed passport for a chance to win a 26 ft.camping trailer.
I didn't win, but went to some places I'd never been before.
I guess I never thought to mention it in the forum. I picked my passport up at the State Fair, but they had them at Menards stores too. I was surprised that there were as many entries as there were though. Over 700 people had completed the passport.
pretty sure it was. and the super of st. paul got ticked off at him for it because he had the nerve to close "his schools" all the while the super was on vacation in sunny florida.
But if we keep the idea in the back of our minds, it's likely to come back around to the frontal lobes now and again.
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April 22, 2005 by King Boreas (546 found)
On a windy, semi-chilly day, several Minnesota geocachers, Winter Carnival medallion hunters and park visitors participated in an Earth Day event at Crosby Regional Park (Crosby Farm Nature Area).
Thanks to the Park Department for supplying the bags and gloves.
A lot of good work was done, and it was great to see people who were not aware of the event, asking questions, grabbing gloves and trash bags, and helping out. A visitor from Tibet, Lama Gendan Gyatso and his friend Victor Rangle were very interested in what we were doing, and filled a bag with trash during their walk along the river.
It was good to see Perrine again, after a couple years. Thanks for helping out.
It was nice to meet Mr. and Mrs. Rubber Toes, who were cachin' and trashin' most of the day.
Had a nice chat with Rickrich, gave him a minor hint on a cache. I really appreciate your comments too.
Many other 'cachers and members of the Cooler Crew attended. MrMNMikey found his first cache, without a GPSr and without trying. Hmmm I wonder where it was??
We never got his name, but "Guy on a Bicycle" was very active during the day. Had a nice chat with him.
The "parade" during the day was interesting. It seemed like some vehicles ran the route several times.
Didn't make it to the event? You missed out on the world's best campfire cakes, baked by the multi-talented mucluck. Chocolate was good, but I still have to pick the pineapple upside-down cake as the best cake I've ever eaten. Yummm
Speaking of mucluck, she did a lot of the prep work for this event, and I can't thank her enough.
why??
lots of trash and low amount of underbrush...
plus firepit and shelter.
Survivor producer Mark Burnett and America Online are partnering on Gold Rush!, an online competition in which clues will be covertly doled out regarding the locations of gold stashes hidden across the United States.
Did humanoids go through an evolutionary process too??? Hmmm....
is there a link to this internet/world hunt?
NEW YORK - Mark Burnett, creator of "Survivor" and "The Apprentice," agreed to produce a reality show for America Online, his first foray into Internet broadcasting.
AOL, a unit of New York-based Time Warner Inc., and Mark Burnett Productions agreed to develop a real-life treasure hunt called "Gold Rush!" to be aired on AOL.com, the companies said Monday.
AOL is adding shows to tap the $1 billion market for online audio and video advertising. The unit of New York-based Time Warner Inc. is trying to lure users with content that can differentiate it from rivals including Yahoo! Inc., which has an agreement with Burnett to show exclusive footage from "The Apprentice."
AOL last year broadcast "The Biz," where 20 candidates competed to run a new Warner Music Group label. Clues to the treasure hunt will be placed throughout AOL's Web sites, including the mapping service MapQuest and online box-office service Moviefone, AOL said.
this could suc...I'm reading it as you need to be an AOL user.
Gold Rush will provide viewers with a regular series of short-form video clips which will contain "Extremely challenging" clues as to where stashes of gold has been buried or hidden across the country. Clues will also be placed throughout the AOL network on sites like AOL.com, Moviefone, AIM.com and Mapquest.com.
Burnett said, "I've been amazed by the volume of fans who constantly want to communicate online about each of [my] shows. They clearly want a lot more content than they can enjoy during one hour of television per week ... With the volume of people able to watch content on their computers between 9am to 5pm, it could very well become the new primetime. The immediate future will take advantage of content that utilizes television, print and the Internet in concert."
Burnett told Mediaweek that Gold Rush has been designed to tap into the audience that made hits out of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and the film National Treasure. The series will lead users to 13 different caches of real gold over a six to seven week period, with the final cache being valued at $1 million. "The hope is to create a wildfire effect," he said.
Not confining his eggs to one basket, Burnett also intends to launch another online series, The Runner, on Yahoo.com, where fans attempt to track down a fugitive across the country.
basically what will happen is a board will be set up like us...
somebody will figure it out...and post it....
than the race of the locals begins.
Still.. I guess I could give it a shot, but I'm not gonna kill a ton of time on it.
Tons of little things to still get shifted but since we have time we're doing the move right. Everything is getting cleaned up and put where we want it.
You might be the next "designated poopyhead" for that. :goofy:
Do you need the next soap box?
You know I love you, man.
America is addicted to oil.
I'm just glad we're not addicted to something awful like porn.
In the spirit of the Winter Carnival medallion hunt, children and others can embark on a self-guided hunt for 12 beautiful and important decorations at the State Capitol building with the purchase of a $2 art treasure booklet at the Capitol's information desk. When an item pictured in the booklet is discovered, hunters place a gold star next to its photograph in the booklet. Those who complete the hunt will be awarded a gold state seal and the title "Junior Art Historian." The Capitol is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. For information, call 651-296-2881.
I didn't win, but went to some places I'd never been before.
didn't want the competition? :wink:
Maybe they'll do it again this year.
It did I love it, no more factory work for me.