• Did you see how well Vancouver did on #earthhour last night? I took during/after photos: http://twitpic.com/2kcl5 #
• The Pirate Party is almost ready. Went out an bought a 1×10 this morning, test drove it by making the 4 yr-old walk the plank. Yarr! #
• Birthday-party-boy is in bed, early. Not soon enough. Now, writing Taiilsping GeoRally II blog post. Doing up the maps takes time. #

Buntzen Lake beach

On Saturday, the 28th of March 2009, a sorry group of geocachers — nearly 100 people in 19 teams — gathered in the springtime drizzle at the Buntzen Lake beach. The trail-runners that were also meeting there for a refreshing 25 km run through the park were pretty perplexed by our lot, but after explaining the nature of our gathering I think several of them were more interested in joining us than participating in their own form of self-abuse.

For us, we were participating in the Tailspin Geo Rally II.

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• It’s Rally day! I’ll be AFK for the whole day getting wet + lost in the woods looking for Tupperware. Good luck @BrandonBell #geocaching #gc #
• Just heard an MP3 decoding “blip” on CBC radio. I wonder how much music they play has been converted to MP3? #cbc #radio #NorthByNorthwest #
• Tailspin Rally complete. We finished 1st but due to bonus system won’t know final rank for 3 hrs! #gc #geocaching #
• Back from Tailspin GeoRally. 11 caches over 90 km. Had 3rd best raw time, but b/c we were the 1st car thru we missed the “tattle” bonuses :( #
• http://twitpic.com/2kag3 – Earth Hour, Vancouver, BC (Yaletown). Good job at turning out the lights! #
• http://twitpic.com/2kahg – The public has really embraced Earth Hour here in Vancouver, BC (Yaletown). #earthhour #
• http://twitpic.com/2kcl5 – Vancouver, BC (Yaletown) during #earthhour and after. The West Coast is the heart of green movement, clearly. #
• http://twitpic.com/2kcl5 – On close inspection, I see the Hotel Vancouver turned out the lights illuminating their copper roof! #
• Interestingly enough, although the Hotel Vancouver turned out their roof lights, the Wall Centre didn’t. #earthhour #

• Sad to hear Judy Maddren’s sign-off this morning. #cbc #WorldReport #retirement #
• Thinking about using Dropbox? http://www.getdropbox.com Help a brother out and use my referral link! http://is.gd/pfrv Extra space! #
• In our 7 person office, 3 on trip, 1 out sick, 1 on vacation. Time to break out Rock Band! #
• RT @northernpenguin: Just issued v0.2 of the Ontario Trails Project http://is.gd/phGw [What a great idea! We need BC a version!] #gc #
• Turns out there *are* maps of PNW trails! http://is.gd/phVA (via @northernpenguin) #gc #
• RT @davidakin: @pmharper will do exclusive with FOX News on Sunday morning, days after FOX News belittled Canadian [military] #
• Just spent my lunch break cutting out 24 little pirate flags for A’s birthday party on Sunday. Now, food. #
• RT @canadapolitics: Harper skips Canada in favour of American pre-summit media interviews http://tinyurl.com/d24hdt #
• Seems that @pmharper’s idea of democracy includes running and hiding from the CDN press. Er, wait, I’m not sure he sees it as a democracy. #
• Gang war? Paranoia? ‘NW reports Alice Brown Elementary in Langley is locked down due to “shots fired” call. #
• We’re doing something right. 4 yr old to mother this evening: “Tow-hook is a compound word!” #
• Getting gear together for the Tailspin GeoRally II. Weather tomorrow is going to be cold and wet. It’s going to be messy! #gc #