It’s time once again for the now
5th annual
BerthaBrock ParkCache-o-rama!!!
July 14th,
2007
(See bottom for new event
information!!)
That’s right! The event
that we’ve all come to love and enjoy is celebrating
it’s 5th year this
summer at Bertha Brock
Park, Ionia Mi. Please join us at this
beautiful park that seems made for geocaching. We’ve been having this
little shindig now for 5 years, and it’s always been a blast,
even when we got rained out (more than once!).
There will be many activities planned for this day, and zero
obligations. If you want to come and cache your butt off, you can!
If you want to come and enjoy a campfire, friends, and stories, you
can!
If
you just want to drop off that crazy geocaching spouse someplace,
and then enjoy a quiet serene setting in one of
Michigan’s most beautiful parks, you can!
We’re still finalizing activities, but they will include a
gps based ‘closest to the pin’ contest,
day of the event geocaches, and night
cacheing. Bring your hiking boots, this
place is huge! (Okay, it’s big.. maybe
not huge
J
). Saturday night will be our
infamous potluck dinner (featuring the Denvernators multi-alarm chili). Also, thanks to a generous
contribution from the SW Mich Chapter
of MiGo, Saturday afternoon will have
hotdogs/chips and fixings provided free of charge.
There will be prizes for some events, nothing earth
shattering….maybe. Also, I think I’m going to work in some sort of
white elephant event, one years prizes
were moppets and still one of the best gifts
going. If anyone
would like to bring any items for prizes, please contact me
and I’ll be happy to accept them. I think the last few years,
very few have gone home empty handed, and in some cases,
entire families have cleaned up!
Look to this page soon for a
timetable of all what will be happening. Team Ndorfn has done a tremendous
job with the Saturday activities and I’ll be getting an idea of a
schedule from them soon.
Bertha Brock Park is by far one of the most enjoyable
and beautiful places I have ever camped. My family and I along with Team
Ndorfn encourage those who are able to arrive a few days early or
stay a few days late to enjoy this nice park. Management of the park (Nicole
Frost) has been a dream to work with and are always willing to help us in any
way. The park
offers many rustic campsites, no hookups or electric
tho. In 2006 we celebrated the
arrival of a flush facilities building!! There is restricted space
for large campers and trailers. We’ve managed to squeeze in a
5th wheel or two, but please contact me before
making plans in stone. There are limited sites that
can fit big devices, and looking at the park over the winter
it appears the bridge is back in some form, possibly
restricting height too.
Reservations can be made by email or
phone at the link at the top of this page. Sites 21, 22 are
typically ‘base camp’ and site 23 is one of the few
accessable to rv’s. Also, check out the cabin
rentals. These are great, and if not for our hosting, it’s
where my family would be camped.
Hope
to see you all there!!!
For those of you considering
heading to the MWGB (Midwest Geobash) BBP is
only 147 miles from your next weekend of fun!
(Directions here)
Here’s the
Schedule!!!
Thanks again to Team Ndorfn for doing 99% of the
work!
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Bertha Brock V Event Schedule
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Subject to Change by Event Hosts) |
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Date |
Time |
What |
Where |
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Friday,
July 13, 2007
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5:00 p.m. -
Until... |
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Campfire |
Base Camp |
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Saturday,
July 14, 2007
Everyone
will be on their own for lunch.
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8:00 a.m. -
2:00 p.m.
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·
Registration
·
Prize Table Drop-off
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Travel Bug Table
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Sig
Item Table
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Socializing
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GeoMentoring
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Caching (Event
and
Local Caches)
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Base Camp
Park Area
Surrounding Area |
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Geocachers
Communicate on FRS 2/12
If you need help, just find a GeoMentor, and enjoy Geocaching!
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If
you get finished with the weekend event caches that have been
placed in Bertha Brock Park, there will be a list of local caches
with coordinates for you to venture out and try.
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Saturday,
July 14, 2007 |
2:00 p.m. -
4:00 p.m.
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·
Closest to the Pin Hybrid
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Socializing
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GeoMentoring
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Caching (Event and
Local Caches)
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Base Camp
Park Area
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Saturday,
July 14, 2007 |
6:00 p.m. -
Dusk
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·
Potluck Dinner
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Prize Table
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Socializing
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GeoMentoring
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Base Camp |
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Another
annual tradition is our Saturday Potluck Dinner. If you have never been able to
attend before, make sure to bring your appetite. If possible, post what you are
planning on bringing.
This is not a requirement, but is helpful to everyone
else. This might be a
great time to pull out the Dutch Oven and try a new
recipe!! Or, better
yet, a seasoned old recipe.
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Saturday,
July 14, 2006 |
Dusk -
Until... |
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Night Caching
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Campfire |
Base Camp
Park Area
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Coordinates
for the Night Caching will be handed out AT DUSK…Not
before.
If
you have ever participated in Night Caching, you know how different
it is from caching during the day. You are in for a real
treat!!!
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NEW THIS
YEAR!
Starting on my arrival
sometime Thursday afternoon, I’ll be setting up a trade table. Many
of us have gpsr’s, pda’s, and other related items that we collect not
knowing what to do with them. So I’ll have a table or
two setup for folks to drop items on to
trade or sell. Just tag your item with your
name and campsite number or how else we may find
you. If you
happen to have a lot of items, consider bringing a table of
your own. We’ll
do the best we can with the tables volunteered to
us.
The hours of this swap
will be primarily Saturday afternoon, but there is little time
limit. I’ll arrive Thursday and leave Monday.
I will attest that we
(The Denvernators) will have a
gps or two out to swap, as well as a
slew of frs
radios and a pda or two.
(PAPERLESS CACHING!)
So bring the goodies and
we’ll see if we can’t clean out the closets. (or fill them?)