GCTR96 MnGCA Cannonball Wilderness Run (Event Cache) in Minnesota, United States created by MnGCA

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Hidden : Saturday, June 10, 2006

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Geocache Description:

MnGCA Cannonball Wilderness Run

What: 2006 MnGCA Spring Event (Cannonball Wilderness Run)

Where: Cannon River Wilderness Area in Rice County

When: June 10th, 2006 (8:00 AM - 5:30 PM)

Located in Rice County's beautiful Cannon River Wilderness Area, this park has numerous amenities which were just begging to be explored:

850 acres of scenic wooded riverside bluffs
Five miles of hiking trails
Picnic area complete with picnic shelter and comfort station
Footbridge with scenic view spanning the Cannon River
Four primitive campsites
Canoe trail to the Cannon River
A self-guided nature trail

View of the Cannon through the Wilderness
Photo by Silent Bob (10/24/2004)
The event cache page coordinates are for the parking lot. The event will begin at 8:00 AM and we will be based out of the covered shelter visible from the parking area.

Tentative Schedule of Events:

8:00 AM - Meet and greet at the pavilion near the parking area
9:00 AM - Timed Cannonball Wilderness Run begins and people are welcome to explore the park finding the numerous caches available
12:30 PM - Lunch
3:00 PM - MnGCA Membership Meeting (voting open to MnGCA Members only)
4:30 PM - Cannonball Wilderness Run Awards and Door Prizes
5:30 PM - Wrap it up!

There are currently five permanent caches located in the park. We will be hiding numerous *permanent* caches throughout the park (puzzles, multis, and traditionals). These will become available before the event and are open to everyone including those interested in competing in the "Cannonball Wilderness Run" where the winner will receive MnGCA logowear and a 2006 MnGCA Silver Geocoin.

Anyone that has anything to donate for door prizes please contact the MnGCA Board here.

Lunch:

Lunch will be provided, free of charge, to those of you that are interested. If you're up for free food, please add how many will be in your party when you mark "Will Attend" on the cache page.

Please note, we need to have an *exact* number by 6/1/2006 in order to have time to purchase the food. If you do not have your "Will Attend" note in by then please bring your own lunch on the day of the event.

Tentative Menu:

Oneied Cooky's world-famous smoked brats
Oneied Cooky's world-famous potato salad
Fixings for the brats (buns, ketchup, mustard, sauerkraut, etc)
Chips
Soft Drinks and water

We'd like people to bring a dessert to share, anything and everything, please let everyone know what you're bringing!

Other caches in the park: