GeoTrek - Don't Flood the Bike
Path
Time: 7:00 pm
Date: May 29, 2008
Location: Parking Lot at Entrance to Chena Lakes Recreation
Area
Calling all Alaskan Cachers! Summer is here and we are looking
forward to exciting time of Geocaching and summer activities.
This event will help feature the bike path system that winds its
way throughout the Chena Lakes Recreation area east of Fairbanks.
This event is suitable to all ages of cachers and features a bike
path that is removed from traffic. We do ask that all riders wear
appropriate clothing and strongly encourage riders to wear
approved helmets. Trails also wind around the lakes as well as take
on as far as the Chena River. This is one more event tied to our
2008 "Hike, Bike, or Float the Alaskan Outdoors" GeoTrek Summer
Series.
In addition to the social aspects of our GeoTrek - Summer
Series, we will also participate in any needed CITO at the
trailhead and any needed trail upkeep and maintenance along the
way. As this trail system receives quite a bit of winter use,
please bring along a trash bag or two so we can remove any
leftovers from the winter season. Please also feel free to bring
along any travel bugs or geocoins that need trading or simply to
log them through an Alaskan cache that is not in the heart of the
city.
New cachers are highly encouraged to attend and learn
from some of the local experienced cachers in the basic use of a
gps. This bike ride will provide an excellent opportunity to learn
about waymarking, tracks, routes, and general directional
awareness. We are also hoping to have some geo-games setup along
the route to assist participants with estimation skills and we as
some temporary, event specific "cycle and claim" caches containing
some prizes for younger participants.
At this time, we are also in the beginning planning stages of
lending some support to the Chena Bike Classic, the Midnight Sun
Run, and a cleanup of the Chena River. Please bring along any and
all ideas of other events we can support to help contribute to our
community as Alaska's Interior GeoAddicts.