When: Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Where: Northwest River Park in the Large
Shelter
Time: 10:00 a.m. until Sunset
Who: Open to all geocachers, families, and
anyone interested in geocaching!
What: An annual picnic to meet fellow cachers,
exchange stories, learn about different aspects of caching,
exchange TB's, and some caching thrown in too!
Northwest River Park is located on Indian Creek
Road; about 3 1/2 miles east of Battlefield Blvd. in the
southeastern section of the city. It was developed as a natural
recreation area incorporating camping, an extensive trail system,
picnic shelters, play areas, an equestrian area for horse owners,
fishing, miniature golf, the Marjorie Rein Memorial Walkway, and
plenty of open areas. Boats and canoes are available for rental in
the camp store. A fragrance garden, for the visually impaired, and
a classroom building are located at the north end. The lake
stretches almost to the southern activity area which is on the
banks of the Northwest River.
Targeted Timeline of Events: (subject to change of
course, as things usually do)
Event - 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Silent Auction - 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Coin Sales - 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Dinner - 5:00 pm - We'll be supplying the Fried Chicken, please
bring side dishes to share.
After
Dark - Hanging around the campfire
What's going on throughout the day:
- A Silent Auction will be held throughout the day to help
offset some of the costs of the event. The silent auction will have
unique cache containers, unactivated geocoins, and other geocaching
related items and will run from 10:30 to 4:00. You must be
present to win silent auction items. Cash/Check/Paypal accepted on
site!
- There will plenty of door prizes with multiple drawings
throughout the day for both adults and kids! Winning ticket numbers
will be posted, for a limited time, to claim your prizes. During
the final drawings, you MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!
- There will be a Geo-Poker Run! Instructions for this
will be announced at 10:30 am and the deadline for your return will
be 3:30 pm. THERE WILL BE PRIZES! Penguincacher will
have all the info at 10:30 am.
- Geo-Bingo! Join BeaconBabe for this super
fun game. This is the best way to meet others at the event
and to get to know fellow cachers even better.
- Great Scott's Turkey Shoot. - Use your GPS to mark a waypoint at the
pre-designated spot. 2 minutes max time will be allowed
for marking the waypoint and one entry per geocacher. All
entries will be averaged together. The geocacher that is
closest to the average, wins a prize. Get entry forms from
Great Scott! and return them to him by 3:30
pm.
CLICK
HERE for information on the debut of our group
geocoin.
There will also be a TB exchange
table, so round 'em up, and trade 'em out! Please put Travel
Bugs into ziploc bags, and clearly mark their regional
destination on the outside ie:North, South, East, West, or
ANYWHERE
There will also be a Bookcrossing exchange
FREE WI-FI AT THE PICNIC SHELTER! We
tried this last year, but Ernesto had other plans, and cut the
power....
How can you help??? Here
are a few suggestions:
Here is a list of what people
have committed to bringing so far:
For those of you who have volunteered to bring “something,” flxble
will be sending you an e-mail requesting that you bring a specific
item so that we can ensure there will be enough of everything for
everyone!
Please post a note (not a find yet) to
let us know you will be attending, how many in your group,
and what you will be bringing. Put this listing on your
watchlist, as we will continue to update it
regularly.
Camping/Lodging
information:
It is Labor Day Weekend!
We will have reserved 25 (10 additional sites!) camping
sites at Norhtwest River Park and all but a few are spoken for. If
you would like to secure a site for Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday
night please contact Penguincacher. Campsites are
first come first serve. All sites are full service and will
accommodate either a camper, a pop-up, or two tents. All sites have
a maximum of 5 people or 1 family per site. Cost is $25.00 per
night.
Hotel information is being gathered by Chesapeake Convention and
Visitor's Bureau, but so far the prices have come back rather high.
I'm still working on this to try to get a reasonable rate for
anyone who would like to stay in a hotel.
Some door prizes have been
donated or discounted by the following:
Backcountry, Woolrich, Jeep, GSAK, Crake Productions, Groundspeak,
Geocoin Club, Garmin, Wild River Outfitters, Coins and
Pins.
Click here for more information
If you need more information, feel free to email one of
us:
Penguincacher or TomcatAtGod or
PaLadi
orBeaconbabe or CraZy
Cache
Happy Caching and See You
There!
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