Updates
10/15/07: Two Important Notes from
the park.
1 - THERE IS A BURNING BAN IN EFFECT - so no campfires
.
2 - The small lake near shelter 5 is now a mud pit thanks to our
exceptional drought and you should take care to keep kids (and
adults) away from this area. I suppose we could consider mud
wrestling...
10/8/07: Bring chairs if you have
them. There are probably not enough at the shelter for everyone at
the same time. Also, it looks as if the GW5 DVD movie may not be
ready in time so we'll be selling them online and shipping
them.
10/1/07: We hope to have DVD
copies of GeoWoodstock 5 The Movie available for purchase at
$8 each during the event thanks to the creative talents and many
hours of work by Tool King!
8/10/07: We will have our
Annual General Membership Meeting in late afternoon before
the food is served. A great opportunity to meet your elected
officers, hear about what we've been doing, our future plans and
give us your input!
8/10/07: A new batch of NCGO
t-shirts will be ordered. Preorders will be available at our
online store very soon and available for pickup at the event
without paying any shipping. We will order more extra than in the
past to keep a stock on hand, but the preordered shirts will cost a
little less. You will also have 1-2 color options and more sizes to
choose from during the preorder period than you will in the extra
stock that we order.
8/18/07: NCGO T-shirts for pickup
at this event ONLY are now on sale at the NCGO Store
page. No shirts will be shipped before the event. Anything
left over will be setup at the online store for sales in late
October and can be ordered to ship at that time.
9/13/07: Schedule posted. For
t-shirts orders, email nittany dave or NCGO via groundspeak.
What / When / Where
Come join us on October 20, 2007 for our 2nd annual NCGO
Fall Fling. You don't want to miss the event of the
season, it's sure to be as fun as last year's!
Out of state cachers, new cachers, old hands and even the curious
are welcome to attend and we hope you do.
Please post a will attend log to let us
know if you can come, how many people will eat dinner (adults/kids)
and if you will be camping either night. We need this
information to plan for food/drink purchases, activities and
perhaps some other things.
We will also celebrate NCGO's 2nd anniversary as an
organization. This event is just one way for us to show our
appreciation for all the support our members have given throughout
this year. Together, we have accomplished much this year, including
hosting the world's largest, and by all accounts best, geocaching
event ever - GeoWoodstock 5! This event will be considerably
smaller than that one and a great chance for North Carolina
geocachers and our neighbors to the north, south and west to spend
a little time in a less hectic setting just getting to know each
other while enjoying the 3F's of events: Food, Finds and Fellowship
which result in the all important 4th F - FUN!
This year we will be at
Hagan-Stone Park in Greensboro. The park offers many things
including,
- Campground with tent and RV camping - and showers!
- Nature, hiking and biking trails
- Horseshoes, softball & volleyball
- Playgrounds
- Fishing ponds
- Geocaches to find
- and of course, all of you!
We will have Shelter #5 reserved for Saturday. It has seating
for over 100 people but we encourage you to bring your chairs to be
sure you have a seat because there will be more than 100 people
here.
Groups/individuals that want to set up a canopy in the general area
are welcome to do so. But don't miss out on the opportunity to
mingle with your fellow geocachers from NC and surrounding states
at this special event.
Here is a
map of the park.
Schedule
Note: Times tentative because stuff happens!
| ongoing |
GeoBingo - prizes |
| ongoing |
Scavenger Hunt for the kids - prizes |
| ongoing |
Silent Auction |
| ongoing |
50/50 Raffle |
| 10:00ish |
Ammo Can Painting for the kids |
| 2:00 |
Kids turn in scavenger hunt |
| 2:15 |
Pinata |
| 3:00 |
Annual General Membership Meeting |
| 4:00 |
Chow Time! |
| 4:30 |
50/50 Raffle Winner |
| 5:30 |
Silent Auction Ends - 50/50 Raffle Ends |
Food
Kenny of the horsegeeks and Fall Fling 1 and GeoWoodstock 5 fame
will be preparing beef brisket for our dining pleasure this
time.
The meal will be at 4:00pm
There will be more info coming so stay tuned for updates but as
before, the food is free, and d*** good!
Camping
See
Hagan-Stone Campground information and there is
Tent camping info as well. Here is a
Map of the campground.
We have reserved both "group" camping areas.
The actual "Tent" areas cannot be reserved in advance but can be
utilized during our event. Same goes for the RV areas. Both the
Tent and RV areas are first come - first served.
In the Tent area, we are allowed to have more than 1 tent per pad,
as long as we do NOT damage any vegetation AND we can have no more
than 8 people at a site(pad).
Prices for camping are:
Group Area: $3 per person, per night.
Tent Area: $13 per site/$9 for Guilford County residents,
per night for up to 5 people. Each additional person (max of 3
additional) is $3 per person/$2 for residents, per night.
RV Area: $16 per site/$11 Guilford County residents, per
night for up to 5 people. Each additional person is $3 per
person/$2 residents, per night. (There are 2 RV areas, one has both
30 and 50 amp connections, the other area only has 30 amp
connections. Both have water available but not sewer connections.
Dump stations are available.
There are also reduced rates for Seniors. Check the park website
for up-to-date pricing on this and all other items.
TBs / Coins
..If you bring a travel bug or coin to the event that will be
picked up by someone else, please log it in before coming to the
event.
..If you log your personal bugs/coins, please log them out of the
event in a timely fashion.
..If you pick up bugs and/or coins, please also log them out of the
event in a timely fashion.
Have some consideration for the owners of these travellers who
often do not like them to visit events and are always interested in
where they go and if they are still being circulated as desired.
Thank you!