5th Annual IGO Hike -n- Seek
The tradition continues at Swan Lake State Park on September
26-28, 2008. Swan Lake is located 2 miles south of Carroll, Iowa in
Carroll County.
The event will be HQ'd at Swan Lake State Park's East Shelterhouse.
Swan
Lake Website
This year's competition will commence at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday
and run through 10:00 a.m. Sunday. There will be 100 or so caches
for you to find. There will be individual, family, team categories
this year. The competitions for all three divisions will cover the
same caches and be run simultaneously. You can only participate in
one category. Teams are limited to 4 people over the age of 14. The
family division is new and must have at least one person under the
age of 14.
You don't have to compete to hunt caches. Most of the caches will
be permanent. There will be an information gathering scavenger hunt
in Manning and Carroll. This informational scavenger hunt will be
part of the competition and will only be available until 5:00 p.m.
on Saturday. Trophies will be awarded to the winner in each of the
three divisions.
We are working on prizes and sponsorship with local Chambers and
other organizations.
The caches will be hidden county wide. And there will be plenty of
HIKING this year. So, consider yourselves warned. Sure, you can
sleep if you DON'T want to find them all.
Camping will be available at Swan Lake and there are many hotels
and motels in Carroll.
Carrollton - 712-792-5600 (Free Wi-fi)
Super 8 North - 712-792-4753
Super 8 East - 712-792-6666
Burke Inn - 712-792-5156
Adams Street Bed & Breakfast - 712-792-5198 (Free Wi-fi)
Swan Lake Campground - 712-792-4614
Two campgrounds in Manning
Check out the following two links for location information.
Might be a GOOD idea to study them.
Manning's
Chamber
Carroll's
Chamber
Stay tuned for further updates.
Schedule
Friday
7:00 p.m. Crackerbarrel at East Shelterhouse
Saturday
8:00 a.m. Registration Begins at East Shelterhouse
9:30 a.m. Rule Briefing
10:00 a.m. All Three Competitions Begin
6:00 p.m. Group Cook-out at East Shelterhouse
Sunday
10:00 a.m. End of competition
12:00 p.m. Lunch and award presentation
UPDATE - 08/21/08 Teams will be limited to 4 adults (14 and
up)
Commerative 2008 HNS pathtags and lanyards will be given away (one
to each team unless you ask nicely)
BLOODLUST ORIGNIAL T-shirts will be available for sale at $5 per
shirt.
Please email THE NVG with your order quantities, colors, and
sizes.
Colors are Lime Green, Texas Burnt Orange, and White.
These will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.
Artwork for both the Pathtags and T-shirts have been uploaded to
this cache page.
Free Wi-Fi Spots
Carroll
Education Center at Swan Lake
Carroll Depot-Carroll Chamber
Computer Concepts of Iowa
Carrollton
Mac's Corner Cafe
Adams St. Bed & Breakfast
Manning
Manning Public Library
Make sure you bring you cable to upload coordinates. If you have
an off brand of GPSr, email The NVG with your model so he have the
driver available for it.
UPDATE - 09/11/08 Cook-Out Information
For the Cook-Out, we need people to donate a couple of items:
Bags of Charcoal (3)
Plates, Napkins, and Utensils
Everyone needs to bring either chips, salad, or a dessert to
share.
Also bring your own meat to cook
I will be doing the cooking and provide buns for burgers and
dogs.
Please post a note with what you can donate.