Geocoinfest 2013 - Las Vegas

05/15/2017

Greetings Geocoinfest fans.
We want to be sure you all know about Geocoinfest 2017, being held onboard the historic Queen Mary. Don't miss your chance to be a part of this unique event.
This year will feature fun events never before held during Geocoinfest. Aside from the usual Lab Caches and Geocoin Poker Tournament, there are some other surprises in store to keep you busy and having fun. These events will be spread out from Friday October 13th through Sunday the 15th. Also, it just so happens that the Queen Mary (which is rumored to be haunted) plays host to "Dark Harbor". One of the greatest Haunted Houses in the state, right there onboard the ship. What better way to spend a Friday the 13th?!
So be sure to make your plans now for an unforgettable weekend in sunny California.
There are still rooms available onboard the ship at the special Geocoinfest rate. Go to the Geocoinfest 2017 page and the website at www.gcf2017.com to start your planning.

Geocoinfest 2017 Cache Page
https://coord.info/GC6PVZW

10/17/2013

Pics from Signal the Frog, the Photo Booth and various events throughout the weekend.
Feel free to tag yourselves and your friends!

10/14/2013

Thank you to everyone who worked on, attended, volunteered, sponsored, and sold at Geocoinfest Las Vegas.
You all helped make our Mega Event a huge success.
Congratulations to Houston for being awarded Geocoinfest 2014.

10/12/2013

The day has arrived...
Time to welcome hundreds upon hundreds of geocachers to our humble event.
Are you one of them?
GOOD MORNING, GEOCOINFEST! 😃

10/11/2013

Signal has checked into the host hotel and is ready for Geocoinfest!

10/11/2013

Geocoinfest weekend is here!

10/11/2013

The Lab/Adventure Caches have been published. For those of you that are wanting to do the Lab Caches, the web site is: labs.geocaching.com/asseenontv

You can access that with your smart phone or on a computer.

We will have paper copies of the information available at the event on Friday night and on Saturday.

labs.geocaching.com/asseenontv

10/10/2013

Here we go!
Kicking off Geocoinfest weekend tonight with A Night Under the Lights...
Be sure to attend for a special announcement! 😃

An Event Cache is a gathering of local geocachers or geocaching organizations. Use a smartphone or GPS device to navigate to the provided coordinates on 10/10/2013 to attend the event.

10/09/2013

If our previous post showing this week's forecast was to mild for some of you, here's a photo from our very own Mt. Charleston this afternoon. Only 30 minutes NW of Las Vegas.
We really do have something for everyone. 😃

10/07/2013

It's Geocoinfest week and we're serving up some beautiful weather for our guests! 😃

10/03/2013

Travel Bug Guidelines

The purpose of these guidelines is to help protect the Travel Bugs attending GCFLV. Please read and be prepared to follow these guidelines if you wish to bring or take Travel Bugs and trackables from GCFLV.
There will be no registering of TB numbers into or out of the Travel Bug area.

It is the responsibility of the cacher who logged the TB/coin into the event to either drop it at the TB area or pass it on to another cacher. It is also the responsibility of the cacher who retrieves the TB/coin to log it properly in a timely manner.

As the owner of a TB or coin dropped into the event, it is up to you to contact the person who plans to bring your TB/coin about any concerns you may have.

The TB TRADERS will be asked to:

1. Put the individual TBs into a Ziploc baggie (replace if in bad shape)

2. Print out the Print Info Sheet for each TB, insert into baggie. This can be found on the TB page upper right corner

3. Put a POST-IT note inside the baggie and give it one of several mission labels listed below for ease of sorting - WHERE the TB WANTS TO GO!! If it wants a particular state, list that as well.

4. DISCOVER LOGS of TBs in the TB area will be discouraged to maintain traffic flow.

AW: Anywhere / Task - No specific geographic goal for bugs that can basically go anywhere, have none at all, or have a task. Please list in 1-2 words the specific task, EX. Task- States, Task – MLB parks

MW - Midwest: Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin

NE - New England states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

E - East States: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, DC, and West Virginia

SE - Southeast states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina

S - South states: Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Tennessee

NP - Northern Plains states: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming

SW - Southwest states: Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico.

NW - Northwest states: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

CAN - Canada list East or West Canada

EUR - Europe, Mid-East, Africa

PAC - Pacific - Asia, Australia, Hawaii

LAM - Latin America – Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, South America

10/03/2013

Schedule of Events for Geocoinfest - Las Vegas 2013

10:00am
Doors open for Geocoinfest – Las Vegas

10:00am
Kids Bingo, sponsored by
Oakcoins/Geoswag (Apollo Room)

10:00am
Silent Auction opens

10:00am – 12:00pm
Balloon Artist Apollo 3o Room)

10:15am -10:45am
Pathtag Blind Trade (Zeus A Room)

10:45am
Signal Visit (Apollo Room)

11:00am - 11:45am
Seminar hosted by SkyMed (Zeus A Room) SkyMed gives you Peace of Mind no matter where your Geotravel takes you. It's an essential part of your geocaching toolbox. Come and get your free trackable geocoin.

12:00pm - 12:30pm
Seminar hosted by GxProxy (Zeus A Room) GxProxy will be reviewing the use of Proxy Tags and Coins to allow continuous travel of trackables. We will be handing a guideline sheet out as well as showing off different items we have available. Mainly informing the cachers that they own those trackable numbers for life and should keep them going cache to cache.

12:45pm - 1:15pm
Lackey/Reviewer Q & A (Zeus A Room) Here is a rare chance to ask questions to Reviewers from all over the world.

1:00pm – 3:00pm
Face Painting (Apollo Room)

1:15pm
Signal Visit (Apollo Room)

1:30pm - 2:15pm
Seminar hosted by Aura Design/Chris Mackey (Zeus A Room) "Geocoin Design 201": Typography in Geocoins and Advanced Photoshop/Illustrator Techniques presentation will take a closer look at choosing Fonts, Stacking & Curving Fonts, Object Warps and a Q&A session to help you fine-tune your coin designing skill or just see what's possible in today's coin designs.

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Showing of Geocaching International Film Festival (Zeus A Room) Geocachers have been making geocaching videos for years, but now the best from around the world will be presented in one place. This is the same video that was shown at Groundspeak’s Block Party in August 2013.

3:00pm
Announcement of GeoPoker Players

3:45pm
Silent Auction closes

3:45pm
Vendor door prize drawing

3:45pm
Closing Announcements – Where do we go next year?? (Apollo Room)

6:00pm
GeoCoin Poker Tournament (Apollo Room)

6:30pm
Trivia (Zeus Room)