The Block Party

The Block Party, the Last Block Party, was the official reason for our trip to Seattle in August, specifically August 15th. We had heard about the geocaching Block Party from geocaching acquaintances, and decided we just had to be there, especially since it will be the Last Block Party.

It was an awesome experience. I do not know the official count, if there could be an official count, but I am thinking about 2000 cachers from all over the world.

one of the French geocachers was wearing

his Event Pants

we ran into the geocacher from Germany

and our CV friends, Jon & Sherry

and cachers from Yankton & Valentine NE

and geocachers from CV via OR & MI

I did not take photos of everyone we knew, and maybe should have. We ran into other cachers from Tucson, from Minneapolis, from AZ who attend events we attend or host in AZ. 

there were statues in the area

the event was held in Solstice Plaza

home to Google, Adobe, Geocaching,

and many other techie companies

statues at a bike rack sporting geocaching T-Shirts

We also met a group of may 20 cyclists who were arriving in Seattle from Rhode Island. They had ridden across the US and were heading for the Pacific Ocean. They told us they had been staying in churches along the way. They were all young!

cachers gathering for the group photo

people of all ages and abilities

we saw wheel chairs, crutches, canes

many families, too

official photographers on the rooftops

a drone getting photos also

not everyone would wear an umbrella on their head

(or underpants over their pants)

or pounds and pounds of metal (travel bugs)

as jewelry or hat accessories

Celebrating 15 years of Geocaching

the inflatable log book

Hubby identifying our home

a regular size can of beans was placed in the Original Stash,

the cache we found near Portland OR

When the official plaque was placed at the location 

a little digging to place the permanent plaque

produced the can of beans that had been in the

5 gallon bucket buried by Dave Ulmer

(the bucket had been destroyed by snowplows and mowers)

We have seen that original can of beans

there were HQ speakers, sharing info

 & answering questions

there were special caches to get us around in the

 neighborhood

there were caches just for children

There is one more event on Sunday. We will go to the event, but not participate in the 5 mile walk. We don't think either of us could handle a walk in an old abandoned railroad tunnel after all the walking we have done the past two days, plus the time standing on cement. There will be things to do at the event that won't involve miles of walking. 

Other than the traffic, rather the roads that are not able to handle all the traffic, our time in Seattle has been fun. The traffic is a story all its own. We are very happy we will not be driving downtown any more.