Event:
A Two Day Caching and CITO Event
Date:
March 7th and 8th 2009
Starting
Location: The trailhead is located downtown Farmersville (Audie
Murphy Trailhead)
Trailhead
Coordinates: N 33 09.724 W 096 21.588
Directions:
To get to Farmersville you will head east out of Dallas on I-30,
then on the other side of Lake Ray Hubbard you will turn left or
north on Ridge Road then travel north through Rockwall until you
dead-end into 78 then turn right travel north on 78 until you reach
Farmersville. Turn right onto Farmersville Pkwy crossing Main St.
right into the trailhead.
Time:
You can start anytime, however the official start time is 9 AM both
Saturday and Sunday.
Food:
There will be donuts and hopefully coffee Saturday A.M.
Saturday
night: we will be meeting at DADDY-O'S DINER (this is a 1950
style diner on the square at 6:00 P.M. The square is just
north of the trailhead. When you sign in Saturday morning
please let me know if you will be attending the with us as I need
to notify the owner how many will be eating.
Prizes: To be given away
including Coins and other great stuff from Garmin and other
sponsors.
Goal:
The Cache in Trash Out Event consists of 2.5 miles of
concrete trails heading north from the Farmersville
trailhead. There are caches along the way.
There will be two pick up points along the trail for the CITO
event.
The first pickup point coordinates: N 33 10.688 W 096
20.245 On Murchison Street
The end of the trail pickup point coordinates: N 33 11.073 W
096 17.612 On CR 1122
Please Bring Trash Bags as There May Not Be Many Available
for Everyone.
Trash bags will be picked up where the
streets cross the trail. If you will leave your bags at these
points we will pick them up and take them to a dumpster designated
by Paula at the Farmersville City Hall.
Purpose: Cache In Trash Out
(CITO), Geocaching and Meet-up event at a local restaurant Saturday
evening to meet fellow cachers, trade stories and travel
bug/coins at approximately 6PM
When you
arrive: At the trailhead please sign in and make a request to
be picked up if you need a ride back to the trailhead if you don't
have transportation arrangements.
Maps
and other information regarding the trail will be available
including a number to call when you need to be picked up along the
2.5 mile concrete trail if there is not a driver there when you
arrive.
Parking: There is a Flea
Market going on at the same time as our event, however there is
plenty of parking close by.
Accessibility: This event
will be a fun and safe event for all ages. The 2.5 mile
concrete trail is wheelchair accessible but getting to the caches
is not.
Walking and
biking is permitted on the trail only. NO motorized vehicles are
allowed.
For those
caching beyond the 2.5 mile concrete trail:
Distance: Approximately 22 miles from Farmersville to Wolfe
City following the trail.
There are approximately 150 caches
along the trail from Farmersville all the way to Wolfe City.
If you plan to cache further than the 2.5 miles concrete trail I
will have maps of the trail available at the trailhead. The
map will include exit points along the trail with distances between
the exit points and also from the trailhead.
I recommend that you bring a
bike if you plan to cache beyond the 2.5 mile concrete
trail.
If you plan to
cache a large portion of the trail we recommend you have someone to
pick you up along the trail or arrange transportation. If you don't
have a driver to pick you up we will have communication with
several people who will be able to pickup and drop off people where
and when the need arises. So please make arrangements with the
drivers where and when you need to exit the trail as we would like
to be back at the trailhead by 6:00
PM
Remember to plan ahead if you are attending the meet-up Saturday at
6:00.
Bring plenty
of water and food if you plan to stay on the trail for long periods
of time. We encourage you to travel in groups for safety and
arrange transportation back to the trailhead.
Restrooms are
available at the Audie Murphy Trailhead in Farmersville.
Facilities in
towns along the trail:
Merit: Limited (There is a feed store on the main street
just to the left of the trail)
Celeste: Convenience Store and Gas next to the trail
Wolfe City: Cafe across the street from Exit Point #20
Volunteers
Needed:
Resources:
TRAIL
MAPS:
Trail
Maps (must have)
Entry and Exit Point Coordinates (must have)
GSAK Files of the Trail - Right click then click "Save Target
As" to save to your desktop, then open your GSAK program, click
File, the Restore, select the ChaparralTrail.zip file from your
desktop then click the Restore button. It's easy!
You will need the GSAK program to download
www.gsak.net
Accommodations:
There are several hotels in
Greenville.
To view the
Cache Page for this Event
Click Here
To download the
Bookmark from Geocaching.com
Click Here
What is a CITO
event?
Geocaching
CITO forums
The
CITO handbook
(PDF)