I know. I know. It’s been almost a month since the last points update. There’s no reason to deny it…every time I’d remember this I’d be out of house. By the time I got home, I’d have forgotten already. I’ll make a promise. The points update will be next week. Why next week? Well, I’m getting ready to leave town until next Monday or Tuesday and I’m going to be pretty busy so I won’t have time to do while I’m on my trip. At least the update will be a huge update as everyone has had a good chance to travel. Maybe we’ll even see an upset in the rankings.

I have been making a few contacts for possible donations so I’m hoping that we might also see some more updates to the prize pool in the coming months.

TripCyclone

Yesterday, I found a package in my mail.  Upon close inspection (aka…feeling the envelope), I quickly realized it was a geocoin.  My first thought was “Who did I order a coin from?”.  Looking carefully at the package, I noticed that the package came from outside the United States so that question was answered.  If it was outside of the United States, it must be related to the race.

It took until May for it to happen but now we have all 10 of our top ten contests in triple digits. Not much of an upset for the top six, but spots seven through ten have been hotly contested.

We have two new prizes to add to the prize pool, courtesy of rjhollan.  I was recently put in touch with rjhollan to purchase some nano’s for myself.  He had purchased a collection a while back and was selling them cheaper than ordering them online.  This last Friday, I finally purchased some.

Now the prize pool includes a package of nano’s and replacement logs in a nice little reusable baggie.  Our prize pool grows.

Interested in contributing?  We are always looking for some donations to the prize pool.  Swag, unactivated geocoins or TB’s, and cache containers are nice.  Want to donate but not sure about what to donate?  Donate some money and that will be used for the purchase of new prizes.  Are you part of a geocaching organization or business?  Contact me about donating and you can be an official sponsor of the race.

TripCyclone

As April comes to a close, we have another points update for all the race fans out there.   For the most part, the standings have not changed, with only a few points added here and there for most of the first eight spots.  However, with a small upset, Fishin’ For A Winning Spot & Jalyn and Marley have knocked Oz Passport to New Caches & Scruffy the Geodog out of ninth and tenth place (respectively).

Two pieces of news also need to be announced.  First, my very own Chocolate Racer making the second official visit to a checkpoint cache.  WOO-HOO for me.  Not enough to catch up to 10th place yet, but it’s nice to see my racer back in action.  The second piece of news is MUCH more exciting.  GeoJunkie (formerly BooBear) had his racer “A Little Screwy” still listed in the starting gate until mid April, when it finally was discovered in Mason Rock in Nebraska.  Nobody knows how it got there, but that makes it one less racer MIA.

Several racers have popped up MIA however, and I encourage all race participants to keep tabs on their TB’s.  Catching something that has gone missing as soon as possible will help to increase the chances that you actually determine where it is.  Also, once again, don’t forgot to update your TB profiles with the “NO DIPPING” rule.  At least one racer has suffered since the last update.  Because of some dipping, it lost credit to two events, a picture, some minor mileage, but a potential for huge gains in border crossings (30+ points for just that option alone).  Help make sure the people who pick up your TB’s know about this before they engage in dipping.

I’ll try to put up the points on the contestants page soon, but I am about to leave town for a wedding and might not get to it before I leave.  The standings page has been updated.  Let the race continue.

TripCyclone