Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL) You have already found this cache! Master Index    Nearest Caches Summer Vacation Blitz to Belgium by MB Country Girl & cdnwpgr (1/1) (Archived) N49° 53.728  W97° 06.645 (WGS84) UTM  14U   E 635686  N 5528720 Use waypoint: GCVVKW Size: Small    Hidden on 5/4/2006 In Manitoba, Canada Difficulty:     Terrain:                     Our dear friends George and Judy have gone on vacation this summer. They didn't have enough postage to mail all the postcards individually, so they left them all in one container for everyone to retrieve on their own. Don't forget your suitcase while you embark on the trip to this country! Each postcard has a random point value, just like the suitcases. The first to find may not get the most points. There is a twist with this Vacation though. One postcard has been designated with 50 bonus points. We will not post which postcard has the bonus points til all the postcards have been taken. When you log this cache, please also log the postal code found on your postcard. That is how the postcards are being tracked. Here is the point standing from the suitcases: 1. 3t's&aG - 30 pts 2. just a second - 29 pts 3. ertyu - 28 pts 4. 1Q4J - 27 pts 5. kimpete - 25 pts 6. skaven - 24 pts 7. burchil - 23 pts 8. bevro - 22 pts 9. The Stuntman - 21 pts 10. TurddleEggs - 20 pts 11. skyhawks - 18 pts 12. TK421 - 17 pts 13. cachegrab - 16 pts 14. MHz - 14 pts 15. JayPeg - 12 pts 16. Wagonmaker - 11 pts 17. Xplorer & Ramblin Rose - 10 pts 18. PBD - 8 pts 19. kingkev - 7 pts 20. The Jolly Rogers - 6 pts 21. Peter & Gloria - 5 pts 22. Gazoo204 - 4 pts 23. smartjeff - 3 pts 24. Ginny212 - 2 pts 25. Kat Ballou - 1 pt Just because you don't have the most points doesn't mean you are out of the running. There is still a LOT of time to knock out other players! Have fun and enjoy! MB Country Girl and cdnwpgr

Additional Hints (There are no hints for this cache)

10/11/2006 by Kabuthunk
Parking was pretty easy for this one. Traffic however was less than kind. MAN but I hate the neverending, ceaseless flow of unending traffic! But alas, I got me a parking spot, waited for enough of a gap in traffic for me to be able to get out of my car without worrying about someone looking away to change the radio station or something and taking my car door off, and away I went!

When I first started nearing the area, I went noticed the steep hill. I've gotta say, there's no easy way to get down there. Then again, the fact that the ground was covered in just-starting-to-melt snow coating a loose leaf-covered, unsteady surface didn't exactly help matters. Aaaaaand... just for fun, some of the branches close to the ground decided to keep snagging my pant legs to keep me from stepping forwards properly. Well... I can honestly say that I'm lucky I didn't break my neck going down that hill .

So of course, the GPS decided to keep bouncing me around a bit, so I ended up going up and down once or twice to boot. In the end, I came across the cache container (quite easy to see from where I was crouching once I got close). Success was mine, AND without breaking my leg or some other appendage. The cold at the time however was starting to make my fingers hurt though .

Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and chainmail ball