Meet and Greet fellow cachers at the River Bend Farm Visitor
Center
at the Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park,
287 Oak Street, Uxbridge, MA.
Following the picnic, the Blackstone River and Canal HSP will be
hosting an outdoor Concert at the Canal featuring the Claflin
Hills Summer Winds from 3:30pm. Everyone is welcome and
encouraged to stay and enjoy the music. Be sure to bring your lawn
chairs.
PLANNED EVENTS DURING THE
AFTERNOON:
- BARBEQUE/PICNIC - Gather at the
picnic area around Noon
- TRAVEL BUG Trading Table - See
details below
- EXPERIENCE the BLACKSTONE RIVER and
CANAL - Come Early and bring your Canoe/Kayak
- Cache-IN-Trash-OUT - DCR
appreciate our cleanup efforts (bags available)
- FAMILY FUN ACTIVITIES -
presented by the Rainbow Palette Art Studios
- Massachusetts Park Passport -
Can you find the colorful box and collect another stamp?
EVENT BUTTONS are courtesy of Henry & Elly
aka HenryDurant. They have offered to make personalized copies for
each member of teams that have posted their attendance by July
25th; you may revise your 'will attend' log to list individual
names or send that info by email to them through their
profile.
The focus of the event is not on finding caches while at the
picnic, but rather getting acquainted with others, who share a
common interest in the sport.
Bring your own picnic sandwiches or barbeque (at least one
charcoal grill will be HOT) If you can bring something to share,
please include that in your "WILL ATTEND" log.
Directions for those that want them:
From MassPike, use exit 10A for route 146 South, take Route
16 East to Uxbridge Center, turn left on Route 122 North, in 1-1/2
mile turn right at next traffic light onto Hartford Avenue, then in
one mile turn right on Oak Street. Visitor Center is large red
barn.
From Rhode Island, take Route 146 North to third exit in
Mass, Route 16 and follow as above (there are visitor center signs
at each turn).
From I-495, use exits #19 (rt 109) or #20 (rt 85) westbound
to Route 16 and turn west. Drive through Milford into Mendon and
look for Hartford Avenue to turn right, then in four miles turn
left onto Oak Street.
Please use the large field for parking to leave spaces at the
VISITOR CENTER for the GENERAL PUBLIC
TRAVEL BUGS An exchange table will be available. To
facilitate smooth transfer, please consider posting a note in
advance to drop the TBs you will be bringing. Please take no more
than one for each one you bring. If you have an extra one to drop,
that will allow a newcomer to grab one if they can help it along.
Please sign them in and out on sheet of paper that we use for
answering any questions that arise during the weeks to follow. Log
them out on website as soon as you can, but do allow some time if
they were not dropped early.
RAIN or
SHINE
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This is our fifth annual summer time picnic special event which
has typically been held on the last Sunday in July. Check out the
last few years festivities:
Summer 2007
Summer 2006
Summer 2005
Summer 2004
Link to information on the host facilities:
Blackstone River and Canal HSP Website
Massachusetts Park Passport