So here’s what happened. Waaaay way back in the old 2010’s (2019 to be exact) not too long after the announcement of GeoWoodstock XVIII, I decided to splurge and get the VIP registration package. It comes with special parking, a special seating area, lunch, and a s—ton of swag. Sweet deal right? After the two postponements I was (and am) still stoked to go to GeoWoodstock, and found out that the mini me0ws were not. Neither of them really geocaches anymore, although both do occasionally evangelize the sport. And their mother is basically a m-ggle. Who just changed jobs. And has never had any interest in caching.
So I thought I had made the right decision not registering any of them, and started planning to attend alone. With LOTS of long caching hikes/bike rides and VIP seating for exactly one.
Then Mama (M-ggle) me0w came to me and said “You know what, I think I can go with you to Abbotsford after all!”
Well dang. There goes Iona Spit*.
I’ve reached out to the event organizers on social media about this predicament – it’s far too late to upgrade a registration now – but as you can imagine they are insanely busy four days before the event and I don’t expect a response.
What do I do? She can bring a bagged lunch, and her being with me won’t affect the swag or the parking, but will I have to sit outside the VIP area just because I brought an unsanctioned m-ggle with me?
I hope I can get an answer soon.
* Iona Spit is Vancouver’s sewage outfall, located near the Vancouver International Airport. It’s 4 kilometres long, wide enough to drive a truck on, offers awesome planespotting opportunities, and has at least 20 caches on and near it. I’ll return to the mainland to do this caching bucket-list item in the fall, with a bicycle and without any m-ggles with me, and there’ll be a post in this blog about the experience! But no way can I convince Mama me0w to do the 8km hike with me.