When: Saturday, September 5th
Where: Northwest River Park in the Large Shelter
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Who: Open to all geocachers, families, and anyone
interested in geocaching!
What: An annual picnic to meet fellow cachers,
exchange stories, learn about different aspects of caching,
exchange TB's, and some caching thrown in too!
Northwest River Park is located on Indian Creek Road; about 3
1/2 miles east of Battlefield Blvd. in the southeastern section of
the city. It was developed as a natural recreation area
incorporating camping, an extensive trail system, picnic shelters,
play areas, an equestrian area for horse owners, fishing, miniature
golf, the Marjorie Rein Memorial Walkway, and plenty of open areas.
Boats and canoes are available for rental in the camp store. A
fragrance garden, for the visually impaired, and a classroom
building are located at the north end. The lake stretches almost
the the southern activity area which is on the banks of the
Northwest River.
Timeline of Events: (Subject to change, Stay
Tuned!)
10:00 - Event Starts
10:30 - Start of Activites
Noon - Lunchtime - Fried Chicken, BBQ and Potluck side
dishes
2:00 - Afternoon Activites
4:30 - Chance Auction ends, Raffle Drawings, Door
Prizes
6:00 Event ends
Activities throughout the day:
This area will be updated soon! Place this event on your watchlist,
and keep up with all of the updates.
Bugs and Coins:
There will be a TB exchange area, so round 'em up, and trade 'em
out. Please put trackables into ziploc bags, and clearly mark their
regional destination on the outside (ie: North, South, West,
Overseas, Anywhere).
How can you help? Here are a few
suggestions:
- Bring a potluck dish to share
- Donating drinks (water, sodas, sports
drinks, etc...)
- Donate a door prize or auction item -
anything geocaching or outdoor related
- Donate Ice or Charcoal
Camping
Information:
IMPORTANT CHANGES!
It's Labor Day Weekend! The group will NOT
be reserving campsites. It is up to YOU to make your own camping
reservations through the city of Chesapeake.
THIS LINK has all of the information you may need. When making
a reservation, please let them know you are with the Geocaching
group, and request to be in the first loop of sites. You can
make reservations 90 days out, which will be the first part of
June for our event. Remember: this is a holiday weekend, and
the campground will fill up. All sites are first come, first
served.
Please post a "will attend" or a "note" to
let us know you'll be attending, how many in your group, and what
you'll be bringing. Put this listing on your watchlist, as we'll
update it regularly.
Happy Caching and See You There!
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