'08 Lemmon Bash Event Cache

You are invited to a gathering of geocachers on Mt. Lemmon at the Whitetail Group Campground Site #5 on Sept. 20, 2008 at 1:00 p.m.

Before 2008 draws to a close the woodcutter needs to hold her annual geocache bash. We've searched high and low for an appropriate place finally discovering the Whitetail Group Camp area on Mt. Lemmon. It's new, it's perfect, it's big, and now it's reserved! Please do not arrive prior to 1:00 p.m. Spend the morning caching on the mountain. Parking is tight so carpooling is suggested. No trailers in the group area.

1. Arrival and sign in 1:00-2:00
2. Travel Bug Exchange
3. Cache for kids? Still working on this one
4. Bring some geoswag to put in caches to raffle off.
5. Poker Run- Coordinates given out at 2:00. You must turn in your poker hand to Woodcutter’s better half prior to 4:00. We need some judges for the poker run? Volunteers. Best hands will have first choices from the prize table.
6. Find the Lemon-Yes, the woodcutter has been making a special commemorative woodcut piece for this Bash. I’m not handing them out…you have to go and find it! Coordinates given when you turn in your poker hand.
7. Find the Purple Elephant Game-If you’ve never played this before this is how it goes: Trusty Companion stakes a stuffed Purple Elephant out somewhere where the GPS numbers are flickering. Upon your arrival, you’ll be given a 3x5 card to write the coordinates you figure out that the Purple Elephant is staked out. You must also sign your team name on this card. Turn the card into Sneakiekittie or Woodcutter. At 4:00, we’ll mix up the cards and pass them back out, along with a flag. The new team to receive your card will sign their name to it and then go plant the flag. Teams closer to the Elephant will receive a prize but not the Elephant!
8. Prizes 4:30-4:45ish. If anyone cares to make a donation to the prize table, please let woodcutter know.,
9. Pot-luck Dinner-Dinner at 5:30. Please email woodcutter and tell me what you are bringing so I can add it to this list.
   • Woodcutter-40 pounds charcoal, plates, eating utensils, taco bar
   • Gimli’s Hoard-fajitas
   • Mule Ears-Rice Krispie treats and 2 barrels of cold water
   • Team Barstool-lots of chips and salsa
   • Team Nine Lives-gooey brownies and chips (do we have enough chips now?)
   • Black Cat-pasta or bean salad and some s'mores ingredients
   • Trekin' Triad-Spanish rice and her famous chocolate chip cookies
   • 4everlyn-cases of assorted sodas
   • BigOpe-Asian green bean salad (my taste buds are intrigued!) and sliced ham
   • beam3.14159-enchiladas and marshmallows
   • SpencersCoolMom-2 packages hotdogs, their buns and ketchup and mustard
   • desertwilde-large pot of turkey chili
   • Monte Z. Revenge-fried chicken
   • Trizumi-a Costco salad
   • Hornytoad-Bok Choy salad
   • oddiseus-refried beans, some cases of soda and more snacks
   • 2 Tall-fruit plate
   • Carmel-Sea Island Tuna Pasta salad
   • Arizona Desert Brew-some hamburgers & buns
   • AZ Paul-condiments and more charcoal
   • AZ Tech-cooler of cold drinks and a chocolate confection
   • C&K Desert Dwellers-Mexican Fiesta Dip
   • Cog & Gil-munchy nuts
   • wilhelmd-vegetarian dish
   • cgrunrun-hot dogs
   • tugies-munchies
   • SJB-marinated chicken to BBQ
   • azEagle One-veggie platter
10. Campfire-need a fire marshall or ex scout for this job. Wood is needed. BadA22d and Gimli said they'd bring some wood. They can also be in charge of the fire
11. Camping- 10 tent sites that will each hold 2 tents. You may also sleep in vehicle but you can’t bring pop-ups, trailers, or motor homes. Shadowace has been designated, in absentia, to be our campground host. When you email woodcutter to tell me what food you’re bringing, please include if you are planning on tent camping.

• This campground is for groups only. The gate is always closed. When you get to it, you open the gate and proceed to the area, remembering to close the gate after you.
• Ramada, bathrooms, fire pit area, and the one lower tent pad are all handicap accessible.
• Water, electricity, and lights at the ramada
• Covered ramada containing 10 tables: 7 large picnic and 3 food prep. I still recommend you bring a chair especially to sit around the campfire in
• 3 bear proof food lockers
• 6 large charcoal barbeques
• Lots of pine trees
• Only 16 real parking spaces but people can park on the side of the road in the loop provided a vehicle passage is always available. (You might want to carpool) I’m also suggesting that we may need to have some people park at nearby parking areas, if you have a pass, and ferry into our area in groups.
• Only tent camping is allowed. No motorhomes or pop-ups.

Fees are already paid if you are only going straight to our event. Straight up and down with no stops (this includes the camping fee at Whitetail for Saturday night until Sunday morning at 11:00). If you are going to cache on Mt. Lemmon before or after the event, you must pay the $5 Forest Service fee or have an annual Forest Service pass.