The seventh annual "Get Useless In Eustis" event (GUIE 7 or GUIE VII) will be held on Saturday, September 27th, 2014 in Eustis, Maine. The Community Building (coords are for there) has been reserved for that day. Doors will open at 7:00 AM. Breakfast will consist of whatever people choose to bring (bringing something is optional). There WILL be juice, coffee and donuts plus whatever the other cachers drag in. At 8:00 AM ten new caches will be published. Each will have a unactivated geocoin as a FTF prize as well as pathtags and other swag. The building will be open all day for hot coffee, cocoa, tea, restrooms, a place to meet friends, get warm and talk. A potluck dinner will be held at 5:00 PM with door prizes after. The building has two restrooms, a large completely equipped kitchen, two refrigerators, two ovens, a stage, lots of tables and chairs. There will be a registration table (sign up for the door prize drawing!), you MUST be present to win. No alcoholic beverages or dogs are allowed in the building.
I have once again reserved a large group site (#1) at Cathedral Pines Campground, directly across the street from the main campground and about four miles north of the Community Building. This means you may camp for free Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Or you may reserve and pay for your own private site in the main campground by calling 207-246-3491. The group site has a fireplace, picnic tables and an outhouse but you may also use any of the facilities at the main campground: hot showers, flush toilets, rec room, playground and a swim beach. You can also rent canoes and kayaks there. If you pay $10.00 at the office, you will get a card that allows you access when the gates are locked. The $10.00 is refundable if you turn the card in at the office when you leave. Alcoholic beverages and dogs are allowed here. The weather can be cold so plan accordingly. There will be a campfire each night at the group site and all cachers are welcome to attend, camping or not. Not into camping? We have four motels and a B&B. Please reserve early.
In Eustis you can cache, kayak, hike, climb mountains, complete one of the Eustis Cache Challenges, drive dirt logging roads, enjoy the foliage or do the Tim Pond Road power run. And don't forget to do the drive up Quill Hill for a great view!
Saturday evening the potluck dinner will start at 5:00 PM. Please bring something to share, meat, casseroles, soups, stews, desserts. Crockpots are great for cooking or warming what you bring, anything to fill up hungry cachers who have spent the day in the woods. If you can't bring something from home, you can cook here or bring big jugs of iced tea, soft drinks or pick up a hot pizza or two. Please don't bring snacks, they don't fit the menu.
After dinner we draw for door prizes. Children draw first from an assortment of appropriate items, then adults. If you wish to bring something for a door prize, great! If not, that's fine too. And we always need help setting up the tables either the evening before or just before breakfast, depending on when we can get in the building. And help is especially appreciated cleaning up the building after the event.
So come and visit this beautiful area, meet old friends, make new ones, compare toys and just have fun. Any questions please contact kayaking loon through geocaching,com.