GC1B3R6 Geoswarm: A HIDE and SEEK Event (Event Cache) in Michigan, United States created by Northern Michigan Geocachers

This cache has been archived.

Rathergohiking: It looks like everyone who attended the inaugural "GEOSWARM: A HIDE AND SEEK EVENT" have logged as "attended" and all of the eleven caches that were hidden have been published.

This was a great inaugural event!

We plan on doing the same next year, so if you did not attend this year's event, we hope you can make it next year! In the meantime, there are ELEVEN NEW CACHES waiting to be found, all hidden in the classic "up north" style!

GC1B3R6 ▼

A cache by Northern Michigan Geocachers Message this owner

Hidden : Saturday, July 26, 2008

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Geocache Description:

A special thanks for this event goes to Koda, Meesa, Monkey Man and Lulu, who have graciously allowed us to use their cabin for this event. There is air conditioning, restroom facilities and running water. Please bring your own camp chairs.

Also, feel free to bring something for the prize table and we will have a raffle at the end of the event.

Where: A cabin in the woods near the Guernsey Lake Campground (a DNR campground with 36 sites on a first come, first serve basis) and the Sand Lakes Quiet Area.

When: Saturday, July 26, 2008
Lunch: 12:00 pm Hot dogs and hamburgers will be provided (bring a dish, etc. to share)
Stage 1: hide at 1:00 pm
Stage 2: Seek at 3:00 pm

What: An opportunity to meet and greet fellow geocachers, “HIDE” some caches and “SEEK” some caches. This geocache meet and greet event is a MULTI-STAGE EVENT and will comprise two “FLASH MOB” events; one to “HIDE” a cache and one to “Seek” a cache. Bring your own caches to hide. Ingredients are simple: A cache container (ammo can or a water tight plastic container), log book, plastic sandwich bag, pencil, and a few trinkets. You just need to show up and sign the register to get a smiley; it is not necessary to participate in everything. Just one basic rule: HAVE FUN!

STAGE ONE is from 1:00 to 1:30 PM: TIME TO HIDE!!

The first geocaching “flash mob” for this event will be for ½ hour to sign in a log sheet. Upon signing in, geocachers are then free to go hide a cache in the general vicinity of the event cache. We would recommend a radius of less than seven miles from the event site. After hiding a cache or two, return back to the event site by 3:00 pm. Upon returning, each geocacher will write the coordinates and the name of each cache that they have hidden down on the provided sheets. Also, a laptop with Mapsource on it will be at the event, so that the new hides can be entered into a data file, checked for the minimum 1/10th of a mile separation (any conflicting coordinates will be resolved by coin flip), and easily downloaded into anyone's GPS that accepts Mapsource files.

STAGE TWO is from 3:00 to 3:30 pm: TIME TO SEEK!!

Geocachers meet for the second and final “flash mob” for ½ hour whereby lists are passed out with cache coordinates for the new hides on them.

Aftermath: List your new hides on geocaching.com

Afterwards, hiders will post their finds on geocaching.com. If anyone needs help doing this, there are sure to be lots of folks around to give advice as to how to do so on geocaching.com at the event. After one year, we recommend that you archive each cache you have hidden at this event prior to the next Geoswarm Hide and Seek Event, so we can do it all over again!.

In keeping with the theme of this event, we recommend that all caches hidden as part of this event be named with the following basic naming convention: "Geoswarm: [geoaching name]".