Pi Day Event

I saw that there were several Pi Day events all over western Washington on Saturday.  Of course Pi Day was on a Saturday...a day I have to be at work.  And it was a freaking busy day at work.  I was tired for days after.

I found one, PI Event at the Park (GC5NFZ2) that was in Lakewood at Dawson Playfields and it was at 6 p.m. hosted by Hoovers69, one of my caching buddies who also works on Saturdays.  He tries to make events as later as possible on days like that.  I thanked him later for having one I could go to.  You got a Pi day souvenir for attending an event.

I got off of work as quick as I could...which was around 4ish.  We had a lot of stays that day for some reason.  My boss told me this weekend wouldn't be that bad but it was.  We were severely understaffed and there was a lot to do.  I hope a weekend like that never happens again.  I changed really quickly in the bathroom and I was on my way.  My nuvi told me I would arrive in about 35 minutes without traffic.  I expected to be there just before 6...I expected a little bit of traffic.

I got there just after 5:45 and noticed some people walking around.  I wasn't sure if they were cachers or not.  Then I saw crystalcrypter pull up and get out of her car.  I grabbed my stuff and joined in under the covered area.  I talked to a bunch of cachers I've never seen before but have seen some of their names on caches.  There was a cache in the park but had not been found by the last two people so that kind of sent up a red flag.  I decided not to look for it.  However, when I got to the table, everyone was looking for Bag of Chips Let's Have a Picnic (GC48381) and found the nano stuck underneath the table.  I signed it and left it on the table for the others to sign.

I talked to Hoovers69, BobKai and finally got to meet Tightluv, a local girl I started following on Instagram.  I gave her one of my pathtags.  Frisbee'r, PioneerWoman and OhJoy were also there.  I talked to them for a little bit too.  Someone brought a pie and I am not sure if anyone actually ate it because I was engrossed with talking to people.  I picked up a few trackables while I finished talking to Goingup and Hoovers69.  I stayed until almost 7:30.

To get the other souvenir, you had to find a puzzle/unknown cache.  I had several solved but had limited daylight since I stayed at the event too long.  I knew I had one close by to grab and I solved it eons ago.  The Movie:  Al Pachino (redux) (GC1M5TM) was on my way home.  I found its hidey place, made my mark and looked for something to eat. I was very limited in what I could eat at this point and in this area so I decided on the newly remodeled Dairy Queen.  I got the chicken strips basket and ate it on the way back home. It hit the spot.  When I did get home I logged my finds, grabbed a shower, got ready for work the next day and passed out.  This weekend sucked.

Next Adventure:  Paint Night in Federal Way