Come join us during the weekend of October 17-20,
2008 for our 3nd 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 and how many adults/kids will be in
your group. We need this information to plan for food/drink
purchases, activities and perhaps some other things.
We will also celebrate NCGO's 3nd 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.
This event will be 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 4F's of events: Food, Finds, Friends and Fellowship
which result in the all important 5th F - FUN!
This year we will be at
Falls
Lake State Park which is just a few miles north of Raleigh.
The park offers many things including,
- Campground with tent and RV camping - and
showers!
- Nature, hiking and biking trails
- Fishing
- Beautiful Falls lake with kayaking, swimming, and
boating
- and of course, all of you!
We will have the Community Building reserved for Saturday. There is
also a nearby picnic shelter but we encourage you to bring your
chairs to be sure you have a seat for the meal.
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.
Just a reminder for those who are not planning on camping...
Since this is a state park, the gates to the camping and beach
areas will be locked at 8 pm. So remember not to get stranded
and locked in the park after the event.
For those who are planning on camping, we will have fun activities
planned at the camp site to keep you entertained, so be sure not to
miss them!
During the month of October, there is no entrance fee to enter
the state park area.
Camping
We have reserved two group camping sites in Rolling View Park
for both Friday night and Saturday night and these sites are only
500 feet or so from the main event area.
Since we have the group sites for the weekend, those who wish to
camp can set up their tents anytime after lunch on Friday and we
must have everything taken down and the sites cleaned up by noon on
Sunday.
There is RV camping available at the family campground area, which
is just south of the group camping area. The rates for RV's will be
$20 per night, and will be on a first come first served basis. Once
you arrive at the park, you can pay the park staff the appropriate
fees. There is water and electrical hookups at these sites.
We have filled the group tent site for the weekend. However, if
you would still like to camp, there is camping available in the RV
and Family site which is located near the entrance to the park.
This site is first come-first serve, and these sites are also $20
and can be paid to the park staff upon arrival.
Event Coins,
T-Shirts, and Silent Auction
If you would like to purchase an event coin or T-Shirt, please
visit the NCGO site
here
For more information on the items for sale at the event or the
items that will be available for the Silent Auction, please visit
the Fall Fling website:
http://s1.webstarts.com/FallFling/
The period for pre-ordering T Shirts has passed but we will
have a few shirts available to purchase at the event. We still have
a few coins for sale and those can be ordered in advance for pick
up at the event.
Food
Kenny of the horsegeeks who cooked the excellent meals at the
previous Fall Flings and GeoWoodstock 5 will be preparing a
wonderful meal for our dining pleasure once again this year.
The delicious meal, planned by Kenny of the Horsegeeks and Celeste
of Billwolf1 will include:
- Pork Loin
- Baked Beans
- Fruit Salad
- Veggie Salad
- Veggie Burgers
- Macaroni Salad
We will have several side dishes, but if you would like to
bring a a dessert, please feel free to do so. The meal will be
served at 3:00pm.
There will be limited seating and tables for the meal on
Saturday, so I do recommend that you bring a folding chair for the
event.
Events
We have several events planned this year and some new surprises
as well...
- CITO event
- Kayaking cache run
- games
- activities
- and a few surprises!
Carolina Cache 'N Dash!
We have placed a series of caches near the Fall Fling event
headquarters along a beautiful hiking trail that offers incredible
views of Falls Lake. This is a timed contest and this challenge
will consist of a series of regular sized geocaches placed along
the trail and several team challenges will be found in each cache.
The caches will be regular sized caches, and will all be standard
type hides. There will also be several scavenger types items to
find throughout the hike that will add points to your score and
increase your chance of winning this event.
Along the way it will be necessary to find all the placed caches
(which will be activated after the event). Also, there will be a
list of "scavenger items" to find to earn "Bonus Points".
You can use the NCGO Cache 'N Dash forum
here for more
information or to create your team, but once you have a team
created please email us at fallfling@ncgeocachers.org
with your team name and members so we can add you to the
list.
Geo-Olympics!
Since 776BC, people of Olympia gathered to worship the most
powerful of Greek gods, Zeus, and organized sports competitions in
his honor. Athletes would gather on bright sunny hills, strip their
clothes as a mark of equality and compete in such games as
pancracium (a mix of boxing and wrestling), pentathlon, boxing and
chariot racing.
Well...the most powerful of the Geocaching gods, Garmin, came to
the NCGO in a dream and ordained that we....mere caching Mortals...
also need to pay homage to our most worthy god or he will strike us
down with zealous lightning and, oh! destroy the satellite network.
So, just in time for Fall Fling 2008, we present Geo-Olympics!
Come line up during the day at the main event site (from 10am to
2pm) and partake in such amazing events as Roll the Log! Toss the
Ammocan!! Save the Flooded Cache!!!
Play for points! Win prizes! Winners will be announced later in
the day, probably after we've finished eating lunch.
PS Stripping for equality will be purely optional
Kayaking!
We are having a Kayaking cache run on Sunday morning and we are
currently working with a vendor to offer Kayaks and Canoes and they
will be delivered to the site that morning. If you would like to
participate or are interested in renting a kayak, you can find more
information about this on the NCGO forums page
here
Schedule
Friday Night
Campsite Registration - Friday Afternoon
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Costumed Bash event/Covered Dish @ Campsite.
Event page link
Saturday
9:00 am Registration starts
9:30 am Cache N' Dash starts
10 am until 2 pm Geo-Olympics @ the Beach
all day - ammo can painting - Kids activities
10 am until 11 am - temporary tattoos and other games - Kids
Activities
2:15 pm pinata - Kids activities 3:00 pm Cookout
4:00 pm Event Slideshow
5:00 pm Silent Auction ends
Sunday
8:30 am
Falls Lake CITO
approx. 9:15 am Kayak Cache Run
Fall Fling Kayak Flash Mob
TB's and
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 and we hope to see you in October!