ArkGeo 2016 Annual Event -- A DIAMOND OF A HOBBY - GEOCACHING!
APRIL 9th, 2016 - 9:00 to 2:00
A big thank you goes out to the Crater of Diamonds State Park for their generosity and facilities. You can attend our event for free since it is held outside of the fee area. Please take time to THANK a Park Employee when you see them at the event.
Please come and be part of the adventure at the Annual ArkGeo Event and discover what makes the Arkansas Geocachers Association so much fun.
This event is for Everyone who enjoys geocaching in Arkansas, regardless of how many years you've been caching or the number of smileys you have! Match a face with a geocacher's name, talk about some of the favorite caches in our state, or come enjoy the lunch we put on for you. We will list new information here as it becomes available, so please check the cache page often for updates. The picnic shelter is ours for the entire day and we will gather even in the rain. Plan to spend the entire day, since the fun continues with a Park group activity or caching from 2-5:00 pm, followed by a CITO/Hotdog Roast Event (GC64YWB) beginning @ 5 pm and running till 8:00 pm.
PLEASE BRING A DRINK OF YOUR CHOICE FOR LUNCH. CHECK THIS CACHE PAGE OFTEN FOR UPDATES, OR BETTER YET, PUT IT ON YOUR WATCH LIST.
Planned Activities:
⦁ 9 a.m. Registration, pick up cards for GeoBingo, flags for GPS accuracy contest
⦁ 9:30 a.m. Free time to socialize, solve the event's puzzles, or hunt area geocaches, if desired
⦁ 12:00 p.m. Lunch starts and sampling of Desserts for Dessert Contest
⦁ 12:30 p.m. ArkGeo Meeting held during lunch
⦁ 1:00 p.m.: Contest awards and door prizes
⦁ 2:00 p.m.: Close this year's eventt
Games and Contests for this year:
HOMEMADE DESSERT CONTEST
• Try out your culinary skills in our Homemade Dessert Contest. Bring your best dessert and compete against other cachers. Let your creative juices flow while keeping with the theme of ....A Diamond of A Hobby - Geocaching. Cachers attending the event will vote on the best homemade dessert while sampling your entries.
CREATIVE GEOCACHE CONTEST
• Do you enjoy making awesome cache containers or devious caches? If you said YES, then you have to enter this contest! Bonus points for following this year's theme.
PHOTO CONTEST
• Bring your best photo taken while caching in Arkansas.
GEOBINGO
• This is always a fun way to mingle and meet fellow cachers. Participants will receive an extra prize ticket for completed forms
AMMO CAN TOSS
• Ammo Can Toss will be back again this year! So practice your accuracy and distance throwing for a chance to take top honors
CLOSEST TO THE PIN
•Test your device or that Geo-sense accuracy to see how close you can get to the given coordinates.
50/50 RAFFLE
•Try your luck - for a buck. Winner takes half.
Please stay and join us for our CITO/Hotdog Roast Event starting at 5:00 pm.
The state park has agreed to allow us to dry camp (Primitive Camping) near the pavilion for free. If you will be dry camping or reserving a campsite, please contact Sandy of Team Likestocanoe to coordinate the location. You can reach Sandy at 501-617-6962 or at likestocanoe@yahoo.com
The ArkGeo Store will be open with new merchandise. Please stop by their table.
The Crater of Diamonds State Park is offering a group activity for geocachers from 2:00 - 5:00 pm. For further information please check out the forum thread titled ArkGeo Annual Event 2016 on the Arkansas Geocachers Association Website.
PLEASE POST WITH YOUR "WILL ATTEND" LOG WHETHER YOU WILL BE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER FOR ONE OF THE MANY SUPPORT POSITIONS NEEDED DURING THE EVENT OR CAN DONATE A DOOR PRIZE.
We are pleased to help promote GeoWoodstock 14er - 2016, that will happen in Colorful Colorado!
The main event will be held on SUNDAY July 3rd, 2016 at the Botanical Gardens, Chatfield location in southwest Denver. Close to state parks, mountain access and all things geocaching.
Check us out at GeoWoodstock.com