This event is open to any and all
geocachers no matter where you may be located. Young, adult
or forever young, experienced or new to the sport - having
each of you at the event will make the day all that more
special. We look forward to those from other states visiting
and sharing their experiences with us! Please feel free to
join our yahoogroup (link below) to chat with fellow cachers
at any time.
Please note, in order to address some
questions raised, this event is separate and apart from any put on
by The Sioux Falls Geocaching Group. We welcome those members to
this event as well.
You can attend for an hour or two, half a day,
all day or however long you wish. Come to meet people, learn
something new, eat with freinds or spend the day caching.
This is your event for you to enjoy however you wish
it!
Event
Information
The event will begin at the Outdoor Campus located at Sertoma Park
(listed coordinates) in Sioux Falls. The event runs from 9 am till
6 pm. Please arrive early to get parking. Once in the parking lot,
go into the Outdoor Campus building to register and receive the
necessary information for your day of fun.
Waypoints for the event may be available for download to your GPS,
so please remember to bring your data
cable!
Participants can come and go throughout the day. There will be
prizes and giveaways at the end of the event.
If you have any TBs or Geocoins, please bring them for trading or
moving along.
Lunch is on your own, when you feel like taking a break, with
existing or new friends made this day. For dinner (either your own
picnic or takeout from local restaurants), we will gather back at
Sertoma Park where prizes and goodies will be distributed. Please
feel free to bring a dish to share only if you would like to.
Sertoma Park has a very large covered picnic area so we will have
plenty of room to gather and chat!
This event will take place in 3 city parks. Dogs must be on a
leash. Please carry a plastic bag with you to clean up after your
dog. Thanks!
All parks are ADA accessible, but individual caches may not be.
Play
Time
Participants will be given coordinates for the cache locations as
they arrive at the Outdoor Campus. Temporary caches will have been
placed around Sioux Falls in 3 separate parks. There will be
permanent caches in each of those parks that you can claim, if you
have not already done so.
Once you receive your check in papers you are free to begin
caching. There will be a couple of temporary kid-only caches so the
younger ones can have a chance to claim their own finds.
New to
Geocaching?
Geocachers will be on hand to teach newcomers how to use a GPS and
the "ins and outs" of geocaching. A limited supply of GPS units
will be available for check out. First come, first serve day of.
Please bring a valid credit card as a deposit for the GPS unit if
you plan to borrow one for the day. Any borrowed GPS units not
returned will be charged the full value of a new replacement GPS,
plus a processing fee.
Event
T-Shirts
We will have event t-shirts made up for this day. You will be able
to pre-order and pay for your shirt prior to the event. Shirts will
be available for pick up at the event. We might have a limited
number of shirts available for purchase at the event. These will be
sold for cash only day of.
Please
click here for the
TSHIRT order form. You will need to click on the link and
then print this form out, attach your money order and send it to
the Outdoor Campus to order your shirts. Thanks!
Deadline to order t-shirts for the event will be August 24th.
Shirts will cost approximately $8
each.
Keep checking back for updated info about the
shirts.
Please leave a note below if you will be attending the First Annual
Siouxland Geocaching Event.
| Schedule of
Activities |
|
| Arrivals |
All Day |
| Geocaching |
9 am to 6 pm |
| Handing out of gift bags |
4 pm to 6 pm |
| BYO Picnic or Plenty of Local Restaurants Nearby for
Take-out |
4 pm to 6 pm @ Outdoor Campus |
| Prizes Awarded |
5 pm – Must be Present to
Win |
About the Outdoor Campus:
The Outdoor Campus is a place for learning and fun.
Classes are held year round in outdoor activites such as basic GPS,
orienteering, hunting, canoeing and kayaking, fly tying and
fishing. In winter, classes include cross-country skiing,
snow-shoeing and ice-fishing. Most of these classes are geared
towards kids but there are plenty of family oriented events as
well. In the museum you'll find wonderful dioramas of South
Dakota's outdoor habitats... a prairie, an eastern South Dakota
woodland, a wetland, agricultural lands and even a backyard
landscape!
Directions to the Outdoor Campus:
From I-29: Take the 41st Street exit and proceed east on
41st Street to Louise Avenue. Turn south (right) on Louise Avenue
and proceed to 49th Street. Turn east (left) on 49th Street and
proceed to Oxbow Avenue. Turn south on Oxbow Avenue. Take the first
left into Sertoma Park. The Outdoor Campus building is on the south
end of the parking lot.
From I-229: Take the Louise Avenue exit and proceed north on
Louise Avenue to 57th Street. Turn east (right) on 57th Street and
left on Oxbow Avenue. Take a right into Sertoma Park. The Outdoor
Campus building is on the south end of the parking lot.
For hotel information: Click
here
For State Park camping information:
Click here
We look forward to the day and seeing you
there!
A limited number of these buttons will be available for purchase
at the event.
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