| When |
Saturday, May 14th |
| Where |
N 41° 22.060 W 083° 19.045 
"The Shed" on C.R. 65 in White Star Park
The park is outside Gibsonburg in Sandusky County. |
| Schedule |
12 Noon - Daytime Caching Event – You can register and receive your instruction packet after 11:30am. Instructions for the event will begin promptly at Noon.
Do you know your pirates? After "Calico Jack" Rackham was found guilty of all the plundering and pillaging a pirate will do, he was sentenced to death. However, his two fellow pirates were women, and pregnant, escaping the death penalty for their actions with Calico Jack. Mary Read died in prison with her unborn child.
But the ruthless Anne Bonny lived...it's rumored she was eventually married to a Virginian... Did the women know where the treasure was buried? It is true Anne Bonny Could have moved it to White Star Park?
Your mission: seek and find the treasure of "Calico Jack" Rackham based on clues from the NWO Geocachers! Five caches hidden as part of the event will be loggable on geocaching.com.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning cacher(s). 
6 PM - Potluck Dinner
Dusk - Nighttime Cache Event – Back by popular demand, Ranger510 of the Sandusky County Park District will offer a night cache. This involves finding a few caches in small groups with very little light! Bring shoes made for speed!
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Food |
We will provide hamburgers, hot dogs, and condiments. Plates, utensils and napkins will be provided as well.
Please bring a side dish, snacks, pop, or dessert to share! Available cooler space will be limited, so you may wish to bring your own.
There's a patented method that our neighbors to the north (MiGO) uses to determine who brings what to a potluck, let's try it out for our event.
The Secret Potluck Formula™
Based on your last name, please bring the following:
- A-H bring chips, soft drinks, snacks
- I-R bring side dish
- S-Z bring dessert
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| What to Bring |
Your caching gear, your GPS, a sense of adventure and, if you have 'em, travel bugs.
Also, bring FRS radios, set to channel 2. At certain times during the daytime event you might need them to receive additional instructions or information. |
| Fee |
$5.00 per Adult please - No charge for kids |
| T-Shirts |
NWOGEO is taking preorders for the first ever NWOGEO t-shirt. You have a choice of Grey or Tan. They will have a 2 color variation of the NWOGEO logo over the left breast area. L and XL tshirts are $12.50, XXL is $13.50. Please see Good Dog to place your order, we hope to receive them by the weekend of the Midwest GeoBash.
 "arrgh, buy one or ye might be walkin' the plank !" |
| Prizes |
There will be prizes for the winners of the themed event including:
Two 2005 Geocaching.com wall calendars donated by Team Hydnckr |
| Rain Plan |
"The Shed" is a 3 sided shelter so we'll have our heads covered and we can at least enjoy a good meal together if it rains. |
| Camping |
There are 24 primitive camping sites available at White Star Park for $10.00 per night. It is a first come, first served deal, there are no reservations. If you are interested you should claim and pay for a site as soon as possible on the day you arrive. There are details about the campground on the park's website. (weblink below) Also, if the sites fill up you can put 2 families on one site. The maximum is 8 people per site, which can be 2 tents or a tent and a camper, but not 2 campers.
Sites with utilities are expected to be available sometime in 2005 at $20 per night. |
| Misc. |
There is a quarry in White Star Park that offers swimming and scuba diving, see the park website (weblink below) for details.
There's 800 acres to explore here, plus there are many caches in the area including [if it's like the last 2 summers] 6 caches that Sandusky County Parks has placed including one in White Star Park itself. Make a weekend of it and have some fun in Sandusky County.
"The Shed" has electricity, running water, nearby restrooms as well as horseshoe pits and volleyball nets so feel free to bring equipment for those games if you'd like.
DOGS are welcome at White Star Park with the following rules in place:
1. They must be on a leash.
2. They cannot be tied to trees.
3. You must clean up after them. (and we don't mean picking up their toys)
Please check this event cache page occasionally for updates.
If you are going to attend, please log a "will attend" note on this page by May 12th including the number of people that you are bringing so that we can have an adequate amount of food.
Special Thanks to BlackBrownDog for their generous donation of the use of this shelter as well as taking the lead in planning this event. :) |
| Websites |
White Star Park
Northwest Ohio Geocachers
What's My Pirate Name ?
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