 West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h 2010
An Event cache by West Bend Area Chamber of Commerce Event Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010  
Size:  (Not chosen) Difficulty:  Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Mark your calendars
for the
3rd Annual West Bend $1,000
Cache Ba$h
Friday, August 13 &
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Regner Park, West Bend, WI
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West Bend, Wisconsin, the "Geocaching Capital of the
Midwest"™, boasts over 450 caches within a 7-mile radius of
the city, and we're celebrating geocaching by offering a weekend
full of geocaching activities!
The West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h is an annual free family-oriented
get-together for geocachers hosted by the West Bend Area Chamber of
Commerce, assisted by local geocachers. We became a Mega event last
year with over 1100 attendees! The Cache Ba$h weekend is chock full
of fun things to do starting Friday afternoon and lasting through
Sunday morning.
Besides the opportunity to socialize with a lot of other geocachers
in a great geocaching-friendly city, we will again be giving away
$1000 in cash prizes as well as
geocoins, geocaching items, and other great prizes. We're also
currently planning to hide 50 new permanent
caches of varying terrain and difficulty in the West
Bend area for you to find!
Watch this listing throughout the year
as plans are updated and finalized!
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The Weekend
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FRIDAY: Regner
Park
12:00 p.m Publication of 50 Permanent
Caches
This is the approximate expected release time of the 50 new
permanent caches for those who would like to download coordinates
from home. Please note that on-site registration at Regner Park
in addition to your 'Will Attend' log is required to obtain
a raffle ticket for the cash drawing, and is also required to pick
up an official playing card if you wish to receive raffle tickets
for finding caches.
12:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m. REGISTRATION AND DOWNLOADS available at
Regner Park. Cachers may sign in and receive their goody bags,
official stamp booklets for the 50 new caches, and individual
raffle ticket for Saturday's cash prize drawing. Each individual
must be present to receive the cash prize raffle ticket. Bingo
Cards, GeoGolf playing cards, and West Bend Area Restaurant
Discount Sheets will also be given at registration. Registration
will continue on Saturday morning. The Wisconsin Geocaching
Association will provide equipment to download the 50 new caches
directly to your GPS receiver. It will also be available Saturday
morning.
12:00 p.m Friday - 4:30 p.m. Saturday: 50
CACHE HUNT BEGINS Teams may hunt the 50 new permanent
caches. Each cache will include a stamp or sticker and teams can
stamp the corresponding square on their Official Playing Card to
receive raffle tickets for the General Prize Drawing, up to 5
tickets per team.
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m MEET AND
GREET with Family Friendly Activities
The Cache Ba$h committee is organizing some family-friendly
activities for Friday evening at Regner Park, including another
Candy Cache Mystery, a Wherigo group activity, and night caching.
Mingle with your fellow cachers from around the country (and
world), swap trackables, or just enjoy Regner Park, celebrating its
75th Anniversary this year. Stay tuned as we finalize details for
Friday the 13th.
SATURDAY:
Regner Park
7 a.m. - 10 a.m. REGISTRATION, DOWNLOADS,
& MORNING REFRESHMENTS at Regner Park where
geocachers can download the 50 new cache coordinates, register for
the contest, get their cash drawing raffle ticket, and pick up the
official playing cards. Thank you to the WGA and volunteers for
allowing us to use their downloading equipment, people and
supplies! Coffee, donuts and other items will be available to
purchase. They will also be available in the afternoon as cachers
come back for snacks and sodas. Garbage bags will be available for
cachers to CITO throughout the day.
7 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. MOST CREATIVE CACHE
CONTEST ENTRY Any age. Design a unique cache container
to be voted on by your peers. No names on the container. Submit
your entry by 10 a.m. at the marked tent. You may submit multiple
containers to try to win the most creative contest, but only 1
raffle ticket will be given per team with an entry. Voting will
take place between 4 pm to 5:30 pm, and a prize will be awarded for
the container voted as best. Be sure to vote for your
favorite!
8 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. THE GREAT GEO-RACE ENTRY
(Kids' Activity) For ages 12 and under. Limit 25. Kids
may pick a geocache container we provide and decorate or camouflage
it if desired. With parental guidance, they will then hide it in
Regner Park, obeying cache-hiding rules, learn how to mark the
position with a waypoint, and turn in their coordinates. Later in
the day, adult cachers will "Race" to find the hidden containers.
Prizes will be awarded to the adult who brings back the first
hidden container and the kid whose container is last to be found
(within the one hour race deadline).
7 a.m. - 6 pm WISCONSIN GEOCACHING ASSOCIATION
BOOTH The WGA will have a booth to introduce you to this
great organization for Wisconsin geocachers. They will be printing
WGA name tags and may have WGA merchandise. There will be someone
on hand to answer beginner questions and provide technical
assistance if needed.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. BEGINNING GEOCACHING
CLASS hosted by the Wisconsin Geocaching Association. If
you are new to the sport of geocaching and want more information
and tips, plan to attend this class at Regner Park. After some
"classroom" instruction, participants will get a chance to use a
GPS unit to find caches hidden in the park (some loaner GPS units
will be available).
10 a.m. GEOGOLF ENTRY DEADLINE Pick
any location in Regner Park and mark it on your GPS as a waypoint.
A GeoGolf entry form will be given to each team at registration.
Turn in your coordinates and team name on the entry form at the
marked table. The closest waypoint to the pre-chosen coordinates
will win a prize!
