COOPER DISCOVERER GRAND PRIZE Stories: Please post a link to your story here

[Brian McVickers]

Hi,
We are combing through all of the COOPER DISCOVERER story submissions looking for stories that were submitted for the Grand Prize.
Note that these need to be complete with a picture of the COOPER DISCOVERER Flag.

If you participated please post a link to your story here in this thread by Noon Wednesday August 10th.

Thank you
Brian

 

[haolepinoy]

Here's our's: http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...OVERER-Middle-earth-by-Montero-with-Four-Kids

Includes a portion in Cape Lookout, NC with the flag towards the end.

 

[Brian McVickers]

Thank you.

So far we have yours and one other that include a flag:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...with-Four-Kids?highlight=middle+earth+montero

http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...n-Wherever-You-Can?highlight=San+Rafael+Swell


These stories were about trips on the Grand Prize list but they did not include a flag:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...p-San-Rafael-Swell?highlight=San+Rafael+Swell

http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...l-Seashore?highlight=Outer+Banks+Cape+Lookout

http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...Bend-Tale?highlight=Big+Bend+Ranch+State+Park

 

[texascrane]

http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...Bend-Tale?highlight=Big+Bend+Ranch+State+Park

I'd have been happy to include a pic with the flag, but I don't think I ever saw a link to it (the forum post says to click the link but there isn't one) and I'm not sure that the final list of locations was posted when I took the trip. I think the challenge that most people (including myself) probably had was that the list wasn't actually finalized until pretty late in the contest. :shrug:

 

[Brian McVickers]

The flag link was readily available posted in several locations.
The list was ongoing but I can see how there could have been confusion and we'll take that into consideration.

Thank you for participating either way, that is what it was all about!

Regards,
Brian

 

[Bill Beers]

Where is/was the list?

 

[Brian McVickers]

http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...Grand-Prize-Qualifying-Trip-Suggestion-Thread

 

[Bill Beers]

Ah. It says "suggested, " I kept looking for an official list.

 

[smittycrusher]

http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...-The-Wild-West-with-My-8-Year-Old-and-Friends

Fingers and toes are all crossed!

Smitty

 

[Hilldweller]

So who won the Grand Prize?

 

[haolepinoy]

So who won the Grand Prize?

x2...I've got no more fingernails to bite at this point.

 

[Brian McVickers]

Hi Everyone!
We are in the final stages of selecting the Grand Prize Winner.
The goal was August 12 but it looks like it will be the end of this week.
Thanks for your patience!
Brian

 

[Hilldweller]

x2...I've got no more fingernails to bite at this point.

I hope you're coming to Overland Expo East even if you don't win. I'm looking forward to meeting your hobbits.

Hi Everyone!
We are in the final stages of selecting the Grand Prize Winner.
The goal was August 12 but it looks like it will be the end of this week.
Thanks for your patience!
Brian

Thanks, Brian.

 

[haolepinoy]

I hope you're coming to Overland Expo East even if you don't win. I'm looking forward to meeting your hobbits.

Meet them...heck, you can borrow them if you'd like so the wife and I can attend a class or two. They've all had their shots, but be careful with the little one...he bites! Haha.

We're hoping to attend, making plans to that end, just not sure of the details yet. Big plans for September and hoping to see how the story ends in November. Hoping to fit the Expo in between if funds allow (winning would make the math much easier). We'll see I guess...

 

[Hilldweller]

Hi Everyone!
We are in the final stages of selecting the Grand Prize Winner.
The goal was August 12 but it looks like it will be the end of this week.
Thanks for your patience!
Brian

I realize that the contest didn't turn out quite as lively as you had hoped...
But somebody has to win, right?

Here. Use this. Just pick somebody.
http://textmechanic.com/text-tools/randomization-tools/random-line-picker/
If I win I'll donate the Expo package to another family since we're already going as presenters.
Won't lie though. Could always use the cash...