The place to be at 6 pm to 8 pm on Saturday, July 11, 2015, is Cameron Brown Park in Germantown, TN. Over a period of a couple hours we will have a fun course in Geocaching101/ FUNdamentals intermixed with a HotDogs/NotDogs!
This event in Germantown, TN, will be a two part event. The first half, starting at 6pm, will be a HotDogs/NotDogs meal with your fellow Geocachers. Food will be provided, but we ask all attendees to please, Bring Your Own Beverages(Family Friendly). It will be warm and we want there to be plenty of liquid refreshments for the event.
The second half will begin at 7pm and will show some fundamental techniques for hiding geocaches and will provide some tips for hunting caches. If you already know how to use a GPS'r and are ready to have some fun, then here's an event you won't want to miss! We will finish at 8pm so everyone may still enjoy the park if they want.
Experienced geocachers will show some techniques for finding and hiding geocaches. This will include discussions of cache placement as well as showing a variety of camouflage techniques.
Tools useful in finding caches will be shown. Some are common and others are not.
A variety of tips for hunting caches will be presented.
There are also a handful of caches available in this park to be found. Some farther from the event than others.
The staff of the Parks & Recreation Department of the City of Germantown has been very supportive of geocaching within the city. They are providing the use of the large pavilion in one of the larger city parks (i.e., Cameron Brown Park). There is ample parking in the park and there are several geocaches located nearby.
Cameron Brown is a 55-acre park located on Farmington Boulevard and it contains four lighted baseball/softball fields, one lighted high school regulation baseball field, one lighted combination football/soccer field, a batting cage, two lighted tennis courts, 1.5 miles of paved hiking trails, a large pavilion, a three-acre lake, two playgrounds, 32 picnic sites with tables, grills and trash receptacles, electronic scoreboards, concession buildings, restrooms and water fountains. The park opens at dawn and closes at 11pm daily.
If you plan to attend please indicate that on this web page so we will know exactly how many folks to expect. Thanks.