CITO Event: One Day Caching and
CITO Event
Evening Event:
Daddy-O's Diner on the Square at 6:00 PM
Date:
March 6th
Starting
Location: The trailhead is located downtown Farmersville (Audie
Murphy Trailhead)
Trailhead
Coordinates: N 33 09.724 W 096 21.588
Directions: To get to
Farmersville you will head east out of Dallas on I-30, then on the
other side of Lake Ray Hubbard you will turn left or north on Ridge
Road then travel north through Rockwall until you dead-end into 78
then turn right travel north on 78 until you reach Farmersville.
Turn right onto Farmersville Pkwy crossing Main St. right into the
trailhead.
Time:
You can start anytime, however the official start time is 9 AM
Saturday
Food:
There will be donuts and coffee Saturday A.M.
Saturday
night Event: We will be meeting at DADDY-O'S DINER (this is a
1950 style diner on the square at 6:00 P.M. The square is
just north of the trailhead. When you sign in Saturday
morning please let us know if you will be attending as we will need
to notify the manager how many will be eating.
Prizes: To be given away including
Coins and other great stuff from Garmin and other
sponsors.
Goal:
The Cache in Trash Out Event consists of 2.5 miles of
concrete trails heading north from the Farmersville
trailhead. There are caches along the way.
There will be two pick up points along the trail for the CITO
event.
The first pickup point coordinates: N 33 10.688 W 096
20.245 On Murchison Street
The end of the trail pickup point coordinates: N 33 11.073 W
096 17.612 On CR 1122
Trash bags will be picked up where the streets cross the
trail. If you will leave your bags at these points we will
pick them up and take them to a dumpster designated by Paula at the
Farmersville City Hall.
Purpose: Cache In Trash Out (CITO),
Geocaching and Meet-up Event at a local restaurant Saturday
evening to meet fellow cachers, trade stories and travel
bug/coins at approximately 6PM
When you
arrive: At the trailhead please sign in at the tent, get your
packet, bags and sign up for the event diner
event.
Maps
and other information regarding the trail will be
available.
Parking: There is a Flea Market going
on at the same time as our event, however there is plenty of
parking close by.
Accessibility: This event will be a fun
and safe event for all ages. The 2.5 mile concrete trail is
wheelchair accessible but getting to the caches is not.
Walking and
biking is permitted on the trail only. NO motorized vehicles are
allowed.
For those
caching beyond the 2.5 mile concrete trail:
Distance: Approximately 30 miles from Farmersville to Ladonia
following the trail.
There are approximately 185 caches
along the trail from Farmersville all the way to Ladonia.
If you plan to cache further than the 2.5 miles concrete trail I
will have maps of the trail available at the trailhead. The
map will include exit points along the trail with distances between
the exit points and also from the trailhead.
We recommend that you bring a
bike if you plan to cache beyond the 2.5 mile concrete
trail.
If you plan to cache a large portion of the
trail we recommend you have someone to pick you up along the trail
or arrange transportation. If you don't have a driver to pick you
up we will have communication with several people who will be able
to pickup and drop off people where and when the need arises. So
please make arrangements with the drivers where and when you need
to exit the trail as we would like to be back at the trailhead by
6:00 PM
Remember to plan ahead if you are attending the meet-up event
Saturday at 6:00.
Bring plenty
of water and food if you plan to stay on the trail for long periods
of time. We encourage you to travel in groups for safety and
arrange transportation back to the trailhead.
Restrooms are available at the
Audie Murphy Trailhead in Farmersville.
Facilities in towns along
the trail:
Merit: Limited (There is a feed store on the main street
just to the left of the trail)
Celeste: Convenience Store and Gas next to the trail
Wolfe City: Cafe across the street from Exit Point #20
Other opportunities
along the trail:
1. Texas County Challenge - the trail covers 3 counties
(Collin, Fannin and Hunt)
2. ABC Challenge - North of Wolf City along the trail you
can get the entire alphabet (including a bonus cache)
Volunteers
Needed:
Resources:
Accommodations: There are several hotels
in Greenville.
Downtown Walking Tour Brochure PDF
Farmersville Historical Markers PDF
Farmersville Chamber of Commerce - City of
Farmersville
Chaparral Trail Brochure in PDF.
http://www.farmersvilletx.com/cityscape/data/PDF/Rails%20to%20Trails%20brochure.pdf
Not Familiar with Geocaching go to www.geocaching.com
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