CacheToberFest will officially kick off at 9:30am on
Saturday, but don't miss the events leading up to it. There will be
the
CacheToberFest's Friday Night
Lights, a Meet, Greet & Eat/Night Caching 101
event on Friday night @ 7:00pm hosted by the Lowcountry Geocachers,
and the
CacheToberFest CITO on Saturday
morning starting at 8:00am hosted by the Midlands Geoholics. Also,
be sure not to miss the
CacheToberFest Paddling Event
on Sunday morning starting at 8:30am hosted by the Grand Strand
Geocachers.
Schedule of
Events
8:00am - 9:00am
--- CITO
9:00am - 4:00pm
--- Registration
9:30am - 10:30am
--- Official Kickoff & Welcome
Games
10:30am - 11:15am
--- Geocaching Etiquette/What's in Your Pack
Seminar
11:15am - 12:00pm
--- GSAK & Paperless Caching
Seminar
10:30 - 12:00pm
--- Kids Activities
12:00pm - 1:00pm
--- Pot Luck Lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm
--- Question & Answer Session/Door Prize
Raffle
2:30pm - 4:00pm
--- Geocoin & Travel Bug
Extravaganza
2:30pm - 6:30pm
--- Caching Time (Free Time)
4:00pm - 5:00pm
--- Snakes & Reptiles Presentation (Education
Center)
6:30pm - 8:00pm
--- Cookout
8:00pm - Until
--- Geocoin Texas Hold'em Poker
Tournament
Now as far as the food goes. Lunch will be potluck style
but you are still more than welcome to bring hot dogs, burgers or
whatever you want to cook on the grill. We will have gas and
charcoal grills available to cook on. If you have a special recipe
you are proud of, fix it and bring enough to share. Bring paper
plates, soft drinks, deserts, other eating utensils and anything
else you can think of. The cookout dinner will be a hosted by us
with hot dogs, hamburgers, & all the fixin's being
provided.
Before you
leave, be sure to get your official Grand Strand Geocachers Travel
Bug ride and pictures for the kids in Preacherspal's dune buggy!
SCGA T-shirts will also be available for purchase. Entry fee for
the Geocoin Poker Tournament will be 2 unactivated trackable
geocoins.
Huntington Beach State Park is located just south of
beautiful Myrtle Beach, SC. Huntington Beach is home of the
historic Atalaya Castle and directly across the street from the
incredibly beautiful Brookgreen Gardens. Murrells Inlet just a
couple miles to the north is world renowned for its fine seafood
restaurants while Pawleys Island to the south is full of charming
little shops that will delight the ladies. The Grand Strand has
hundreds of hotels and in October they are very reasonably
priced.
Now with all that being said, on to the most important thing
about the Myrtle Beach area. It is CACHE CITY. There are well over
500 caches within 50 miles. The Grand Strand Geocachers are adding
about 25 new caches a month. If you haven't been to the area in a
few years you are in for a real treat.
Don't forget to bring your bicycles. Huntington Beach is very
bike friendly and has a beautiful newly paved, family friendly and
cache heavy bike path just outside the front gate. There are
several other caches inside the gates to the park. The picnic area
we are using is only a hundred yards or so to the beautiful beaches
of the Atlantic Ocean. There is also a wonderful campground in the
park for tents, motor homes, or travel trailers. Please plan to
spend the entire weekend.
KIDS CACHE BAG DECORATING CONTEST. Kids decorate up your
back pack with pins, stuffed animals stickers, patches or anything
you want. Just make it as cool as you can. You will get extra
points for unusual items in your cache. You must have in your cache
bag, extra log sheets, zip lock bags and a
flashlight.
If you do not
have an annual State Park Pass, it may cost you $5.00 per vehicle
to enter the main gate. If you have any questions please contact
Preacherspal, Llatnek, or Hologram21 thru
GC.com.
