"Happy is the man that findeth wisdom… Prov.
3:13"
Wisdom, by definition, is the proper application of
knowledge. It is the ability to utilize facts in a practical and
profitable fashion.
Come and share your Wisdom with Scouts and Scouters of the
Gray Owl District of the Circle 10 Council at the Spring
Cache-O-ree.
Volunteers are needed to help run a Round Robin Session of
Mini Clinics in the morning from 9:00 to 12:00 Noon.
GPS 101: The basics of how to operate a GPS unit, how to
use the GOTO or Find functions, and how to enter new sets of
coordinates for offset or multi-caches.
GeoCaching 101: Strategies for a successful hunt. When to
stop looking at the GPS and start looking for the cache. How to
think like a Geocacher
Leave no Trace: Learn about the Cachers Creed and how it
goes hand in hand with the Leave no Trace policies we follow in
Scouting.
Then after lunch what will amount to a Mini Texas
Challenge will take place from 2:00 until 5:00. Here the
opportunity to help out will come in the form of being a Geo-Guide.
This will amount to cachers either being teamed up with Scouting
groups to answer questions and help with the operation of the GPS
units during the meet or being stationed at various points
throughout the camp to act as a help station for those that wish to
try to DO their Best with out an assigned Guide.
We also need GPS units for the Scouts to use. We have
about 25 now but may need up to 20 more units so dust off those
back-up units that you have hung onto when you upgraded to the
latest and greatest that Garmin or Magellan has to offer and bring
them on down. We will provide the batteries for units loaned for
the event.
If you
can't make it to the event there is still opportunity to help make
this great day for Geocaching and Scouting. There will be 2 work
weekends leading up to the event where I will need assistance in
hiding the caches and checking the course for accuracy. Saturday
March 31st and Saturday April 7th. Both days will start at 10:00
and last until dusk.
Camp
Wisdom was first used as a Scout Camp in 1923 and is the oldest
existing camp in Texas. It is no longer used as a summer camp, but
is now used as a weekend camp for Troops in the Dallas area. It has
also become a Cub Scout Camp with many exciting new facilities such
as a fort, two pirate ships, a castle, large Cub World activity
building, an Indian village and other structures for use by Cub
Scout Packs and Dens. The camp now has more people use the facility
in a year than the other three camps of the Circle Ten Council
combined.