Come meet some other geocachers from the area. Davis is centrally
located in Northern California, so we expect geocachers from all
over Northern California. Davis is still one of the densest caching
areas in California, so come and find them.... You might bring your
bike and do your caching by bike (rack up a dozen cachefinds
without burning any gasoline).
An event at the UCDavis campus would not be complete without
significant opportunity to learn something. So we will have a
classroom available, but unlike other Summer Schools, you can skip
the class and just hang out with your friends.
For the socializing at the event: Bring a picnic blanket and/or
lawn chairs. There are no picnic tables. There is plenty of shady
lawn area. Nearby we have a large open lawn area for tossing
frisbees, playing ball, etc. North of the site is the UCDavis
Arboretum - great for geocaching or just learning about trees and
plants that grow well in Northern California.
Food and drink:
- Bring whatever you like to cook on the grill (the grill will be
hot from 5 to 7 pm)
- Also bring some food to share (side dish, snacks,etc)
- Main announcements at 6:30
Activities: There will be some geocaching activities in
addition to the typical RCGDS event activities
- Technocache - Q&A (3:30 - 4:30 pm; room 146 near the posted
coordinates)- bring your questions if you have any; if you know a
lot, come and give answers. We'll have a computer, projector and
demo stuff. (There will not be an internet connection for general
use).
- Lecture on Advanced use of GSAK (4:30 - 5:30 pm in room
146) - Content: Filtering with Arc/Polygons; Along a route; Within
a complex region (not a circle). Writing a macro to automate
several actions; Creating a macro to do a set of actions; assign
this to a button; etc
- More: TBA (check back here later)
Parking: See additional waypoints for parking
opportunities. There is no parking enforcement on Saturdays so you
don't need a permit (even if it seems to imply that it would be
good to buy a permit.
Cost: as with all RCGDS geocaching events, there is no
cost to attend. However, a donation to the RCGDS kitty is
appreciated to help defray the costs of the events and
supplies.
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: There will be a raffle with
miscellaneous geocaching and back-to-school related items. Feel
free to bring more items for the raffle.
RSVP: Click here:
to tell us (1) how many in your group Will Attend, (2) what you
are planning to bring for the pot luck and (3) what sorts of
questions and expertise you are bringing to the Technocache.
For those of you new to geocaching in the greater Sacramento
area - this event is for you (as well as for anyone else, of
course). RCGDS stands for "Rivercity Geocaching and Dining Society"
whic has a webiste
http://www.rcgds.net and a
listserve to which you can easily
subscribe.
It is a loose-knit group of friends which you are automatically a
member of it by virtue of reading this. On the second Saturday of
each month we have a gathering somewhere in the greater Sacramento
area.