Wausau CITO and Potluck - WGA
Regional Event
 |
| WHERE: |
Riverside Park, Wausau, WI |
| DATE: |
Saturday, May 2, 2009 |
| TIME: |
9:00 a.m. See the schedule of events below. |
| COST: |
Free (Donations will be accepted and
welcomed) | |
Time
for a cleanup! The
Wisconsin Geocaching
Association (WGA) is proud to sponsor Wausau's 2009 CITO
event! (What is
CITO?) This regional event will be held May
2nd at the Riverside Park Pavilion in Wausau and will
cover several parks around town. Prizes and supplies have been
donated by the city of Wausau, Wausau Water Works, Wausau
Kayak and Canoe Corporation, the Wausau Parks Department and
by the Wisconsin Geocaching Association.
The fun will begin at the pavilion (see posted coords) at 9:00am
Saturday morning with coffee, donuts, cookies, etc and a chance to
pick up the information for the temporary caches, download
waypoints, strategize about team deployment, drop off lunch items,
meet other cachers, etc. There is plenty of parking near the
pavilion and it is handicapped accessible. The Wausau Parks
Department has given us free use of the pavilion.
Temporary caches will be hidden in areas that are meant to draw
your attention to the trash. So you truly be caching as the trash
is coming out. The parks also have several permanent caches already
in place if you haven't had a chance to hit them yet. The parks
that we will be tending are Riverside Park, Oak and Fern Islands,
Whitewater park, and others. Whitewater park hosts several
whitewater events known throughout the world including the Olympic
Junior Trials, American Canoe Association Open Canoe Nationals
& North American Championships, Midwest Freestyle
Championships, and in 2012 will host the International Canoe
Federation Junior Slalom World Championships.
Teams or individuals (but we all know it's more fun with teams) can
head out when they're ready. Guides will be available to suggest an
area for your team to CITO in order to divide up the work. There's
no need to visit each area to CITO but you might want to go to get
the creative temp caches being placed by some of the most twisted
minds in Wausau.
A Plethora of
Prizes!:
An Unactivated Travel Bug will be given to the person that finds
and brings back the most unique piece of trash. Other door prizes
will include:
- The event Logbook (CITO T-Shirt signed by all attendees)
-
Unactivated
CITO Geocoins
- CITO Logo Items (Stickers, lapel pins, keychains)
- Solve clues to some big puzzle caches. (If you want to donate a
puzzle clue, please post a note here stating which puzzle you wish
to donate a clue to.)
- Stocked Ammo Cans and other cache sizes
- Swag
- Unactivated Travel Bugs
- City of Wausau Promo Items
- Wausau Kayak and
Canoe Corporation T-Shirts
Schedule:
- 9:00 am - Gather for coffee and donuts at base
camp (at the posted coordinates). Download waypoints, plan your
route, get some local caching advice, etc.
- After that - CITO! Base camp will remain open
for water and supplies and snacks. Bottled water will be provided
to take with you on the trail (Courtesy of Wausau Water Works)
- Noon - regroup at base camp for picnic lunch,
swap stories, coins, bugs, whatever.
- 1:00 pm - Door prizes and log signing.
- 3:00 pm - Dismissed
What to bring:
- GPS (obviously)
- Your camera for taking photos of your day and posting them to
the cache page.
- Gloves (only if you'd like to have your own, otherwise gloves
will be provided)
- Walking stick or poking apparatus. One with a nail on the end
is nice for trash pickup.
- Safety vest for visibility and safety glasses if you desire
(none of the CITO caches are near the road)
- Coins / Bugs to trade
- Shoes / boots that can get muddy
- Food for lunch.
(electricity for griddles or crockpots and charcoal grills are
available)
- Bring a main dish for your team and one of the following to
share:
- A friend that wants to learn about geocaching, having fun,
cleaning up parks, meeting new people, etc.
- Alcohol will not be allowed at the
pavillion.
Add this cache to your watchlist to keep up to date on who's
coming and any relevant notes that are posted. If you're willing to
help out in any areas including take-down of temp caches, gather
materials, hand out materials, collect donations, setup/serve food,
create or donate prizes, or help folks download waypoints on CITO
day, post a note here or send a message to
GetMeOutdoors.
This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Geocaching Association.
Visit us online at
http://www.wi-geocaching.com/
and sign up to become a member today. The Wisconsin Geocaching
Association (WGA) is a group of geocachers dedicated to promoting
and protecting geocaching within the state of Wisconsin. The WGA
organizes geocaching events, works with land owners/managers on
geocaching policies, educates the public at large about geocaching,
and facilitates communication between WGA members.
Thank you to the Wausau
Parks Department, The City of Wausau, and Wausau Water works for
their support of this event.