On April 12th, 2006, MBGA member winnipegk5 placed the cache "ESP Travel Bug Hotel", making it Manitoba's 500th active cache. Manitoba's first cache "C1BUA - cache 1n a builtup area" was placed in February, 2001 by Brian Drader (e8ght).

Location: Smitty’s at Pembina & Grant
Time: 8:05 --> 9:30 ish

Present:
Steven (ertyu), Brian (grnbrg), Tobey (3Ts&aG), Roger (The-Stuntman), Peter (Peter and Gloria), Scott (Lizardo), Dani (dani_carriere), Jen (ava_ad0re)

Absent:
Daniel (Master Instigator), Teal (pink_panther)

polarbeardiggers

polarbeardiggers & little digger

1. When did you start Geocaching?

We started in the month of May in 2004.

2. How did you find out about Geocaching?

In 2004, I just had purchased my first computer, eager to learn. We watched a weekend computer show on TV, when they did a spot on a couple with kids searching for treasure on the Vancouver shores with a GPS.. They listed the games web address.

3. What was it about geocaching that got you hooked into the game?

Just the idea of treasure hunting brings out the inner child in us all. Finding it with the GPS, and making trades, was thrilling enough. Then there was the race for first to finds. That made the game more exciting as well.

Start Time: 6:15 PM
End Time: 6:45 PM
Attendees: 36+ MBGA members
Location: Fort Garry United Church, 800 Point Road

winnipegk5

winnipegk5

1. How did you find out about Geocaching?

I was shopping for a new gpsr on the Garmin website and followed the geocaching link they had posted on their home page.

2. When did you start Geocaching?

We found our first cache in November 2004 at Birdshill Park

3. What is the meaning of your username?

It was a message board name I have used in the past and refers to the Chevy K5 Blazer 4x4 trucks.

4. At the time of this survey, how many finds/hides do you have to your name?

We have 424 finds and 7 hides to date.

5. What is the most interesting/unusual place that geocaching has taken you?