Slipping into summer cache 2005 Event Cache

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Blazing Troll: I should have archived this sooner. But I did not realize it was suppose to be archived after the event. I would like to thank everyone that attened. We had a great time. If I counted right we had just over 41 that attened if everyone logged it right in the event log book.

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Hidden : Saturday, June 18, 2005
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

Easy to find. Just follow the GPS until you get within about 75 feet and you should be in front of the house.


Updates added on 17 June 2005
This is just a little note to let everyone know that we are looking forward to everyone coming tomorrow. I wish the weather would cooperate but it is not looking good. The weather is calling for Overcast with rain showers at times. The temps look tike around 59 to 60. So I would suggest that you bring some type of coat to ward off the chill and maybe a something that may repel rain. We have a large canopy tent set up in the back yard. It is opened up to 20 x 20 feet right now. We could make it 20 x 30 if we really need to. But I think we will be all set with what we got. We will see. I am crossing my fingers. I am really depressed about the weather. We did not purchase a new slip and slide for the kids because of the weather and the temps. It will be too chilly to use it anyways. There is always next year. Everything else is still on for the day. Cameo will be coming with a bunch of travel bug jeeps. We are going to hide some caches for the kids to find. We are hoping that everyone will start showing up between noon and 1 pm. Tink will be up early so if you want to come early you can stop in and visit her. As for me I am sleeping until about 9 or 10. LOL.

We are still hoping that some will be tenting out and spending the night. We are looking forward to sitting around the fire with good friends and putting on a little light show later.
Updates added on 15 June 2005
We have a canopy tent set up just in case of rain. The forecast right now is calling for early morning showers and then the sun coming out. So we should have the sun out before everyone starts showing up. I am crossing my fingers. We placed 4 new caches in the area for everyone to cache that is coming to the event.
Updates added on 10 June 2005
Another update. We are going to place one or two geocaches on our property for the kids that come to the event. There will be a door prize of some type for the first to find. We will let all the kids put the coordinates in there GPS's and then say "GO". Then the first child to find the cache will get a door prize of maybe even some real cash of some type. We are working on only one door prize item like this but are hoping to put out several childrens caches.
Updates added on 30 May 2005
For anyone camping out for the night we will have a breakfast I in the morning. Consisting of pancakes and eggs and Orange Juice. We can make instant coffee. If someone brings a coffee maker then we can make real coffee. A head count for those spending the night would be nice. Please leave me email or post it here.
Updates added on 26 May 2005
Come between noon and 1 pm and stay as long as you like.

This caching event will be to try and get Maine geocachers together. We know it is hard for the Maine cachers in southern Maine to make it to the cache events in the Bangor area. So we are making an effort to help them make this event.

We have a grill and everyone can bring their own food to cook. We have a fairly large back yard. We can set up a slip and slide on the small hill in the back yard for the children or adults. We have done this for family events and it was very successful. We will have a canopy tent set up in case of rain. The canopy is a 10 x 20 and with the sides open it becomes a 24 x 20. We will be setting up a screen house too.

I am in the process of adding at least two close caches in the area so they can be found before or after this event for this event and left for future caching.

If you want to get here earlier and head out for somewhat local caching then you can stop off here first and leave what you don’t want to carry around in your car. We can also set up an area if someone wants to tent here for the night. If we get some tenters we can have a fire in the fire pit at night if it is not too windy. You can tent for the night at the event and use our house as home base, you are more then welcome. If anyone is interested in bringing a tent and making this an overnighter event just let us know or if you just want to tent in the yard for a night let us know we have plenty of room.

We are also only one mile away from a bunch of lakes. There is a bridge just down the road that the local kids and adults use to jump from. It is only about 10 feet off the water.

For those that are interested I have a wireless router that can be turned on if they want to bring there laptops.

Maybe from here we can discuss the status of the geocoins and see where we should go from here.

We are very opened minded on what to have and do at this cache. The idea was to get a cache event in the southern area of the start so we could get some of the coastal Maine cachers to attend and meet them and share stories and pass on ideas and information.

Goals for this event include:
1. Sharing and showing others how to use a GPS.
2. Passing on helpful information for finding caches.
3. Demonstrating geocaching software and the pros and cons of different software.
4. Discussing our new Maine geocoin if it is not finalized by then.
5. Emphasizing LNT.
6. Discussing the procedures of hiding a cache.
7. Exchanging travel bus to move along.
And anything else that may come up.

Things to bring:
1. You and anyone interested in attending.
2. The food that you want to eat.
3. Chairs to sit in.
4. A good attitude.
5. Tent and sleeping gear if you plan on spending the night.
6. If you have an extra grill it might help.
7. Bathing suit, just in case.
8. Travel bugs to pass along.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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