Pups and Trucks Event - Not !

     Last night was the  Cache Queens' TB Rods & Dogs Meet N Greet in Tucson, Arizona.  And what an event it was.  By starting time, it was difficult to believe that this was a first for Penni Parrish.  She has never organized an event like this, and yet the crowd was there. 

     I remember a day when she first started this process, she said that she was hoping to get 20 - 25 cachers there.  "I'd be so happy if I could do that".  How about that x 3?  That is pretty much the count.  She hasn't done an exact total as of yet.  She and a brave party of cachers set off early this morning to do the Kasper Tunnel.  That will be a whole new story.

     

     This is the way the event looked like at kick off time.  
            


       Everyone was having a great time.  There were a few caches close by for the grabbing.  And the food ! What a nice spread.  A bit of something for everyone.  I don't know who brought the stuffed strawberries but they are worthy of a Food Network mention. Next event, I think I will do an all food post.  Yummm!  

Still need names for these people.

    


     Here's a couple of pics with people I can put names with.  

     We have Dale, aka D-Force Cacher, logging in some 'discoveries'.   Thanks Dale, for wearing your shirt so I could put a name to your face.

     


     This is Linda Wallace, aka Raven Art Studio.  This woman has such an electric aura.  You just feel it in the air.  I have been an admirer of her coins since I first began caching and was lucky enough to find one.  Great fun to meet Linda.  


      

     
 And that is about it for now.  I will work on more. 
    

    
This is how the event ended.  The wind picked up a little bit and there was the smell of rain in the air.  To me, the promise of a cool down sounded perfect.  Time to chill out and share some stories.  I was all ears and ready for that one.  But I guess there are more people who pay attention to the sign or are some how related to the Wicked Witch of the West because the crowd just sort of disappeared and let just a few to do the story telling. 

     This post will be short and sweet as I have yet to learn the names of the attendees.  I will post a few pics in hope that someone out there will leave me an email or comment and fill in the names.  I guess, if there are a lot of cachers in the pic, maybe you can include the clothing color and name?  What ever works for you.  And I would love to know the dogs names also; and if they might just be tb dogs.  

     Look for more post in the next couple of days as the names become available.

     Thanks Penni, for putting on this great event.  Next time, just maybe your little SchnauzerPrincess' can come along. 


    

S.W.A.G. Yuma Event #9 Fun Photos

     There is absolutely no rhyme or reason for these pics except for  the fact that they are fun and some of my favs.  Also - a few people have asked that I share them.

When, other than this event, will you see a grown man playing with bubbles, out in public, on a crowded street, and not afraid to show that he is having a good time !?  I may be wrong but I think he has done this before.

   


     The art on the walls at Lute's Casino was a blast to look at.  Altho it did cause a bit of a problem.  A person tends to run into people when walking around with their eyes turned up wards.   Sorry to a couple of waitresses who had to dodge us.

 
    Great to run into old friends from the past.  "Good to see ya, Woody."

     Such an intriguing piece of equipment.  I could have taken pictures all day of this one.  We did get some great ones.

   
      There were a ton of coots feeding in the grassy area and along the water.   It was fun to watch them take off in such a large group.

     One little guy decided to stick around and do the poker run with us. 

       SchnauzerQueen &     WeenieQueen                                                            Isn't this cute !  Sisterly love.  Now - if they can just get along on that long ride home !                                                          

       Remarkable Travel Bug Hotel !  I have never seen anything like this.  Must be great to have connections.                                       We explored this one with Black Cat, Cute Kitty 1, and Johnny Cache Az, who were the ones who led us in this direction.  Thanks so much to them.  This is amazing. 

                                                                          We loved the event and all the people we met.  And will for sure be back again next year.  I am hoping that S.W.A.G. enjoys sponsoring this as much as we enjoyed attending.

                                                                       Next year we will know a little more about how to find the special caches and check those out also.

     WeenieQueen rocked out to her favorite tunes all the way home,
 while SchnauzerQueen caught up on some much needed sleep.  All and all, a great little road trip. 

And the hunt begins -

     101 New caches for the event !  I want to say hooray but I am bummed, we can't find where these caches are.  We have looked on recent caches, checked out the map, asked a few friends and then emailed the S.W.A.G. people.  I anxiously awaited the respond but unfortunately we didn't hear back until too late to do any caches on Saturday.  But we did get a response and will check them out S.W.A.G.'s 101 Bucks Tubular Power Trail when we come back in the future.  I am hoping to get come correspondence from others who did the trail.  Anybody want to share their info?

     We did a few caches during the day and I found a super neat travel bug.  It's a thumb drive that originated in Russia and has a Russian children's story along with music.  At first I was afraid to actually put it into my computer but my curiosity has the best of me and I am glad that I did.  We also did a little farmer's market shopping and spent a little down time at the room so SchnauzerQueen could attempt to start feeling a little better and hit the downtown just in time for the Bubble Flash Mob in front of Lutes.

     Then registration for the Warm Up event at Lutes, and the waiting line.  The line itself was fun - that is where the meeting of new friends began.  

     Then it was Lute's Casino time and what a blast.  With one side packed with Mardi Gras celebrators and the other side with crazy cachers, there was no shortage of fun things to see and great conversations and stories to get involved in.   WeenieQueen and I spent a lot of time just taking in all the unique wall and ceiling decor including the alligator on the women's bathroom door, on the inside.  So if any of you guys hear about it and didn't get to see it, well we are taking care of that for you right here.

     One of my favorite people of Saturday was  Wayne 43.  He knows how to get out there and meet people with his t-shirt signing routine.

 





  I spent some time talking to JohnnyCacheAz who has over 24,000 and over 900 trackable caches to his claim.  Black Cat was also at the table with WeenieQueen, SchnauzerQueen and myself - she is hitting 1800 found caches this week. Talk about interesting for me.  I was excited when I hit 200 caches - now I am totally inspired. 

      I have to give big kudos to all the staff of Lute's for the great service and their ability to keep smiles on the faces even with all the rush.  I am sure some parties into the night but this trio headed back to the room to ready for the next morning.  More stories to come on SwagHunter.