10 a.m. REGISTRATION
DEADLINE Teams must register at Regner Park
before this time in order to receive goody bags, printed materials,
and be eligible for the prize drawings. Goody bags of teams who
have not registered by 10am may be redistributed to other teams on
a first come, first served basis.
All day: GEOCACHING VENDORS AND EVENT
MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE The Cache Ba$h Committee is
planning to invite several geocaching vendors this year. Stay tuned
for details.
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CREATIVE CACHE
VOTING Stop by the cache table to vote for your favorite
creative cache container. One ballot per team will be given at
registration.
4:30 p.m. 50-CACHE HUNT
DEADLINE ONE MEMBER FROM EACH TEAM MUST BE IN
LINE AT THE REGISTRATION STAND BY 4:30 with the official playing
card in order to qualify for the General Prize Drawing. Cards can
be turned in as early as 2:30). Raffle tickets will be given out at
this time based on the following scale:
1-10 caches: 1 raffle ticket
11-20 caches: 2 raffle tickets
21-30 caches: 3 raffle tickets
31-40 caches: 4 raffle tickets
41-50 caches: 5 raffle tickets
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. SOCIALIZING with
other cachers until the 6 p.m. drawing. Bring your pathtags,
geocoins and travel bugs to swap. Drinks and snacks will be
available for purchase. There are a limited number of picnic
tables, so you may want to bring lawn chairs.
4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. LITTLE CACHERS PENNIES AND
PRIZES TREASURE HUNT in the WEST Playground by the
bathhouse. Ages 5 and under.
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SECRET TREASURE BOX
ACTIVITY For Kids 6-12 Do you have the "secret" key? You
might receive treasure!
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. THE GREAT GEO-RACE:
Fastest Adult Cacher Bragging Rights! Any individual
geocacher who is not an immediate family member of the
participating kids may "race" to find containers hidden by kids
earlier in the day. Coordinates will be revealed at 4:30pm. The
first adult to bring a cache container back to home base will win a
FTF prize and earn bragging rights for being the Fastest Cacher of
2010. Runner-ups will receive a consolation prize. The kid whose
container is found last (before the 5:30 deadline) will also win a
prize and be named the Best Hider of 2010.
5:30 p.m. GEOCACHER BINGO TURN-IN
How well do you know your fellow cachers? A great way to meet new
people and find out a little about the people around you. Pick up
bingo cards at the registration desk. One extra ticket for the
general prize drawing for a completed bingo card.
6 p.m. - 7 p.m. PRIZE
DRAWINGS will be held at Regner at the main
pavilion where you registered. You must be present to win. There
will be two separate prize drawings this year. Each
person in attendance as part of a registered team
will receive one ticket at registration to be eligible for
the $1000 cash drawings. All other tickets rewarded to cachers for
various activities and contests will be put in the general prize
drawing for a chance to win geocoins, gift certificates, fun
geocaching items, and other great prizes.
1st prize =
$500
2nd prize = $250
3rd prize = $100
4th prize = $100
5th prize = $50
SATURDAY EVENING: Post-Ba$h
Party, 7 pm - ?, Pillars Sports Bar
This fun social evening will once again be held at Pillars Sports
Bar. Food and drinks will be available as you talk about your
caching adventures and catch up with other cachers. Pillars is a
smoke-free establishment, and children are allowed with their
parents from 7-9pm.
SUNDAY
MORNING: Event TBD
Past events on Sunday have included a Flash Mob and an "All You Can
Eat Pancake Breakfast" sponsored by the Wisconsin Geocaching
Association (WGA) along with fun activities and prizes. Geocachers
are also given free all-day swim passes to the pool at Regner Park.
Watch this listing to see what the 2010 event will have in store
for you!
Information about West Bend:
West Bend is proud to be home of the Washington County Historical
Courthouse Museum, Jailhouse Museum, and the Museum of Wisconsin
Art. We have an extensive trail system which includes the beautiful
Riverwalk with its multiple art sculptures. We also have part of
the paved Eisenbahn Trail which starts from West Bend's southern
border all the way north (bring your bikes and strollers!) into
Fond du Lac County. Many of our caches are hidden along the scenic
Ice Age Trail which winds its way through the city and outlying
communities and parks. NOTE: Most of our parks and trails do NOT
allow dogs.
Lodging
Information:
Visit the West Bend Area Chamber of Commerce website to view local
hotel options here. For camping options, click here. Make your reservations early!
Also registered: Ontario, Manitoba, and South Africa!
 
TO REGISTER: Each
team must log a separate "WILL
ATTEND" on this cache page. Please post the number of
people attending in your team (# adults, #
kids). In addition, each team must
sign in at Regner Park and sign the event log book by
10am Saturday to receive their ticket for the cash
drawing.
EARLY REGISTRATION
REWARD:
The first 250 teams to register will receive an official
event goody bag!
NOTE: Bags that are not picked up by the 10am Sign-In
Deadline will be redistributed to other teams on a first come,
first served basis.
Registration Deadline: July 31,
2010
- If you do not log your "will attend" by the registration
deadline, you may still attend the event, but you will not be
eligible for the cash prizes and may not receive printed materials
(booklets, maps, business discounts, etc). You can simply come and
enjoy the park and all it has to offer, socialize, or take a break
from caching if you wish.
Disclaimer: Event attendees assume all
risks in seeking geocaches. The West Bend Chamber of Commerce, West
Bend Parks and Recreation Department, nor any of its members or
volunteers, may be held liable for any direct, indirect, punitive
or consequential damages connected with this event.
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