Belle Isle Spring Event Event Cache

News Flash! 2008 Belle Isle Event is coming! News Flash! 2008 Belle Isle Event is coming! News Flash! 2008 Belle Isle Event is coming! News Flash!

8:30am – 10am Breakfast at Big Boy Restaurant, corner of E. Jefferson at E. Grand Blvd across from Belle Isle.

10:10am First to Find winners leave for Belle Isle.

10:30am - 2pm: All cachers meet at the shelter near Aquarium to receive lists of all new caches. We are also working on loc files of the caches that will be on our laptops and jump drives. So bring your cables for downloads. Jump drives will be available so that you can load the files into your laptops. Picnic/meeting area coordinates are: 42*20.225 082*59.175

2pm-4pm Hot dogs available at shelter bring your drinks and munchies. Feel free to bring passing dishes, to add to the picnic goodies. This will be a drop in picnic, so cache as you want and if you need a bite stop by for some food and chat.

Be sure to bring your boots! Though you can get away without them remember that the snow just melted off and there is a lot of standing water. Also the geese love this island, do I need to say more?
Dusk will be the end to a great day!

Considering the success of the first Detroit Meet and Greet on a wet cold winter’s day, it seemed natural to set the second one on a gorgeous spring day. We got very lucky last year with the weather. Hopefully we will have a sunny spring day again.

Belle Isle is truly one of Detroit’s gems. Spring is a great time to cache the island, less muggles, cooler temps.
For those that have not been to the island you are in for a treat. There are caches placed in many interesting areas of the island. There is also a lot of history that can be discovered here. Currently there are 30 caches on the island. There are plans to place new permanent caches on the island.The goal is to put in about 20 new caches that will be released at the event.

If you have not cached the island you will want to be sure to do the old caches first. After the event 28 of the 30 old caches will be archived. The 20 or so new caches will remain in place for the following year.

Also be sure to visit Start Your Engines cache. This cache is currently the 21st oldest active cache in Michigan!

Bring your Tb’s and coins for exchange.
Last year we had quite a hit when we raffled off the FTF’s on the new caches placed. So instead of a prize table we will once again raffle off the FTF’s. Then with a half hour head start your can go hunt the cache before it is released to the other cachers present.

Should be great fun! See you there!