2 weeks, 3 Provinces, 6 States, One Mega,3 oldest caches..Part 3 - Mega Weekend

We set off for Rosthorn Sask from Lloydminster Friday morning.  We took our time selecting larger caches from the myriad  of caches that have been published for the Living Skies Mega.  Lots of power trails dominated by micros.  We knew the kids would get bored with them pretty quite so we scouted ahead on our route and managed to find a few large hides in some interesting spots.  Apparently we had a lucky escape at one of the hides as people were reporting that they picked up lots of ticks at the site.  Whew...no ticks at all for us this weekend. 

We thought this one was prophetic

 We made the Mega site by early afternoon and decided that we would settle in and take it easy for the day.  We had seen pictures of flooded tent sites so chose our spot with care on slightly higher ground.  We were not the only ones as several set up around us shortly after. 

As it was the weather for the weekend was awesome....
Everyone else was checking out the facilities at the junior college including the WIFI so I took a walk and chatted with a few people and then decided to see if there were any caches  near by I could find. 
I checked my phone and wow, it seems that there was several nearby that were just published.  I figured the race would be on, asked if anyone wanted to come with me and got no response.  I set out for a great walk around the grounds and the nearby street and manged 4 FTF's and a DNF  before running into a group at one on the grounds.  The cache in question was particularly tough and there were about 30 of us that had no luck.  The cache was eventually found by others and myself and it turns out the creator was nearby to show us this creative hide.

It wasn't hidden the way he designed it but it was by the time the mega was over...Another of his caches that I got a FTF on was a clever puzzle that had to be opened before finding the logbook.  The puzzle was in several layers and was great fun. 
We all gathered for the Registration event and picked up our packages and then mingled, chatted, found friends, made some knew ones. 
Off we went to find some of the lab caches and other nearby traditionals.
The next morning we took our time and headed off to the Mega event ourselves.  The kids immediately got involved in the booths available to them while we wandered around, entered draws, and bought stuff, (of course). They don't call it a Mega Mall for nothing.
Then back to finishing off the local caches before returning to the event for the closing ceremonies.  At this time we had all heard were the next Westcan was going to be..

A very successful Mega, the facilities were great, the organizers helpful, and the town forgiving....