All Scouts - boys and girls alike - have to learn about the
environment and take part in various community service projects
during each level of their Scouting careers. We are combining a
"Green-Up" effort with some fun added in. The best part of Scouting
is OUTING! - see the child waypoints for the pavilion location.
The clean up effort will be fairly light duty. We are going to
trim back some of the flora that is encroaching on the nature trail
there as well as pick up any loose sticks and stones in the trail.
The event is being promoted in the Vermont Councils of both the
Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. The goal, as last year, is to team a
couple of geocachers with a Scout family to work together in the
clean up effort and then head out for a couple of caches (cache
sheets will be available at the event).
The Vermont Council for the Boy Scouts of America will be
allowing us to use their 12 GPSrs again! Yeah! I will be requiring
a Driver's License to swap out a unit for the event. They will all
be pre-programmed with the coordinates of the new caches. These
need to be manually programmed so if anyone can help with that
effort before the event, please let me know. (They are one of the
earliest models and do not have an option to electronically
program...)
Fees
- free for kids 6 and under (too young to be Cub Scouts)
- $2 per person day use
- $5 per person camping
Geocachers, if you are camping please let me know. There are
only 4 lean-tos available - Spruce (stings), Hickory (ChittDirt),
Juniper (DJ and CAL), and Walnut (QSeekers). The rest of the
lean-tos are reserved for a Boy Scout Troop camping together for
that weekend. There is plenty of room for tents and pop-up campers
in sites 40-50, 13, 15, 32, 33. 34, and 36. Scouts, if you are
camping, you must pre-register through Council. Click here for
Park
map.
Scouts - dress in your class B (T-shirt) uniforms. Everyone else
wear something you don't mind getting dirty. Work gloves, pruning
sheers, and insect repellent are highly recommended! (Lavender oil
is an all natural alternative.) We have access to several
restrooms. If you are not able to come early enough to help with
the clean up, come anyway, enjoy lunch, and team up with a Scout
family for the afternoon. (Teaming up with a Scouting family is
recommended, but not required. Cache only as you are comfortable -
no pressure.)
Five new caches are placed in the park. It is not very big, but
it is a beautiful location right on Lake Champlain!
This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of
America (BSA). The BSA theme this year is "Get Into the Game" based
on geocaching. Many states are participating in the Cache to Eagle Series
(CTE). Vermont is participating with three geocaches hidden in
each of our BSA Districts:
- Ethan Allen District - Serving Addison, Bennington and Rutland
Counties.
- Calvin Coolidge District - Serving Windsor and Windham
Counties.
- Three Rivers District - Serving Chittenden, Franklin, Grand
Isle and Western Lamoille counties.
- Long Trail District - Serving Orleans, Essex, Caledonia,
Washington and Orange Counties.
Each of the 12 geocaches is placed near a local Eagle Project.
There are hundreds of Eagle Projects throughout Vermont and we are
hoping to showcase more than the 12 that are part of this
series.
Schedule of events
- 9:00 am - gathering and introductions
- 9:30 am - 11:30 pm - CITO
- 11:30 pm - 12:30 pm - lunch and prizes*
- 12:30 pm - dusk - geocaching
Potluck
- wood, fire pit grill, grill tools - roostersting
- charcoal - yoopers
- plasticware, plates, cups, napkins - roostersting
- Vermont famous DJ and CAL chili
- veggie burgers - ChittDirt
- tube steaks and turkey burgers with rolls - CreekHavenClan
- hotdogs and buns - QSeekers
- condiments - roostersting
- 5 gallon dispenser of water - roostersting
- Vermont famous yoopers potato salad
- chips n' dip - Tom and Chickie
- sesame salad - cwgray
- veggie platter and chicken treats - scubatime
- brownies and geodog treats - Sasha walking QGirl
- S'mores - monkeesting
- dessert - crashco
raffle prizes*
- Worldcaching coin set - one for you - one for the wild
- Get Into the Game geocoins - GeoScouting.org
- Cache to Eagle geocoins - roostersting
- State Farm insurance swag - ChittDirt
- geocaching containers - roostersting
- geocaching containers complete with labels - yoopers
- Subway gift cards - QSeekers
- ammo can - DeweyDoubleD
- Scout swag - MicroBites from BSA Council
